# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001268533
**File Stem:** 0001213900-26-059633
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001213900-26-059633.hdr.sgml**: 20260520

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001213900-26-059633

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: POS EX

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 28

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260520

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260520

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260520

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001268533

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1130

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** POS EX
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-295680
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261005077

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5901 COLLEGE BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 400
- **CITY:** OVERLAND PARK
- **STATE:** KS
- **ZIP:** 66211
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 913-981-1020

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5901 COLLEGE BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 400
- **CITY:** OVERLAND PARK
- **STATE:** KS
- **ZIP:** 66211

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**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2026**

**Securities Act File No. 333-295680**

**Investment Company Act File No. 811-21462**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**Form N-2**

☒ REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 <br> ☐ PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. <br> ☒ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

**and/or**

☒ REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

☒ AMENDMENT NO. 85

**Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation**

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

**5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400**

**Overland Park, Kansas 66211**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)**

**(Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)**

**(913) 981-1020**

**(Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)**

**Matthew G.P. Sallee**

**Jeffrey S. Kruske**

**5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400**

**Overland Park, Kansas 66211**

**(Name and Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) of Agent for Service)**

**Copies of Communications to:**

**Deborah Bielicke Eades, Esq.**

**Vedder Price P.C.**

**222 N. LaSalle Street**

**Chicago, Illinois 60601**

**Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:**

**From time to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement.**

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| ☐ | Check box if the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans. | ☒ | Check box if this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction B or a post-effective amendment thereto that will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act. |
| ☒ | Check box if any securities being registered on this Form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan. | ☐ | Check box if this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction B to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act. |
| ☒ | Check box if this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction A.2 or a post-effective amendment thereto |  |  |

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It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

☐ When declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c), or as follows:

If appropriate, check the following box:

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| ☐ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. | ☐ | This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: |
| ☐ | This Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: | ☒ | This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is: 333-295680 |

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Check each box that appropriately characterizes the Registrant:

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| ☒ | Registered Closed-End Fund (closed-end company that is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Investment Company Act")). | ☒ | Well-Known Seasoned Issuer (as defined by Rule 405 under the Securities Act). |
| ☐ | Business Development Company (closed-end company that intends or has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act). | ☐ | Emerging Growth Company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"). |
| ☐ | Interval Fund (Registered Closed-End Fund or a Business Development Company that makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act). | ☐ | If an Emerging Growth Company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. |
| ☒ | A.2 Qualified (qualified to register securities pursuant to General Instruction A.2 of this Form). | ☐ | New Registrant (registered or regulated under the Investment Company Act for less than 12 calendar months preceding this filing). |

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**Explanatory Note**

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-295680 and 811-21462) of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (the "Registration Statement") is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of filing exhibits to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 consists only of a facing page, this explanatory note and Part C of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.

**PART C — OTHER INFORMATION**

<u>Item 25</u>. <u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>

1. Financial Statements

Included in Part A:

[The information contained under the heading "TYG Financial Highlights" in the Fund's Annual Report to shareholders on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025 is incorporated by reference into Part A.](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001268533/000121390026013154/ea0272590-01_ncsr.htm)

[The information contained under the heading "TYG Financial Highlights" in the Fund's Annual Report to shareholders on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020 is incorporated by reference into Part A.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000120677421000312/tyg3863772-ncsr.htm)

Included in Part B:

[The audited financial statements, financial highlights and notes thereto and the independent registered public accounting firm's report thereon included in the Fund's Annual Report to shareholders on Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025 are incorporated by reference into Part B.](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001268533/000121390026013154/ea0272590-01_ncsr.htm)

2. Exhibits

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) (1) [Articles of Amendment and Restatement dated February 25, 2004.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000095013404000887/c81634a1exv99wax2y.txt) <sup>(1)</sup>

(a) (2) [Articles of Amendment dated November 30, 2012.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000119312512490558/d446285dex99a1.htm) <sup>(2)</sup>

(b) [Third Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant dated December 20, 2023.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036123058694/ef20017011_ex3-1.htm) <sup>(3)</sup>

(c) Not applicable.

