Exhibit 10.1


 


Execution Version 


 


 


SENIOR SECURED FIRST LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT


 


dated as of December 22, 2022


 


among


 


CLEAN ENERGY,

as the Borrower,

CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.,

as Parent,


 


the Lenders

from time to time party hereto,


 


and


 


RIVERSTONE CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC,

as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent


 





 



 


RIVERSTONE CREDIT PARTNERS II – DIRECT, L.P.,

as Sole Lead Arranger


 





 



 


RIVERSTONE CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC,

as Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator


 


A Sustainability-Linked Loan following the Sustainability-Linked
Principles


 






     


     


    

 


Table of Contents


 


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	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS	1
	 	 
	Section 1.01	Defined Terms	1
	Section 1.02	Types of Loans and Borrowings	39
	Section 1.03	Terms Generally; Rules of Construction	39
	Section 1.04	Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP	40
	Section 1.05	Times of Day	40
	Section 1.06	Timing of Payment or Performance	40
	Section 1.07	Interest Rates	40
	Section 1.08	Divisions	41
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II THE CREDITS	41
	 	 
	Section 2.01	Commitments	41
	Section 2.02	Loans and Borrowings	41
	Section 2.03	Requests for Borrowings	42
	Section 2.04	Interest Elections	43
	Section 2.05	Funding of Borrowings	44
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PREPAYMENTS; FEES	45
	 	 
	Section 3.01	Repayment of Loans	45
	Section 3.02	Interest	45
	Section 3.03	Alternate Rate of Interest	46
	Section 3.04	Prepayments	47
	Section 3.05	Fees	50
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS	50
	 	 
	Section 4.01	Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs	50
	Section 4.02	Presumption of Payment by the Borrower	51
	Section 4.03	Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent	51
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V INCREASED COSTS; BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS; TAXES; ILLEGALITY	52
	 	 
	Section 5.01	Increased Costs	52
	Section 5.02	Break Funding Payments	53
	Section 5.03	Taxes	53
	Section 5.04	Mitigation Obligations; Designation of Different Lending Office	57
	Section 5.05	Illegality	57
	Section 5.06	Removal or Replacement of a Lender	58
	Section 5.07	Sustainability Adjustments	59
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT	60
	 	 
	Section 6.01	Closing Date	60
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	65
	 	 
	Section 7.01	Organization; Powers	65



 






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	Section 7.02	Authority; Enforceability	66
	Section 7.03	Approvals; No Conflicts	66
	Section 7.04	Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change	67
	Section 7.05	Litigation	67
	Section 7.06	Environmental Matters	67
	Section 7.07	Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults	69
	Section 7.08	Investment Company Act	69
	Section 7.09	Taxes	69
	Section 7.10	ERISA	70
	Section 7.11	Disclosure; No Material Misstatements	70
	Section 7.12	Insurance	71
	Section 7.13	Restriction on Liens	71
	Section 7.14	Officer, Directors and Ownership	72
	Section 7.15	Location of Business and Offices	72
	Section 7.16	Properties; Titles, Etc	73
	Section 7.17	Permits	74
	Section 7.18	Security Documents	74
	Section 7.19	Hedging Agreements	75
	Section 7.20	Use of Proceeds	75
	Section 7.21	Solvency	75
	Section 7.22	USA PATRIOT; AML Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions	75
	Section 7.23	Accounts	76
	Section 7.24	Labor Matters	76
	Section 7.25	Affected Financial Institutions	76
	Section 7.26	Beneficial Ownership Certification	76
	Section 7.27	Zero Balance Agreements	76
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	77
	 	 
	Section 8.01	Financial Statements; Other Information	77
	Section 8.02	Notices of Material Events	81
	Section 8.03	Existence; Conduct of Business	82
	Section 8.04	Payment of Obligations	82
	Section 8.05	Material Contracts; Material Indebtedness	83
	Section 8.06	Maintenance of Properties	83
	Section 8.07	Insurance	83
	Section 8.08	Books and Records; Inspection Rights	84
	Section 8.09	Compliance with Laws	84
	Section 8.10	Environmental Matters	85
	Section 8.11	Further Assurances	85
	Section 8.12	Additional Collateral	86
	Section 8.13	ERISA Compliance	89
	Section 8.14	Control Agreements	90
	Section 8.15	Casualty Events	90
	Section 8.16	Consent Agreements	90
	Section 8.17	Post-Closing Obligations	90



 






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	ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE COVENANTS	90
	 	 
	Section 9.01	Financial Covenants	90
	Section 9.02	Indebtedness	91
	Section 9.03	Liens	92
	Section 9.04	Restricted Payments	95
	Section 9.05	Investments, Loans and Advances	95
	Section 9.06	Nature of Business; Subsidiaries; International Operations	97
	Section 9.07	Proceeds of Loans	97
	Section 9.08	ERISA Compliance	98
	Section 9.09	Mergers, Etc	98
	Section 9.10	Sale of Properties	98
	Section 9.11	Environmental Matters	100
	Section 9.12	Transactions with Affiliates	100
	Section 9.13	Negative Pledge Agreements; Foreclosure Restrictions; Dividend Restrictions	101
	Section 9.14	Hedging Agreements	101
	Section 9.15	Sale and Leaseback	101
	Section 9.16	Amendments to Organizational Documents, Material Joint Ventures, Fiscal Year End	102
	Section 9.17	Material Contracts	102
	Section 9.18	Material Indebtedness	103
	Section 9.19	Foreign Subsidiaries	104
	Section 9.20	Zero Balance Debt	104
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES	104
	 	 
	Section 10.01	Events of Default	104
	Section 10.02	Cure Right	107
	Section 10.03	Remedies	108
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE XI THE AGENTs	110
	 	 
	Section 11.01	Appointment; Powers	110
	Section 11.02	Duties and Obligations of Agents	110
	Section 11.03	Action by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent	111
	Section 11.04	Reliance by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent	112
	Section 11.05	Subagents	112
	Section 11.06	Resignation of Agents	112
	Section 11.07	Administrative Agent as Lender	113
	Section 11.08	No Reliance	113
	Section 11.09	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim	114
	Section 11.10	Authority of Collateral Agent to Release Collateral and Liens	114
	Section 11.11	The Lead Arranger and Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator	115
	Section 11.12	Acknowledgement of Lenders	115
	Section 11.13	Credit Bidding	116
	Section 11.14	ERISA Matters	117
	Section 11.15	Sustainability Matters	118



 






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	ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS	118
	 	 
	Section 12.01	Notices	118
	Section 12.02	Waivers; Amendments	119
	Section 12.03	Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver	120
	Section 12.04	Assignments and Participations	121
	Section 12.05	Survival; Revival; Reinstatement	124
	Section 12.06	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	125
	Section 12.07	Severability	126
	Section 12.08	Right of Setoff	126
	Section 12.09	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent To Service Of Process	126
	Section 12.10	Headings	127
	Section 12.11	Confidentiality	128
	Section 12.12	Interest Rate Limitation	129
	Section 12.13	Exculpation Provisions	129
	Section 12.14	No Third Party Beneficiaries	130
	Section 12.15	Usa Patriot Act Notice	130
	Section 12.16	Releases	130
	Section 12.17	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions	130



 






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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES


 


	Annex I	Commitments
	 	 
	Exhibit A	Form of Note
	Exhibit B	Form of Borrowing Request
	Exhibit C	Form of Interest Election Request
	Exhibit D	Form of Solvency Certificate
	Exhibit E	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit F	Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
	Exhibit G-1	Form of Canadian Guarantee 
	Exhibit G-2	Form of Canadian Debenture
	Exhibit G-3	Form of Canadian Debenture Pledge
	Exhibit G-4	Form of Canadian GSA
	Exhibit H	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	Exhibit I-1	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Non-Partnership Foreign Lenders)
	Exhibit I-2	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Non-Partnership Foreign Participants)
	Exhibit I-3	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Foreign Participant Partnerships)
	Exhibit I-4	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (Foreign Lender Partnerships)
	Exhibit J	Form of Perfection Certificate
	Exhibit K	Form of Annual Budget
	Exhibit L	Form of Consent Agreement
	Exhibit M	Form of Mortgage
	 	 
	Schedule 1.01(a)	Notice Information
	Schedule 1.01(b)	Zero Balance Agreements
	Schedule 7.04	Material Indebtedness
	Schedule 7.05	Litigation
	Schedule 7.06	Environmental Matters
	Schedule 7.07	Material Contracts
	Schedule 7.14	Officers, Directors and Ownership
	Schedule 7.16	Real Property Rights
	Schedule 7.17	Necessary Permits
	Schedule 7.18	Jurisdictions for Security Document Filings
	Schedule 7.19	Hedging Agreements
	Schedule 7.23	Accounts
	Schedule 7.24	Labor Contracts
	Schedule 8.07	Insurance
	Schedule 8.17	Post-Closing Obligations 
	Schedule 9.02	Existing Indebtedness 
	Schedule 9.03	Existing Liens
	Schedule 9.05	Existing Investments
	Schedule 9.10	Existing Dispositions
	Schedule 9.12	Existing Transactions with Affiliates 
	Schedule 9.13	Existing Burdensome Agreements 



 






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SENIOR
SECURED FIRST LIEN TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2022 (this “Agreement”), among
CLEAN ENERGY, a California corporation (the “Borrower”), CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP, a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”),
the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, and RIVERSTONE CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC, as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders and Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties.


 


R E C I T A L S


 


A.            The
Borrower has requested that the Lenders make Loans to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000.


 


B.             In
order to develop, own and operate renewable natural gas projects and to produce and supply renewable natural gas for the transportation
sector throughout the United States and Canada and for certain other purposes specified herein, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders
extend, and the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower, the Facilities provided for herein upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein.


 


C.             The
Borrower desires to secure the Secured Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first-priority
security interest in and continuing Lien upon all of its rights, title and interest in its property constituting Collateral, including
the Equity Interests of certain of its Subsidiaries to the extent constituting Collateral.


 


D.             The
Borrower has determined that it is in its best interests and the best interests of its Subsidiaries to cause certain of its Subsidiaries
to guarantee the Secured Obligations and to pledge and grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first-priority
security interest in and continuing Lien upon all of its rights, title and interest in its property constituting Collateral, provided
that Permitted Liens may exist.


 


E.              Parent
directly owns 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and has determined that it is in its best interests to guarantee
the Secured Obligations and to pledge and grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first-priority security
interest in and continuing Lien upon all of its rights, title and interest in its property constituting Collateral, including the Equity
Interests of the Borrower and each of its other Subsidiaries.


 


In consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties
hereto agree as follows:


 


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS


 


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, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.


 






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“ABR Term SOFR Determination
Day” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Term SOFR”.


 


“Acceptable Remediation
Plan” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01(j)(ii).


 


“Account”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.


 


“Additional TotalEnergies
JV Document” means each document entered into by or assigned to any Permitted Additional TotalEnergies JV after the Closing
Date, including the Organizational Documents of such Permitted Additional TotalEnergies JV.


 


“Adjusted Term SOFR”
means, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus (b) the
Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that, if the Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than 1.50%, then the Adjusted
Term SOFR shall be deemed to be 1.50%.


 


“Administrative Agent”
means Riverstone Credit Management LLC, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
or any successor administrative agent or administrative agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06.


 


“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.


 


“Affected Loans”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.05.


 


“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls
or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified, (b) another Person that directly or indirectly owns or
holds (i) ten percent (10.0%) or more of any class of Equity Interests with voting power in the specified Person or (ii) ten
percent (10.0%) or more of the Equity Interests in the specified Person or (c) any officer, director, manager or partner of the specified
Person. In no event shall any Riverstone Lender or any of its Affiliates be an Affiliate of Borrower and its Affiliates.


 


“AFTC”
means federal alternative fuel excise tax credits.


 


“Agent”
means the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, and “Agents” shall refer to both the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent, collectively.


 


“Agreement”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.


 






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“Alternate Base Rate”
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus one-half of 1.00% and (c) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month Interest Period
in effect on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%. Any change in
the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective
from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR, respectively.
If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.03, then the Alternate Base
Rate shall be the greater of clause (a) and clause (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause
(c) above. If the Alternate Base Rate as determined above shall be less than 2.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 2.50% for
purposes of this Agreement.


 


“Amazon”
means Amazon.com, Inc.


 


“Amazon Agreements”
means each of (a) the Amazon Fuel Agreement, (b) the Amazon Transaction Agreement and (c) the Amazon Warrant.


 


“Amazon Fuel Agreement”
means, collectively, the Fuel Pricing Agreement, effective as of January 15, 2021 and the Project Addendum to Fuel Pricing Agreement,
dated as of April 16, 2021, in each case, between Clean Energy and Amazon Logistics, Inc.


 


“Amazon Transaction
Agreement” means the Transaction Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2021, between CLNE and Amazon.


 


“Amazon Warrant”
means the Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., dated as of April 16, 2021, between CLNE and Amazon.com NV
Investment Holdings, LLC.


 


“AML Laws”
means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Lender, Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries
from time to time concerning or relating to anti-money laundering.


 


“Annual Budget”
means the annual operating budget, substantially in the form of Exhibit K or such other form approved by the Administrative
Agent, prepared and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.01(m)(ii) or Section 8.01(k), as applicable.


 


“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries
from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the FCPA and any applicable law or regulation
implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.


 


“Applicable Margin”
means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Term SOFR Loan, a rate per annum set forth below:


 


	Period	 	Term SOFR Loans	 	 	ABR Loans	 
	From the Closing Date to but excluding June 22, 2024	 	 	6.50	%	 	 	5.50	%
	Thereafter	 	 	7.25	%	 	 	6.25	%



 






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It is hereby understood and
agreed that the Applicable Margin with respect to ABR Loans and Term SOFR Loans may be increased based upon the Sustainability Rate Adjustment
(to be calculated and applied as set forth in Section 5.07).


 


“Applicable Percentage”
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Commitment at such time then constitutes of the
aggregate Commitments of all Lenders at such time or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate principal
amount of such Lender’s outstanding Loans at such time then constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans
of all Lenders at such time.


 


“Approved Fund”
means any Person (other than a natural person) that is primarily engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in loans, private
placements and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and any investment fund or asset manager that is administered,
advised, sub-advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity
that administers or manages a Lender.


 


“Assignment and Assumption”
means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 12.04(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit H or any other form approved
by the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the Borrower.


 


“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).


 


“Bankruptcy Code”
means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.


 


“Beneficial Owner”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person”
will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or
exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time.


 


“Beneficial Ownership
Certification” means a certification regarding the Beneficial Owners of the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation.


 


“Beneficial Ownership
Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.


 






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“Benefit Plan”
means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan”
as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42)
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.”


 


“Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.


 


“Boron Plant”
means that certain liquefied natural gas liquefaction plant located at 14436 Contractor Road, Boron, California 93416.


 


“Borrower”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.


 


“Borrowing”
means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect.


 


“Borrowing Date”
means any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the relevant Lenders make Loans hereunder.


 


“Borrowing
Request” means a written request for a Borrowing signed and delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in accordance
with ‎Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.


 


“bp JV”
means CE bp Renew Co LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a 50/50 joint venture between CERD and BP Products North America, Inc.


 


“bp JV Agreement”
means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the bp JV, dated as of April 13, 2021.


 


“bp JV Contracts”
means (a) the bp JV Agreement, (b) the bp Marketing Agreement and (c) the Dynamic Development Agreement.


 


“bp Marketing Agreement”
means the Marketing Agreement, effective as of October 1, 2018, among BP Products North America Inc., BP Energy Company and CERF.


 


“Business Day”
means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Orange County, California are
authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, in relation to Term SOFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings,
disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Term SOFR Loan or any other dealings of such Term SOFR Loan, “Business Day”
shall be only any such day that is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.


 


“Call Premium”
means, with respect to any prepayment of Loans and any other payment of the Loans hereunder, whether due to acceleration or otherwise:
(a) in the case of any such payment of Loans that occurs during the period after the first anniversary of the Closing Date to and
including the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date, an amount equal to the principal amount of such Loans being prepaid
multiplied by two percent (2.0%); (b) in the case of any such payment of Loans that occurs during the period after the date
that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date to and including the date that is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date,
an amount equal to the principal amount of such Loans being prepaid multiplied by two and a half percent (2.5%); and (c) in
the case of any such payment of Loans that occurs after the date that is twenty-four (24) months after the Closing Date, an amount equal
to the principal amount of such Loans being prepaid multiplied by three percent (3.0%). For the avoidance of doubt, no Call Premium
shall apply with respect to any prepayment of all Loans, whether due to acceleration or otherwise, that occurs on or prior to the first
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“Canadian Debenture”
means the Floating Charge Demand Debenture in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 (or such other form reasonably acceptable
to the Collateral Agent), dated as of the Closing Date, made by CEFS in favor of the Collateral Agent for and on behalf of the Secured
Parties.


 


“Canadian Debenture
Pledge” means the Debenture Pledge Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G-3 (or such other form reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent), dated as of the Closing Date, made by CEFS in favor of the Collateral Agent.


 


“Canadian GSA”
means the General Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G-4 (or such other form reasonably acceptable to
the Collateral Agent), dated as of the Closing Date, between CEFS and the Collateral Agent.


 


“Canadian Guarantee”
means the Guarantee in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1 (or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent),
dated as of the Closing Date, made by CEFS in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.


 


“Canadian Security
Documents” means each of (a) the Canadian Debenture, (b) the Canadian Debenture Pledge, (c) the Canadian GSA
and (d) the Canadian Guarantee.


 


“Capital Expenditures”
means, for any Person, all expenditures for fixed or capital assets or other capital expenditures which, in accordance with GAAP, are
required to be capitalized and so shown on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.


 


“Capital Leases”
means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases
or finance leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder. Notwithstanding
any other provision contained herein, any lease that would be characterized as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP after the adoption
of ASC 842 (regardless of the date on which such lease has been entered into) shall not be a capital or finance lease, and any such lease
shall be, for all purposes of this Agreement, treated as though it were reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements
in the same manner as an operating lease would have been reflected prior to the adoption of ASC 842.


 


“Cash Equivalents”
means Investments in:


 


(a)            marketable
obligations, maturing within one (1) year after acquisition thereof, issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or
an instrumentality or agency thereof and entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States;


 






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(b)            marketable
direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition,
having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;


 


(c)            deposits
maturing within one (1) year from the date of creation thereof with, including certificates of deposit issued by, any Lender or any
office located in the United States or any other bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $500,000,000 (as of the date of such bank or trust company’s
most recent financial reports) and has a short term deposit rating of no lower than A2 or P2, as such rating is set forth from time to
time, by S&P or Moody’s, respectively; and


 


(d)            money
market funds substantially all of the assets of which comprise securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (c) above.


 


“Cash Flow From Operations”
means, with reference to the financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a), the line item “Cash
Flow From Operations” contained in Parent’s cash flow statement, determined in accordance with GAAP to measure the cash generated
from the normal business operations of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and in a manner consistent with Parent’s past practice.


 


“Casualty Event”
means (a) any loss, casualty or other insured damage to any Property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any
nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of (or pursuant to a sale of any such assets
to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking), any Property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (any event in
this clause (b), a “Condemnation Event”).


 


“CEFS”
means Clean Energy Fueling Services Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia.


 


“CERD”
means Clean Energy Renewable Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.


 


“Change in Control”
means:


 


(a)            (i) any
 “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),
directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the voting or economic power of the Equity Interests in Parent; or (ii) the occupation
of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Parent by Persons who were neither (x) nominated
or appointed by the board of directors of Parent nor (y) appointed by directors so nominated or appointed;


 


(b)            Parent
ceases to, directly or indirectly, (i) own 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower or (ii) possess
the right at all times to elect all of members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower;


 






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(c)            the
sale or transfer of all or substantially all assets of Parent or the Borrower; or


 


(d)            a
 “change of control” or any comparable term under and as defined in any definitive documentation governing any Material Indebtedness
of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries has occurred.


 


“Change in Law”
means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party
to this Agreement, of (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 interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any
Lender (or, for purposes of Section 5.01(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company,
if any) with any request, guideline 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 (whether or not having the force of law) or in implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives
promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority)
or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to be a “Change
in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated, issued or implemented.


 


“Clean Energy”
means Clean Energy in any capacity other than as Borrower hereunder.


 


“CLNE”
means Clean Energy Fuels Corp. in any capacity other than as Parent hereunder.


 


“Closing Date”
means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 6.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02).


 


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


 


“Collateral”
means all Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Loan Parties which is subject to a Lien created or purported to be created under
one or more Security Documents, including all Mortgaged Property; provided that the Collateral shall not include the Excluded Assets.


 


“Collateral Agent”
means Riverstone Credit Management LLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties, together with any successor collateral agent or collateral
agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.06.


 


“Commitments”
means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex I hereto under the
heading “Commitments”. The aggregate principal amount of the Commitments on the Closing Date is $150,000,000.


 


“Commodity Accounts”
means all “commodity accounts” (as such term is defined in the UCC) of the Loan Parties.


 






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“Condemnation Event”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Casualty Event”.


 


“Consent Agreement”
means a consent agreement with respect to a Material Contract substantially in the form of Exhibit L or otherwise in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


 


“Consolidated Subsidiaries”
means, at any date, each Subsidiary the financial statements of which are (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements
of Parent in accordance with GAAP.


 


“Consolidated Total
Assets” means, at any date, the total assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.


 


“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, including the power to elect a majority of the directors,
managers, trustees or equivalent of a Person, as the case may be. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.


 


“Control Agreement”
means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, providing for the Collateral Agent’s
control of a Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account (but not an Excluded Account), as applicable, after notice is delivered
as provided therein, executed and delivered by the Collateral Agent, the Borrower or other applicable Loan Party, and the applicable securities
intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account), depository bank (with respect to a Deposit Account) or commodity intermediary (with
respect to a Commodity Account), in each case at which such relevant account is maintained.


 


“Current Assets”
means, at any date, the total current assets (other than cash and cash equivalents) of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries on
such date.


 


“Current Liabilities”
means, at any date, the total current liabilities of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries on such date, but excluding the current
portion of any Indebtedness under this Agreement and the current portion of any other long-term Indebtedness which would otherwise be
included therein.


 


“Debt Incurrence
Proceeds” means any Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party from any incurrence of
Indebtedness (other than the Secured Obligations) by any such Loan Party or Subsidiary.


 


“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.


 


“Deposit Accounts”
means all “deposit accounts” (as such term is defined in the UCC) of the Loan Parties.


 






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“Disposition”
means, with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license or other disposition
(in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a division or otherwise) thereof, including, without
any limitation, any Casualty Event. The terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” have meanings correlative
thereto.


 


“Disqualified Capital
Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which
it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity
Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible
or exchangeable for Indebtedness or redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified
Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the
earlier of (a) the Maturity Date and (b) the date on which there are no Loans or other obligations hereunder outstanding and
all of the Commitments are terminated, in each case, other than any Disqualified Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified
Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests
are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem or repurchase such Equity Interests upon
the occurrence of a change in control so long as such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem or repurchase any
such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to Payment in Full.


 


“dollars”
or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States.


 


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


 


“Dynamic”
means Dynamic R2 Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.


 


“Dynamic Development
Agreement” means the Development Framework and Services Agreement, by and between Dynamic and the bp JV, dated as of July 26,
2021, pursuant to which, among other things, the bp JV engaged Dynamic to provide certain development services with respect to potential
RNG facilities.


 


“EBITDA”
means, with respect to Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for any period, the Net Income of such Persons for such period:


 


(a)            increased
by, to the extent deducted in computing Net Income for such period (without duplication):


 


(i)             Interest Expense; plus


 


(ii)            provisions
for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid
or accrued; plus


 


(iii)           total
depreciation and amortization expense; plus


 






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(iv)           all
non-cash compensation expenses reducing Net Income for such period; plus


 


(v)            all
non-cash expenses incurred as a result of vesting of the Amazon Warrant; plus


 


(vi)           non-cash
exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any commodity hedging transactions existing on the Closing Date and identified
on Schedule 7.19 hereto or foreign currency fluctuations; plus


 


(vii)          all
other non-cash charges or expenses, including any write-offs and write-downs, reducing Net Income for such period (excluding any such
non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses in any future period
or amortization of a prepaid cash charge or expense that was paid in a prior period), including (A) non-cash adjustments in accordance
with GAAP purchase accounting rules, (B) non-cash increase in expenses or decrease in revenues resulting from inventory revaluations
or adjustments, (C) non-cash losses on sales of fixed assets or write-downs of fixed or intangible assets and (D) non-cash expenses,
charges or write-offs and impairment charges (including expenses, charges or write-offs of goodwill and forgiveness of Indebtedness and
losses from Investments recorded using the equity method), but excluding any non-cash loss or expense (x) that is an accrual of a
reserve for a cash expenditure or payment to be made, or anticipated to be made, in a future period or (y) relating to a write-down,
write-off or reserve with respect to Accounts and inventory (other than any non-cash loss or expense (or non-cash income or gain) resulting
from the adjustment of aged or slow-moving inventory reserves); plus


 


(viii)         any
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring non-cash losses acceptable to the Administrative Agent; plus


 


(ix)            (A) expenses,
charges and fees paid to the Agents or the Lenders and fees, costs and expenses paid or reimbursed by the Loan Parties (including any
fees, costs and expenses paid to or reimbursed to the Administrative Agent or the Lender) in connection with the negotiation, consummation,
administration (including in connection with any waiver, amendment, supplementation or other modification of) the Loan Documents and the
Transaction or (B) all reasonable expenses, charges and fees owed by any Loan Party in connection with any Investment permitted under
Section 9.05; plus


 


(x)             all
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, fees, expenses, charges and any other one-time payments related to issuance of equity,
recapitalization or reorganization permitted hereunder, consummation of a Disposition permitted under Section 9.10 or incurrence
of Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.02, for such period, and any amendments, waivers or modifications under the agreements
relating to such Indebtedness permitted under Section 9.02; plus


 


(xi)            any
costs or expenses incurred by any Loan Party pursuant to any management or employee equity plan or any stock option plan or any stock
subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital
of Parent or any other Loan Party or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of Parent or any other Loan Party; plus


 






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(xii)           non-recurring
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the recruitment and relocation of employees of the Loan Parties and severance costs and
expenses of the Loan Parties (including restructuring charges, retention, recruiting, relocation, moving expenses, signing bonuses and
expenses, search charges and expenses, third party assessments of candidates, stay bonuses paid to existing management, stock option and
other equity-based compensation expenses, accruals or reserves); plus


 


(xiii)          unrealized
net foreign currency translation or transaction losses impacting Net Income (including currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and any
unrealized net losses resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk associated with the above or any other currency-related
risk) and not for speculative purposes; plus


 


(xiv)         other
non-recurring, extraordinary or unusual losses, expenses or charges not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate during such Test Period;
and


 


(b)            decreased
by, to the extent included in computing Net Income for such period (without duplication), (i) non-cash gains increasing Net Income
for such period (excluding any such non-cash gains on items to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential
cash charge in any prior period); plus (ii) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains; plus (iii) any
gains from the sale or other disposition of property (other than sales made in the ordinary course of business) pursuant to a Disposition
permitted under Section 9.10; plus (iv) unrealized net foreign currency translation or transaction gains impacting
Net Income (including currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and any net gains resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange
risk associated with the above or any other currency-related risk) and not for speculative purposes.


 


Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, in no event shall the amounts added back pursuant to the foregoing clause (a)(vii) - clause (a)(xiii) exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate.