(d) (1) [Form of Common Share Certificate.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384907000437/ex99-d1.htm) <sup>(4)</sup>

(d) (2) [Form of Subscription Certificate for Common Stock.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99d2.htm)

(d) (3) [Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99d3.htm)

(e) [Terms and Conditions of the Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384907000121/ex99-e.htm) .<sup>(19)</sup>

(f) Not applicable.

(g) (1) [Investment Advisory Agreement with Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036118011694/ex99_g1.htm) <sup>(5)</sup>

(g) (2) [Fee Waiver Agreement.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000119312512176026/d330398dex99g3.htm) <sup>(6)</sup>

(g) (3) [First Amendment to Fee Waiver Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036118011694/ex99_g3.htm) .<sup>(5)</sup>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) (1) [Dealer Manager Agreement.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99h1.htm)

(i) Not applicable.

(j) (1) [Custody Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384904000420/exj_061804.txt) .<sup>(7)</sup>

(j) (2) [First Amendment to Custody Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000095012311020498/c63276exv99wjw2.htm) .<sup>(7)</sup>

(j) (3) [Second Amendment to Custody Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036117033024/ex99_j3.htm) .<sup>(8)</sup>

(k) (1) [Stock Transfer Agency Agreement.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384904000420/exk-1_061804.txt) <sup>(9)</sup>

(k) (2) [Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective September 1, 2012.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k2.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (3) [First Addendum to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k3.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (4) [Fund Administration Servicing Agreement.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384904000420/exk-2_061804.txt) <sup>(9)</sup>

(k) (5) [Amendment to Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, dated October 24th, 2007.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384908000097/ex99-k3.htm) <sup>(11)</sup>

(k) (6) [Amendment to Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, dated May 24th, 2010.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000095012311020498/c63276exv99wkw6.htm) <sup>(7)</sup>

(k) (7) [Amendment to Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, dated October 1, 2024.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k7.htm)

(k) (8) [Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384908000097/ex99-k4.htm) <sup>(11)</sup>

(k) (9) [First Amendment to Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000095012311020498/c63276exv99wkw4.htm) <sup>(7)</sup>

(k) (10) [Second Amendment to Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k10.htm)

(k) (11) [DTC Representation Letter relating to Preferred Stock and Notes.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000091384905000274/exk-6_032905.txt) <sup>(12)</sup>

(k) (12) [Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k10.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (13) [First Amendment to U.S. Bank Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k11.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (14) [Second Amendment to U.S. Bank Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115029534/ex99_k12.htm) <sup>(13)</sup>

(k) (15) [Third Amendment to U.S. Bank Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036117033024/ex99_k13.htm) <sup>(8)</sup>

(k) (16) [Fourth Amendment to U.S. Bank Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036119011360/ex99_k14.htm) <sup>(14)</sup>

(k) (17) [Fifth Amendment to U.S. Bank Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036119011360/ex99_k15.htm) <sup>(14)</sup>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) (18) [Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000110465922104853/tm2226865d2_ex99b1vii.htm) .<sup>(15)</sup>

(k) (19) [Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000117494723001173/sctoi_ex99b1viiitortenergy.htm) <sup>(15)</sup>

(k) (20) [Credit Agreement with Bank of Nova Scotia.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k12.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (21) [First Amendment to Bank of Nova Scotia Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k13.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (22) [Second Amendment to Bank of Nova Scotia Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036116085671/ex99k_15.htm) <sup>(18)</sup>

(k) (23) [Third Amendment to Bank of Nova Scotia Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036119006830/ex99_k17.htm) <sup>(17)</sup>

(k) (24) [Fourth Amendment to Bank of Nova Scotia Credit Agreement.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036119006830/ex99_k18.htm) <sup>(17)</sup>

(k) (25) [Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k25.htm)