 


For purposes of calculating
EBITDA for any Test Period, (i) if during such Test Period, Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition,
EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred
on the first day of such Test Period and (ii) if during such Test Period, Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made
a Material Disposition, EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material
Disposition occurred on the first day of such Test Period. As used in this definition, (x) “Material Acquisition” means
any acquisition of Property or series of related acquisitions of Property that involves the payment of consideration by Parent, the Borrower
and their Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000 and (y) “Material Disposition” means any Disposition of Property or series
of related Dispositions of Property that involves the payment of consideration to Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries in excess
of $5,000,000.


 






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“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 clause (a) or clause (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.


 


“Environmental Credits”
means any and all environmental credits, offsets, attributes or other entitlements generated under any federal, state, local or other
law, including those attributable to biogas resources, renewable natural gas and/or natural gas (including RINs), state low-carbon fuel
standards (including LCFS), carbon offsets or carbon allowance, in each case, to the extent owned by any Loan Party, but excluding any
Incentives.


 


“Environmental Laws”
means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining to health and safety with respect to exposure to Hazardous Materials, the environment,
the preservation or reclamation of natural resources or the management, Release or Threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, including
the Clean Air Act; the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”); the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials;
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Hazardous Material Transportation Act; the Endangered
Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; as each of the foregoing
laws have been or may be amended or supplemented, and any successor thereto; and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental
Requirements.


 


“Environmental Permit”
means any permit, registration, license, notice, approval, consent, exemption, variance or other authorization required under or issued
pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws.


 


“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, including both preferred and common equity, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.


 


“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, any successor statute and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.


 


“ERISA Affiliate”
means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Parent or the
Borrower would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b),
(c), (m) or (o) of section 414 of the Code.


 






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“ERISA Event”
means (a) the existence with respect to any Plan of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” as defined Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; (b) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with
respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (c) the failure of Parent, the Borrower, any
of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code
with respect to any Plan or any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of
the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the
Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA; (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status
(within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (e) 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;
(f) the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or the incurrence by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any
ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, including but not limited to the
imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Plan; (g) the receipt by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any
ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee
to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (h) the failure by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any
ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, pursuant to Sections 431 or 432 of the Code; (i) the incurrence
by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal
(within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (j) the receipt by Parent, the Borrower,
any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice concerning the imposition on Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries
or any ERISA Affiliate of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, in “endangered”
or “critical” status (within the meaning of Sections 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 304 or 305 of ERISA) or terminated
(within the meaning of Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA); (k) the failure by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or
any ERISA Affiliate to pay when due (after expiration of any applicable grace period) any installment payment with respect to Withdrawal
Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA; (l) the withdrawal by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate
from any Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Plan resulting in liability to Parent, the Borrower,
any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (m) the imposition of liability
on Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by
reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; or (n) the imposition of a lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of
the Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA with respect to any Plan.


 


“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.


 


“Event of Default”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.


 






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“Excepted Liens”
means:


 


(a)            Liens
for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are (i) not delinquent or (ii) being contested in good
faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP;


 


(b)            Liens
in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations
which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained
in accordance with GAAP;


 


(c)            statutory
landlord’s liens, operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’,
suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course
of business, each of which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent by more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP or in respect of which
bonds otherwise in an amount sufficient to repay the underlying obligation of such Liens shall have been obtained and remain in effect;


 


(d)            Liens
arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision or customary deposit account terms (pursuant to a depository institution’s
standard documentation that is provided to its customers generally) relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights
and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided that
no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess
of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such deposit account is intended by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
of any Loan Party to provide collateral to the depository institution;


 


(e)            encumbrances
consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, leases, covenants, conditions or other restrictions on or relating to the use of real property,
none of which materially impairs the use or operation of such property in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries, and that do not otherwise individually or in the aggregate materially impair the validity, perfection or priority of the
Liens granted under the Security Documents;


 


(f)             Liens
permitted under Section 9.03(c), Section 9.03(d), Section 9.03(f), Section 9.03(g) or
Section 9.03(l);


 


provided,
further, that (x) Liens described in clauses (a) through (d) and (f) shall remain
 “Excepted Liens” only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced and (y) in no event shall “Excepted
Liens” secure Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness
other than Indebtedness of the type described in Section 9.02(b), Section 9.02(c), Section  9.02(i) and
Section 9.02(n). For the avoidance of doubt, and without limitation to the foregoing clauses, it is acknowledged and agreed
that all exceptions to title referenced in any Title Policy delivered to Administrative Agent with respect to any Mortgage shall be deemed
an “Excepted Lien” hereunder.


 






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“Excess Cash Flow”
means, for any fiscal year of Parent, the excess, if any, of:


 


(a)            the
sum, without duplication, of:


 


(i)             Cash
Flow From Operations for such fiscal year; and


 


(ii)            the
amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash during such fiscal year from joint ventures or other Persons in which Parent
or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries holds Equity Interests (other than such Consolidated Subsidiaries) to Parent or any Consolidated
Subsidiary; minus


 


(b)            the
sum, without duplication, of:


 


(i)             the
aggregate amount of all Permitted Investments paid in cash by Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other
than Permitted Investments to the extent financed with the proceeds of capital contributions (including from the issuance of Equity Interests)
or Indebtedness or financed with insurance proceeds received by Parent or any Consolidated Subsidiary as the result of a Casualty Event);


 


(ii)            the
aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than maintenance
Capital Expenditures to the extent financed with the proceeds of capital contributions (including from the issuance of Equity Interests)
or Indebtedness or financed with insurance proceeds received by Parent or any Consolidated Subsidiary as the result of a Casualty Event);


 


(iii)           the
aggregate amount of Taxes paid in cash by Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than any such payments
to the extent financed with the proceeds of capital contributions (including from the issuance of Equity Interests) or Indebtedness);
and


 


(iv)           the
amount of principal payments in respect of the Loans, including any Call Premium thereon, and scheduled payments of Total Funded Indebtedness,
in each case, made in cash during such fiscal year.


 


“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


 


“Excluded Account”
means any Deposit Account or Securities Account (a) in which funds on deposit in such account (i) are maintained and used solely
for the payment of salaries, wages and payroll tax, workers’ compensation and 401K, health and welfare plans with respect to employees
of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and (ii) constitute solely cash or securities that are subject to a Lien permitted under
Section 9.03(d) with an aggregate principal balance not exceeding $1,000,000 at any time and (b)(i) established
as trust, escrow or fiduciary accounts, (ii) that are zero balance accounts and (iii) containing solely cash collateral securing
a Permitted Lien under Section 9.03(d), Section 9.03(g)(ii), Section 9.03(l) or Section 9.03(p).


 


“Excluded Assets”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.


 






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“Excluded Perfection
Actions” means the following actions, unless otherwise requested by Administrative Agent at any time during the continuance
of a Default: (a) any filings or other action in any jurisdiction outside of the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia or Canada or required by the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia
or Canada to create or perfect any security interest in assets located or titled outside the United States, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia or Canada, (b) control agreements with respect to Excluded Accounts, (c) perfection obtained through notation on
a certificate of title other than with respect to Titled Vehicles of Significance, (d) the giving of notice or taking other actions
(other than the filing of UCC financing statements) in respect of any (i) Chattel Paper (to the extent the value thereof does not
exceed $500,000 in the aggregate), (ii) negotiable Documents (to the extent the value thereof or of all Goods covered thereby do
not exceed $1,000,000), (iii) promissory notes and other Instruments (other than checks) (to the extent the principal amount thereof
does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate), (iv) Letter-of-Credit Rights (to the extent the value thereof does not exceed $500,000
in the aggregate), (v) Commercial Tort Claims to the extent the amount thereof does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate and (vi) any
filings or other action to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest granted hereunder in all unregistered Intellectual
Property and all Intellectual Property that is not registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (excluding exclusive inbound licenses to registered United States copyrights and exclusive
inbound licenses to registered Canadian copyrights and industrial designs) or other foreign office, as applicable, except to the extent
perfection can be obtained through the filing of UCC financing statements, (e) any requirement to obtain Mortgages, bailee waivers,
landlord waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters other than with respect to Material Real Property and (f) any other perfection
action as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine that the costs of such perfection action with respect
to such assets are excessive in relation to the value of the security or other benefit afforded thereby. Capitalized terms used in this
definition but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the UCC.


 


“Excluded Taxes”
means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a
Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each
case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case
of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or
(ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable
to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the
date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment under Section 5.04)
or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.03, amounts
with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or
to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office; (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply
with Section 5.03(f); and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.


 






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“Existing NG Advantage
Debt” means, at any time of determination, any Indebtedness (other than any contingent indemnification obligation for which
no claim has yet been asserted) outstanding under (a) the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2016, between
NG Advantage and Wintrust Commercial Finance, (b) the Consolidated, Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
December 10, 2020, between NG Advantage and Berkshire Bank and (c) the Second Amendment to Consolidated, Amended and Restated
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2022, between NG Advantage and Berkshire Bank (pursuant to which additional
new term loans were extended to NG Advantage) and, in each case, any other loan document entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.


 


“Existing Plains
Debt” means Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2021, among CLNE, as debtor,
Clean Energy, as pledgor, and PlainsCapital Bank.


 


“Existing SG Debt”
means Indebtedness outstanding under the Term Credit Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2019, between CLNE and Société
Générale.


 


“Extraordinary Net
Cash Receipts” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party
not in the ordinary course of business consisting of (a) proceeds of business interruption insurance and (b) judgments, proceeds
of settlements or other consideration of any kind in connection with any cause of action (other than with respect to reimbursement of
third party claims) relating to the Collateral; in each case, net of (i) reasonable and documented costs and expenses associated
therewith, including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses, (ii) all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local income
Taxes required to be paid in the then-current fiscal year or subsequent fiscal year as a consequence of such event, (iii) any amounts
required to be used to prepay Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.02 (other than the Secured Obligations or other
secured Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien that is junior to the Lien securing the Secured Obligations) secured by the assets subject
to event and (iv) amounts reasonably estimated by such Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof solely to the extent necessary to repair,
restore or replace any assets, the damage, destruction or other loss of which gave rise to such receipts; provided, however,
that Extraordinary Net Cash Receipts shall not include cash receipts to the extent that such funds are received by any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party in respect of any third party claim against such Person and applied to pay (or reimburse such Person for
its prior payment of) such claim plus related costs and expenses.


 


“Facility”
means the Commitments and the Loans.


 


“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 agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules, administrative
guidance or practices adopted or entered into pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities
and implementing such Sections of the Code.


 


“FCPA”
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“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 the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the
next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that (a) if such a day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published
on the next succeeding Business Day and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to three major banks on such day of such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent; provided, further, that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero,
such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.


 


“Fee Letter”
means that certain Fee Letter among the Agents, the Lead Arranger and the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date.


 


“Financial Covenants”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01.


 


“Financial Officer”
means, for any Person, a chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a Financial Officer means a Financial Officer of Parent.


 


“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings Inc. and any successor thereto.


 


“Flood Laws”
mean all collectively, (a) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (c) the Biggert-Waters Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.


 


“Foreign Lender”
means any Lender that is not a United States person, within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.


 


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


 


“Funds Flow Memorandum”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(q).


 


“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in ‎Section 1.04.


 


“Governmental Approval”
means any authorization, consent, approval, license, ruling, permit, tariff, rate, certification, exemption, filing, variance, claim,
order, judgment, decree, publication, notice, declaration or registration, filed with, or issued or granted, by any Governmental Authority.


 


“Governmental Authority”
means the government of the United States, 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European
Union or the European Central Bank).


 






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“Governmental Requirement”
means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, rule of common law, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction,
franchise, permit, certificate, license, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, including
Environmental Laws and occupational, safety and health standards or controls, of any Governmental Authority.


 


“Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F (or such other form
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Loan Parties in favor of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.


 


“Guarantors”
means, collectively, Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors.


 


“Hazardous Material”
means any substance regulated or as to which liability might arise under any applicable Environmental Law and including: (a) any
chemical, compound, material, product, byproduct, substance or waste defined as or included in the definition or meaning of “hazardous
substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “toxic waste,” “extremely hazardous
substance,” “toxic substance,” “contaminant,” “pollutant” or words of similar meaning or import
found in any applicable Environmental Law; (b) Hydrocarbons, petroleum products, oil and gas waste and their byproducts, including,
but not limited to, sludge or residue; and (c) explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, per- and poly-fluorinated substances or radon.


 


“Hedge Termination
Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements have been closed
out and termination values determined in accordance therewith, such termination values and any unpaid amounts and (b) for any date
prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amounts determined as the mark-to-market value for such Hedging Agreements,
as determined in accordance with GAAP.


 


“Hedging Agreement”
means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement, whether exchange
traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, 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 any Loan Party
or their Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement.


 


“Highest Lawful Rate”
means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted
for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Loans or on other Secured Obligations under laws applicable to such Lender which are
presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher
maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws allow as of the date hereof.


 






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“Hydrocarbons”
means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and
all products refined or separated therefrom.


 


“Immaterial Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of Parent (a) that individually constitutes or holds less than five percent (5%) of Parent’s Consolidated
Total Assets or (b) which, when taken together with all then existing Immaterial Subsidiaries, such Subsidiary and such Immaterial
Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, would constitute or hold less than five percent (5%) of Parent’s Consolidated Total Assets, in each
case of the foregoing clauses as of the last day of, or for, the most recently ended fiscal period for which financial statements were
required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(b).


 


“Incentives”
means any tax benefits, tax credits or other financial incentives (including AFTC), whether federal, state or otherwise, resulting from
natural gas vehicle fuel sales.


 


“Increased Cost Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.06.


 


“Indebtedness”
means, for any Person, the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or evidenced
by bonds, bankers’ acceptances, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person (whether
contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, surety or other bonds and similar instruments; (c) all accounts payable
and other accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services
(other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business that are not unpaid for more than one hundred twenty (120) days
after the date of invoice); (d) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on
a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP; (e) all Indebtedness (as defined in the other clauses
of this definition) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise,
to be secured by) a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, provided that,
if such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be limited to
the lesser of (i) the principal amount of the obligations being secured and (ii) the fair market value of the encumbered Property;
(f) all Indebtedness (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others guaranteed by such Person or in which such Person
otherwise assures a creditor against loss of the Indebtedness (howsoever such assurance shall be made) to the extent of the lesser of
the amount of such Indebtedness and the maximum stated amount of such guarantee or assurance against loss; (g) all obligations or
undertakings of such Person to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Indebtedness
or Property of others; (h) obligations to deliver commodities, goods or services in consideration of one or more advance payments;
(i) obligations to pay for goods or services, even if such goods or services are not actually received or utilized by such Person,
i.e., take-or-pay and similar obligations; (j) any Indebtedness of a partnership for which such Person is liable either by agreement,
by operation of law or by a Governmental Requirement but only to the extent of such liability; (k) Disqualified Capital Stock (for
purposes hereof, the amount of any Disqualified Capital Stock shall be its liquidation value and, without duplication, the amount of all
obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock); and
(l) net obligations under Hedging Agreements, excluding any portion thereof that would be accounted for as an interest expense under
GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described above to the extent such
Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is not included as a liability of such Person
under GAAP. For purposes hereof, the amount of any net obligations in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be deemed to
be the Hedge Termination Value of such Hedging Agreement at such time.


 






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“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 clause (a), Other Taxes.


 


“Indemnitee”
has the meaning assigned to such term in ‎Section 12.03(b).


 


“Information”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.11.


 


“Intellectual Property”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.


 


“Interest Coverage
Ratio” means, for any date of determination, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Interest Expense, in each case, for the
Test Period ending on the most recent Test Date on or prior to such date.


 


“Interest
Election Request” means a written request signed and delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to convert or continue
a Borrowing in accordance with ‎Section 2.04 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C or such other
form approved by the Administrative Agent.


 


“Interest Expense”
means, with respect to Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such Persons
for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the
amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Hedging Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness
to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease obligations
allocable to interest expense) and (b) capitalized interest of such Persons. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense
shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
with respect to any interest rate Hedging Agreements, and interest on a Capital Lease obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest
rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease obligation in accordance with GAAP.


 


“Interest Payment
Date” means (a) with respect to (i) each Term SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and
(ii) each ABR Loan, each Quarterly Date and (b) the Maturity Date.


 






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“Interest Period”
means, with respect to any Borrowing consisting of a Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last
day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding
day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is one (1) or three (3) months
thereafter (unless such day is not a Business Day in which case such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, unless such Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day), as the Borrower may elect, or the date any Term SOFR Loan is converted to an ABR Loan, in accordance with Section 2.04
or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 3.01 or Section 3.04; provided that no Interest Period
shall extend beyond the Maturity Date. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding
the last day of such Interest Period.


 


“Investment”
means, for any Person: (a) the purchase or acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of Equity
Interests of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including any “short sale” or any sale of any
securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale); (b) the making of any deposit
with, or advance, loan or capital contribution to, assumption of Indebtedness of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness
or equity participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another
Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but excluding any such
advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days representing the purchase price of inventory or supplies
sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business); (c) the purchase or acquisition (in one or a series of transactions) of
Property of another Person that constitutes a business unit or a discrete set of Properties of the seller of such Properties, other than
any Property consisting of equipment, inventory, materials or consumables purchased or acquired in the ordinary course of business; or
(d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold)
with respect to, Indebtedness or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced,
lent or extended to such Person.


 


“IRS”
means the United States Internal Revenue Service.


 


“Junior Financing”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.18.


 


“Key Employee”
means (a) Andrew Littlefair, as president and chief executive officer of Parent and (b) any replacement president and/or chief
executive officer.


 


“KPI Metric”
means with respect to any fiscal year, the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (a) the Loan Parties’
total renewable natural gas fuel delivery (i.e., non-fossil fuel sources) to on-road vehicle customers by (b) the Loan Parties’
total natural gas fuel delivery to on-road vehicle customers.


 


“KPI Metrics Report”
means an annual report (it being understood that this annual report may take the form of the annual Sustainability Report) attached to
the Sustainability Certificate that sets forth the calculations for the KPI Metric for a specific fiscal year.


 






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“KPI Threshold”
means with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, 100%.


 


“Labor Contracts”
means all employment agreements, employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements and other agreements among any Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries and its employees.


 


“LCFS”
means the regulatory program, including regulations and formal written policies adopted by (a) the California Air Resources Board
pursuant to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulation as set forth in Title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR), §95480
et seq., (b) the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to the Oregon Clean Fuels Program as set forth in Oregon
Administrative Rules Chapter 340 Division 253 (OAR 340-243) and (c) in each case, each successor regulation.


 


“Lead Arranger”
mean Riverstone Credit Partners II - Direct, L.P., in its capacity as sole lead arranger in respect of the Facilities.


 


“Lenders”
means each financial institution listed on Annex I, as well as any registered assignee that becomes a “Lender” hereunder
pursuant to Section 12.04(b) with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments, that, in each case, is a party to this Agreement.


 


“Lien”
means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether
such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including
(a) the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, deed of trust, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale
or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes and (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 any filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether
or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).


 


“Liquidity”
means, as of any time of determination, the amount of Unrestricted Cash at such time.


 


“Loan Documents”
means this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Fee Letter, any agreement, instrument or certificate required to be delivered
under this Agreement by or on behalf of any Loan Party and each other document designated as a Loan Document thereunder.


 


“Loan Parties”
means, collectively, Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors. “Loan Party” means Parent, the Borrower or
a Subsidiary Guarantor, individually, as the context may require.


 


“Loans”
means the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.01(a).


 


“Majority
Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, the holders of more than 50% of (a) on or prior to the Closing Date,
the Commitments of all the Lenders then in effect or (b) after the Closing Date, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of
all Lenders then outstanding at such time (without regard to any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under ‎Section 12.04(c)).


 






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“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect on, (a) the business, operations, Property, liabilities
(actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any
Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability
of any Loan Document or (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document.


 


“Material Contracts”
means the collective reference to (a) the Amazon Agreements, (b) the bp JV Contracts, (c) the TotalEnergies JV Contracts,
(d) the PlasmaFlow JV Agreement, (e) any Permitted Additional JV Document and (f) any other contract or other arrangement
(other than the Loan Documents) to which any Loan Party, any Material Joint Venture or any other Subsidiary is a party that generates,
or is reasonably expected to generate, revenues or results in, or is reasonably expected to result in, liabilities to the Loan Parties
and their Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year.


 


“Material Indebtedness”
means any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and other Secured Obligations) of any one or more of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries
in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000.


 


“Material Joint
Venture” means each of (a) the bp JV, (b) the TotalEnergies JV, (c) the TotalEnergies DR JV, (d) the PlasmaFlow
JV, (e) any Permitted Additional TotalEnergies JV and (f) any other Permitted Additional JV.


 


“Material Real Property”
means each of (a) the Boron Plant, (b) the Pickens Plant, (c) the top one hundred (100) natural gas fueling stations leased,
licensed or fee owned by any Loan Party as of the date hereof, as determined by net book value as of September 30, 2022, which are
set forth on Schedule 7.16 and (d) after the Closing Date, each natural gas fueling station constructed after the Closing
Date and leased, licensed or fee owned by any Loan Party.


 


“Material Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of Parent that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.


 


“Maturity Date”
means December 22, 2026.


 


“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.


 


“Mortgage”
means each mortgage, deed of trust, leasehold mortgage, leasehold deed of trust or any other document creating and evidencing a Lien
on real Property and other Property located on or related to such real Property, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit M or otherwise in a form reasonably satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent, including the Mortgages with respect to the Material Real Property set forth on Schedule 7.16 (to the
extent such Mortgages are required pursuant to the terms hereof).


 



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“Mortgaged Property”
means any Material Real Property owned, leased or licensed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party which is subject to
a Mortgage (or required to be subject to a Mortgage, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms hereof).


 


“Multiemployer Plan”
means a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries
or any ERISA Affiliate (a) makes, or is obligated to make, contributions, (b) during the preceding five (5) plan years,
has made, or been obligated to make, contributions or (c) has any actual or contingent liability.


 


“Necessary Permits”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.17(a).


 


“Net Cash Proceeds”
means, (a) with respect to (x) any Disposition by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or (y) any Casualty
Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty
Event, as applicable, but only as and when so received, over (ii) the sum, without duplication, of (A) the reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by such Loan Party or Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (B) all title
and recording Tax expense and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local income Taxes required to be paid in the then-current
fiscal year or subsequent fiscal year as a consequence of such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C) with respect to any Disposition,
any portion of the purchase price from such Disposition placed in escrow, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price,
for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Disposition or otherwise in connection with such Disposition, provided, however,
that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Cash Proceeds will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released
to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (D) reasonable reserves established for liabilities estimated to be payable in respect of
such Casualty Event and deposited into escrow with a third party escrow agent on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
or set aside in a separate deposit account that is subject to a control agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent and (F) any
amounts required to be used to prepay Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.02 (other than the Secured Obligations
or other secured Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien that is junior to the Lien securing the Secured Obligations) secured by the assets
subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event; and (b) with respect to the issuance of any Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received
from such issuance of Indebtedness, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable and documented costs and expenses
associated therewith, including reasonable and documented legal fees and expense.


 


“Net Income”
means with respect to Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of Parent and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there
shall be excluded from such net income (or loss) (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following:


 


(a)            all
extraordinary or non-recurring gains, losses, charges or expenses;


 


(b)            all
gains or losses realized in connection with any Disposition of assets with a fair market value of $100,000 or more (other than inventory
in the ordinary course of business) or the cancellation, unwind, retirement or early extinguishment of Indebtedness, on an after-tax
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(c)            the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;


 


(d)            any
non-cash compensation deduction as a result of any grant of stock or stock-related instruments to current or former employees, officers,
directors or members of management;


 


(e)            any
income or loss from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after tax gains or losses on disposed or discontinued operations;


 


(f)            any
goodwill or other intangible asset impairment charge; and


 


(g)            the
net income (or loss) of any other Person in which Parent or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries holds Equity Interests, except to the
extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash in such period by such other Person to Parent or to a Consolidated
Subsidiary.


 


“NG Advantage”
means NG Advantage LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, being an indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the Closing Date.


 


“Non-Consenting
Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.06.


 


“Notes”
means the promissory notes of the Borrower described in ‎Section 2.02(c) and being substantially in the form
of Exhibit A.


 


“NYFRB”
means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.


 


“Organizational
Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to such corporation) and any shareholders agreement; (b) with respect
to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with
respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with
its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if
applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.


 


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


 


“Other Taxes”
means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes or any other excise Taxes
arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, registration or enforcement of, from the receipt
or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and any other 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 5.06).


 






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“Parent”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereto.


 


“Participant”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(c)(i).


 


“Participant Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(c)(ii).


 


“Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Security Agreements” means each patent security agreement, trademark security agreement and copyright security
agreement, in substantially the form attached as exhibits to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or otherwise in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent, each as executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties.


 


“Payment”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(a).


 


“Payment in Full”
means (a) the Commitments have expired or been terminated, (b) the principal of and premium (including any applicable Call
Premium) on and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall have
been paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and (c) all other Secured Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations) shall have been paid in full in cash.


 


“Payment Notice”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.12(b).


 


“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor entity performing
similar functions.


 


“Perfection Certificate”
means a perfection certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.


 


“Periodic Term SOFR
Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Term SOFR”.


 


“Permitted Additional
JV” means each joint venture formed after the Closing Date on such terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent
in its sole and absolute discretion; provided that (a) the Administrative Agent (i) has received copies of the initial
letter of intent, joint development agreement and/or similar agreement with respect to such potential joint venture and any additional
information and documents furnished or received in connection therewith (including copies of the limited liability company agreement
and other documents contemplated to govern such joint venture) and (ii) has agreed in writing, in its sole and absolute discretion,
to permit Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party to enter into such additional joint venture and (b) the Organizational Documents
of such joint venture are free of any restrictions or other limitations on granting a Lien (and enforcing such Lien) on the Equity Interests
of such joint venture in favor of the Collateral Agent.


 






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“Permitted Additional
JV Document” means each document entered into by or assigned to any Permitted Additional JV after the Closing Date, including
the Organizational Documents of such Permitted Additional JV, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent has agreed to
in its sole and absolute discretion.


 


“Permitted Additional
TotalEnergies JV” means each joint venture formed after the Closing Date pursuant to the TotalEnergies JV Agreement on such
terms and conditions and with such economics that are the same or better for CLNE and its Subsidiaries in all material respects as the
terms, conditions and economics of the TotalEnergies DR JV, taken as a whole; provided that (a) the notice requirements set
forth in Section 8.01(g) are satisfied with respect to such joint venture and (b) the Organizational Documents
of such joint venture are free of any restrictions or other limitations on granting a Lien (and enforcing such Lien) on the Equity Interests
of such joint venture in favor of the Collateral Agent.


 


“Permitted Cure
Equity” means Qualified Equity Interests of Parent, which equity shall be common equity or other equity on terms and conditions
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.


 


“Permitted Investments”
means Investments permitted pursuant to Section 9.05.


 


“Permitted Liens”
means Liens permitted pursuant to Section 9.03.


 


“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.


 


“Pickens Plant”
means that certain liquefied natural gas liquefaction plant located at 12114 Longstreet Road, Willis, Texas 77318.


 


“Plan”
means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which (a) is
currently or hereafter sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate
or (b) was at any time during the six (6) calendar years preceding the date hereof, sponsored, maintained or contributed to
by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate.


 


“PlasmaFlow JV”
means PlasmaFlow, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.


 


“PlasmaFlow JV Agreement”
means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the PlasmaFlow JV, by CLNE PlasmaFlow Holdings, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, and ThrivalTech, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and members, effective as of November 7,
2022.


 


“Prime Rate”
means the “U.S. Prime Lending Rate” as published in The Wall Street Journal (or, if The Wall Street Journal
ceases quoting a prime rate, the highest per annum rate of interest published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve
statistical release H.15 (519) entitled “Selected Interest Rates” as the bank prime loan rate or its equivalent). Any change
in such prime rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.


 






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“Property”
means any interest in any kind of property, right or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible (including cash,
securities, accounts, contract rights, Intellectual Property and Equity Interests or other ownership interests of any Person), whether
now in existence or owned, leased, otherwise held or hereafter acquired.


 


“Prudent Industry
Practice” means, with respect to any Person, those practices, methods, equipment, specifications and standards of safety and
performance, as the same may change from time to time, as are commonly used by a significant portion of the renewable natural gas industry
or the alternative vehicle fueling industry, as good, safe and prudent practices in connection with construction, operation, maintenance,
repair, improvement and use of equipment, facilities and improvements of such facilities or equipment, as applicable, with commensurate
standards of safety, performance, dependability, efficiency and economy. Prudent Industry Practices does not necessarily mean one particular
practice, method, equipment specification or standard in all cases, but is instead intended to encompass a broad range of acceptable
practices, methods, equipment specifications and standards.


 


“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.


 


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


 


“Quarterly Date”
means March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each fiscal year (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the next preceding Business Day).


 


“Real Property Rights”
means all of the rights-of-way, easements, other leases, consents, fee ownership, and other real property rights of the Loan Parties.


 


“Recipient”
means (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) any Lender, as applicable.


 


“Redemption”
means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment, or defeasance or any other acquisition or
retirement for value (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Indebtedness. “Redeem”
has the correlative meaning thereto.


 


“Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(b)(iv).


 


“Regulation T”
means Regulation T of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.


 


“Regulation U”
means Regulation U of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.


 


“Regulation X”
means Regulation X of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.


 






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“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.


 


“Release”
and “Threatened Release” have the meanings assigned to such terms as specified in CERCLA (but without giving effect
to Section 101(22)(A), (B), (C), and (D) of CERCLA), as amended; provided, however, that (a) in the event
that CERCLA is amended so as to broaden the meaning of the term defined thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective
date of such amendment and (b) to the extent the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which any Property of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party is located or which is otherwise relevant to any Loan Party establish a meaning for “release”
that is broader than that specified in CERCLA, such broader meaning shall apply.


 


“Remedial Work”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10(a).


 


“Replacement Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.06.


 


“Resolution Authority”
means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.


 


“Responsible Officer”
means, as to any Person, a chief executive officer, the president, any Financial Officer, general counsel or the corporate secretary
of such Person, or if such Person does not have any such officer, an individual holding such position with a Person directly or indirectly
managing its business and affairs. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein means a Responsible Officer
of Parent or the Borrower, as applicable.


 


“Restricted Payment”
means (a) the payment of any dividend or making of any other payment or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property)
on account of any Loan Party’s Equity Interests or to the direct or indirect holders of any Loan Party’s Equity Interests
in their capacity as such, (b) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, retirement for value, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of any Loan Party’s Equity Interests, (c) any payment or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) on account
of any return of capital to any Loan Party’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), or (d) any
payment by any Loan Party for any advisory, consulting, management or similar services provided by or payable to any Affiliate of the
Borrower.


 


“RINs”
means any “Renewable Identification Numbers” generated to represent a volume of renewable fuel as set forth in the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s (or its successor agency’s) Renewable Fuel Standard regulations as set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part 80.


 


“Riverstone Lender”
means Riverstone Credit Partners II – Direct, L.P., Riverstone International Credit – Direct L.P., RCP II N Strategic Credit
Partners – Direct, L.P., and/or their Affiliates party hereto as “Lenders”.


 


“S&P”
means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.


 






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“Sanctioned
Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at
the time of this Agreement, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea
Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).


 


“Sanctioned Person”
means, at any time, any Person with whom dealings are restricted or prohibited under Sanctions, including (a) any Person listed
in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United States (including by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, or the U.S. Department of Commerce), or by the United Nations Security
Council, the European Union or any EU member state, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (b) any
Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by any such Person or Persons.


 


“Sanctions”
means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes or restricted measures imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by
(a) 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, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state,
His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.


 


“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.


 


“Secured Obligations”
means (a) any and all amounts owing or to be owing (including interest accruing at any post-default rate and interest accruing after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) by the Borrower or any other Loan Party (whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender
or other Secured Party under any Loan Document or paid on behalf of any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries by the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent or any of their Affiliates and (b) all renewals, restatements, extensions and/or rearrangements of
any of the above. Without limitation of the foregoing, the term “Secured Obligations” shall include the unpaid principal
(including any amount owed in respect of a Specified Event) or premium (including any applicable Call Premium) of and interest on the
Loans (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the maturity of
the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy,
or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries,
whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations and unpaid
amounts, fees, expenses, indemnities, costs, and all other obligations and liabilities of every nature of Parent, the Borrower or any
of their Subsidiaries, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising under this Agreement and
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“Secured Parties”
means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and each Indemnitee.


 


“Securities Accounts”
means all “securities accounts” (as such term is defined in the UCC) of the Loan Parties.


 


“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


 


“Security Documents”
means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Canadian Security Documents, the Control Agreements, the Mortgages, the Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Security Agreements, the Perfection Certificate and any and all other agreements, instruments, consents or certificates
now or hereafter executed and delivered by any Loan Party or any other Person in connection with, or as security for the payment or performance
of the Secured Obligations, the Notes or this Agreement.


 


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


 


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


 


“Solvency Certificate”
means a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form approved by the Administrative Agent.


 


“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Persons as of any date, (a) the value of the assets of such Persons (both at fair value and present fair
saleable value) is, on the date of determination, greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated
liabilities) of such Persons as of such date, (b) such Persons will be able to pay all liabilities of such Persons as such liabilities
mature, and (c) as of such date, such Persons does not have unreasonably small capital given the nature of its business. In computing
the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of
all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.


 


“Specified Event”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.03(a).


 


“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any other Person 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 Person (a) of which Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power (irrespective of whether or not at the time Equity Interests of any other class or classes
of such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) or, in the case of a partnership,
any 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 or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.


 






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“Subsidiary Guarantors”
means each Subsidiary of Parent or of the Borrower that is (or, pursuant to Section 8.12(d), is required to become) a party
to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or that executes, or is required to execute, Canadian Security Documents in favor of the Collateral
Agent, as applicable, as a “Guarantor”, “Grantor” and/or “Debtor” (as such terms are defined in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the applicable Canadian Security Document) and that guarantees (or is required to guarantee) the
Secured Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, Subsidiary Guarantors shall not include any Immaterial Subsidiary.


 


“Sustainability
Assurance Provider” means any qualified external reviewer, independent of the Loan Parties, with relevant expertise, such as
an auditor, environmental consultant and/or independent ratings agency of recognized national standing, proposed by the Borrower and
reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent, which Sustainability Assurance Provider shall apply assurance standards and methodology
consistent with generally accepted industry standards.


 


“Sustainability
Certificate” means a certificate executed by an Responsible Officer and attaching (a) true and correct copy of the KPI
Metrics Report for the most recently ended fiscal year and setting forth the Sustainability Rate Adjustment for the period covered thereby
and computations in reasonable detail in respect thereof and (b) a limited assurance verification statement of the Sustainability
Assurance Provider confirming that the Sustainability Assurance Provider is not aware of any modifications that should be made to the
KPI Metrics Report in order for it to be presented in all material respects in conformity with the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles.


 


“Sustainability
Certificate Inaccuracy” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.07(d).


 


“Sustainability-Linked
Loan Coordinator” means Riverstone Credit Management LLC, in its capacity as sole sustainability-linked loan coordinator in
respect of the Loans.


 


“Sustainability-Linked
Loan Principles” means the voluntary recommended guidelines for categorizing loans as “sustainability-linked” published
by the Loan Market Association, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and Loan Syndications and Trading Association in March 2022
in relation to promoting the development and integrity of sustainability-linked loan products.


 


“Sustainability
Pricing Adjustment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.07(a).


 


“Sustainability
Rate Adjustment” means, with respect to a KPI Metrics Report, for any Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date:


 


(a)            positive
0.25%, if the KPI Metric for such period as set forth in the KPI Metrics Report for such Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date is less
than the KPI Threshold for such period (as applicable); and


 


(b)            otherwise,
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“Sustainability
Recalculation Event” means the occurrence of any significant or structural changes in Parent (including acquisitions, divestitures,
mergers, insourcing or outsourcing or a series of related transactions of such type), changes in methodology in respect of the KPI Metric,
or changes in data reported due to improved calculation methodologies or better data accessibility, as determined in good faith by Parent,
evidenced by a certificate of a Responsible Officer.


 


“Sustainability
Report” means the annual non-financial disclosure report prepared in accordance with the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles
delivered to each Lender and the Administrative Agent.


 


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


 


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


 


“Term
SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation with respect to (a) any ABR Loan in respect of clause (c) of the
definition of “Alternate Base Rate” referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR, a rate per annum equal to 0.10% and
(b) any Term SOFR Loan, (i) with a one-month Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to 0.10% and (ii) with a three-month
Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to 0.15%.


 


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


 


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


 






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


 


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


 


“Terminated Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.06.


 


“Test Date”
means the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of Parent for which the financial statements required by Section 8.01
were required to have been, or if earlier have been, delivered to the Administrative Agent, commencing with the fiscal quarter of Parent
ending December 31, 2022.


 


“Test Period”
means, as of any date of determination, the most recently completed four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent ending on or
prior to such date.


 


“Title Company”
means Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, or such other nationally recognized title insurance company selected by Borrower and
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent retained to issue the title insurance policies pursuant to the Loan Documents.


 


“Titled Vehicle”
means any vehicle or equipment that is covered by a certificate of title under a statute of any jurisdiction under the law of which an
indication of a security interest on such certificate is required as a condition to perfect of a security interest in such vehicle or
equipment.


 


“Titled Vehicle
of Significance” means any Titled Vehicle owned by any Loan Party with a net book value of $150,000 or more and any LNG trailers.


 


“Title
Policy” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.12(b)(i).


 


“Total
Biogas” means Total Biogas Holdings USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.


 


“TotalEnergies
DR JV” means Del Rio Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a 50/50 joint venture between CERD and Total
Biogas.


 


“TotalEnergies DR
JV Agreement” means the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the TotalEnergies DR JV, dated as of October 12, 2021,
between CERD and Total Biogas.


 


“TotalEnergies
JV” means the 50/50 transactional joint venture between CERD and Total Biogas established to develop renewable natural
gas production facilities or projects in the United States.


 


“TotalEnergies JV
Agreement” means the Joint Venture Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2021, by and between CERD and Total Biogas, pursuant
to which the parties agreed to invest in equal proportion in and monitor potential renewable natural gas projects.


 






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“TotalEnergies JV
Contracts” means each of (a) the TotalEnergies JV Agreement, (b) the TotalEnergies DR JV Agreement and (c) any
Additional TotalEnergies JV Document.


 


“Total Funded Indebtedness”
means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, all Indebtedness of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, whether incurred
under this Agreement or otherwise, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of such date, other than any Indebtedness
described in clause (b) of the definition thereof (except to the extent constituting non-contingent reimbursement obligations
in respect of a draw on, or funding of, the applicable instrument). For purposes of making any determination of Total Funded Indebtedness
for any period, such Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions
and for which the financial effect is being calculated, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working
capital purposes) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during such period shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed
or permanently repaid on the first day of such period.


 


“Total Leverage
Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Total Funded Indebtedness as of the most recent Test Date
on or prior to such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period ending on the most recent Test Date on or prior to such date.


 


“Total Loss”
means, in relation to any Property affected by a Casualty Event that constitutes all or substantially all of the Property subject to
such Casualty Event, any of the following: (a) the substantial destruction of such affected Property or the destruction of such
affected Property beyond repair; (b) the destruction of such affected Property such that there remains no substantial portion thereof
which a prudent owner, uninsured, desiring to restore such affected Property to its original condition would utilize as a basis of such
restoration; or (c) the destruction of such affected Property such that the insured may claim the whole amount of any insurance
policy covering such affected Property upon abandoning such affected Property to the insurance underwriters therefor.


 


“Transaction Costs”
means all fees and expenses incurred or paid by Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.


 


“Transactions”
means, collectively, (a) with respect to (i) the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof, and the grant
of Liens by the Borrower on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, (ii) each other Loan Party, the execution, delivery
and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, such Loan Party’s guarantee of the Secured Obligations
pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, and the grant of Liens by such Loan Party on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents,
(b) the payment of Transaction Costs and other amounts in accordance with the Funds Flow Memorandum and (c) the repayment of
all existing Indebtedness described in clauses (a) and (b) of the definition thereof of Parent, the Borrower
and their Subsidiaries.


 






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“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 Alternate Base Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR (other than in respect of clause (c) of
the definition of “Alternate Base Rate” referencing the Adjusted Term SOFR).


 


“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.


 


“UK Financial Institution”
means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form 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.


 


“Unrestricted Cash”
means, as of any time of determination, all cash or cash equivalents of the Loan Parties, other than cash and cash equivalents that appear
as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; provided that cash and
cash equivalents of the Loan Parties shall not fail to constitute Unrestricted Cash solely as a result of such cash or cash equivalents
being subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Collateral Agent.


 


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


 


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


 


“USA PATRIOT Act”
means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III
of Pub. L. 107-56), as amended.


 


“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.


 


“Withholding Agent”
means the Borrower, any Guarantor or the Administrative Agent.


 


“Withholding Certificate”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.03(f)(ii)(B)(4).


 


“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.


 






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“Working Capital”
means, at any date, the excess of Current Assets on such date minus Current Liabilities on such date.


 


“Zero Balance Agreement”
means the agreements governing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties reflected on the UCC financing statements identified on Schedule 1.01(b) hereto
as of the Closing Date.


 


Section 1.02          Types
of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings, respectively, may be classified and referred to by
Type (e.g., a “Term SOFR Loan” or a “Term SOFR Borrowing”).


 


Section 1.03          Terms
Generally; Rules of Construction. 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”, and the word “or” is not exclusive. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect as the word “shall”. The use of the words “repay” and “prepay” and the words “repayment”
and “prepayment” herein shall each have identical meanings hereunder. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) except as otherwise provided herein, any reference herein to any law shall
be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time,
(c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the
restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (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) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and
the word “to” means “to and including”, (f) unless otherwise specified, any reference herein to Articles,
Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules
to, this Agreement, (g) any reference to amounts “deposited” into or “on deposit” in any account shall be
construed to include any cash equivalents or other amounts credited to such account, (h) the term “documents” includes
any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced,
whether in physical or electronic form, (i) 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 and (j) all references to currencies, the Loans and to amounts payable hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
shall be to United States dollars. The use of the phrase “subject to” as used in connection with Excepted Liens or otherwise
and the permitted existence of any Excepted Liens or any other Liens shall not be interpreted to expressly or impliedly subordinate any
Liens granted in favor of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties as there is no intention to subordinate the Liens granted
in favor of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted
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Section 1.04          Accounting
Terms and Determinations; GAAP. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations
with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial
matters required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, applied
on a basis consistent with the financial statements except for changes in which Borrower’s independent certified public accountants
concur and which are disclosed to Administrative Agent on the next date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to
the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.01(a); provided that, unless the Borrower and the Majority Lenders shall otherwise
agree in writing, no such change shall modify or affect the manner in which compliance with the covenants contained herein is computed
such that all such computations shall be conducted utilizing financial information presented consistently with prior periods; provided,
further, that if at any time any change in GAAP or interpretation thereof by the independent auditors of any Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries would require that operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business be treated in a manner similar to financial
leases under GAAP, all financial covenants, requirements and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated as though no operating
lease shall be treated as a Capital Lease for any purpose hereunder. All indemnification and release provisions of this Agreement shall
be construed broadly (and not narrowly) in favor of the Persons receiving indemnification or being released.


 


Section 1.05          Times
of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard,
as applicable).


 


Section 1.06          Timing
of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to
be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately
succeeding Business Day.


 


Section 1.07          Interest
Rates. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders do not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with
respect to the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Alternate Base Rate,
the Term SOFR Reference Rate, the Adjusted Term SOFR or the Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the
definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto, including whether the composition or characteristics of
any such alternative, successor or replacement rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have
the same volume or liquidity as, the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, the Adjusted Term SOFR or the Term SOFR prior
to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates or other related entities may engage
in transactions that affect the calculation of the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, the Term SOFR, the Adjusted Term
SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower.
The Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders) may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion
to ascertain the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, the Term SOFR or the Adjusted Term SOFR, in each case, pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any
kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort,
contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided
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Section 1.08          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.


 


ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS


 


Section 2.01          Commitments.


 


(a)            Loans.
Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make Loans to the Borrower
on the Closing Date in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment. Each Lender’s Commitment shall immediately terminate
without further action upon the funding of such Lender’s Loan pursuant to this Section 2.01(a).


 


(b)            Nature
of Loans. Any amounts borrowed hereunder and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.


 


Section 2.02          Loans
and Borrowings.


 


(a)            Borrowings;
Several Obligations. The Loans made on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitments shall be made as part of one or more Borrowings
on the Closing Date consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. 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 are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.


 


(b)            Types
of Loans. Subject to Section 3.03, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans as the
Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate or Approved Fund of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation
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(c)            Notes.
Any Lender may request that the Loans made by it be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in substantially the form of
Exhibit A, dated, in the case of (i) any Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this
Agreement or (ii) any Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, as of the effective date of the
Assignment and Assumption, in each case, payable to such Lender or its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of its Loans as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed. In the event that the aggregate principal amount
of any Lender’s Loans increases or decreases for any reason (whether pursuant to Section 12.04(b) or otherwise),
upon the request of such Lender, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the effective date of such increase or decrease,
a new Note payable to such Lender or its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of its Loans
after giving effect to such increase or decrease, and otherwise duly completed. The Borrower’s obligation to deliver a Note evidencing
Loans for which the Borrower has previously delivered a Note shall be subject to Borrower’s receipt of such previously-delivered
Note or satisfactory indemnity therefor in Borrower’s good faith discretion. The replaced Note shall be deemed cancelled upon delivery
from the Borrower to the Lender of such new Note. The date, amount, Type, interest rate and, if applicable, Interest Period of each
Loan made by each Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books for
its Note, and, prior to any transfer, may be recorded by such Lender on a schedule attached to such Note or any continuation thereof
or on any separate record maintained by such Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s
or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Lender of its Note.


 


Section 2.03          Requests
for Borrowings.


 


(a)            To
request a Borrowing of Loans on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall deliver (including via e-mail) to the Administrative Agent a written
and irrevocable Borrowing Request not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the
Closing Date, requesting that the Lenders make the Loans on the Closing Date and specifying:


 


(i)             the
aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;


 


(ii)            the
proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day;


 


(iii)           whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term SOFR Borrowing;


 


(iv)           in
the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the
definition of the term “Interest Period”; and


 


(v)            the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.


 


If no election as to the
Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Term SOFR Borrowing.


 






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(b)            Promptly
following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03(a), 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          Interest
Elections.


 


(a)            Conversion
and Continuance. Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the Borrowing Request delivered pursuant to Section 2.03
and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter,
the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term SOFR Borrowing,
may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this ‎Section 2.04. The Borrower may not elect different
options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing. Each conversion to or continuance of a Borrowing shall be in a
principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or the entire balance thereof).


 


(b)            Interest
Election Requests. To make an election pursuant to this ‎Section 2.04, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent of such election in writing by (i) in the case of continuation of or conversion to a Term SOFR Borrowing, not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the last day of the current Interest Period or date of conversion, or (ii) in
the case of conversion to an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the date
of conversion. Each such written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and delivered by e-mail to the Administrative Agent and
be signed by the Borrower.


 


(c)            Information
in Interest Election Requests. Each written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:


 


(i)             the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies;


 


(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 SOFR Borrowing; and


 


(iv)           if
the resulting Borrowing is a Term SOFR 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”.


 


(d)            Notice
to Lenders by the Administrative Agent. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall
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(e)            Effect
of Failure to Deliver Timely Interest Election Request and Events of Default on Interest Election. If the Borrower fails to deliver
a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term SOFR Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (which,
for the avoidance of doubt shall be three (3) Business Days prior to the end of the Interest Period), then, unless such Borrowing
is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be continued as a Term SOFR Borrowing with an Interest
Period of equal duration as the immediately preceding Interest Period. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing: (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Borrowing (and
any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term SOFR Borrowing
shall be ineffective) and (ii) unless repaid, each Term SOFR Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto.


 


Section 2.05          Funding
of Borrowings.


 


(a)            Funding
by Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available
funds by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by
notice to the Lenders. Upon receipt of all requested Loan funds, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower
by promptly wire-transferring the amounts so received, in like funds, to the accounts designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing
Request in accordance with Section 2.03. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for its
Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds
for its Loan in any particular place or manner.


 


(b)            Presumption
of Funding by the Lenders. 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 Section 2.05(a) and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact
made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally
agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including
the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in
the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective 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 Borrower, the interest rate applicable to
ABR Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such
Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to
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ARTICLE III

PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; PREPAYMENTS; FEES


 


Section 3.01          Repayment
of Loans. The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the unpaid
principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.


 


Section 3.02          Interest.


 


(a)            ABR
Loans. The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin,
but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.


 


(b)            Term
SOFR Loans. The Loans comprising each Term SOFR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR for the Interest Period in
effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.


 


(c)            Post-Default
Rate.


 


(i)            Secured
Obligations. The Secured Obligations shall automatically bear interest, after as well as before judgment, from the date of occurrence
of any Event of Default until such Event of Default is no longer continuing at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case
of principal of any Loan, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or (ii) in the case of any
other amounts, the sum of the rate of interest applicable under to ABR Loans plus an additional 2.00% per annum on such
amount, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate (with such interest to be retroactive to the date of such Event of Default).


 


(ii)            Acknowledgment.
The Borrower acknowledges that the increase in rates referred to in this Section 3.02(c) reflects, among other things,
the fact that such Loans or other amounts have become a substantially greater risk given their default status and that the Lenders are
entitled to additional compensation for such risk, and all such interest shall be payable by the Borrower upon demand by the Majority
Lenders or by the Administrative Agent at the written direction of the Majority Lenders.


 


(d)            Interest
Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and shall be paid in cash;
provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 3.02(c) shall be payable on demand in cash, (ii) in
the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (including on the Maturity Date, upon acceleration or otherwise), accrued interest
on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment in cash, and (iii) in the
event of any conversion of any Term SOFR 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
Rate Computations. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would
exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year),
except that 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), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For the avoidance of doubt, no date of payment shall be included
in any computation. The Alternate Base Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR, as applicable, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent,
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Section 3.03          Alternate
Rate of Interest.


 


(a)            If,
prior to the commencement of any Interest Period:


 


(i)             the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period; or


 


(ii)            the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Majority Lenders that Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;


 


then the Administrative Agent shall give notice
thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by e-mail or telephone as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, each Borrowing shall be made
as an ABR Borrowing.


 


(b)            If,
at any time, the Majority Lenders determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that (i) the
circumstances set forth in Section 3.03(a) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the
circumstances set forth in Section 3.03(a) have not arisen but (w) the Term SOFR Administrator has made a public
statement or published information that the Term SOFR Administrator has ceased or is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator
that will continue publication of Term SOFR), (x) the Term SOFR Administrator has made a public statement or has published information
(or a public statement or information is published on its behalf) which states that Term SOFR will permanently or indefinitely cease
to be published by it (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the Term SOFR), (y) the supervisor
for the Term SOFR Administrator, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the Term SOFR Administrator,
a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the Term SOFR Administrator or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution
authority over the Term SOFR Administrator has made a public statement or has published information which states that the Term SOFR Administrator
has ceased or is insolvent or Term SOFR will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for the Term
SOFR Administrator or a Governmental Authority has made a public statement identifying or has published information which states that
Term SOFR is no longer representative or Term SOFR may no longer be used for determining interest rates for dollar-denominated credit
facilities, then the Majority Lenders and the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent as to the administrability of such
alternate rate) shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest as a replacement to Term SOFR that gives due consideration
to the then prevailing or evolving market convention for determining a rate of interest for dollar-denominated credit facilities or other
comparable debt instruments in the United States at such time and shall enter into (and direct the Administrative Agent to enter into)
an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be
applicable. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this Section 3.03(b) (but, in
the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 3.03(b), only to
the extent Term SOFR for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), any outstanding Term SOFR
Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans. If any such alternate rate of interest established
in lieu of Term SOFR through this Section 3.03 shall be less than 1.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.50% for purposes
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Section 3.04          Prepayments.


 


(a)            Optional
Prepayments.


 


(i)            Optional
Prepayments Generally. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in
part in an amount of not less than $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount or, if less, the entire outstanding
principal amount of the Borrowings under the Facility, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 3.04(a)(ii). Prepayments
pursuant to this Section 3.04(a)(i) shall, in each case, be accompanied by the payment of the Call Premium and all accrued
interest on the amount prepaid together with any additional payments to the extent required by Section 5.02.


 


(ii)            Notice
and Terms of Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing by e-mail or other electronic transmission
of any prepayment under Section 3.04(a) not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, three (3) Business Days
before the date of prepayment (or such shorter time period as to which the Administrative Agent shall agree). Each such notice shall
be irrevocable and shall in the case of a prepayment 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 conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities
or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition,
such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date)
if such condition is not satisfied (it being understood that the requirements of Section 5.02 shall apply to any failure
of such condition to occur and any such revocation). Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to Section 3.04(a) shall
be applied, first, ratably to any ABR Borrowings then outstanding, and, second, to any Term SOFR Borrowings then outstanding. Each prepayment
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(b)            Mandatory
Prepayments.


 


(i)            Dispositions;
Casualty. If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the
extent that application of Net Cash Proceeds under this Section 3.04(b)(i) would result in material adverse tax consequences
to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries) receives Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 in respect of any Casualty Event or
other Disposition (other than any Disposition permitted under Section 9.10(a), Section 9.10(c), Section 9.10(d),
Section 9.10(e), Section 9.10(g), Section 9.10(h), Section 9.10(j), Section 9.10(l) or
Section 9.10(m)(i)) then, within three (3) Business Days thereafter, the Borrower shall prepay the principal amount
of the Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 and the outstanding principal
in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii); provided that, in the case of any Disposition (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, any Casualty Event), upon written notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent not more than three (3) Business
Days following receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from such Disposition, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be excluded from the prepayment requirements
of this Section 3.04(b)(i) if both (A) the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible
Officer certifying that (I) the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary intends to apply the Net Cash Proceeds (or a portion thereof
specified in such notice) from such Disposition within one (1) year after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (which one (1) year
period shall be extended by an additional six (6) months to the extent that the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary has committed
to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds during such initial one (1) year period), to reinvest in the business of Parent, the Borrower
or any other Loan Party (any such event, a “Reinvestment”) (provided that, to the extent the Property disposed
of constitutes Collateral, such Net Cash Proceeds must be reinvested in property that constitutes Collateral), (II) no Default or
Event of Default exists prior to giving such notice or Reinvestment or will result after giving effect to such Reinvestment and (III) before
and after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the Borrower will be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants, and (B) within
one (1) year (or, to the extent that the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary has committed to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds during
such initial one (1) year period, eighteen (18) months) from the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such Net Cash Proceeds
are actually applied to such Reinvestment; provided, however, that the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds that (x) the
applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, or is not able to, by operation
of contract or law or otherwise (including not being able to make the certifications required pursuant to Section 3.04(b)(i)(A) above),
apply toward a Reinvestment or (y) have not been so applied toward a Reinvestment by the end of such one (1) year period (or,
if such initial one (1) year period has been extended in accordance with immediately preceding proviso, eighteen (18) month period),
in each case, shall be applied to a mandatory prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, in the case of (1) a Total Loss or (2) a Condemnation Event, in each case,
with respect to a portion of any Property of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries having a value in excess of $10,000,000, unless the Administrative
Agreement otherwise agrees in writing, the Borrower shall apply, or shall cause to be applied, all Net Cash Proceeds received in respect
of such Total Loss or Condemnation Event, as applicable, to the prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii).