(k) (26) [Note Purchase Agreement dated September 27, 2013.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000119312513418761/d620502dex99k23.htm) <sup>(18)</sup>

(k) (27) [Note Purchase Agreement dated November 20, 2013.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036119006830/ex99_k20.htm) <sup>(17)</sup>

(k) (28) [Assumption Agreement dated June 23, 2014.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k21.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (29) [Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated December 18, 2014.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k23.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (30) [Note Purchase Agreement dated April 2, 2015.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036115016466/ex99_k24.htm) <sup>(10)</sup>

(k) (31) [Confirmation of Acceptance dated September 25, 2017.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000114036118011694/ex99_k26.htm) <sup>(5)</sup>

(k) (32) [Subscription Agent Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Computershare Inc.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k32.htm)

(k) (33) [Information Agent Agreement between the Registrant and EQ Fund Solutions, LLC.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k33.htm)

(k) (34) [Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective September 1, 2015.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k34.htm)

(k) (35) [Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective October 1, 2018.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k35.htm)

(k) (36) [Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective May 1, 2025.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99k36.htm)

(l) [Opinion and Consent of Venable LLP.<sup>\*</sup>](ea0291464-01_ex99l.htm)

(m) Not applicable.

(n) (1) [Consent of Tait, Weller & Baker LLP.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000121390026053567/ea0289171-01_ex99n1.htm) <sup>(21)</sup>

(n) (2) [Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000121390026053567/ea0289171-01_ex99n2.htm) <sup>(21)</sup>

(o) Not applicable.

(p) Not applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(q) Not applicable.

(r) (1) [Code of Ethics of Registrant.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000121390026053567/ea0289171-01_ex99r1.htm) <sup>(21)</sup>

(r) (2) [Code of Ethics of Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000121390026053567/ea0289171-01_ex99r2.htm) <sup>(21)</sup>

(s) [Calculation of Filing Fee Tables.](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000121390026053567/ea0289171-01_ex99s.htm) <sup>(21)</sup>

(t) (1) [Powers of Attorney.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1268533/000121390026053567/ea0289171-01_ex99t1.htm) <sup>(21)</sup>

 

(\*) Filed herewith.

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on January 30, 2004 (File Nos. 333-110143 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on December 4, 2012 (File Nos. 333-165006 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's 8-K, filed on December 20, 2023 (File No. 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on September 14, 2007 (File Nos. 333-146095 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Incorporated by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on March 2, 2018 (File Nos. 333-209946 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on April 23, 2012 (File Nos. 333-165006 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on March 1, 2011 (File Nos. 333-165006 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) Incorporated by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on August 22, 2017 (File Nos. 333-209946 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on June 28, 2004 (File Nos. 333-114545 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on April 27, 2015 (File Nos. 333-165006 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on February 12, 2008 (File Nos. 333-146095 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on April 1, 2005 (File Nos. 333-122350 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on August 3, 2015 (File Nos. 333-165006 and 811-21462).

 

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) Incorporated by reference to the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on June 26, 2019 (File Nos. 333-230789 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's SC TO-I, filed on October 2, 2022 (File No. 005-85247).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) Incorporated by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on November 10, 2016 (File Nos. 333-209946 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on April 9, 2019 (File Nos. 333-230789 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on October 30, 2013 (File Nos. 333-165006 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on March 6, 2007 (File Nos. 333-140457 and 811-21462).

 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(21) Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed on May 8, 2026 (File Nos. 333-295680 and 811-21462).

 

<u>Item 26</u>. <u>Marketing Arrangements</u>

Information concerning any underwriters will be contained in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, if any.