 


(ii)            Extraordinary
Net Cash Receipts. Promptly (but in no event later than one (1) Business Day) following the receipt of Extraordinary Net Cash
Receipts by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the extent
the application of Extraordinary Net Cash Receipts under this Section 3.04(b)(ii) would result in material adverse tax
consequences to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries), the Borrower shall use, or shall cause to be used, 100% of such Extraordinary
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(iii)            Indebtedness.
Immediately upon the receipt of any Debt Incurrence Proceeds by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than Debt Incurrence
Proceeds in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred pursuant to Section 9.02), the Borrower shall
use, or shall cause to be used, 100% of such Debt Incurrence Proceeds to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii).


 


(iv)            Change
in Control. Upon a Change in Control, the Borrower shall prepay all outstanding Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii).


 


(v)            Excess
Cash Sweep. Upon the earlier of (A) delivery of financial statements under Section 8.01(a) or (B) the
on which financial statements were required to have been delivered under Section 8.01(a) (in each case, commencing with
the financial statements covering the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal
to 100% of Excess Cash Flow for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements; provided that, if Liquidity would be less
than $25,000,000 after giving effect to such prepayment, the Borrower shall instead be required to prepay the Loans with the portion
of such Excess Cash Flow that would cause Liquidity to equal $25,000,000 after giving effect to such prepayment. Together with each repayment
under this Section 3.04(b)(v), the Borrower shall deliver a certificate from a Financial Officer setting forth in reasonable
detail the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for the applicable period.


 


(vi)            Equity
Cure. Immediately upon receipt by Parent of the proceeds of any Permitted Cure Equity pursuant to Section 10.02, the
Borrower shall cause to be prepaid the outstanding principal of the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii) in
an amount equal to 100% of such proceeds.


 


(vii)          Terms
of Mandatory Prepayments. Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) shall be applied, first,
ratably, to any ABR Borrowings included in the prepaid Borrowings, and, second, to any Term SOFR Borrowings included in the prepaid Borrowings.
Each prepayment of Borrowings pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the
prepaid Borrowings. Prepayments pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) shall, in each case, be accompanied by the payment
of the Call Premium and all accrued interest on the amount prepaid together with any additional payments to the extent required by Section 5.02.
The Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, one (1) Business
Day (or three (3) Business Days if such prepayment results from a voluntary event) (in each case, or such shorter time period as
to which the Administrative Agent shall agree) prior to each prepayment required under this Section 3.04(b), and such notice
shall include a certificate signed by a Financial Officer setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment.
Each notice of prepayment shall specify the prepayment date, the Type of each Loan being prepaid and the principal amount of each Loan
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(c)            Call
Premium. Prepayments of Loans permitted or required under this Section 3.04 (including optional prepayments described
in Section 3.04(a) and mandatory prepayments described in Section 3.04(b)) and including, for avoidance
of doubt, any prepayments of the Loans occurring after acceleration of the Loans pursuant to Section 10.03 and any other
prepayments of the Loans (which payments, for the purpose of calculating the Call Premium, shall be deemed to have been made immediately
prior to the date of acceleration, if earlier than the date of payment and on the amount of Loans outstanding on the date of acceleration,
if more than the amount paid on the date of payment) shall be subject to payment of the Call Premium and any amounts required to be paid
pursuant to Section 5.02.


  


Section 3.05          Fees.


 


(a)            Agent
and Other Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender, in each case, for its
own account, the fees payable in the amounts and at the times (including the fees payable to the Lenders on the Closing Date) separately
agreed upon in the Fee Letter.


 


(b)            Original
Issue Discount. On the Closing Date, each Lender will fund such Lender’s Loan net of an amount equal to 1.00% of the amount
of such Lender’s Commitment. Such discount shall be treated as original issue discount for U.S. federal and applicable state income
tax purposes.


 


ARTICLE IV

PAYMENTS; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS


 


Section 4.01          Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.


 


(a)            Payments
by the Borrower. The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees,
or of amounts payable under ‎Section 5.01, Section 5.02, ‎Section 5.03 or otherwise)
prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without defense, deduction, recoupment,
set-off or counterclaim. Fees, once paid, shall be fully earned and shall not be refundable under any circumstances, absent manifest
error. 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 or accounts specified in Section 12.01 or such other offices or accounts as the Administrative Agent
shall specify to the Borrower in writing from time to time, except that payments pursuant to Section 5.01, Section 5.02,
‎Section 5.03 and Section 12.03 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. 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)            Application
of Insufficient Payments. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal and interest on the Loans
shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders according to the respective outstanding principal
amounts of the Loans then held by the Lenders. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first,
towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of
interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and premium then due hereunder,
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(c)            Sharing
of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect
of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate
amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall promptly remit such excess amount to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders. If such Lender
fails to promptly remit such excess amount to the Administrative Agent, then such Lender shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations
in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably
in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that if (i) any
such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall
not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee
or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall
apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender
acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim
with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.


 


Section 4.02          Presumption
of Payment by the Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which
any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative
Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption,
distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders
severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon,
for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation.


 


Section 4.03          Certain
Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05,
‎Section 4.02, Section 5.03(d) or Section 12.03(c),
then the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until
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ARTICLE V

INCREASED COSTS; BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS; TAXES; ILLEGALITY


 


Section 5.01          Increased
Costs.


 


(a)            Increased
Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:


 


(i)            impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirements,
insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender;


 


(ii)            subject
any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes or (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments,
or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or


 


(iii)            impose
on any Lender any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender;


 


and the result of any of the foregoing shall
be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining
its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such other Recipient
(whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be,
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.


 


(b)            Capital
Requirements. If any Lender 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 capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender
or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s
policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time
the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding
company for any such reduction suffered.


 


(c)            Certificates.
A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case
may be, as specified in ‎Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) shall be delivered to the Borrower
and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within
ten (10) days after receipt thereof.


 


(d)            Effect
of Failure or Delay in Requesting Compensation. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section 5.01 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that
the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 5.01 for any increased costs or reductions
incurred more than 365 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that if the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 365-day period referred to above shall be extended
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Section 5.02          Break
Funding Payments. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to any of the following (a) the
payment of any principal of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result
of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Term SOFR Loan into an ABR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term SOFR Loan on the date specified in any notice
delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Term SOFR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.04. In the case of a Term SOFR Loan, such loss, cost
or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount
of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted Term SOFR that
would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period
therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such
Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such
Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other
banks in the market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant
to this Section 5.02 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall
pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.


 


Section 5.03          Taxes.


 


(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 free
and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes; provided that if an applicable Withholding Agent shall be required
under any applicable law (as determined in its good faith discretion) to deduct or withhold any Taxes from such payments, then the applicable
Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deductions or withholdings, shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and if such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the
applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions
and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.03), the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, Lender or other Recipient (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions
or withholdings been made.


 


(b)            Payment
of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without duplication of any amount paid pursuant to Section 5.03(a), each of Parent and
the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance
with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any
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(c)            Indemnification
by the Borrower. 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 payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment
to such Recipient, and any and all 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 from the Administrative Agent (on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender), the Collateral Agent or a Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.


 


(d)            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 the Borrower has not already indemnified
the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes
attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.04(c)(ii) 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 the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent
under this Section 5.03(d).


 


(e)            Evidence
of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of any Taxes by the Borrower or a Guarantor to a Governmental Authority pursuant
to this Section 5.03, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt
issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such
payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


 


(f)            Withholding
Certificates.


 


(i)            Any
Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or 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 the documentation set forth in Section 5.03(f)(ii)(A),
Section 5.03(f)(ii)(B) and Section 5.03(f)(ii)(D)) 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
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(ii)            Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing,


 


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


 


(B)            each
Foreign Lender shall, to the extent that it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, on or
prior to the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Foreign Lender that is an assignee of a Lender, on the date such assignee becomes a
party to this Agreement) and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, whichever
of the following is applicable:


 


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


 


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


 


(3)            executed
copies of IRS Form W-8EXP;


 


(4)            in
the case of any 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 I-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank”
within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning
of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described
in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “Withholding Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN
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(5)            to
the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS
Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8 EXP, a Withholding Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2
or Exhibit I-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 Withholding Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4
on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;


 


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


 


(D)            if
a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were
to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of
the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law
and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower and 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 and Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations
under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount,
if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for the purposes of this Section 5.03(f)(ii)(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 expired or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification
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(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 5.03 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant
to this Section 5.03), 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 5.03 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses
(including Taxes) of such indemnified party incurred in connection with such refund 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 Section 5.03(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 Section 5.03(g), in no event will the indemnified
party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 5.03(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 with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified
party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying
party or any other Person.


  


(h)            Survival.
Each party’s obligations under this Section 5.03 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.


 


(i)            Defined
Terms. For purpose of this Section 5.03, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.


 


Section 5.04          Mitigation
Obligations; Designation of Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under ‎Section 5.01,
or if any Loan Party is required to indemnify any Lender or pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for
the account of any Lender pursuant to ‎Section 5.03,
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 (a) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or ‎Section 5.03,
as the case may be, in the future and (b) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise
be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment.


 


Section 5.05          Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its applicable lending
office to honor its obligation to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans either generally or having a particular Interest Period hereunder,
then (a) such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof and such Lender’s obligation
to make such Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended (the “Affected Loans”) until such time as such Lender may again make
and maintain such Term SOFR Loans and (b) all Affected Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender shall be made instead
as ABR Loans (and, if such Lender so requests by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, all Affected Loans of such Lender
then outstanding shall be automatically converted into ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such notice) and, to the extent
that Affected Loans are so made as (or converted into) ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such
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Section 5.06          Removal
or Replacement of a Lender. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender
(an “Increased-Cost Lender”) shall give notice to Borrower that such Lender is an affected Lender or that such Lender
is entitled to receive payments under Section 5.01, Section 5.03 or Section 5.04, (ii) the circumstances
which have caused such Lender to be an affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect,
and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower’s request for
such withdrawal or (b) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any
of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 12.02, the consent of the Majority Lenders shall have been obtained but
the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”) whose consent is required shall
not have been obtained, then, with respect to each such Increased Cost Lender and Non-Consenting Lender (each, a “Terminated
Lender”), the Administrative Agent may, by giving written notice to the Borrower (which, in the case of an Increased-Cost Lender,
only after receiving written request from the Borrower to remove such Increased-Cost Lender), or the Borrower may, by giving written
notice to the Administrative Agent, and, in each case, any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect to cause such Terminated
Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans and Commitments in full to one or more
Persons (each a “Replacement Lender”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.04 and the Terminated
Lender shall pay any fees payable thereunder in connection with such assignment; provided that (1) on the date of such assignment,
the Replacement Lender shall pay to such Terminated Lender an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding
Loans of the Terminated Lender; (2) on the date of such assignment, the Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated
Lender pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.03; and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting
Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender
was a Non-Consenting Lender. Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender, such Terminated Lender shall no longer
constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof; provided that any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder
shall survive as to such Terminated 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, the Administrative Agent and the assignee, 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 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
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Section 5.07          Sustainability
Adjustments.


 


(a)            Following
the date on which Parent or the Borrower provides a Sustainability Certificate in respect of the fiscal year ending December 31,
2025, the Applicable Margin shall be increased, as applicable, pursuant to the Sustainability Rate Adjustment as set forth in such Sustainability
Certificate. For purposes of the foregoing, the Sustainability Rate Adjustment shall be applied retroactively to commence as of December 31,
2025 based upon the KPI Metric set forth in such Sustainability Certificate and the calculations of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment
therein (such day, the “Sustainability Pricing Adjustment Date”).


  


(b)            For
the avoidance of doubt, only one Sustainability Certificate may be delivered in respect of any fiscal year. It is further understood
and agreed that the Applicable Margin will never be increased by more than 0.25% in the aggregate pursuant to the Sustainability Rate
Adjustment.


 


(c)            It
is hereby understood and agreed that if no such Sustainability Certificate is delivered by Parent or the Borrower with regard to the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 within the period set forth in Section 8.01(r), the KPI Threshold will be deemed
not to have been met until Parent or the Borrower delivers a Sustainability Certificate to the Administrative Agent for such fiscal year.


 


(d)            If
(i)(A) any Lender becomes aware of any material inaccuracy in the Sustainability Rate Adjustment or the KPI Metric as reported in
the Sustainability Certificate (any such material inaccuracy, a “Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy”) and such
Lender delivers a written notice to the Administrative Agent describing such Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy in reasonable detail
(which description shall be shared with each Lender and the Borrower) or (B) a Loan Party becomes aware of a Sustainability Certificate
Inaccuracy and (ii) a proper calculation of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment or the KPI Metric would have resulted in an increase
in the Applicable Margin for any period, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable
Lenders promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief
with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable event under non-U.S. debtor relief laws), automatically and
without further action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender), but in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower
has received written demand from the Administrative Agent following receipt of a written notice from any Lender of (in the case of Section 5.07(d)(i)(A) and
Section 5.07(d)(ii) above), or have agreed in writing that there was (in the case of Section 5.07(d)(i)(B) above),
a Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy, an amount equal to the excess of (1) the amount of interest and fees that should have been
paid for such period over (2) the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period (the “True-Up Amount”).
If any Loan Party becomes aware of any Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy and, in connection therewith, if a proper calculation of
the Sustainability Rate Adjustment or the KPI Metric would have resulted in the Applicable Margin remaining the same for any period,
then, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of notice from Parent or the Borrower of such Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy (which
notice shall include corrections to the calculations of the Sustainability Rate Adjustment or the KPI Metric, as applicable), commencing
on the fifth (5th) Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, the Applicable Margin shall be adjusted
(but only with respect to periods commencing after such fifth (5th) Business Day) to reflect the corrected calculations of the Sustainability
Rate Adjustment or the KPI Metric, as applicable, for all periods occurring no sooner than five (5) Business Days after receipt
by the Administrative Agent of such notice. For the avoidance of any doubt, the parties agree that any such adjustment to reflect a decrease
in the Applicable Margin for any period shall only be effective on a prospective basis and shall not require any adjustments to amounts
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(e)            It
is understood and agreed that any Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default; provided
that the Borrower complies with the terms of Section 5.07(d) and Section 8.01(s) with respect to
such Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless such amounts shall be due upon the
occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable
event under non-U.S. debtor relief laws), (i) any additional amounts required to be paid pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph
shall not be due and payable until the earlier to occur of (x) fifteen (15) Business Days after written demand for such payment
by the Administrative Agent (in the case of Section 5.07(d)(i)(A) and Section 5.07(d)(ii) above) or
(y) fifteen (15) Business Days after the Borrower has agreed in writing that there was (in the case of Section 5.07(d)(i)(B) above),
a Sustainability Certificate Inaccuracy (such date, the “Certificate Inaccuracy Payment Date”), (ii) any nonpayment
of such additional amounts prior to the Certificate Inaccuracy Payment Date shall not constitute a Default (whether retroactively or
otherwise) and (iii) none of such additional amounts shall be deemed overdue prior to the Certificate Inaccuracy Payment Date or
shall accrue interest at the post-default rate set forth in Section 3.02(c) prior to the Certificate Inaccuracy Payment
Date. In the event the Borrower fails to comply with the terms of this Section 5.07(e), the Lenders’ sole recourse
with respect to such non-compliance shall be limited to the True-Up Amount.


 


(f)            Upon
the occurrence of any Sustainability Recalculation Event, upon the written request of the Borrower or the Majority Lenders, the Majority
Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend the KPI Metric implicated by such Sustainability Recalculation Event;
provided that, until such amendment shall become effective, the KPI Metric and KPI Thresholds shall remain in place as unamended.


 


ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT


 


Section 6.01          Closing
Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the Business Day on which each
of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with ‎Section 12.02):


 


(a)            Credit
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto, counterparts (in such number as may be requested
by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such other party and (ii) for the account of each Lender requesting
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(b)            Loan
Documents.


 


(i)            Security
Documents. Subject to the post-closing periods set forth on Schedule 8.17, the Administrative Agent shall have received from
each party thereto, duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Security Documents,
in proper form for filing, registration or recordation, as applicable, including: (A) Mortgages that create (or will upon recording
create) first-priority, perfected Liens with respect to the applicable Loan Party’s Real Property Rights in the Boron Plant and
the Pickens Plant (subject only to Permitted Liens), duly executed and acknowledged by each Loan Party that is the owner of or holder
of any interest therein, and otherwise in form for recording in the recording office of each applicable political subdivision where each
of the Boron Plant and the Pickens Plant is situated, together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall
be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof to create a lien under applicable Governmental Requirements, (B) the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (C) the Canadian Security Documents, (D) the Perfection Certificate, (E) the Patent,
Trademark and Copyright Security Agreements and (F) the other Security Documents referred to in this Section 6.01(b).


  


(ii)            Filings,
Registrations and Recordings. Each Security Document and any other document (including any UCC financing statement (including any
fixture financing statements) and any Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreements) required by any Security Document or under
law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and perfected, first priority Lien on the Collateral described therein, subject
to Permitted Liens, shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation and all recordation and filing fees and mortgage
taxes have been paid (or arrangement for the payment of the same shall have been made by the Borrower) in connection with those filings.


 


(iii)            Real
Property. The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) reasonably satisfactory title information for the Real Property Rights
comprising the Boron Plant and the Pickens Plant, (B) copies of all Real Property Rights, including leases and subleases, including
copies of all recorded leases, subleases and memoranda of lease or sublease to which any Loan Party is a party and all other agreements,
in each case, relating to possessory interests in any Real Property Rights, (C) “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management
Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to the Boron Plant and Pickens Plant and (D) in the event any such property
is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area,
(x) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, duly executed by the Borrower or applicable Loan
Party, (y) evidence of flood insurance as required by this Agreement.


 


(c)            Existing
Indebtedness; Liens. Substantially simultaneously with the Closing Date, (i) all funded Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and
their Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Existing NG Advantage Debt, Existing Plains Debt and Existing SG Debt)
shall have been repaid, redeemed, cancelled or otherwise satisfied in full and (ii) all Liens securing any such Indebtedness shall
have been released or terminated pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, subject only
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(d)            Fees.
The Agents, the Lead Arranger and the Lenders shall have received all fees and amounts, including under the Fee Letter, due and payable
on or prior to the Closing Date, and to the extent invoiced in reasonable detail at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing
Date, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder (including,
without limitation, the taxes, costs and expenses for recordation of certain Security Documents and the reasonable and documented fees
and expenses of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to ‎Section 12.03(a)).


  


(e)            Organizational
Documents; Incumbency. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party setting
forth (i) resolutions of its members, board of directors, board of managers or other governing body, as applicable, with respect
to the authorization of such Loan Party to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions
contemplated in those documents, (ii) the officers of such Loan Party (A) who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to
which such Loan Party is a party and (B) who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose,
act as its representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) specimen signatures of such authorized individuals, and (iv) the Organizational
Documents of such Loan Party certified by the appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office, and certified
by the applicable Loan Party as being true and complete. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate
until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from such Loan Party to the contrary.


 


(f)            Corporate
Status; Good Standing. The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate state or other applicable agencies
with respect to the existence, good standing and qualification to do business (including any foreign qualification) of each Loan Party
in each jurisdiction where such Loan Party is organized and where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction).


 


(g)            Legal
Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an opinion of O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, counsel to the
Loan Parties, (ii) an opinion of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, counsel to CEFS, (iii) customary legal opinions regarding the Mortgages
on the Boron Plant and the Pickens Plant in each jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located and (iv) a second-party opinion
from Fitch regarding the alignment of this Agreement with the core components of the Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, in each case,
addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


 


(h)            Solvency
Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate duly executed by a Financial Officer of Parent,
dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to
the Transactions, including the Borrowing of the Loans, on the Closing Date, are Solvent.


 


(i)            Insurance
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of insurance coverage of the Loan Parties in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing that the applicable Loan Parties are carrying insurance in accordance
with ‎Section 8.07 and naming the Collateral Agent as lender’s loss payee with respect to property insurance,
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(j)            Lien
Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received recent appropriate UCC lien, tax lien, Intellectual Property, judgment
and litigation search reports for the Loan Parties reflecting no prior Liens (other than those being assigned or released on or prior
to the Closing Date) or judgments encumbering the Properties of the Loan Parties and all lien terminations, UCC-3 termination statements, Intellectual
Property terminations and releases, and other documentation evidencing such assignments or releases.


 


(k)            Consent
Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed consent agreement with respect to the bp JV Agreement and
the bp Marketing Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to permit the granting of Liens
on the Equity Interests of the bp JV in favor of the Collateral Agent, and the enforcement of such Liens by the Collateral Agent (including
a transfer and/or other disposition of such Equity Interests upon foreclosure of such Liens) pursuant to the Security Documents, free
of any restrictions or other limitations otherwise contained in the bp JV Agreement and/or the bp Marketing Agreement.


 


(l)            Financial
Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received:


 


(i)            the
financial information referred to in Section 7.04(a), which shall reflect no Indebtedness for borrowed money other than Indebtedness
permitted pursuant to Section 9.02; and


 


(ii)            the
Annual Budget for the fiscal year of Parent ending December 31, 2022 (certified by a Responsible Officer as having been prepared
in good faith based on information that the Borrower believes to be reasonable and its best estimate of the information set forth therein
as of the Closing Date), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


 


(m)            Patriot
Act. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Lead Arranger shall have received (and be reasonably satisfied in form and substance
with) (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation, including a duly executed W-9 tax
form (or such other applicable IRS tax form) of the Loan Parties, and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under
applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including but not restricted to the
USA PATRIOT Act, in each case, to the extent requested at least ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date and (ii) at least five
(5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent any Loan Party qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under
the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Loan Party.


 


(n)            Officer’s
Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer, dated the Closing Date and in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 6.01(c),
Section 6.01(o), Section 6.01(r), Section 6.01(s), Section 6.01(u), Section 6.01(v),
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(o)            Material
Contracts.


  


(i)            The
Administrative Agent shall have received certified executed versions of each Material Contract in effect as of the Closing Date and any
existing supplements or amendments thereto.


 


(ii)            (A) No
Loan Party, Material Subsidiary nor any Material Joint Venture or other Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall be in default in the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any of its material obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of the Material Contracts and,
to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no counterparty to a Material Contract is in material default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any of its material obligations, covenants or conditions contained in the applicable Material Contracts, (B) each
Material Contract is in full force and effect and all conditions precedent to effectiveness thereto shall have been satisfied or waived
(other than any conditions precedent which by their terms cannot be (and are not required to be) met until a later date, and no Loan
Party has any reason to believe that any such conditions precedent cannot be satisfied prior to the times such conditions are required
to be met pursuant to the terms of the applicable Material Contract) and (C) except as set forth on Schedule 9.13, no Material
Contract directly or indirectly restricts or purports to restrict the ability of the Loan Parties to grant Liens to the Agents and the
Lenders on or in respect of such Material Contract or the Loan Parties’ direct or indirect rights thereunder in order to secure
the Secured Obligations and the Loan Documents, or the ability of the Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) to enforce
such Liens in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.


 


(p)            Capitalization.
The capitalization structure and equity ownership of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions
on the Closing Date shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in all respects.


 


(q)            Borrowing
Request; Funds Flow. With respect to the Borrowing of Loans on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing
Request in accordance with Section 2.03(a) and an accompanying flow of funds memorandum, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent (the “Funds Flow Memorandum”).


 


(r)            Approvals
and Permits. All Necessary Permits shall be in full force and effect and held in the name of the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiaries.
The Necessary Permits shall not be subject to any restriction, condition, limitation or other provision that could reasonably be expected
to result in the inability of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries to conduct or maintain its business, operations or Properties in any
material respect.


 


(s)            Liquidity.
On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, Liquidity shall not be less than $10,000,000.


 


(t)            Real
Property Rights. With respect to the Boron Plant and the Pickens Plant, the Loan Parties shall have all the Real Property Rights
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(u)            No
Default. As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing.


  


(v)            Representations
and Warranties. On the Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to the Transactions, all representations and warranties
of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to
the extent already qualified by materiality, in all respects), except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate
to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the
extent already qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such earlier date).


 


(w)            No
Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, since December 31, 2021, no event,
development or circumstance has occurred or shall then exist that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect.


 


(x)            No
Conflict. The making of the Loans would not conflict with, or cause any Lender to violate or exceed, any applicable Governmental
Requirement, and no action, proceeding or litigation is pending or threatened in any court or before any Governmental Authority that
involves any Loan Document or that is seeking to enjoin or prevent the making or repayment of any Loan or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.


 


(y)            Other
Documents. The Agents shall have received such other documents as the Agents or special counsel to the Agents may reasonably request.


 


The Administrative Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. For purposes of determining
compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed
to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such
Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.


 


ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


 


Each of Parent and the Borrower
represents and warrants (on its own behalf and on behalf of each other Loan Parties) to the Agents and each of the Lenders as follows:


 


Section 7.01          Organization;
Powers. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is (a) a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and, except as would not reasonably
be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations of any Loan Party, has all governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals necessary, to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and (c) is qualified to do business
in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, except as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations
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Section 7.02          Authority;
Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company or
other organizational powers, as applicable, and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited partnership, limited liability
company or other organizational, as applicable, and, if required, shareholder, partner or member action, as applicable (including any
action required to be taken by any class of directors of any Loan Party or any other Person, whether interested or disinterested, in
order to ensure the due authorization of the Transactions). Each Loan Document to which any 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 7.03          Approvals;
No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by any Loan Party, nor the consummation
of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or in compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by any of them (a) except
with respect to the TotalEnergies DR JV Agreement as contemplated under Section 8.16, requires any consent or approval of,
registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person (including holders of its Equity
Interests or any class of directors or managers, whether interested or disinterested, of any Loan Party or any other Person), nor is
any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect
other than the recording and filing of the Security Documents as required by this Agreement, (b) will violate (i) in any material
respect, any applicable law or regulation or (ii) any Organizational Document of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party
or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c)  except to the extent of any consent expressly contemplated under Section 8.16,
will violate or constitute a default under or result in any breach of any Material Indebtedness or Material Contract binding upon any
Loan Party, any Material Joint Venture or any other Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any of their Properties, or give rise to a right
thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party and (d) will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on
any Collateral or any other Property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (other than the Liens created by the Loan
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Section 7.04          Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change.


 


(a)            Parent
has heretofore furnished in writing to the Administrative Agent a pro forma balance sheet and other financial information reflecting
the financial position of the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur on the
Closing Date, including the making of the Loans hereunder and the application of the proceeds thereof, certified by a Responsible Officer
of Parent as having been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions. Such financial information presents fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date.


 


(i)            Parent
has heretofore furnished in writing to the Administrative Agent the audited balance sheet and related statements of operations, shareholders’
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for fiscal year of Parent ending December 31, 2021, all certified by a Responsible Officer
of Parent as presenting fairly in all material respects as of the date thereof the financial condition and results of operations of Parent
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.


  


(b)            Since
December 31, 2021, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.


 


(c)            Other
than as set forth on Schedule 7.04, no Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of any Loan Party has, on the Closing Date, any Material
Indebtedness (including Disqualified Capital Stock) or any contingent liabilities, off-balance sheet liabilities or partnerships, unusual
forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments.