<u>Item 27</u>. <u>Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution</u>

The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement:

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| SEC Registration and Filing Fees | $43000 |
| FINRA Fees | $5000 |
| Legal Fees and Expenses | $405000 |
| Accounting Fees and Expenses | $40000 |
| New York Stock Exchange Fees | $25000 |
| Dealer Manager Reimbursable Expenses | $175000 |
| Information Agent Fees | $15000 |
| Subscription Agent and Transfer Agent Fees | $75000 |
| Printing and Distribution Expenses | $50000 |
| Miscellaneous | $2000 |
| Total | $835000 |

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<u>Item 28</u>. <u>Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant</u>

None.

<u>Item 29</u>. <u>Number of Holders of Securities:</u>

As of April 30, 2026, the number of record holders of each class of securities of the Registrant was:

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| | |
|:---|:---|
|  <br> **Title of Class** | **Number of Record Holders** |
| Common Shares ($0.001 par value) | 43 |
| Preferred Stock | 7 |
| Debt ($125,003,052 aggregate principal amount) | 12 |

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<u>Item 30</u>. <u>Indemnification</u>

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty which is established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. The Registrant's charter contains such a provision which eliminates directors' and officers' liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The Registrant's charter authorizes it, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any individual who, while a director of the Registrant and at the request of the Registrant, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee, from and against any claim or liability to which that person may become subject or which that person may incur by reason of his or her status as a present or former director or officer of the Registrant and to pay or reimburse his or her reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding. The Registrant's Bylaws obligate it, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law and the 1940 Act, to indemnify any present or former director or officer or any individual who, while a director of the Registrant and at the request of the Registrant, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his service in that capacity from and against any claim or liability to which that person may become subject or which that person may incur by reason of his or her status as a present or former director or officer of the Registrant and to pay or reimburse his or her reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding. The charter and Bylaws also permit the Registrant to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served as a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and any employee or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant.

Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant's charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of his service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (a) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. However, under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, Maryland law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation's receipt of (a) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (b) a written undertaking by him or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

The provisions set forth above apply insofar as they are consistent with Section 17(h) of the 1940 Act, which prohibits indemnification of any director or officer of the Registrant against any liability to the Registrant or its stockholders to which such director or officer otherwise would be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), may be provided to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in connection with the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding or payment pursuant to any insurance policy) is asserted against the Registrant by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

<u>Item 31</u>. <u>Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser</u>

Information as to the directors and officers of the Registrant's investment adviser, Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the "Investment Adviser"), together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature in which the Investment Adviser, and each director, executive officer, managing member or partner of the Investment Adviser, is or has been, at any time during the past two fiscal years, engaged in for his or her own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee, managing member, partner or trustee, is included in its Form ADV as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 801-61622), and is incorporated herein by reference.

<u>Item 32</u>. <u>Location of Accounts and Records</u>

All such accounts, books, and other documents are maintained at the offices of the Registrant, at the offices of the Registrant's investment adviser, Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., 5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400, Overland Park, Kansas 66211, at the offices of the custodian, U.S. Bank, N.A., 1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212, at the offices of the transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842-3170, and at the offices of the administrator, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.

<u>Item 33</u>. <u>Management Services</u>

Not applicable.

<u>Item 34</u>. <u>Undertakings</u>

1. Not applicable.

2. Not applicable.

3. The Registrant undertakes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post- effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end
of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

Provided, however, that paragraphs a(1), a(2), and a(3) of this section do not apply to the extent the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of those securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c. to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d. that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) if the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration
statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (x), or (xi) for the purpose of providing
the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement
as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities
in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at
that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities
in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part
of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective
date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C: each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it
is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of
the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede
or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made
in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e. That for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser
in the initial distribution of securities:

The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to the purchaser:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant
or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the portion of any other free writing prospectus or advertisement pursuant to Rule 482 under the Securities
Act relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf
of the undersigned Registrant; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

4. Not applicable.

5. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference into the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.

6. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

7. The Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt
delivery, within two business days of receipt of a written or oral request, any prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park and State of Kansas, on the 20<sup>th</sup> day of May, 2026.