 


Section 7.05          Litigation.
Except as set forth on Schedule 7.05, as of the Closing Date, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings
by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened by, against
or affecting the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries or their respective Properties or revenues (a)  which individually or in the
aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries exceeding $5,000,000 or (b) that
involve any Loan Document or the Transactions. None of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries are in violation of any order, writ, injunction
or any decree of any Governmental Authority which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in liability
to the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries exceeding $5,000,000.


 


Section 7.06          Environmental
Matters. Except for such matters as set forth on Schedule 7.06, as of the Closing Date:


 


(a)            the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and each of their respective Properties and operations thereon are and, except for matters that have
been resolved with no material outstanding obligations, have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material
respects, and, except for matters that have been resolved with no material outstanding obligations, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties,
the Properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries were operated in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material
respects prior to the acquisition of such Properties by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;


 


(b)            (i) except
as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries have obtained all Environmental Permits required for their respective operations and each of their Properties, with all
such Environmental Permits being currently in full force and effect, and (ii) no Loan Party nor any Subsidiary of any Loan Party
has received any written notice or otherwise has knowledge that any such existing Environmental Permit will be revoked or that any application
for any new Environmental Permit or renewal of any existing Environmental Permit will be protested or denied, except as would not reasonably
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(c)            there
are no claims, demands, suits, orders, inquiries, investigations, requests for information or proceedings concerning any material violation
of, or any material liability or obligation (including as a potentially responsible party) under, any Environmental Law that is pending
or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Properties
or as a result of any operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there are no conditions
or circumstances that would be reasonably expected to result in the receipt of such claims, demands, suits, orders, inquires, investigations,
requests for information or proceedings;


  


(d)            except
as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Properties
of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries contain or have contained any: (i) regulated underground storage tanks; (ii) friable
asbestos-containing materials; (iii) landfills or dumps; or (iv) sites on or nominated for the National Priority List promulgated
pursuant to CERCLA or any state remedial priority list promulgated or published pursuant to any comparable state law;


 


(e)            (i) except
as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, there has been no Release
or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, Threatened Release, of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any Loan Party’s or any
of their Subsidiaries’ Properties, (ii) there are no investigations, remediations, abatements, removals, or monitorings of
Hazardous Materials required under applicable Environmental Laws at such Properties and (iii) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties,
no such Properties are adversely affected by any Release or Threatened Release of a Hazardous Material originating or emanating from
any other real property;


 


(f)            no
Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice asserting an alleged material liability or material obligation
under any Environmental Laws with respect to the investigation, remediation, abatement, removal, or monitoring of any Hazardous Materials
at, under, or Released or threatened to be Released from, any real property offsite of any Loan Party’s or any of their Subsidiaries’
Properties and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there are no conditions or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result
in the receipt of such written notice;


 


(g)            there
has been no exposure of any Person or property to any Hazardous Materials as a result of or in connection with the operations and businesses
of any Loan Party’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Properties that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim
for material damages or compensation against the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there
are no conditions or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of notice regarding such exposure; and


 


(h)            the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have provided to the Lenders complete and correct copies of all current environmental site assessment
reports, investigations, and studies addressing potentially material environmental matters (including matters relating to any alleged
non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws) that are in any Loan Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession or
control, including relating to their respective Properties or operations thereon; provided that the foregoing may be withheld
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Section 7.07          Compliance
with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults.


  


(a)            Each
of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Governmental Requirements applicable to it or its Property and all
agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, exemptions, approvals
and other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of its Property and the conduct of its business, in each case, except
as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations of any Loan Party.


 


(b)            None
of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is in default, nor has any event or circumstance occurred which, but for the expiration
of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, would constitute a default thereunder, or would require any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party to Redeem or make any offer to Redeem under any indenture, note, credit agreement or instrument governing
any Material Indebtedness.


 


(c)            Schedule
7.07 contains a complete list, as of the Closing Date, of each Material Contract of the Loan Parties, the Material Joint Ventures
and the other Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties, including all amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto. Each Material Contract
is in full force and effect, and is valid, binding and enforceable upon each Loan Party, Material Joint Venture and/or Subsidiary of
any Loan Party party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, upon each of the other parties thereto, in accordance with their
respective terms. Each Loan Party, each Material Joint Venture and each of their Subsidiaries party thereto is, and, to the knowledge
of the Loan Parties, each other party to a Material Contract is, in compliance in all material respects with such agreements. No default,
event of default or “force majeure” (or any functionally equivalent term under the applicable Material Contract) event has
occurred and is continuing under any Material Contract. The Borrower has delivered or made available to the Administrative Agent true,
correct and complete copies of each Material Contract (including any material amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto)
not previously delivered or made available to the Administrative Agent.


 


(d)            (i) On
the Closing Date, upon completion of and after giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur on the Closing Date, no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) at any time after the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.


 


Section 7.08          Investment
Company Act. No Loan Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,”
within the meaning of, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.


 


Section 7.09          Taxes.
Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has timely (taking into account any valid extensions) filed or caused to be filed all income and
other material Tax returns required to have been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid all material Taxes required to have been
paid by it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party or Subsidiary,
as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books
of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in respect of Taxes and other governmental charges are, in the reasonable opinion of the Loan
Parties, adequate. No Tax Lien has been filed for unpaid Taxes of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party and, to the knowledge
of the Loan Parties, no claim is being asserted with respect to any such material Tax by a Governmental Authority.


 






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Section 7.10          ERISA.


 


(a)            Each
Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate has complied in all material respects with ERISA and, where applicable, the
Code regarding each Plan and each Multiemployer Plan.


 


(b)            Except
as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is, and has been, established and maintained in compliance
with its terms, ERISA and, where applicable, the Code.


 


(c)            No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(d)            Except
as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no act, omission or transaction has occurred in respect
of a Plan which could result in imposition on Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate (whether directly
or indirectly) of (A) either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsections (c), (i), (l) or (m) of section 502
of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code or (B) breach of fiduciary duty liability damages
under section 409 of ERISA, and (ii) full payment when due has been made of all amounts which Parent, the Borrower, any of
their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is required under the terms of each Plan or applicable law to have paid as contributions to
such Plan.


 


(e)            None
of Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or contributes to an employee welfare
benefit plan, as defined in section 3(1) of ERISA, including any such plan maintained to provide benefits to former employees
of such entities, that may not be terminated by Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate in its sole discretion
at any time without triggering a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(f)            None
of Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets,” within the meaning of 29
C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 (as amended by Section 3(42) of ERISA), of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA), which is subject to Title I of ERISA, or of any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), and, assuming the
assets used to fund the Loans are also not “plan assets,” neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of Loans
hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.


 


Section 7.11          Disclosure;
No Material Misstatements. Each of Parent and the Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements,
instruments and corporate or similar restrictions to which such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is subject and all other matters
known to it with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, that, in each case, 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 of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates
in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document
(taken as a whole and 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, Parent and the Borrower represent only that such information
was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. There is no fact peculiar to any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party (as opposed to other participants in their industries generally) that has not been disclosed to the
Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 






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Section 7.12          Insurance.
Each of Parent and the Borrower has in effect, and has caused its Material Subsidiaries to have in effect, (a) all insurance policies
sufficient for the compliance by each of them with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements, including all
Material Contracts and (b) insurance coverage in at least amounts and against such risk (including public liability) that are usually
insured against by companies similarly situated and engaged in the same or a similar business for the assets and operations of the Loan
Parties and their Material Subsidiaries. The Agents and the Lenders have been named as additional insureds in respect of all liability
insurance policies of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries, and the Collateral Agent has been named as sole lender’s
loss payee with respect to Property loss insurance of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries. Schedule 8.07 lists all
insurance policies of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, all of which are valid and in full force
and effect as of the Closing Date. Such policies provide adequate coverage from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts sufficient
to insure the assets and risks of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices. None
of the Loan Parties nor any of their Material Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at a comparable rate. Each Loan Party
has taken all actions required under the Flood Laws or reasonably requested by any Lender to assist in ensuring that each Lender is in
compliance with the Flood Laws applicable to the Collateral, including to the extent applicable, but not limited to, providing the Administrative
Agent with the address and/or GPS coordinates of each structure located upon any real property, whether owned, leased or otherwise held,
that will be subject to a Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and, to the extent required,
obtaining flood insurance for such property, structures and contents prior to such property, structures and contents becoming Collateral.


 


Section 7.13          Restriction
on Liens. Except with respect to the TotalEnergies DR JV Agreement as contemplated under Section 8.16, no Loan Party,
Material Joint Venture or, solely in the case of clause (ii) below, Subsidiary of any Loan Party, is a party to any Material
Contract, documentation evidencing Material Indebtedness or other material agreement or arrangement (other than (a) Capital Leases
and purchase money Indebtedness creating Liens permitted by ‎Section 9.03(c),
but only on the Property subject of such Capital Lease or purchase money Indebtedness, (b) documentation in respect of cash collateral
granting Liens permitted by Section 9.03(d), Section 9.03(g), or Section 9.03(l), but only on the
Property subject of such cash collateral arrangement and (c) grant agreements but solely with respect to Liens on property constructed
or acquired with the proceeds of such grant agreement), or is subject to any order, judgment, writ or decree, which either restricts
or purports to restrict the ability to grant Liens to the Agents and the Lenders (i) on or in respect of its Properties or (ii) on
or in respect of its Equity Interests, in each case, to secure the Secured Obligations and the Loan Documents or the ability of the Collateral
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Section 7.14          Officer,
Directors and Ownership.


 


(a)            Schedule
7.14 (as supplemented from time to time by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent) states the name of each Loan
Party and its Subsidiaries and joint ventures, their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation and foreign qualification,
their authorized capital stock (if applicable), any issued and outstanding Equity Interests and the owners thereof (other than with respect
to Parent). Each Loan Party and its Material Subsidiaries has good title to all of the Equity Interests it purports to own, free and
clear in each case of any Lien, other than non-consensual Liens arising by operation of law and Liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents
and, to the extent constituting Liens, restrictions set forth in the organizational documents governing such Equity Interests. All Equity
Interests of each of Parent’s Subsidiaries have been validly issued, and all such Equity Interests are fully paid and non-assessable
and were offered and issued in compliance with applicable laws. There are no options, warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase
any such Equity Interests except as indicated on Schedule 7.14.


 


(b)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower has any direct Subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries other than (i) NG Advantage,
(ii) CEFS and (iii) Mansfield Clean Energy Partners, LLC.


 


Section 7.15          Location
of Business and Offices.


 


(a)            The
Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization is California; the name of the Borrower as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction
of organization is California; and the organizational identification number of the Borrower in its jurisdiction of organization is 1992496
(or, in each case, as set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01(i) in accordance
with Section 12.01). The Borrower’s principal place of business and chief executive offices are located at the address
specified in Section 12.01 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(i) and Section 12.01).


 


(b)            Parent’s
jurisdiction of organization is Delaware; the name of Parent as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization is Clean
Energy Fuels Corp.; and the organizational identification number of Parent in its jurisdiction of organization is 3381709 (or, in each
case, as set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01(i) in accordance with
Section 12.01). Parent’s principal place of business and chief executive offices are located at the address specified
in Section 12.01 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(i) and Section 12.01).


 


(c)            Each
other Guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization, name as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization and organizational
identification number in its jurisdiction of organization is specified in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian GSA,
as applicable (or as set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01(i) in accordance
with Section 12.01), and the location of its principal place of business and chief executive office is at its address set
forth in ‎the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian GSA, as applicable (or as set forth in a notice delivered to the
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Section 7.16          Properties;
Titles, Etc.


 


(a)            Each
of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries has (i) good and defensible title to, or valid leasehold or other interests
in, all of their respective real Properties and (ii) good title to all of their respective material personal Properties, in each
case, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the business or operations of any Loan Party.


 


(b)            All
material leases, subleases and agreements necessary for the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries
are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and, to Borrower’s knowledge, there exists no default or any event or circumstance
which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default by any Loan Party or Subsidiary under any
such lease or sublease.


 


(c)            The
rights and Properties presently owned, leased, subleased or licensed by the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries, including all
Real Property Rights, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries to conduct
their respective businesses in all material respects in the manner presently conducted.


 


(d)            Each
of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under the Real Property Rights to which it is a party, and
all such Real Property Rights are in full force and effect, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such Real Property
Rights except for minor disturbances which would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely
interfere with or impact the business or operations of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or materially detract from the value
or use of such Real Property Rights.


 


(e)            All
of the material Properties of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries which are reasonably necessary for the operation of their
respective businesses are in good working condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and are maintained in accordance with prudent business
standards in all material respects.


 


(f)            Each
of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries owns or is licensed to use all material Intellectual Property necessary for it to
own and operate its Properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted, and each Loan Party’s use of such material
Intellectual Property and operation of its business does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate the rights of any other
Person. Each of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries has used commercially reasonable efforts to protect and maintain its
ownership of, and the validity and enforceability of, all material Intellectual Property. No claims or litigations challenging any Loan
Party’s use or ownership of any material Intellectual Property or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Party’s or any
of their Material Subsidiaries’ material Intellectual Property are pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened
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(g)            Schedule
7.16 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a complete and correct list of all Real Property Rights with respect to Material Real Property
fee owned, leased or licensed by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (and, if applicable, the lessors or grantors thereof).


 


Section 7.17          Permits.


 


(a)            Each
Loan Party and its Material Subsidiaries holds all material permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, approvals, consents, clearances
and other authorizations from any Governmental Authority required under any applicable laws for the operation of its business as presently
conducted and any permit required to qualify for and continue to qualify for Environmental Credits except to the extent the invalidation,
cancellation, surrender, retirement or loss of Environmental Credits would not exceed $5,000,000 (collectively, the “Necessary
Permits”). Except as otherwise described in Schedule 7.17 as of the Closing Date, each Necessary Permit is in full force
and effect and is not the subject of any current or threatened in writing legal proceeding, and, if an appeal period is specified by
a Governmental Requirements with respect to any such legal proceeding, the appeal period has expired.


 


(b)            None
of the Loan Parties nor any of their Material Subsidiaries is the subject of a complaint, investigation or other proceeding by any Governmental
Authority regarding any Necessary Permit.


 


Section 7.18          Security
Documents.


 


(a)            Guarantee
and Collateral Agreements; Control Agreements. The provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Canadian Security
Documents are effective to create, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable
Lien on, and security interest in, all of the Collateral covered thereby, and (i) when financing statements and other filings in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Documents, as
applicable and/or (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of Equity Interests and other Collateral
with respect to which a security interest may be perfected by possession or control required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
the Canadian Security Documents or hereunder, as applicable, the Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Canadian
Security Documents shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
in the Collateral covered thereby in which a security interest may be perfected by such filing or control, in each case, free of all
Liens other than, in the case of Section 7.18(a)(i), Permitted Liens or, in the case of Section 7.18(a)(ii),
non-consensual Liens arising by operation of law, and, in each case, prior and superior to all other Liens other than, in the case of
Section 7.18(a)(i), Excepted Liens or, in the case of Section 7.18(a)(ii), non-consensual Liens arising by operation
of law. The Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that are perfected pursuant to each of the Control
Agreements constitute a valid first-priority Lien under applicable law, subject only to non-consensual Liens arising by operation of
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(b)            Mortgages.
Each Mortgage is effective to create, in favor of the Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required or desired under local
law) for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Mortgaged Property
thereunder and the proceeds thereof, subject only to Permitted Liens, and when the Mortgages are recorded or filed in the offices specified
on Schedule 7.18 (or, in the case of any Mortgage executed and delivered after the date thereof in accordance with the provisions
of Section 8.12 and/or Section 8.17, as applicable, when such Mortgage is recorded or filed in the appropriate
offices), together with any UCC financing statements required to be filed therewith, the Mortgages shall constitute fully perfected Liens
on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the applicable Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Property and the proceeds
thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than Permitted Liens.


 


(c)            Valid
Liens. Each Security Document delivered pursuant to Section 8.11 and Section 8.12, upon execution and delivery
thereof, is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable
Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Collateral thereunder, and when all appropriate filings or recordings are made in the
appropriate offices as may be required under applicable Governmental Requirements, such Security Documents will constitute fully perfected
Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral in which a security interest
may be perfected by such filings or recordings, in each case with no other Liens except for applicable Excepted Liens and other Permitted
Liens and in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than Liens permitted by such Mortgage and Excepted Liens.


 


Section 7.19          Hedging
Agreements. Schedule 7.19 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a true and complete list of all Hedging Agreements of the Loan
Parties and the counterparty to each such agreement.


 


Section 7.20          Use
of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used solely (i) to repay the Existing SG Debt, the Existing Plains Debt, the
Existing NG Advantage Debt, and to cash collateralize any replacement letters of credit in connection therewith, (ii) to repay all
other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries not permitted under this Agreement on the Closing Date, (iii) to finance
Permitted Investments from time to time, (iv) to pay Transaction Costs and (v) for other general corporate purposes. Neither
Parent nor the Borrower nor any other Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business
of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning
of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X). No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used by Parent, the Borrower or any
of their Subsidiaries for any purpose which violates the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.


 


Section 7.21          Solvency.
After giving effect to the Transactions, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.


 


Section 7.22          USA
PATRIOT; AML Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Each of Parent and the Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies
and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Parent, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents with the USA PATRIOT Act, Anti-Corruption Laws, applicable AML Laws and applicable Sanctions. None of (a) Parent, the
Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers, or, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrower,
any of their respective employees or Affiliates, or (b) to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrower, any agent of Parent or the Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries or other Affiliate that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility
established hereby, (i) is a Sanctioned Person or is engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in Parent,
the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries being designated a Sanctioned Person, or (ii) is in violation of AML Laws, Anti-Corruption
Laws, or Sanctions. No Borrowing, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will cause a violation of AML Laws,
Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions by any Person participating in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether
as lender, borrower, guarantor, agent, or otherwise. Neither Parent nor the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of Parent or the Borrower,
any other Affiliate of Parent or the Borrower, has engaged in or intends to engage in any dealings or transactions with, or for the benefit
of, any Sanctioned Person or with or in any Sanctioned Country.


 






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Section 7.23          Accounts.
Schedule 7.23 lists all Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts maintained by or for the benefit of any Loan
Party as of the Closing Date. No Loan Party has any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts other than the accounts
set forth on Schedule 7.23 (as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) or as permitted
under Section 8.14.


 


Section 7.24          Labor
Matters. All Labor Contracts between any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of their officers,
on the other hand, and any Labor Contracts that are collective bargaining agreements, in each case, as of the Closing Date are set forth
on Schedule 7.24 (as amended or supplemented from time to time by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent).
Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries is in compliance with the Labor Contracts and all applicable federal, state and local
labor and employment Laws including those related to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, labor relations, minimum wage,
overtime, child labor, medical insurance continuation, worker adjustment and relocation notices, immigration controls and worker and
unemployment compensation, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in liability exceeding $10,000,000. There are no outstanding grievances, arbitration awards or appeals therefrom arising out of
the Labor Contracts or current or threatened strikes, picketing, handbilling or other work stoppages or slowdowns at facilities
of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries which in any case, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to result in liability exceeding $10,000,000.


 


Section 7.25          Affected
Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.


 


Section 7.26          Beneficial
Ownership Certification. The information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all material respects.


 


Section 7.27          Zero
Balance Agreements. There is no Indebtedness outstanding under any Zero Balance Agreement.


 






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ARTICLE VIII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS


  


Until Payment in Full, each
of Parent and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Agents and the Lenders that:


 


Section 8.01          Financial
Statements; Other Information. Parent will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:


 


(a)            Annual
Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event in accordance with applicable law and not later than ninety (90) days
after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, the audited consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such year, setting forth
in each case, in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year of Parent, all reported on by independent public accountants
of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (without a “going concern” or like qualification
or exception and without any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to the scope of such audit or with respect to internal
controls over financial reporting including with respect to Environmental Credits) to the effect that such financial statements present
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.


 


(b)            Quarterly
Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event in accordance with then applicable law and not later than forty-five
(45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Parent, commencing with the fiscal
quarter ending March 31, 2023, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’
equity and cash flows of Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion
of the 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 of Parent, all certified by a Responsible Officer as presenting
fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Parent 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)            Compliance
Certificates. Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under ‎Section 8.01(a) or ‎Section 8.01(b),
a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Parent in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (i) certifying as to
whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof
and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating
compliance with ‎the Financial Covenants, substantially in the form of Annex A to Exhibit E, (iii) stating
whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the Closing Date, and if any such change has occurred, specifying
the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate, (iv) in connection with the delivery of financial
statements under Section 8.01(a), setting forth the calculations required by Section 3.04(b)(v) for such
fiscal year, substantially in the form of Annex B to Exhibit E, (v) setting forth (A) a current list of
Material Joint Ventures and Material Contracts as of such date, including a list of each Material Contract entered into or otherwise
acquired, terminated, replaced or materially amended by any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, any Material Joint Venture
or any Subsidiary of any Material Joint Venture and each contract that has qualified (or ceased to qualify) as a Material Contract under
clause (g) of the definition thereof, in each case, since the date of the most recent report delivered to this Section 8.01(c) and
(B) a current list of projects in operation or under construction by or on behalf of any Loan Party, Subsidiary of any Loan Party,
other Material Joint Venture or Subsidiary of any Material Joint Venture, (vi) detailing the current status with respect to the
Mortgages over and other items with respect to Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.12(b) or
Section 8.17, including (A) a list of the station sites and related landlords that have been contacted, (B) copies
or summaries of the most recent communications and responses from such landlords, (C) the anticipated timing of completion of the
Mortgage and related deliverables with respect to such Material Real Property (it being acknowledged that such projected timing may change)
and (D) any other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (vii) setting forth (A) a description
of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party, the sale of any Equity Interests in any Loan Party, Subsidiary of
any Loan Party or other Material Joint Venture, the acquisition or formation of any new Subsidiary by a Loan Party or Material Joint
Venture or the acquisition or formation of any new joint venture in which a Loan Party, Subsidiary of any Loan Party, other Material
Joint Venture or Subsidiary of any Joint Venture holds Equity Interests and (B) any change in Key Employees, in each case, since
the date of the most recent report delivered pursuant to this Section 8.01(c) (or, in the case of the first such report
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(d)            Certificate
of Insurer — Insurance Coverage. Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under ‎Section 8.01(a),
a certificate of a Responsible Officer, certifying that (i) the insurance requirements of Section 8.07 have been implemented
and are being complied with, (ii) the Loan Parties have paid or caused to be paid all insurance premiums then due and payable and
(iii) the Loan Parties are in compliance with the insurance policies, and attaching a certificates of insurance required pursuant
to Section 8.07, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of the applicable policies and endorsements.


 


(e)            Other
Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each report or letter (except standard and customary correspondence) submitted
to Parent, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries by (i) independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim
or special audit made by them of the books of Parent, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary and (ii) third-party auditors with respect
to Environmental Credits of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them
(without a qualification or exception and without any qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph as to the scope of such audit),
and, in each case, a copy of any response by, or on behalf of, Parent, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary to such letter or report.


 


(f)            Joint
Venture Reports. Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under ‎Section 8.01(a) and Section 8.01(b),
copies of (i) any and all reports, financial data and other information delivered or received by or on behalf of any Material Joint
Venture by or to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party in its capacity as member of such Material Joint Venture or otherwise
and (ii) any and all information and materials delivered to or received by or on behalf of any Material Joint Venture from or to
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(g)            Permitted
Additional TotalEnergies JVs. Promptly, but in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may agree) prior to investing in any potential project pursuant to the TotalEnergies JV Agreement, Organizational
Document of any Material Joint Venture or other Material Contract, copies of, where available and subject to applicable confidentiality
obligations, the initial letter of intent, joint development agreement and/or similar agreement with respect to such potential project
together with the Investment File (as such term is defined in the TotalEnergies JV Agreement as of the date of this Agreement) or similar
documents utilized to make an investment decision with respect to such project and any additional information and documents furnished
or received in connection therewith (including copies of the limited liability company agreement and other documents governing such joint
venture).


 


(h)            SEC
Correspondence. Promptly after receipt thereof by any Loan Parties, copies of each material (i.e., not standard or customary correspondence)
notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) resulting in an investigation
by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of such Loan Party.


 


(i)            Information
Regarding Loan Parties. Prompt written notice (and in any event at least ten (10) Business Days prior thereto, or such shorter
time as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s corporate, limited
liability company or limited partnership name, (ii) in the location of any Loan Party’s chief executive office or principal
place of business, (iii) in any Loan Party’s entity type or jurisdiction in which such Person is incorporated or formed, or
in any Subsidiary’s ownership, (iv) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or such Person’s organizational
identification number in such jurisdiction of organization, and (v) in any Loan Party’s United States federal taxpayer identification
number.


 


(j)            Notices
of Certain Changes. Promptly but in any event within ten (10) Business Days prior to the execution thereof, copies of any material
amendment, modification or supplement to, or assignment of, (i) any Material Contract, (ii) any agreement governing Material
Indebtedness or (iii) or the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, any preferred stock designation, any shareholders
agreement or any other Organizational Document of any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries or of any Material Joint Venture.


 


(k)            Environmental
Credits. Promptly upon receipt or delivery but in any event within ten (10) Business Days thereof, copies of any material (i.e.,
not standard or customary correspondence) correspondence from or to any regulatory body responsible for administering and enforcing any
program that governs the RINs, LCFS or any other Environmental Credits.


 


(l)            Annual
Budget. Concurrently with the delivery of financial statements under Section 8.01(a), an Annual Budget for the then current
fiscal year of Parent, which Annual Budget shall (i) be prepared on a substantially similar basis to the Annual Budget delivered
pursuant to Section 6.01(l)(ii), (ii) present the Borrower’s plan for the relevant period’s ongoing operations,
including, among other things, the Borrower’s good faith estimate of projected revenues, operation and maintenance expenses, Capital
Expenditures, major maintenance expenditures of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries and other capital requirements and permitting
requirements and (iii) include such additional information as the Lenders may from time to time reasonably request.


 






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(m)            Patriot
Act. Promptly upon request, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know
your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.


 


(n)            Other
Requested Information. Promptly following any request therefor, such other information and/or meetings regarding (i) the operations,
business affairs, prospects and financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including with respect to beneficial ownership of
Parent and its parent companies), (ii) the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or Material Contract, including compliance
with the terms thereof or (iii) any Collateral, in each case, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.


 


(o)            Monthly
Lender Calls. Parent and the Borrower will participate in a telephonic meeting with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders once
during each calendar month to be held at such times as may be agreed to by Parent, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which telephonic
meetings may include discussions regarding Material Contracts.


 


(p)            Pro
Forma Compliance Certifications. At the request of the Administrative Agent, concurrently with any determination of pro forma compliance
with any Financial Covenant, Parent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth reasonably
detailed calculations demonstrating such compliance.


 


(q)            Notice
of Changes to Beneficial Ownership Certification. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 8.01(b),
if any Loan Party qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, written notice of any
change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that
would result in a change in the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification.


 


(r)            Sustainability
Reports. As soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days following the end of the fiscal year ending December 31,
2025, the Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent a Sustainability Certificate for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2025; provided that, for such fiscal year, the Borrower may elect not to deliver a Sustainability Certificate,
and such election shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default (but such failure to so deliver a Sustainability Certificate by
the end of such ninety (90) day period shall result in the Sustainability Rate Adjustment being applied as set forth in Section 5.07(c)).


 


(s)            Sustainability
Certificate Inaccuracies. Promptly after knowledge of a Responsible Officer thereof, written notice of a Sustainability Certificate
Inaccuracy.