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|:---|:---|
| **TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION** | **TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION** |
| By: | */s/* Matthew G.P. Sallee |
| Name: | Matthew G.P. Sallee |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| */s/* Matthew G.P. Sallee | Chief Executive Officer | May 20, 2026 |
| Matthew G.P. Sallee |  |  |
| /s/ Sean Wickliffe | Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | May 20, 2026 |
| Sean Wickliffe |  |  |
| */s/* Conrad S. Ciccotello\* | Director | May 20, 2026 |
| Conrad S. Ciccotello |  |  |
| /s/ Carrie R. Schoffman\* | Director | May 20, 2026 |
| Carrie R. Schoffman |  |  |
| */s/* Alexandra A. Herger\* | Director | May 20, 2026 |
| Alexandra A. Herger |  |  |
| */s/* Tom Florence\* | Director | May 20, 2026 |
| Tom Florence |  |  |
| */s/* Andrew J. Iseman\* | Director | May 20, 2026 |
| Andrew J. Iseman |  |  |
| */s/* Jeffrey Kruske | Attorney-In-Fact | May 20, 2026 |
| Jeffrey Kruske |  |  |

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\*Pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated February 27, 2026.

**Exhibit Index**

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(d)(2) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Form of Subscription Certificate for Common Stock.](ea0291464-01_ex99d2.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(d)(3) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.](ea0291464-01_ex99d3.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(h)(1) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Dealer Manager Agreement.](ea0291464-01_ex99h1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(7) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Amendment to Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, dated October 1, 2024.](ea0291464-01_ex99k7.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(10) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Second Amendment to Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement.](ea0291464-01_ex99k10.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(25) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association.](ea0291464-01_ex99k25.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(32) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Subscription Agent Agreement between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Computershare Inc.](ea0291464-01_ex99k32.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(33) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Information Agent Agreement between the Registrant and EQ Fund Solutions, LLC.](ea0291464-01_ex99k33.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(34) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective September 1, 2015.](ea0291464-01_ex99k34.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(35) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective October 1, 2018.](ea0291464-01_ex99k35.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(k)(36) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Fee and Service Schedule to Stock Transfer Agency Agreement, effective May 1, 2025.](ea0291464-01_ex99k36.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(l) | &nbsp;&nbsp;[Opinion and Consent of Venable LLP.](ea0291464-01_ex99l.htm) |

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## Ex-99.(D)(2)