 


Documents required to be
delivered pursuant to this Section 8.01 (to the extent non-redacted copies of 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
on which (i) either the Borrower posts such documents, or such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf, on the internet
or a dataroom or a substantially similar transmission system, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether
a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent), and (ii) the Borrower notifies (which may be
by e-mail) the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents; provided that the Borrower shall deliver
paper copies or soft copies (by e-mail) of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver
such paper copies or soft copies. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 8.01 may also be delivered
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Section 8.02          Notices
of Material Events.  Except as otherwise provided below, within ten (10) Business Days of any Loan Party gaining knowledge
thereof, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following:


 


(a)            the
occurrence of (i) any Default or Event of Default and (ii) any default by any counterparty with respect to any material provision
of any of any Material Contract, in each case, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) taken or proposed
to be taken with respect thereto;


 


(b)            the
occurrence of any Casualty Event or the commencement of any action or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in a Casualty
Event, in each case, with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000;


 


(c)            the
filing or commencement of, or the threat in writing of, any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration by or before any arbitrator
or Governmental Authority against or affecting any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary not previously disclosed in writing to the Lenders
or any entry of judgment in any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration (whether or not previously disclosed to the Lenders)
that, in either case, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;


 


(d)            any
litigation or proceeding affecting any counterparty to a Material Contract or involving any Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties,
which if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to (i) result in potential liability of $5,000,000 or more or (ii) have
a Material Adverse Effect;


 


(e)            (i) any
event or condition that constitutes a material default or event of default or a termination event under any Material Contract (other
than a termination in accordance with its terms and not as a result of a default) or agreement in respect of any Material Indebtedness,
(ii) any notice of termination (other than a termination in accordance with its terms and not as a result of a default) or notice
of material default, including any material non-payment, received or given, under, or in connection with, any Material Contract or agreement
in respect of any Material Indebtedness, or any other material and adverse notice under, or in connection with, any Material Contract
or agreement in respect of Material Indebtedness and (iii) any termination (other than a termination in accordance with its terms
and not as a result of a default) or, to the extent material and adverse to the rights of the Lenders, material amendment or modification
of, or waiver or consent under, or assignment of, any Material Contract or agreement in respect of any Material Indebtedness, and, in
each case, copies of all documentation and other information provided to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party with respect
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(f)            of
the occurrence of any event for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 3.04(b);


 


(g)            (i) any
revocation, denial, material modification or non-renewal of any Necessary Permit or other material Governmental Approval, which revocation,
denial, material modification or non-renewal could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations
of any Loan Party and (ii) any dispute between any Loan Party and any Governmental Authority involving the denial, material modification
or non-renewal or the like of any Necessary Permit or other material Governmental Approval or the imposition of additional material conditions
with respect thereto, which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations of any Loan Party;


 


(h)            any
default by any party with respect to any Real Property Rights of the Loan Parties with respect to any Material Real Property that could
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations of any Loan Party;


 


(i)            (i) any
claim or any notice of potential liability of any Loan Party under any Environmental Laws, in each case, that might reasonably be expected
to exceed $10,000,000 or (ii) any other claim asserted against any Loan Party or its Properties that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect;


 


(j)            any
early cancellation of any insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 8.07 (except in connection with the concurrent
replacement thereof with insurance for which the requirements of Section 8.07 are satisfied); and


 


(k)            any
other development or circumstance that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Each notice delivered under
this Section 8.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of the event or
development requiring such notice in reasonable detail and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.


 


Section 8.03          Existence;
Conduct of Business. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries and each Material Joint
Venture to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (a) its legal existence
and (b) the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business and maintain, if necessary,
its qualification to do business in each other jurisdiction in which its Properties are located or the ownership of its Properties or
operation of its business requires such qualification (except to the extent such failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect).


 


Section 8.04          Payment
of Obligations. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, (a) timely file all
income and other material Tax returns (taking into account any extensions), (b) timely pay all material Taxes, assessments, and
other governmental charges or levies imposed upon its income, profits or property before the same become delinquent (taking into account
applicable extensions) and (c) maintain appropriate accruals and reserves for all of the foregoing in accordance with GAAP. Each
Loan may, however, delay paying or discharging any of the foregoing so long as it is in good faith contesting the validity thereof by
appropriate proceedings and has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor that are required by GAAP.


 






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Section 8.05          Material
Contracts; Material Indebtedness. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries and each
Material Joint Venture to, (a) perform and observe all of its material covenants and material obligations contained in each of the
Material Contracts and each agreement in respect of any Material Indebtedness, (b) take all commercially reasonable action within
its control to prevent the termination or cancellation of any Material Contracts to which it is a party in accordance with the terms
of such Material Contracts or otherwise (except for the expiration of any Material Contract in accordance with its terms and not as a
result of a breach or default thereunder) and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce against the relevant counterparty
each material covenant or obligation of such Material Contract, as applicable, to which it is a party in accordance with its terms.


 


Section 8.06          Maintenance
of Properties.


 


(a)            Each
of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all Property material to the
conduct of its business, including all Mortgaged Property in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty, and
condemnation excepted, and preserve, maintain and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency (ordinary wear and tear, casualty,
and condemnation excepted) all of its material Properties in all material respects, including, without limitation, all material equipment,
machinery and facilities, unless such Properties are sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise Disposed of in a Disposition permitted
by Section 9.10, in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business
or operations of any Loan Party.


 


(b)            Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing in this Section 8.06, each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each
of its Material Subsidiaries to (i) maintain in full force and effect all Intellectual Property, licenses and franchises necessary
for the ownership and operation of its Properties and business and (ii) cause each biogas resources, renewable natural gas and/or
natural gas project of the Loan Parties and their Material Subsidiaries to obtain all requirements necessary to qualify for and continue
to qualify for Environmental Credits, including registration with the EPA and relevant state regulatory agencies and qualifying the Environmental
Credits through the Quality Assurance Plan, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
the business or operations of any Loan Party.


 


Section 8.07          Insurance.
Subject to the post-closing periods set forth on Schedule 8.17, each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (including fire, extended coverage, property
damage, workers’ compensation, comprehensive general liability and auto liability) in such amounts and against such risks as are
customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses in accordance with prudent business practice and sufficient
for the compliance by each of them with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements, including all Material Contracts.
Schedule 8.07 lists all insurance policies of the Loan Parties maintained pursuant to this Section 8.07 as of the
Closing Date. The lender loss payable clauses or provisions in said insurance policy or policies insuring any of the Collateral shall
be endorsed in favor of and made payable to the Collateral Agent as “lender’s loss payee” or other formulation reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and such policies shall name the Agents and the Lenders as “additional insureds” and
provide that the insurer will endeavor to give at least thirty (30) days’ prior notice of any cancellation to the Administrative
Agent (or at least ten (10) days in the case of nonpayment of premium). Each of Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause the
other Loan Parties to, deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) on the Closing Date and annually thereafter (as required pursuant
to Section 8.01(d)) an original certificate of insurance of a Responsible Officer of the Loan Parties describing and certifying
as to the existence of the insurance on the Collateral required to be maintained by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together
with a copy of the endorsement described in the immediately preceding sentence attached to such certificate and (y) at the request
of the Administrative Agent, from time to time a summary schedule indicating all insurance then in force with respect to each of the
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Section 8.08          Books
and Records; Inspection Rights. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books
of record and account in which materially full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP with a reconciliation to GAAP are made
of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, at the Borrower’s expense
and upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect their Properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and
to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often
as reasonably requested; provided, however, that none of Parent, Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have any obligation
to reimburse the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the expenses associated with more than one such visit, inspections, or examination
per year absent an Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing.


 


Section 8.09          Compliance
with Laws. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations
and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its Properties in each case, except (other than with respect to Anti-Corruption
Laws, applicable AML Laws and applicable Sanctions) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Parent
and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, 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, applicable AML Laws and applicable Sanctions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent and the Borrower
will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, obtain all Necessary Permits as promptly as possible, have when required all Necessary
Permits necessary for the development, construction, ownership, leasing, maintenance and operation of its and the other Loan Parties’
Properties under applicable Governmental Requirements and comply in all material respects with all Necessary Permits, in each case, except
as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the business or operations of any Loan Party. The Borrower will,
promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent, furnish (or cause to be furnished) a copy (certified by a Responsible Officer of the
applicable Loan Party) of each such Necessary Permit to the Administrative Agent and each amendment, supplement or modification to any
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Section 8.10          Environmental
Matters.


 


(a)            Each
of Parent and the Borrower will, at its sole expense: (i) comply, and will cause its and its Material Subsidiaries’ Properties
and operations to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects; (ii) not, and not permit any of its Material
Subsidiaries to, Release or threaten to Release any Hazardous Material on, under, about or from any of Parent’s, the Borrower’s
or its Material Subsidiaries’ Properties or any other property offsite the Property to the extent caused by Parent’s, the
Borrower’s or its Material Subsidiaries’ operations except in compliance in all material respects with applicable Environmental
Laws; (iii) timely obtain or file, and will cause its Material Subsidiaries to obtain or file, as applicable, all material Environmental
Permits, if any, required under applicable Environmental Laws to be obtained or filed in connection with the operation or use of Parent’s,
the Borrower’s or its Material Subsidiaries’ material Properties; (iv) commence and diligently prosecute to completion,
and will cause its Material Subsidiaries to commence and diligently prosecute to completion, as applicable, any assessment, evaluation,
investigation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, removal, repair, restoration, remediation or other remedial obligations (collectively,
the “Remedial Work”) in the event any Remedial Work is required under applicable Environmental Laws because of or
in connection with the actual or suspected past, present or future Release or Threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, under,
about or from any of Parent’s, the Borrower’s or its Material Subsidiaries’ Properties; (v) conduct its operations
and businesses, and cause its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective operations and businesses, in a manner that will not expose any
Property or Person to Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for a material claim for damages or compensation;
and (vi) establish and implement such procedures as may be necessary to continuously determine and assure that Parent’s, the
Borrower’s and its Material Subsidiaries’ obligations under this Section 8.10 are timely and fully satisfied.


 


(b)            The
Borrower will promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, notify
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing of any threatened action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority
or any threatened demand or lawsuit by any Person against Parent, the Borrower or their Material Subsidiaries or their respective Properties
of which a Loan Party has knowledge in connection with any Environmental Laws if the Borrower could reasonably anticipate that such action
will result in liability (whether individually or in the aggregate) in excess of $10,000,000, not fully covered by insurance, subject
to normal deductibles.


 


(c)            If
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause its Subsidiaries that are Loan
Parties to, provide the Administrative Agent with any environmental assessments, audits and tests that have been conducted with respect
to Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties or their respective Properties.


 


Section 8.11          Further
Assurances.


 


(a)            Each
of Parent and the Borrower will, at its sole expense, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties to, promptly execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent all such other documents, agreements and instruments reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to comply with or accomplish the conditions precedent, covenants and agreements of
the Loan Parties, as the case may be, in the Loan Documents, including the Notes, or to further evidence and more fully describe the
Collateral intended as security for the Secured Obligations, or to correct any omissions in the Security Documents, or to state more
fully the obligations secured therein, or to perfect, protect or preserve any Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or any of the
Security Documents or the priority thereof, or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any consents, all as may be reasonably
necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, in connection therewith, other than Excluded Perfection
Actions. In addition, at the Administrative Agent’s request, Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, at its sole
expense, provide any information requested to identify any Collateral pledged by it, including an updated Perfection Certificate, exhibits
to Mortgages in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which such exhibits shall be in recordable form
for the applicable jurisdiction) or any other information requested in connection with the identification of any Collateral.


 






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(b)            Each
of Parent and the Borrower hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements against it
and any of their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the Collateral without the
signature of Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or
other reproduction of the Security Documents or any financing statement covering such Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient
as a financing statement where permitted by law. Each of Parent and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that any financing statement
may describe the Collateral as “all assets” of it or its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties (or words of similar effect as
may be required by the Collateral Agent).


 


Section 8.12          Additional
Collateral.


 


(a)            Additional
Collateral. With respect to any property (other than Excluded Assets) acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party as to which
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (and in any event, within thirty
(30) days of such acquisition (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion)), each of Parent and the
Borrower will, and will cause its Material Subsidiaries to, (i) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or amend or enter into Canadian Security Documents, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent deems
necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in such property,
subject to Permitted Liens and (ii) take all actions (other than Excluded Perfection Actions) requested by the Collateral Agent
to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in such property,
including the filing of UCC financing statements and Patent, Trademark and Copyright Security Agreements in such jurisdictions as may
be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian GSA, as applicable, or by law or as may be requested by the Collateral
Agent or the Administrative Agent.


 


(b)            Material
Real Property. If any Loan Party acquires at any Real Property Right that is Material Real Property not covered by a Mortgage, within
ninety (90) days of such acquisition (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower will, or will cause the
applicable Loan Party to, execute, deliver and record a new Mortgage or a supplement to an existing Mortgage, as applicable, reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, subjecting such Material Real Property to the
lien and security interest created by such Mortgage. The Administrative Agent shall have received with respect to such Mortgage or a
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(i)            a
policy of title insurance (or marked up unconditional title insurance commitment having the effect of a policy of title insurance) insuring
the Lien of such Mortgage as a valid first mortgage Lien on the Mortgaged Property and fixtures described therein in an amount not less
than the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property and fixtures, as reasonably determined by Borrower, Administrative Agent and the
Title Company, which policy (or such marked up unconditional title insurance commitment) (each, a “Title Policy”)
shall (A) be issued by the Title Company, (B) have been supplemented by such endorsements as shall be reasonably requested
by the Collateral Agent, (C) contain no exceptions to title solely as to the Material Real Property other than Excepted Liens, and
(D) otherwise be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;


 


(ii)            evidence
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent of payment by the Borrower or applicable Loan Party of all Title Policy premiums, search
and examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for
the recording of the Mortgage and issuance of the Title Policy;


 


(iii)            such
affidavits, certificates, information (including financial data) and instruments of indemnification (including a so-called “gap”
indemnification) as reasonably and customarily required by the Title Company to issue the Title Policies and endorsements, in each case,
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower;


 


(iv)            with
respect to fee owned Material Real Property and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (and
subject to the rights of the applicable Loan Party to undertake such a survey pursuant to the terms of its lease or license), with respect
to leasehold or licensed interests, an ALTA/NSPS survey of the applicable Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent and the Title Company or an existing survey together with an “affidavit of no change” sufficient
for the Title Company to remove the standard survey exception and provide the survey related endorsements and such other documents as
required by this Section 8.12(b);


 


(v)            (A) “Life-of-Loan”
Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property; and (B) in the
event any such property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special
flood hazard area, (x) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance, duly executed by the Borrower
or applicable Loan Party, (y) evidence of flood insurance with a financially sounds and reputable insurer, naming the Administrative
Agent, as mortgagee, in an amount and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (z) evidence
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(vi)            a
customary legal opinion of local counsel with respect to such Mortgage regarding the due authorization, execution, delivery, perfection
and enforceability of each such Mortgage, the corporate formation, existence and good standing of the applicable Loan Party and such
other matters as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.


 


(c)            Material
Contracts. With respect to any Material Contract entered into or otherwise acquired, or upon qualification of a contract as a Material
Contract pursuant to clause (g) of the definition thereof, in each case, after the Closing Date, each of Parent and the Borrower
will, and will cause each Material Joint Venture and each other Material Subsidiary to, cause such Material Contract to permit or otherwise
be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents free and clear of any restriction on the granting of such
Liens or the ability of the Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) to enforce such Liens concurrently with the execution
of such Material Contract or substantially concurrently with the qualification of such contract as a Material Contract, as applicable,
including, if necessary, by causing the applicable counterparty to execute and deliver a Consent Agreement.


 


(d)            Material
Subsidiaries. In the event that any Person becomes a Material Subsidiary of Parent or the Borrower after the Closing Date, Parent
or the Borrower will, and will cause the applicable Material Subsidiary, (i) within forty-five (45) days of the end of the fiscal
quarter in which such Person becomes a Material Subsidiary of such event (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its sole discretion), to cause such Person to become (A) a Guarantor and “Grantor” or “Debtor”, as applicable,
and, if applicable, a “Mortgagor” (or other similar term, each as defined in the relevant Security Document) by (x) executing
and delivering to Collateral Agent a counterpart agreement, amendment or supplement to each applicable Security Document in accordance
with its terms and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, entering into or amending a Security Document with the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to create a first priority security interest and Lien in the assets of such Subsidiary and
providing such other documents with respect to real property Collateral and (B) to the extent not yet or otherwise required by the
Security Documents, pledge or cause to be pledged all of the Equity Interests of any such Material Subsidiary (or any other Material
Joint Venture) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, together with an appropriate undated transfer power for
each certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, free and clear of all Liens (other than, with respect to any Collateral (other than any Equity Interests), Permitted
Liens, and in the case of the Equity Interests, non-consensual obligations imposed by operation of law) and (ii) take all such actions
and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates
reasonably requested by the Majority Lenders.


 


(e)            Titled
Vehicles of Significance. In the event that any Loan Party acquires a Titled Vehicle of Significance after the Closing Date or any
Person owning any Titled Vehicle of Significance becomes a Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall cause the Collateral
Agent to have a first priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) and Lien in such Titled Vehicle of Significance
within thirty (30) days of acquisition thereof (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), in
a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (including by executing and filing with the registrar of motor vehicles or
other appropriate authority in such jurisdiction an application or other document requesting the notation or other indication of the
security interest created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Documents, as applicable, on the applicable
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(f)            Flood
Laws. Upon the request by any Lender (or any potential Lender who has entered into a binding agreement to become a Lender) subject
to the Flood Laws, provide the Administrative Agent with evidence that any applicable Loan Party has taken all actions required under
the Flood Laws and/or reasonably requested by any such Lender, to assist in ensuring that each such Lender is in compliance with the
Flood Laws applicable to the Collateral to the extent such Collateral includes any “building” or “mobile home”
(each as defined in Regulation H as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board under the Flood Laws), including, but not limited to, providing
the Administrative Agent with the address, legal description and/or GPS coordinates of each structure on any Material Real Property,
whether owned or leased, that is or will be subject to a Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
and, to the extent required, obtaining flood insurance.


 


(g)            Flood
Diligence. If requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party to, cooperate with and provide any information reasonably necessary for the Administrative Agent or
such Lender, as the case may be, to conduct its flood due diligence and flood insurance compliance.


 


Section 8.13          ERISA
Compliance. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties and any ERISA Affiliate to,
promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent (a) if requested in writing by the Administrative Agent, promptly after the filing
thereof with the United States Secretary of Labor, PBGC or the Internal Revenue Service, copies of each annual and other report with
respect to each Plan (as applicable) or any trust created thereunder, (b) promptly following receipt thereof, copies of any documents
described in Section 101(k) or 101(l) of ERISA that Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties
or any ERISA Affiliate may request or receive with respect to any Multiemployer Plan or any documents described in Section 101(f) of
ERISA that Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties or any ERISA Affiliate may request or receive with respect
to any Plan; provided that if Parent, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties or any ERISA Affiliate have
not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan or Plan, then, upon reasonable
request of the Administrative Agent, Parent, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties or ERISA Affiliate, as applicable,
shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator or sponsor and the Borrower shall provide copies
of such documents and notices to the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof, and (c) immediately upon becoming aware
of the occurrence of any ERISA Event that could result in material liability, a written notice signed by the president or any other Responsible
Officer of Parent, the Borrower, such Subsidiary that is a Loan Party or such ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be, specifying the nature
thereof, what action Parent, the Borrower, such Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto,
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Section 8.14          Control
Agreements. Each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties to, cause each Deposit
Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account of the Loan Parties (other than Excluded Accounts) to be subject to a Control Agreement
(a) with respect to Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts in existence as of the Closing Date, within thirty
(30) days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing) and (b) with respect to Deposit
Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts entered into after the Closing Date, at the time entered into and at all times thereafter.


 


Section 8.15          Casualty
Events.


 


(a)            If
a Casualty Event occurs with respect to any Collateral, each of Parent and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries
that are Loan Parties to, (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to pursue all its rights to compensation against any Person with
respect to such Casualty Event and (ii) cause the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom to be applied to prepayment of the Loans or otherwise
toward a Reinvestment in assets constituting Collateral in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(i).


 


(b)            The
Administrative Agent shall, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, be entitled to participate in any
compromise, adjustment or settlement in connection with any Casualty Event under any policy or policies of insurance or in respect of
any proceeding with respect to any Casualty Event.


 


Section 8.16          Consent
Agreements . Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower
shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Administrative Agent with copies of duly executed Consent Agreements with
respect to the TotalEnergies DR JV Agreement and any other Material Contract to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to permit the granting of Liens on the
Equity Interests of such joint venture in favor of the Collateral Agent, and the enforcement of such Liens by the Collateral Agent (including
a transfer and/or other disposition of such Equity Interests upon foreclosure of such Liens) pursuant to the Security Documents, free
of any restrictions or other limitations otherwise contained in the TotalEnergies DR JV Agreement or such other Material Contract, as
applicable.


 


Section 8.17          Post-Closing
Obligations. Parent and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party to, comply with the post-closing obligations set
forth on Schedule 8.17 hereto within the time periods set forth therein.


 


ARTICLE IX

NEGATIVE COVENANTS


 


Until Payment in Full, each
of Parent and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that:


 


Section 9.01          Financial
Covenants. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will permit (the tests in Section 9.01(a), Section 9.01(b) and
Section 9.01(c), the “Financial Covenants”):


 


(a)            Total
Leverage Ratio. The Total Leverage Ratio as of any Test Date with respect to the Test Period ending on such Test Date to exceed (i) with
respect to each of the fiscal quarters ending on December 31, 2022, March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023, September 30,
2023 and December 31, 2023, 3.50:1.00, (ii) with respect to each of the fiscal quarters ending on March 31, 2024, June 30,
2024, September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2024, 3.00:1.00 and (iii) with respect to the fiscal quarter ending on March 31,
2025 and each of the fiscal quarters thereafter, 2.50:1.00.


 






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(b)            Interest
Coverage Ratio. The Interest Coverage Ratio as of any Test Date with respect to the Test Period ending on such Test Date to be less
than 2.00:1.00.


 


(c)            Minimum
Liquidity. Liquidity at any time to be less than $10,000,000.


 


Section 9.02          Indebtedness.
Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
except:


 


(a)            the
Secured Obligations arising under the Loan Documents or any guarantee of the Secured Obligations arising under the Loan Documents;


 


(b)            Indebtedness
of Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries under Capital Leases and purchase money obligations and contingent obligations under grant
agreements to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets not to exceed, in the aggregate at
any time outstanding, $10,000,000;


 


(c)            unsecured
Indebtedness associated with worker’s compensation claims, bonds or surety obligations required by Governmental Requirements or
unaffiliated third parties or otherwise in the ordinary course of business;


 


(d)            intercompany
Indebtedness (i) between any Loan Party payable to any other Loan Party, (ii) between any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party
payable to any other Subsidiary that is Loan Party, (iii) between Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, and (iv) to the extent
not otherwise permitted under clauses (i) through (iii) and to the extent constituting Indebtedness, Investments permitted
and incurred under Section 9.05(r); provided that any such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations
on terms set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Documents, as applicable;


 


(e)            Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient
funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten (10) Business Days of its incurrence;


 


(f)            Guarantees
by a Loan Party of Indebtedness or other obligations of another Loan Party to the extent otherwise permitted under this Section 9.02;


 


(g)            Indebtedness
existing as of the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 9.02, so long as the aggregate principal amount of any such Indebtedness
does not exceed the aggregate principal amount thereof as of the Closing Date plus any interest and fees added to principal in accordance
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(h)            Indebtedness
consisting of take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements that do not constitute guarantees incurred in the ordinary course
of business;


 


(i)            obligations
in respect of Hedging Agreements for the purpose of hedging against exposure to interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities
pricing risks incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, including normal purchase/normal sale gas
agreements and other Hedging Agreements entered into in accordance with the hedging policy approved by the board of directors of Parent
for commodity risk;


 


(j)            Indebtedness
incurred by the PlasmaFlow JV so long as such Indebtedness has no recourse to any direct or indirect holder of the Equity Interests of
the PlasmaFlow JV or their assets;


 


(k)            Indebtedness
consisting of guarantees resulting from the endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;


 


(l)            cash
management obligations, including Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections,
employee credit card programs, other credit cards, credit card processing services, debit cards, stored value cards, commercial cards
(including so-called “purchase cards”, “procurement cards” or “p-cards”) or other cash management
services and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;


 


(m)            Indebtedness
consisting of the financing of insurance premiums incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;


 


(n)            Indebtedness
incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances, warehouse
receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims,
health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with
respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;


 


(o)            (i) unsecured
obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations
provided by Parent in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding or (ii) obligations in respect of letters
of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with
past practice, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; and


 


(p)            other
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding.


 


Section 9.03          Liens.
Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
on any of its Properties (now owned or hereafter acquired), except:


 


(a)            Liens
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(b)            Excepted
Liens;


 


(c)            Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted by ‎Section 9.02(b) but only on the Property under lease or financed thereby
(and the proceeds thereof);


 


(d)            Liens
on cash, Cash Equivalents or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance
and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, including to secure letters of credit posted in respect of any of the foregoing;


 


(e)            judgment
and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default; provided that any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been
duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may
be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced;


 


(f)            Liens
existing on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 9.03 and any modifications, replacements, renewals, refinancings or extensions
thereof; provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure on the date hereof, including fees and
interest that may accrue under the terms thereof as of the Closing Date (or any refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding thereof)
and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries;


 


(g)            (i) pledges
or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, health, disability or employee benefits,
unemployment insurance and other social security laws or similar legislation or regulation or other insurance-related obligations (including,
but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto and letters of credit
or bank guarantees in respect thereof) and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement
or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance
carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;


 


(h)            non-exclusive
leases, licenses, cross-licenses, subleases or sublicenses of Property (including with respect to Intellectual Property) granted third
parties in the ordinary course of business which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Loan Parties,
taken as a whole;


 


(i)            Liens
on goods in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with
the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or industry practice;


 


(j)            any
interest or title (and all encumbrances and other matters affecting such interest or title) of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor
or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under leases, subleases, licenses,
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(k)            Liens
arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into in the ordinary
course of business;


 


(l)            Liens
on cash and Cash Equivalents securing obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements permitted under Section 9.02(i) in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000 at any one time outstanding;


 


(m)            Liens
that are contractual rights of set-off or rights of pledge (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks
or other deposit-taking financial institutions and not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled
deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements
entered into with customers of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (iv) encumbering reasonable
customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts
maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;


 


(n)            ground
leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;


 


(o)            Liens
arising from precautionary UCC (or equivalent statutes) financing statements or similar public filings;


 


(p)            Liens
on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 9.02(l) in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$1,000,000; and


 


(q)            Liens
not otherwise permitted under this Section 9.03 that (i) are not incurred in connection with the incurrence of, and
do not otherwise secure, funded Indebtedness and (ii) secure obligations not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.


 


For the avoidance of doubt,
no intention to subordinate any Lien granted in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by
the permitted existence of Permitted Liens or by indicating that any such Lien is subject to any Permitted Lien.