**Exhibit (d)(2)**

. The registered holder (the "Holder") of this Subscription Certificate named below, or the assignee, is entitled to the number of transferable Rights shown above to subscribe for Shares of Common Stock, $0 . 001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (the "Company"),in the ratio of one (1) share of Common Stock for each three (3) Rights, pursuant to the primary subscription (the "Primary Subscription") and upon the terms and conditions and at the price for each Share of Common Stock specified in the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 20 th, 2026 , and the accompanying Prospectus, dated May 8 , 2026 (together the "Prospectus"), relating thereto . If you are a Record Date Stockholder and hold fewer than three (3) shares of Common Stock as of 5 : 00 P . M . , Eastern time, on the Record Date, you are entitled to subscribe for one share of Common Stock . To subscribe for shares of Common Stock, the Holder must present to Computershare Trust Company, N . A . (the "Subscription Agent" or "Computershare"), prior to 5 : 00 P . M . , Eastern time, on the Expiration Date of June 17 , 2026 (unless extended), either : (a) a properly completed and executed Subscription Certificate and a check drawn on a bank located in the United States and payable to "Computershare" for an amount equal to the number of Shares of Common Stock subscribed for under the Primary Subscription (and, if such Holder is a Record Date Stockholder electing to exercise the over - subscription privilege, pursuant to the terms of the over - subscription privilege\*) multiplied by the estimated Subscription Price ; or (b) a notice of guaranteed delivery (the "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery") guaranteeing delivery of a properly completed and executed Subscription Certificate . Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holders who hold shares as a depositary or nominee must make all payments by check of immediately available funds to the account maintained by the Subscription Agent . Under the over - subscription privilege, as described in the Prospectus, any number of additional Shares of Common Stock may be purchased by a Record Date Stockholder if such Shares of Common Stock are available and the owner's Rights under the Primary Subscription have been fully exercised and the pro rata allocation requirements have been satisfied . Any additional payment required from a participating Holder of Rights must be received by the Subscription Agent by 5 : 00 P . M . , Eastern time, on the Expiration Date of June 17 , 2026 (unless extended) . Any excess payment to be refunded by the company to a Record Date Stockholder who is not allocated the full amount of Shares of Common Stock subscribed for pursuant to the over - subscription privilege will be returned to him or her by mail by the Subscription Agent as promptly as practicable . A participating Holder of Rights will have no right to rescind a purchase after the Subscription Agent has received a properly completed and executed Subscription Certificate and payment by means of a check . This Subscription Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland . To subscribe pursuant to the Primary Subscription, three Rights and the estimated Subscription Price, which is $43 . 64 are required for each Share of Common Stock, and to subscribe pursuant to the over - subscription privilege, the estimated Subscription Price is required for each Share of Common Stock . Payment of $43 . 64 per Share of Common Stock must accompany the Subscription Certificate . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE The estimated Subscription Price for the Subscription Rights and the Oversubscription Privilege is $43 . 64 per full share of Common Stock . Please note that $43 . 64 is an estimated price only . The Subscription Price will be determined on June 17 , 2026 , the Expiration Date (unless extended) and could be higher or lower than the estimated Subscription Price depending on changes in the net asset value and market price of the Shares of Common Stock . Holder ID COY Signature of Owner and U.S. Person for Tax Certification Class Rights Qty Issued Rights Cert # Signature of Co - Owner (if more than one registered holder listed) Date (mm/dd/yyyy) X R T 2 04AO7B SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS CERTIFICATE VOID IF NOT RECEIVED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT BEFORE 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE: June 17, 2026 (unless extended) TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS FOR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK (Complete appropriate section on reverse side of this form)

![](ex99-d2_001.jpg)

METHOD OF EXERCISE OF RIGHTS IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS, YOU MUST PROPERLY COMPLETE AND SIGN THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE BELOW AND RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO COMPUTERSHARE TOGETHER WITH PAYMENT IN FULL FOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE APPLICABLE ESTIMATED SUBSCRIPTION PRICE MULTIPLIED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING TO PURCHASE TO COMPUTERSHARE, BEFORE 5 : 00 P . M . , EASTERN TIME, ON JUNE 17 , 2026 . Full payment of the exercise price for each share of common stock you wish to purchase be must be made in U . S . dollars by personal check . Payments of the exercise price for the common stock will be held in a segregated account until five business days following the Expiration Date, unless Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp . withdraws or terminates the Subscription Rights offering . No interest will be paid to you on the funds you deposit with the Subscription Agent . You will not receive any interest on the payments held by the Subscription Agent before your shares have been issued to you or your payment is returned to you, without interest, because your exercise has not been satisfied for any reason . PLEASE PRINT ALL INFORMATION CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY SECTION 1: OFFERING INSTRUCTIONS (check the appropriate boxes) IF YOU WISH TO SUBSCRIBE FOR YOUR FULL ENTITLEMENT OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS: I apply for ALL of my entitlement of new shares · 3 = x $43.64 = $ pursuant to the basic subscription (Rights Exercised) (no. of Common Shares) (Estimated Subscription Price) EXAMPLE : If you own 1 , 000 shares of common stock, your basic subscription right permits the purchase of 333 shares . [ 1 , 000 purchase rights / 3 = 333 . 333 with fractional shares rounded down to the nearest whole number] . In addition, I apply for additional shares pursuant to the x $43.64 = $ Oversubscription Privilege\* (no. of Common Shares) (Estimated Subscription Price) IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO APPLY FOR YOUR FULL ENTITLEMENT OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS: I apply for x $43.64 = $(no. of Common Shares) (Estimated Subscription Price) Amount of check or money order enclosed $ IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO SUBSCRIBE: Please disregard this mailing. SECTION 2: SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZATION: I acknowledge that I have received the Prospectus for this offering of Subscription Rights and I hereby subscribe for the number of shares indicated above on the terms and conditions specified in the Prospectus relating to the basic subscription and the Oversubscription Privilege in the Subscription Rights offering. Signature of Subscriber(s) (and address if different than that listed on this Subscription Certificate) Telephone number (including area code) \* You can only participate in the Oversubscription Privilege if you have subscribed for your full entitlement of new shares pursuant to the basic subscription. Please complete all applicable information and return to: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. By First Class Mail: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Corporate Actions Voluntary Offer, P.O. Box 43011, Providence, RI 02940 - 3011 By Express Mail or Overnight Delivery: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., Corporate Actions Voluntary Offer, 150 Royall Street, Suite V, Canton, MA 02021 DELIVERY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. Any questions regarding this Subscription Certificate and Subscription Rights Offering may be directed to EQ Fund Solutions, LLC, toll free at 1 - 800 - 814 - 0439.