 






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Section 9.04          Restricted
Payments. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay
or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, return any capital to the holders of its Equity Interests or make any distribution
of its Property to its Equity Interest holders, except that (a) any Loan Party may make a Restricted Payment to another Loan Party
ratably with respect to its Equity Interests; (b) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends with respect to
their respective Equity Interests payable solely in additional Equity Interests in the form of common equity; (c) any Loan Party
may repurchase Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants
or the settlement or vesting of other equity-based awards if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of, or tax
withholding with respect to, such options, warrants or other equity-based awards; (d) so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing immediately after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Loan Parties may (i) pay (or make Restricted Payments to
allow the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement
for value of Equity Interests or settlement of equity-based awards of such Subsidiary (or of the Borrower or any other such direct or
indirect parent thereof) held by any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager, member of management or consultant
(or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees or permitted transferees of any
of the foregoing) of such Subsidiary (or the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries solely
to the extent the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is obligated to make such payment in connection with the termination or death of such
individual or (ii) make Restricted Payments in the form of distributions to allow Parent to pay principal or interest on promissory
notes that were issued to any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager, member of management or consultant (or
any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributees or permitted transferees of any of
the foregoing) of such Subsidiary (or the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries in lieu
of cash payments for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of such Equity Interests or equity-based
awards held by such Persons, in each case, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or services, as applicable,
of any such Person or pursuant to any employee, officer, director, manager or management equity plan, employee, officer, director, manager
or management stock option plan or any other employee, officer, director, manager or management benefit plan or any agreement (including
any stock subscription agreement, shareholder agreement or stockholders’ agreement) with any employee, officer, director, manager,
member of management or consultant of such Subsidiary (or the Borrower or any other direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its
Subsidiaries solely to the extent the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is obligated to make such payment in connection with the termination
or death of such individual; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (d) shall
not exceed $5,000,000 in any calendar year; (e) any Loan Party may pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection
with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any permitted Investment; (f) Parent’s purchase, redemption, retirement,
or other acquisition of shares of its Equity Interests with the proceeds received from a substantially concurrent issue of new shares
of its Equity Interests; (g) cashless repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercises of options and warrants or
the settlement or vesting of other equity awards if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or
warrants or similar equity incentive awards; and (h) exchanges, redemptions or conversions in whole or in part any of its Equity
Interests for or into another class of its Equity Interests.


 


Section 9.05          Investments,
Loans and Advances. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to remain
outstanding any Investments in or to any Person, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to:


 


(a)            accounts
receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (including any instrument evidencing the same and any instrument,
security or other asset acquired through bona fide collection efforts with respect to the same);


 


(b)            Investments
in Cash Equivalents;


 


(c)            Investments
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(d)            Guarantees
permitted pursuant to Section 9.02;


 


(e)            to
the extent constituting an Investment, Capital Expenditures made in the ordinary course of business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries;


 


(f)            Investments
(other than the making of any member loan) in any Material Joint Venture in accordance with the terms of the Organizational Documents
of such Material Joint Venture, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result
therefrom;


 


(g)            Investments
in existence as of the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 9.05 as of the Closing Date;


 


(h)            any
Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with a Disposition made pursuant
to Section 9.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting a Disposition;


 


(i)            Hedging
Agreements permitted under Section 9.02(i);


 


(j)            advances,
loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;


 


(k)            Investments
in prepaid expenses, deposits and advances, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers compensation, performance
and similar deposits entered into as a result of the operations of the business in the ordinary course of business;


 


(l)            Investments
in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Article 4
customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;


 


(m)            non-cash
loans to employees, officers, or directors relating to the purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower pursuant to employee stock purchase
plans or agreements;


 


(n)            Investments
received in connection with any proceeding commenced under any insolvency proceeding in respect of any customers, suppliers or clients
or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers, suppliers or clients or upon the foreclosure with
respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;


 


(o)            Investments
permitted under Section 9.09;


 


(p)            Investments
consisting of deposits constituting Permitted Liens;


 


(q)            with
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion, Investments in joint ventures that do
not constitute Material Joint Ventures; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent (A) has received copies of the initial
letter of intent, joint development agreement and/or similar agreement with respect to such potential joint venture and any additional
information and documents furnished or received in connection therewith (including copies of the limited liability company agreement
and other documents contemplated to govern such joint venture) and (B) has agreed in writing, in its sole and absolute discretion,
to permit Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party to enter into such additional joint venture and (ii) the Organizational Documents
of such joint venture are free of any restrictions or other limitations on granting a Lien (and enforcing such Lien) on the Equity Interests
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(r)            other
Investments (valued at the time each such Investment is made) in the aggregate at any time outstanding not to exceed $5,000,000.


 


Section 9.06          Nature
of Business; Subsidiaries; International Operations.


 


(a)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) engage to any material extent in any business
other than businesses of the type conducted by the Loan Parties on the Closing Date and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto,
(ii) make any expenditure or commitment or incur any obligation, enter into or engage in any transaction or engage directly or indirectly
in any business or conduct any operations except in connection with or incidental to the businesses and operations conducted by the Loan
Parties on the Closing Date and businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto or (iii) conduct any material business or operations
outside of the United States, Canada or Italy other than (A) registrations of Intellectual Property outside of the United States,
Canada or Italy, (B) transactions with joint venturers or other investors organized or located outside of the United States, Canada
or Italy to the extent consistent with past practice, and (C) business and operations materially consistent with the business and
operations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.


 


(b)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will have any Subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries other than (i) NG Advantage,
(ii) CEFS and (iii) Mansfield Clean Energy Partners, LLC.


 


Section 9.07          Proceeds
of Loans.


 


(a)            The
Borrower will not permit the proceeds of the Loans to be used for any purpose other than those permitted by Section 7.20.
None of Parent the Borrower nor any Person acting on behalf of Parent or the Borrower has taken or will take any action which might cause
any of the Loan Documents to violate Regulations T, U or X or any other regulation of the Board or to violate Section 7 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation thereunder, in each case as now in effect or as the same may hereinafter
be in effect. If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender
a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form U-1 or such other form referred to in Regulations
T, U or X of the Board, as the case may be.


 


(b)            The
Borrower will not request any Borrowing, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that any other Loan Party and its or their
respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents shall not use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of any Borrowing,
or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, other Affiliate, joint venture partner or other Person,
(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 or AML 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, or involving any goods originating
in or with a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions
by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor lender,
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Section 9.08          ERISA
Compliance. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and
will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to, at any time:


 


(a)            engage
in, in respect of any Plan, any transaction in connection with which Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries is subjected to
either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsections (c), (i), (l) or (m) of section 502 of ERISA or a tax imposed
by Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code;


 


(b)            fail
to make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Plan, agreement relating thereto or applicable law, Parent,
the Borrower, or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto; or


 


(c)            contribute
to or assume an obligation to contribute to or have any liability (contingent or otherwise), or assume an obligation to (i) any
employee welfare benefit plan, as defined in section 3(1) of ERISA, including any such plan maintained to provide benefits
to former employees of such entities, that may not be terminated by such entities in their sole discretion at any time without any material
liability, or (ii) any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV
of ERISA, section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the Code.


 


Section 9.09          Mergers,
Etc. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger, consolidation or
amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or divide or Dispose of, all or substantially
all its business units, assets or other properties, except that (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate
with the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in a transaction in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving entity,
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
in connection with or as a result of the liquidation or dissolution of such Subsidiary, (c) Permitted Investments shall be permitted,
and (d) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge into or consolidate with, or Dispose of all
or substantially all of its assets to, another Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.


 


Section 9.10          Sale
of Properties. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, assign, license, farm-out,
convey or otherwise transfer or Dispose of any Property except for:


 


(a)            the
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(b)            equipment
that is worthless, surplus, or obsolete or worn out in the ordinary course of business, which is no longer used or useful in the conduct
of its business or which is replaced by equipment of at least equal suitability and value;


 


(c)            Dispositions
of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business;


 


(d)            (i) issuance
of Equity Interests by Parent or the Borrower, (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower
or a Subsidiary Guarantor, or (iii) the issuance of Equity Interests by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor to any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor;


 


(e)            (i) Dispositions
to Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, and (ii) Dispositions by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor to any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor;


 


(f)            Dispositions
resulting from any taking or condemnation of any Property of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party by any Governmental Authority
or any assets subject to a casualty;


 


(g)            Dispositions,
liquidations or use of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;


 


(h)            the
(i) licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual Property to third parties on a non-exclusive basis and (ii) allowing of any registrations
or any applications for registration of any immaterial Intellectual Property to lapse or go abandoned, in each case, in the ordinary
course of business;


 


(i)            Dispositions
set forth on Schedule 9.10 hereto;


 


(j)            the
unwinding of any Hedging Agreement voluntarily or pursuant to its terms;


 


(k)            transfers
of assets subject to a Casualty Event;


 


(l)            Dispositions
of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property
or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;


 


(m)            (i) leases,
subleases, licenses, cross-licenses or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere
with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) Dispositions of Intellectual Property no longer used in, useful
to or practicable to maintain for, or that are not material to, the business of Parent, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;


 


(n)            to
the extent constituting Dispositions, transactions permitted under Section 9.03, Section 9.04, Section 9.05
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(o)            Dispositions
of RINs in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to Dispositions to BP Products North America Inc., BP Energy Company
or their Affiliates pursuant to the bp Marketing Agreement; and


 


(p)            other
Dispositions of Property of fair market value not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate for which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of
any Loan Party receives consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;


 


provided
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except as required
by the Organizational Documents of the applicable Material Joint Venture as in effect on the Closing Date, neither Parent nor the Borrower
shall, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, Dispose of any Equity Interests of any Material Joint Venture that are owned by Parent,
the Borrower or such Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.


 


Section 9.11          Environmental
Matters. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, cause any of its Property to be in
violation of, or do anything which will subject any such Property to a Release or Threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, exposure
to any Hazardous Materials, or to any Remedial Work under any Environmental Laws, assuming disclosure to the applicable Governmental
Authority of all relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to such Property where such violations, Release or
Threatened Release, exposure, or Remedial Work could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.


 


Section 9.12          Transactions
with Affiliates. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction,
including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate that is not a Loan Party
except (a) such transactions as are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable
to it than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, (b) transactions solely
among Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (c) employment, consulting, severance and other service or benefit related arrangements
between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, managers, members of management, employees and consultants
in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option and other equity award plans and employee benefit plans
and arrangements in the ordinary course of business, on terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as
would be obtainable by such entity at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate,
(d) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, managers,
officers, members of management, employees and consultants of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of
the Borrower) in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
on terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as would be obtainable by such entity at the time in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, (e) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Parent to any director, manager, officer, employee, member of management or consultant (or
any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees, distributes or Affiliate of any of the foregoing)
of the Borrower, any of the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent thereof and (f) transactions pursuant
to agreements, instruments or arrangements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 9.12 hereto.


 






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Section 9.13          Negative
Pledge Agreements; Foreclosure Restrictions; Dividend Restrictions.


 


(a)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any Material Joint Venture or any other Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any contract, agreement or understanding (other than the Loan Documents) which in any way prohibits or restricts the granting,
conveying, creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its other Property in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders (excluding
any customary restrictions set forth in leases entered into in the ordinary course of business or purchase money financing agreements,
in each case, that are permitted under this Agreement, but including, for the avoidance of doubt, any direct or indirect prohibition
or restriction contained in a Material Contract with respect to the granting or creation of any Lien on such Material Contract or any
Loan Party’s, any Material Joint Venture’s or any other Subsidiary’s direct or indirect rights thereunder) or restricts
any Subsidiary of any Loan Party from paying dividends or making distributions to Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable,
or which requires the consent of or notice to other Persons in connection therewith; provided that the foregoing shall not apply
to (i) contractual obligations that exist on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 9.13 hereof or (ii) restrictions
on Liens arising under (A) Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness creating Liens permitted by ‎Section 9.03(c) but
only on the Property subject of such Capital Lease, purchase money Indebtedness, (B) documentation in respect of cash collateral
created Liens permitted by Section 9.03(d), Section 9.03(g) or Section 9.03(l), but only on
the Property subject to such cash collateral arrangement or (C) grant agreements but solely with respect to Liens on property constructed
or acquired with the proceeds of such grant agreements.


 


(b)            Except
as expressly contemplated under Section 8.16, neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any Material Joint
Venture or any other Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any direct or indirect prohibition or restriction (including,
without limitation, any change of control or other transfer restrictions) with respect to the ability of the Collateral Agent (on behalf
of the Secured Parties) to enforce any Lien on any Material Contract or any Loan Party’s, any Material Joint Venture’s or
any other Subsidiary’s direct or indirect rights thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.


 


Section 9.14          Hedging
Agreements. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreements
with any Person without the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld) other than as permitted under Section 9.05.


 


Section 9.15          Sale
and Leaseback. Neither Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement,
directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or transfer any Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
thereafter rent or lease such Property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the Property being sold
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Section 9.16          Amendments
to Organizational Documents, Material Joint Ventures, Fiscal Year End.


 


(a)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended or modified)
its Organizational Documents to which it is a party, or take any action that would impair its rights under its Organizational Documents
to which it is a party, in each case, in a manner that would be adverse to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary or the Lenders in any material
respect.


 


(b)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended or modified)
the Organizational Documents of any Material Joint Venture to which it is a party, or take any action that would impair its rights under
the Organizational Documents of any Material Joint Venture to which it is a party, in each case, in a manner that would be adverse to
such Loan Party or such Subsidiary or the Lenders in any material respect.


 


(c)            To
the extent Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries has consent or approval rights under the applicable Organizational Documents
of any Material Joint Venture with respect to any action or inaction by such Material Joint Venture or any of its Subsidiaries that requires
the consent or approval of all or a majority of the members of the applicable Material Joint Venture, none of Parent, the Borrower or
their Subsidiaries shall grant such consent or approval without having first obtained the consent of the Administrative Agent (provided
that such consent right shall be limited and qualified to the same extent that Parent’s, the Borrower’s or the applicable
Subsidiaries’ consent rights are limited and qualified under the applicable Organizational Documents of such Material Joint Venture)
if such action or inaction could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided
that this Section 9.16(c) shall not apply to amendments, waivers or other modifications of the Organizational Documents
of any Material Joint Venture, which amendments, waivers and other modifications shall be governed by Section 9.16(b).


 


(d)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change the last day of its fiscal year from December 31
of each year, or the last days of the first three fiscal quarters in each of its fiscal years from March 31, June 30 and September 30
of each year, respectively, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.


 


Section 9.17          Material
Contracts.


 


(a)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Material Joint Venture to, (i) cancel or terminate
any Material Contract or consent to or accept any cancellation or termination of any such Material Contract (except such cancellations
or terminations that would not trigger an Event of Default under Section 10.01(k)), (ii) sell, assign (other than pursuant
to the Security Documents) or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) any part of its interest in any Material Contract
(other than to a Loan Party) or consent (after the execution and delivery thereof) to any assignment (other than a collateral assignment
to the Collateral Agent) by the other party thereto other than to an Affiliate of such party or a purchaser of all or substantially all
assets of such party, (iii) to the extent material and adverse to the rights of the Lenders, waive any material default under, or
material breach of, any Material Contract or waive, fail to enforce, forgive, compromise, settle, adjust or release any material right,
interest or entitlement, howsoever arising, under, or in respect of any such Material Contract or in any way vary, or consent or agree
to the variation of, any material provision of such Material Contract or of the performance of any material covenant or obligation by
any other Person or consent (after the execution and delivery thereof) to any assignment (other than a collateral assignment to the Collateral
Agent) by any other Person under any such Material Contract, in each case, without the consent of the Majority Lenders (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (iv) to the extent material and adverse to the rights of the Lenders, petition, request
or take any other legal or administrative action that seeks, or may be expected, to impair any Material Contract or seeks to amend, modify
or supplement any such Material Contract, in each case, without the consent of the Majority Lenders (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), (v) to the extent material and adverse to the rights of the Lenders, amend, supplement or modify any Material
Contract (in each case, as in effect when originally delivered to and accepted by the Administrative Agent) to which it is a party except
as may be permitted pursuant to Section 9.17(b), in each case, without the consent of the Majority Lenders (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (vi) enter into any new agreement or instrument replacing or substituting any Material
Contract except to the extent such new or replacement is not material and adverse to the rights of the Lenders; in each case of each
of the foregoing (other than clause (iii), clause (iv) and clause (v)), without first obtaining, the prior
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(b)            Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 9.17 or any other provisions of this Agreement, (i) neither Parent nor the
Borrower will, and will not permit any Material Joint Venture or any other Subsidiary to, at any time enter into any settlement of claims
under any Material Contract, provided that Parent, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries may enter into any such settlements that
do not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent
and (ii) no Loan Party shall be required to obtain the consent or other approval of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect
of amendments, supplements, consents, waivers, or modifications of any Material Contract (A) effected to correct a clear and manifest
error in such Material Contract or with respect to changes that are ministerial in nature or (B) that are not material and adverse
to the rights of the Lenders. The Borrower shall promptly provide to the Administrative Agent a true, correct and complete copy of any
modification, amendment or waiver of any Material Contract entered into in accordance with the foregoing.


 


Section 9.18          Material
Indebtedness.


 


(a)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, repay, Redeem, purchase, defease
or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any (i) Material Indebtedness (other than regularly scheduled
interest payments, regularly scheduled principal payments and regularly scheduled payments of fees and expenses as and when due in respect
of any such Material Indebtedness) or (ii) Indebtedness that is unsecured or required to be subordinated, in right of payment, to
the Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents (collectively, “Junior Financing”) or make any
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(b)            Neither
Parent nor the Borrower will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse
to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of any documentation governing Material Indebtedness without the consent of the
Administrative Agent.


 


Section 9.19          Foreign
Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, neither Parent nor the Borrower
will, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) form or acquire any Foreign Subsidiary after the Closing Date (except
to the extent such Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Loan Party), (b) make any Investments in any Foreign Subsidiary after the Closing
Date, other than any such Investments that are made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (c) enter
into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property or the rendering of any service, with any Foreign Subsidiary,
other than any such transactions that are entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or (d) Dispose
of any Property to any Foreign Subsidiary, in each case, except formations, acquisitions, Investments, transactions, and Dispositions
involving any Foreign Subsidiary formed under the laws of Canada (provided that such Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to become
a Guarantor and a “Grantor” or “Debtor”, as applicable, to the extent required under Section 8.12(d)).
No Foreign Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary that is a Loan Party) will own, directly or indirectly, any Material Real Property
or engage in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary on the Closing Date.


 


Section 9.20          Zero
Balance Debt. Neither Parent nor Borrower will, and will not permit any other Loan Party to, incur any Indebtedness in respect of
or under any Zero Balance Agreements.


 


ARTICLE X

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES


 


Section 10.01          Events
of Default. One or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:


 


(a)            Payments
Under Loan Documents.


 


(i)            Any
Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of or premium (if any) on any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether
at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration or otherwise.


 


(ii)            Any
Loan Party shall fail to pay any interest, fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section 10.01(a))
payable under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable and failure to pay shall continue unremedied for a
period of three (3) Business Days.


 


(b)            Breach
of Warranty. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party
in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification of any Loan Document or waiver under such Loan Document,
or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or
any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been materially incorrect when made or deemed made.


 






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(c)            Breach
of Negative Covenants or Certain Other Covenants. Any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 8.01, Section 8.02, ‎Section 8.03(a), Section 8.07, Section 8.12,
Section 8.14, Section 8.16, Section 8.17 or ‎Article IX.


 


(d)            Breach
of Other Covenants. Any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement
(other than those specified in Section 10.01(a), Section 10.01(b) or Section 10.01(c)) or any
other Loan Document and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier to occur of (A) any
Loan Party’s knowledge of such failure or (B) receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent.


 


(e)            Cross-Default.
(i) Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries 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, after taking any applicable grace
periods into account, or (ii) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its
scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders
of such Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause such Material Indebtedness to become due, or to
require the Redemption thereof or any offer to Redeem to be made in respect thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity or require such
Loan Party or such Subsidiary to make an offer in respect thereof.


 


(f)            Involuntary
Proceedings. An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation,
reorganization or other relief in respect of any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries of 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
of its Material Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue
undismissed for forty-five (45) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered.


 


(g)            Voluntary
Proceedings. Any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries 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 ‎Section 10.01(f), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for 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 corporate action for the purpose of effectuating any of the foregoing; or any Loan
Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become
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(h)            Judgments;
Etc. (i)(A) One or more final judgments or settlements for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000
or (B) any one or more non-monetary judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect, shall be rendered against or paid by any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries or any combination
thereof, and (x) such final judgment or settlement is not discharged or vacated for more than thirty (30) days (after the date when
due in the case of a settlement agreement), (y) in the case of such final judgment, the execution of which is not effectively stayed
for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive days and no action is legally taken by a judgment creditor or judgment creditors to
attach or levy upon any assets of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to enforce any such judgment, or (z) such final judgment
or settlement is not otherwise fully cash collateralized, bonded and/or covered by insurance from an insurer that is rated at least “A”
by A.M. Best Company and such insurer has been notified of, and has not disputed the claim made for the payment of, the amount of
such judgment or (ii) the invalidation, cancellation, surrender, retirement or loss of Environmental Credits of the Loan Parties
or any of their Material Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000.


 


(i)            Loan
Document Unenforceable. The Loan Documents after delivery thereof shall for any reason, except to the extent permitted by the terms
thereof, cease to be in full force and effect and valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms against any Loan Party
party thereto or any other party thereto or shall be repudiated by any of them, or cease to create a valid and perfected Lien of the
priority required thereby on any part of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, except to the extent permitted by the terms
of this Agreement (including any release of such Liens in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and including Excluded Perfection
Actions), or a Loan Party shall so state in writing.


 


(j)            Breach
of Material Contracts.


 


(i)            Loan
Party Breach. Any Loan Party, Material Joint Venture or any other Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall be in breach in any material
respect of, or in default in any material respect under, a Material Contract and such breach or default shall continue unremedied for
the period of time under such Material Contract which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary has available to it in which to remedy such
breach or default.


 


(ii)            Third
Party Breach and Bankruptcy. Any counterparty to a Material Contract shall be in material breach of, or in material default under,
any Material Contract; provided that no Event of Default shall occur as a result of any such breach or default if (A) in
the case of any breach or default not involving any action or event of the type described in Section 10.01(f) or Section 10.01(g) with
respect to such Material Contract counterparty (such action or event, an “MC Bankruptcy Event”) (x) such breach
or default is cured within thirty (30) days from the time Borrower obtains knowledge of such breach or default or (y) within such
thirty (30) day period, the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with a remedial plan of action describing how the effects of such
breach or default by such counterparty will be mitigated or otherwise resolved and such remedial plan of action is acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (each, an “Acceptable Remediation Plan”), (B) in the case of a breach
or default involving an MC Bankruptcy Event of such counterparty, (x) the applicable counterparty is substantially performing its
remaining obligations with respect to the Material Contracts to which it is a party and has affirmed, within the time prescribed by law
(not to exceed thirty (30) days), the applicable Material Contract or (y) the Borrower has provided an Acceptable Remediation Plan,
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(k)            Loss
of Material Contract. Any Material Contract shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect unless (i) terminated
in accordance with its terms and not as a result of a default thereunder, (ii) within ten (10) Business Days from the time
any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with an Acceptable Remediation Plan describing
how the effects of the loss of such Material Contract will be mitigated or otherwise resolved, or (iii) the loss of such Material
Contract will not be material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders.


 


(l)            Change
in Control. A Change in Control shall occur and the Secured Obligations are not paid in full concurrently with the consummation of
such Change in Control.


 


(m)            ERISA.
(i) An ERISA Event shall have occurred or (ii) any Loan Party shall hold “plan assets,” within the meaning of 29
C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 (as amended by Section 3(42) of ERISA), of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA), which is subject to Title I of ERISA, or of any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), in either case, that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 10.02          Cure
Right. In the event that Parent fails to comply with the requirements of any Financial Covenant set forth in Section 9.01(a) or
Section 9.01(b), from the last date of the applicable Test Period until the expiration of the tenth (10th) Business Day after
the applicable Test Date hereunder (the “Cure Expiration Date”), Parent shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure
Equity for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the applicable equity capital of Parent and apply the amount of the proceeds
thereof to increase EBITDA with respect to such applicable quarter (the “Cure Right”); provided that (a) such
proceeds are actually received by Parent no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required
to be delivered with respect to such Test Date hereunder, (b) such proceeds do not exceed the aggregate amount necessary to cure
(by addition to EBITDA) such Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) or Section 9.01(b) for such period,
(c) the Cure Right shall not be exercised in more than two (2) fiscal quarter periods during each Test Period, (d) the
Cure Right shall not be exercised more than five (5) times during the term of the Loans, (e) there shall be no pro forma reduction
in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the Cure Right for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants in Section 9.01(a) and
Section 9.01(b) or for determining any pricing, financial covenant based conditions or baskets with respect to the covenants
contained in this Agreement, in each case, in the fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is used or subsequent periods that include such
fiscal quarter, (f) such proceeds shall be applied to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 3.04(b)(vii) and
(g) until the Cure Expiration Date, neither any Agent nor any Lender shall exercise any rights or remedies under this Agreement
(or under any other Loan Document) available during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default on the basis of the actual or
purported failure to comply with any covenant set forth in Section 9.01(a) and/or Section 9.01(b) until
such failure is not cured on or prior to the Cure Expiration Date. If, after giving effect to the foregoing pro forma adjustment (but
not, for the avoidance of doubt, giving pro forma adjustment to any repayment of Indebtedness in connection therewith), Parent is in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9.01(a) and Section 9.01(b), Parent shall be
deemed to have satisfied the requirements of such Section as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though
there had been no failure to comply on such date, and the applicable breach or default of such Section 9.01(a) and Section 9.01(b) that
had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement. The parties hereby acknowledge that this Section 10.02
may not be relied on for purposes of calculating any financial ratios other than as applicable to Section 9.01(a) and
Section 9.01(b) and shall not result in any adjustment to any amounts other than the amount of the EBITDA referred to
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Section 10.03          Remedies.


 


(a)            In
the case of an Event of Default other than one described in Section 10.01(f) or Section 10.01(g), at any
time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Majority Lenders,
shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and
payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due
and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon, any
Call Premium then applicable and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate,
notice of acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and each other Loan Party; and in
case of an Event of Default described in Section 10.01(f) or Section 10.01(g), the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon, any Call Premium then applicable and
all fees and the other obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived
by the Borrower and each other Loan Party.


 


Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that (x) if, prior to the Maturity Date, the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become
due, in each case, in respect of any Event of Default (including, but not limited to, upon the occurrence of a bankruptcy or insolvency
related event (including the acceleration of claims by operation of law) or (y) upon the occurrence of the board of directors (or
similar governing body or any Person having Control of any Loan Party (or any committee thereof) or of any directors (or similar governing
body or any Person having Control) of any Loan Party (or any committee thereof) adopting any resolution or otherwise authorizing any
action to approve any bankruptcy or insolvency related event (each of the foregoing in clauses (x) and (y) and
as contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this paragraph, a “Specified Event”)), the (i) Call Premium that
would have applied if, at the time the Loans are accelerated or otherwise become due, the Borrower had repaid, prepaid, refinanced, substituted
or replaced any or all of the Loans as contemplated in Section 3.04 and (ii) any fees payable under the Loan Documents,
in each case, will also be automatically and immediately due and payable without further action or notice as though a Specified Event
had occurred and the Call Premium and such fees shall constitute part of the Secured Obligations, in view of the impracticability and
extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of the Lenders’
lost profits and investment opportunity as a result thereof (and not as a penalty). Any Call Premium and fees payable above shall be
presumed to be the liquidated damages (and not for the avoidance of doubt unmatured interest or a penalty) sustained by the Lenders as
the result of payment or acceleration, as applicable, prior to the Maturity Date and the Borrower and the other Loan Parties agree that
the Call Premium and such fees are reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. In the event the Secured Obligations are reinstated
in connection with or following any Specified Event, it is understood and agreed that the Secured Obligations shall include any Call
Premium and fees payable in accordance with the Loan Documents, including this Section 10.03. The Call Premium and any fees
payable under the Loan Documents shall also be payable in the event the Secured Obligations (and/or this Agreement) are satisfied or
released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other similar means. The obligation
of the Borrower to pay the Call Premium under Section 3.04 is in addition to its obligation to pay the Call Premium under
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THE LOAN PARTIES EXPRESSLY
WAIVE (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT
THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING CALL PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Borrower and each other Loan Party expressly
agrees (to the fullest extent that it may lawfully do so) that: (A) the Call Premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s-length
transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Call Premium shall be payable notwithstanding
the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Lenders and the
Borrower and Guarantors giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Call Premium; and (D) the
Borrower and each other Loan Party shall each be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. The
Borrower and each other Loan Party expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay the Call Premium to the Lenders as herein described
is a material inducement to the Lenders to provide the Commitments and make the Loans. In the case of any Event of Default occurring
by reason of any willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party with the intention
of avoiding payment of the Call Premium that the Borrower would have had to pay if the Borrower then had elected to pay the Loans in
full prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 3.01 and/or Section 3.04, an equivalent premium, without
duplication, will become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Loans.


 


(b)            In
the case of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will have all other rights and remedies available
at law and equity.


 


(c)            All
proceeds realized from the liquidation or other disposition of Collateral or otherwise, and any amounts received on account of the Secured
Obligations, received after maturity of the Loans, whether by acceleration or otherwise, shall be applied as follows:


 


(i)            first,
to payment or reimbursement of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses and indemnities payable to the Administrative
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(ii)            second,
pro rata to payment or reimbursement of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting fees, expenses and indemnities payable
to the Lenders;


 


(iii)            third,
pro rata to payment of accrued interest on the Loans;


 


(iv)            fourth,
pro rata to payment of principal and premium outstanding on the Loans;


 


(v)            fifth,
pro rata to all other Secured Obligations; and


 


(vi)            sixth,
any excess, after all of the Secured Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, shall be paid to the Borrower or
as otherwise required by any Governmental Requirement.


 


ARTICLE XI

THE AGENTs


 


Section 11.01          Appointment;
Powers.


 


(a)            Each
of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such
actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan
Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article (excluding
Section 11.10) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor
shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.


 


(b)            The
Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral,
and each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action
on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties
as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.


 


(c)            The
Lead Arranger shall be entitled to all benefits of this Article XI.


 


Section 11.02          Duties
and Obligations of Agents. No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless
of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with
reference to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express)
obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law; rather, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is
intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) no Agent shall have
any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except as provided in‎
Section 11.03, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and shall
not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries
that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent or any of their Affiliates in any
capacity. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by
the Borrower or a Lender, and shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty
or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate,
report or other document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document,
(iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article VI or elsewhere herein, other than
to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or as to those conditions precedent expressly required to
be to such Agent’s satisfaction, (vi) the existence, value, perfection or priority of any collateral security or the financial
or other condition of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any other obligor or guarantor, or (vii) any failure
by any Loan Party or any other Person (other than itself) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document
or the performance or observance of any covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein. For purposes
of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Article VI, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or
acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from
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Section 11.03          Action
by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty to take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or
by the other Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Majority Lenders (or such other number
or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in ‎Section 12.02)
and in all cases such Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Documents unless
it shall (a) receive written instructions from the Majority Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable, (or such other number or percentage
of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in ‎Section 12.02)
specifying the action to be taken and (b) be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expenses
which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The instructions as aforesaid and any action taken
or failure to act pursuant thereto by such Agent shall be binding on all of the Lenders. If a Default has occurred and is continuing,
then the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as shall be directed by
the requisite Lenders in the written instructions (with indemnities) described in this Section 11.03; provided that,
unless and until the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall have received such directions, such Agent may (but shall
not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in
the best interests of the Lenders. In no event, however, shall any Agent be required to take any action which exposes such Agent to personal
liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, the Loan Documents or applicable law. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken
or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders or the Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in ‎Section 12.02),
and otherwise no Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any
other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith including its own ordinary
negligence, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall require the Administrative
Agent and/or the Collateral Agent to: (i) expend or risk its own funds or provide indemnities in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or power or (ii) otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its
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Section 11.04          Reliance
by Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and
shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing
believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including
counsel to the Loan Parties), independent accountants, consultants and other experts selected by any such Agent. The Administrative Agent
and/or the Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon and each of the Borrower and the Lenders hereby waives the right to dispute
such Agent’s record of such statement, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by such Agent. Upon request
by an Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing whether an action may be taken by it (and such Agent may deem the failure
to respond to any such request in a timely manner as approval). In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making
of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition
is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the
making of such Loan. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other
experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof for all purposes
hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof permitted hereunder shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent.


 


Section 11.05          Subagents.
Either Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed
by such Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their
respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding Sections of this Article XI shall apply to any such
sub-agent and to the Related Parties of such Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.


 


Section 11.06          Resignation
of Agents. Any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Majority Lenders
shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing and provided
that no consents shall be required with respect to the appointment of a Lender or an Affiliate thereof and in event shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (the “Resignation
Closing Date”), then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent. With effect from the Resignation
Closing Date (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
(except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents,
the retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Collateral Agent
is appointed) and (ii) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Agent, all payments, communications and
determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time,
if any, as a successor Agent is appointed as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor,
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the
same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation
hereunder, the provisions of this Article XI and ‎Section 12.03
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of
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Section 11.07          Administrative
Agent as Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender
as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof
as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.


 


Section 11.08          No
Reliance. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and
each other Loan Document to which it is a party. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to
make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement
or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance
by any Loan Party of this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for herein or to inspect the Properties
or books of any Loan Party. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the
Lenders by an Agent hereunder, no Agent nor the Lead Arranger shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit
or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of any Loan Party (or any of its Affiliates) which may come
into the possession of such Agent or the Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates. In this regard, each Lender acknowledges
that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is acting in this transaction as special counsel to the Agents only, except to the extent
otherwise expressly stated in any legal opinion or any Loan Document. Each other party hereto will consult with its own legal counsel
to the extent that it deems necessary in connection with the Loan Documents and the matters contemplated therein. In structuring, arranging
or syndicating this Agreement, each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger may be an arranger,
an agent or lender under other loans or other securities, and each Lender hereby waives any existing or future conflicts of interest
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Section 11.09          Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, the
Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration
or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered,
by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:


 


(a)            to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Secured
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders
and the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Agents under Section 12.03)
allowed in such judicial proceeding; and


 


(b)            to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;


 


and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments
to the Agents and, in the event that the Agents shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Agents
any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Agents under Section 12.03.


 


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 any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize
the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.


 


Section 11.10          Authority
of Collateral Agent to Release Collateral and Liens. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any Collateral
that is permitted to be sold or released pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent
to execute and deliver to the Borrower, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements,
assignments or other documents reasonably requested by the Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property to the extent such
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Section 11.11          The
Lead Arranger and Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator. The Lead Arranger and Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator shall not
have any duties, responsibilities or liabilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents other than its duties, responsibilities
and liabilities in its capacity as a Lender or Agent hereunder (to the extent that the Lead Arranger or the Sustainability-Linked Loan
Coordinator is also a Lender or Agent hereunder).


 


Section 11.12          Acknowledgement
of Lenders.


 


(a)            Each
Lender hereby agrees that (i) 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 Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (ii) 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 11.12 shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.


 


(b)            Each
Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (i) 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 (ii) 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 Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
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(c)            The
Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (i) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are 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 (ii) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy any Secured Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party.


 


(d)            Each
party’s obligations under this Section 11.12 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 Secured Obligations under any Loan Document.


 


Section 11.13          Credit
Bidding. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Majority Lenders, to
credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some
or all of the Secured 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 or other Guarantor 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 Secured Obligations owed to the Secured
Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Majority Lenders on a ratable
basis (with Secured 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 Secured 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 Majority 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 Majority Lenders contained in Section 12.02
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 Secured 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 Secured 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 Secured Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle
exceeds the amount of Secured Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Secured Obligations shall automatically
be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata with their original interest in such Secured Obligations and the equity interests and/or
debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Secured 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 Secured
Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in Section 11.13(ii),
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
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Section 11.14          ERISA
Matters.


 


(a)            Each
Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto 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 not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the 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 Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit
Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments
or this Agreement,


 


(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 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 Commitments and this Agreement, or


 


(iii)            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 either (i) Section 11.14(a)(i) is true with respect to a Lender or (ii) a Lender has provided
another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with Section 11.14(a)(iii), such Lender further (A) represents
and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, and (B) 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 not, for the
avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with
respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance
of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative
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Section 11.15          Sustainability
Matters.


 


(a)            Each
party hereto hereby agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator shall have any responsibility
for (or liability in respect of) reviewing, auditing or otherwise evaluating any calculation by the Borrower of any Sustainability Rate
Adjustment (or any of the data or computations that are part of or related to any such calculation) set forth in the Sustainability Certificate
(and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry).


 


(b)            Each
Lender (i) acknowledges and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger nor the Sustainability-Linked Loan Coordinator
acting in such capacities have made any assurances as to (A) whether the Loans hereunder meets such Lender’s criteria or expectations
with regard to environmental impact and sustainability performance and (B) whether any characteristics of the Loans hereunder, including
the characteristics of the relevant key performance indicators to which the Borrower will link a potential margin step-up or step-down,
including their environmental and sustainability criteria, meet any industry standards for sustainability-linked credit facilities and
(ii) has performed its own independent investigation and analysis of the Loans hereunder and whether such Loans meets its own criteria
or expectations with regard to environmental impact and/or sustainability performance.


 


ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS


 


Section 12.01          Notices.


 


(a)            Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to Section 12.01(b)),
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 e-mail or similar electronic means, as follows:


 


(i)            if
to Parent, the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to it at the address, email address or telephone number specified on Schedule 1.01(a) hereto;


 


(ii)            if
to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to it at the address, email address or telephone number specified on Schedule
1.01(a) hereto; and


 


(iii)            if
to any Lender, to it at the address, e-mail address or telephone number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.


 






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(b)            Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications. Unless the Administrative
Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s
receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall
be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing Section 12.01(b)(i),
of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for
both Section 12.01(b)(i) and Section 12.01(b)(ii), 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 for the recipient.


 


(c)            Any
party hereto may change its address or e-mail address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
have been given on the date of receipt.


 


Section 12.02          Waivers;
Amendments.


 


(a)            No
failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course
of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right, power
or privilege, under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right,
power or privilege under any of the Loan Documents preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be permitted by Section 12.02(b), 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 shall not be construed
as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may have had notice or
knowledge of such Default at the time.


 


(b)            Neither
this Agreement nor any provision hereof nor any other Loan Document (other than the Fee Letter and as provided in Section 3.05)
nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by
the Borrower and the Majority Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders with a
copy of all amendments provided to the Administrative Agent; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment
or the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce
the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or reduce any other Secured
Obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby,
provided that the post-default rate set forth in Section 3.02(c) may be waived with the consent of the Majority
Lenders, (iii) postpone the scheduled and fixed date of payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest
thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or any other Secured Obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount
of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone or extend the Maturity Date without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby,
(iv) change Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.01(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing
of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each directly and adversely Lender, (v)  release all or substantially
all of the Guarantors or release all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than as provided in Section 11.10), without
the written consent of each Lender, (vi) modify the terms of Section 10.03(c) without the written consent of each
Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (vii) change any of the provisions of this Section 12.02(b) or
the definition of “Majority Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required
to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, without the written consent of each directly and adversely
affected Lender; provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties
of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of such
Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A)  any Security Document may be supplemented to add additional collateral or join additional
Persons as Loan Parties with the consent of the Collateral Agent, (B) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend this Agreement
or any other Loan Document without the consent of the Lenders in order to (i) correct, amend or cure any ambiguity, inconsistency
or defect or correct any typographical error, omission or other manifest error in any Loan Document, or (ii) make administrative
or operational changes or enhancements not adverse to the Lenders, (C) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or other applicable
Loan Party) may enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or enter into any agreement
or instrument to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any Lien in any Collateral or Property to become
Collateral to secure the Indebtedness for the benefit of the Lenders or as required by any Governmental Requirement to give effect to,
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Section 12.03          Expenses, Indemnity;
Damage Waiver.


 


(a)            The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents and their Affiliates, including
the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and other consultants for the Agents and their Affiliates, the
reasonable travel, photocopy, mailing, courier, telephone and other similar expenses, and the cost of environmental audits and surveys
and appraisals and all fees, in each case of the Agents and their Affiliates, in connection with the credit facility provided for herein,
the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration (both before and after the execution hereof and including advice
of counsel to the Agents as to the rights and duties of the Agents and the Lenders with respect thereto) of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of or consents related to the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, expenses,
assessments and other similar charges incurred by the Agents or any Lender in connection with any filing, registration, recording or
perfection of any security interest contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document or any other document referred to therein,
(iii) all documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel or other consultants for the Agents or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of their rights in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including their rights under this Section 12.03, or in connection
with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in
respect of such Loans and (iv) all reasonable and documented fees and expenses associated with collateral monitoring (including
field examination fees and out-of-pocket expenses) and collateral reviews and fees and expenses of other advisors and professional engaged
by the Agents. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 12.03(a) shall not apply with respect to any costs or expenses
that are Taxes, as the indemnity and payment of Tax claims are governed exclusively by Section 5.03.


 


(b)            The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any sub-agent of the Agents, the Lead Arranger and each Lender,
and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and
defend and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including
the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of,
in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement
or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto or the parties to any other Loan Document of their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any other Loan Document
or any action taken in connection with this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the payment of principal, interest and fees, (ii) the
failure of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to comply with the terms of any Loan Document, including this Agreement, or with any governmental
requirement, (iii) any inaccuracy of any representation or any breach of any warranty or covenant of the Borrower or any Guarantor
or any other Loan Party set forth in any of the Loan Documents or any instruments, documents or certifications delivered in connection
therewith, (iv) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (v) the operations of the business of Parent, the Borrower and
their Subsidiaries, (vi) any assertion that the Lenders were not entitled to receive the proceeds received pursuant to the Security
Documents, (vii) any Environmental Law to the extent applicable to Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, or in respect
of their Properties, including as relating to the presence, generation, storage, Release, Threatened Release, use, transport, disposal,
arrangement of disposal or treatment of Hazardous Materials on any of their Properties, (viii) the breach or non-compliance by Parent,
the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law applicable to Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries,
including in respect of their Properties, (ix) the past ownership by Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or any of
their Properties or past activity on any of their Properties which, though lawful and fully permissible at the time, could result in
present liability, (x) the presence, use, Release, storage, treatment, disposal, generation, Threatened Release, transport, arrangement
for transport or arrangement for disposal of Hazardous Materials on or at any of the Properties owned or operated by Parent, the Borrower
or any of their Subsidiaries or any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on or from any Property owned or operated
by Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, (xi) any liability arising under Environmental Laws to the extent related
to Parent, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, including in respect of their Properties, or (xii) any other environmental,
health or safety condition in connection with the Loan Documents, or (xiii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation
or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party
or a Loan Party and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, and such indemnity shall extend to each Indemnitee notwithstanding
the sole or concurrent negligence of every kind or character whatsoever, whether active or passive, whether an affirmative act or an
omission, including all types of negligent conduct identified in the Restatement (Second) of Torts of one or more of the Indemnitees
or by reason of strict liability imposed without fault on any one or more of the Indemnitees; provided that such indemnity shall
not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnitee; provided, further, this Section 12.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other
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(c)            To
the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Agents or the Lead Arranger under Section 12.03(a) or
Section 12.03(b), but without affecting such payment obligations of the Borrower, each Lender severally agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lead Arranger, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the
time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed
expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lead Arranger in its capacity as such.


 


(d)            To
the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each of Parent and the Borrower shall cause its Subsidiaries
to not assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, and each of Parent and the Borrower hereby causes its Subsidiaries to waive, any
claim against any other party hereto or any Related Party thereto, 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 or any Loan or the use of the proceeds
thereof (provided that the foregoing shall not limit the liability of any Loan Party to indemnify any Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12.03(b) for
any such damages asserted against such Indemnitee).


 


(e)            All
amounts due under this ‎Section 12.03 shall be payable not later than ten (10) Business Days after demand
therefor.


 


Section 12.04          Assignments
and Participations.


 


(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, except that (i) neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party 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 the
Borrower or any other Loan Party without such consent shall be null and void), (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its
rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 12.04 and (iii) no Lender may assign to the Borrower
or an Affiliate of the Borrower all or any portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or all or any portion
of its Commitments or the Loans owing to it hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent
provided in Section 12.04(c)) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative
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(b)            Subject
to the conditions set forth in Section 12.04(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with
the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of (x) the Administrative Agent and (y) so
long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent or the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender (or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender)
immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment; provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented
to an assignment of all or a portion of the Commitments and Loans unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative
Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof.


 


(i)            Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:


 


(A)            except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender or 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 under the Facility, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender under the
Facility 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 $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise
consent;


 


(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;


 


(C)            the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee (x) shall not apply to an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund and (y) may be waived or reduced by the Administrative Agent in writing); and


 


(D)            the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all documentation
and other information with respect to the assignee that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer”
and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.


 


(ii)            Subject
to Section 12.04(b)(iv) and the acceptance and recording thereof, from and after the recordation date of each Assignment
and Assumption in the Register, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the date
of recordation in the Register) and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations
of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all
of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of ‎Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Section 5.03 and
‎Section 12.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that
does not comply with this ‎Section 12.04(b) 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 Section 12.04(c).


 






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(iii)            The
Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a
copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders,
the Commitment of and principal amount of (and stated interest on) the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant
to the terms hereof as a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice or anything in any Loan Document to the contrary.
The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. In connection with any changes to the Register, if necessary, the Administrative Agent
will reflect the revisions on Annex I and forward a copy of such revised Annex I to the Borrower and each Lender.


 


(c)            Upon
its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed
Administrative Questionnaire and all documentation and other information with respect to the assignee that is required by regulatory
authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA
PATRIOT Act (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in ‎Section 12.04(b) and
any written consent to such assignment required by Section 12.04(b), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment
and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement
unless and until it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section 12.04(b).


 


(i)            Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it under the Facility); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations, (C) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with
such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (D) the provisions of Section 12.04(b)(iv) shall
apply as if the Participant were a Lender and the sale of the participation was an assignment. 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 12.02(b) that affects such Participant. In addition such agreement must provide that the
Participant be bound by the provisions of Section 12.03. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of ‎Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 5.03 (subject to the requirements
and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 5.03(f) (it being understood that the documentation
required under Section 5.03(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender
and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 12.04(b); provided that a Participant shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under ‎Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 5.03 than
the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, 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. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.08 as
though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.01(c) as though it
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(ii)            Each
Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register
on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s
interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided
that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant
or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document)
to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in
registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register
shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register
as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant
Register.


 


(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 any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction
over such Lender, and this Section 12.04(d) 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.


 


Section 12.05          Survival;
Revival; Reinstatement.


 


(a)            All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein 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 this Agreement and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation
made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may
have had notice or knowledge of any Default 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 so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of ‎Section 5.01,
Section 5.02, Section 5.03, Article XI and Section 12.03 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
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(b)            To
the extent that any payments on the Secured Obligations or proceeds of any Collateral are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent
or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor-in-possession, receiver or other Person under any bankruptcy
law, common law or equitable cause, then to such extent, the Secured Obligations so satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such
payment or proceeds had not been received and the Administrative Agent’s, the Collateral Agent’s and the Lenders’ Liens,
security interests, rights, powers and remedies under this Agreement and each Loan Document shall continue in full force and effect.
In such event, each Loan Document shall be automatically reinstated and the Borrower shall take such action as may be reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders to effect such reinstatement.


 


Section 12.06          Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.


 


(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.


 


(b)            The
words “execution,” “execute,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related
to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation
Assignment and Assumptions, Borrowing Requests, Interest Election Requests, amendments, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to
include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by
the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or
enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and
as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York
State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided
that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept
electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved
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(c)            This
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agents constitute the entire
contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings,
oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.


 


(d)            Except
as provided in Section 6.01, 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement as an attachment to an e-mail or
other similar electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.


 


Section 12.07          Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement or any other 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 hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.


 


Section 12.08          Right
of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each
of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to setoff and apply
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations (of whatsoever
kind) at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of and all the obligations
of such Loan Party owed to such Lender now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether
or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured.
The rights of each Lender under this ‎Section 12.08
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender or its Affiliates may have. Each Lender
agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure
to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.


 


Section 12.09          Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent To Service Of Process.


 


(a)            THIS
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(b)            ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND
(TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW) IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS
OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.


 


(c)            EACH
PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING
OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN Section 12.01
OR SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS IS SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO Section 12.01 ‎(OR
ITS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION), SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SUCH COPIES ARE DEPOSITED IN THE MAIL. NOTHING
HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF A PARTY OR ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.


 


(d)            EACH
PARTY HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION
OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN; (ii) CERTIFIES THAT NO PARTY
HERETO NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF COUNSEL FOR ANY PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, OR IMPLIED THAT SUCH PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, AND (iii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS Section 12.09.


 


Section 12.10          Headings.
Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
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Section 12.11          Confidentiality.
Each of the Agents 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 requested by any regulatory authority,
(c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (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, (f) subject
to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 12.11, to (i) any
assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Hedging Agreement relating to the Borrower and its obligations,
(g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 12.11 or
(ii) becomes available to the Agents, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other
than the Borrower. For the purposes of this ‎Section 12.11,
 “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party relating to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and their
businesses, other than (A) any such information that is available to the Agents or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by any Loan Party and (B) information pertaining to this Agreement routinely used in marketing materials or provided by
arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry (it is understood, for avoidance
of doubt, that the names of the Loan Parties, the amount, type, currency, interest rate and yield to maturity of the Loans, the effective
date of the Credit Agreement and the role and title of such Lender is such type of information so routinely used or provided). Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 12.11 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 furnished to it pursuant
to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates 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. It is understood that any Lender and its Related Parties may place customary advertisements
in financial and other news sources or on a home page or similar place for dissemination of information as it may choose, and circulate
similar promotional materials, in each case, after the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement, including in the form of a “tombstone”,
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Section 12.12          Interest
Rate Limitation. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Lender shall conform
strictly to usury laws applicable to it. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby would be usurious as to any Lender under
laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States and the State of New York or any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily
applicable to such Lender notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in any of the Loan Documents or any agreement entered into in connection with or as security for the Secured Obligations, it
is agreed as follows: (i) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest
under law applicable to any Lender that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Lender under any of the Loan Documents
or agreements or otherwise in connection with the Loans shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable
law, and any excess shall be canceled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of
the Secured Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Secured Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid
in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower); and (ii) in the event that the maturity of the Loans is accelerated by reason
of an election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required
or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender may never include more than
the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall
be canceled automatically by such Lender as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited
by such Lender on the principal amount of the Secured Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Secured Obligations
shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower). All sums paid or agreed to be paid to any
Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of sums due hereunder shall, to the extent permitted by law applicable to such Lender, be
amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the stated term of the Loans until payment in full so that the rate or amount of
interest on account of any Loans hereunder does not exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law. If at any time and from
time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to any Lender on any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable
to such Lender pursuant to this Section 12.12 and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount
of interest otherwise payable to such Lender would be less than the amount of interest payable to such Lender computed at the Highest
Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the amount of interest payable to such Lender
in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such
Lender until the total amount of interest payable to such Lender shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable
to such Lender if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to this ‎Section 12.12.


 


Section 12.13          Exculpation
Provisions. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO SPECIFICALLY AGREES THAT IT
HAS A DUTY TO READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AGREES THAT IT IS CHARGED WITH NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS OF
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; THAT IT HAS IN FACT READ THIS AGREEMENT AND IS FULLY INFORMED AND HAS FULL NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE
OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT; THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE THROUGHOUT
THE NEGOTIATIONS PRECEDING ITS EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND HAS RECEIVED THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY IN
ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND THAT IT RECOGNIZES THAT CERTAIN OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS RESULT IN ONE PARTY ASSUMING THE LIABILITY INHERENT IN SOME ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION AND RELIEVING THE OTHER PARTY
OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH LIABILITY. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY
OF ANY EXCULPATORY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARTY HAD NO NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF
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Section 12.14          No
Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the agreement of
the Lenders to make Loans hereunder are solely for the benefit of the Loan Parties, and no other Person (including any obligor, contractor,
subcontractor, supplier or materialsman) shall have any rights, claims, remedies or privileges hereunder or under any other Loan Document
against the Agents or any Lender for any reason whatsoever. There are no third party beneficiaries.


 


Section 12.15          Usa
Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan
Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify
the Loan Parties in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.


 


Section 12.16          Releases.


 


(a)            Release
Upon Payment in Full. Upon Payment in Full, the Administrative Agent, at the written request and expense of the Borrower, will promptly
release, reassign and transfer the Collateral to the Loan Parties pursuant to a customary payoff letter.


 


(b)            Further
Assurances. If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Loan Party in a transaction permitted
by the Loan Documents and such Collateral shall no longer constitute or be required to be Collateral under the Loan Documents, then the
Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of the Borrower, shall promptly execute and deliver to the Borrower or such Loan Party
all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created by the applicable Security Document
on such Collateral; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release (or such other time period as the Administrative Agent may agree),
a written request for release identifying the Loan Party, together with a certification by the Borrower stating (x) that such transaction
is in compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (y) no Collateral other than the Collateral required to be
released is being released.


 


Section 12.17          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, to the extent such liability is
unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and
acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:


 


(a)            the
application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising 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
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(ii)            a
conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution,
its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments
of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under 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 any applicable Resolution
Authority.


 


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The parties hereto have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.


 


	BORROWER:	CLEAN ENERGY
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Robert M. Vreeland
	 	Name:	Robert M. Vreeland
	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	PARENT:	CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Robert M. Vreeland
	 	Name:	Robert M. Vreeland
	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer




 


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	ADMINISTRATIVE
    AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT:	RIVERSTONE CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC
		 
	 	By:	Riverstone Equity Partners
    LP, its sole member
	 	By:	Riverstone Holdings LLC, its
    general partner
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Daniel Flannery
	 	Name:	Daniel Flannery
	 	Title:	Managing Director



 


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	LENDERS:	RIVERSTONE CREDIT PARTNERS II – DIRECT, L.P.
	 	 
	 	By:	RCP II F2 GP, L.P., its general partner
	 	By:	RCP II F1 GP, LLC, its general partner
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Daniel Flannery
	 	Name:	Daniel Flannery
	 	Title:	Managing Director



 





	 	RIVERSTONE INTERNATIONAL CREDIT - DIRECT, L.P.
	 	 
	 	By:	Riverstone
    Credit Opportunities Income Partners – Direct L.L.C., its general partner
	 	By:	RIC F1 GP, L.L.C., its general partner
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Daniel Flannery
	 	Name:	Daniel Flannery
	 	Title:	Managing Director



 





	 	RCP II N STRATEGIC CREDIT PARTNERS - DIRECT, L.P.
	 	 
	 	By:	RCP
    II F2 GP, L.P., its general partner
	 	By:	RCP II F1 GP, LLC, its general partner
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Daniel Flannery
	 	Name:	Daniel Flannery
	 	Title:	Managing Director



 


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