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## Ex-99.(D)(3)

**Exhibit (d)(3)**

**NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY**

**For Common Stock of**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION**

**Subscribed for under the Primary Subscription Privilege<br> and Pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege**

As set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 20, 2026, and the accompanying Prospectus, dated May 8, 2026 (together, the "Prospectus") of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (the "Company"), this form or one substantially equivalent hereto may be used as a means of effecting subscription and payment for all of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Shares" or "Common Stock"), subscribed for under the Primary Subscription Privilege and pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege. Such form may be delivered by first class mail, overnight courier or sent by email transmission to the Subscription Agent and must be received prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on June 17, 2026, unless such time is extended by the Company as described in the Prospectus (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Date"). The terms and conditions of the Offer set forth in the Prospectus are incorporated by reference herein. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meaning attributed to them in the Prospectus.

The Subscription Agent is:

Computershare

![](ex99-d3_001.jpg)

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **If By Mail:** | Computershare Trust Company, N.A. |
|  | Attn: Corporate Actions Voluntary Offer |
|  | P.O. Box 43011 |
|  | Providence, RI 02940-3011 |
| **If By Overnight Courier:** | Computershare Trust Company, N.A. |
|  | Attn: Corporate Actions Voluntary Offer |
|  | 150 Royall Street, Suite V |
|  | Canton, MA 02021 |
| **If By Email:** | *canoticeofguarantee@computershare.com* |

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**For information call the information agent, EQ Fund Solutions, LLC: 800-814-0439**

**DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION VIA AN EMAIL ADDRESS OTHER THAN ONE LISTED ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. ANY TRANSMISSION OF OTHER MATERIALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A VALID SUBMISSION FOR THE OFFER.**

The undersigned, a member firm of the NYSE, Nasdaq or other national exchange, or bank or trust company which completes this form must communicate this guarantee and the number of Common Shares subscribed for in connection with this guarantee (separately disclosed as to the Primary Subscription and the Over-Subscription Privilege) to the Subscription Agent and must deliver this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, to the Subscription Agent, prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, guaranteeing delivery of (a) payment in full for all subscribed Common Shares and (b) a properly completed and signed Subscription Certificate (which certificate and full payment (at the estimated Subscription Price of $43.64 per Common Share) must then be delivered to the Subscription Agent no later than the close of business on the first business day after the Expiration Date). Failure to do so will result in a forfeiture of the Rights.

**VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTIONS COY: TYG**

**GUARANTEE**

The undersigned, a member firm of the NYSE, Nasdaq or other national exchange, or a bank or trust company, having an office or correspondent in the United States, guarantees delivery to the Subscription Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, **on the First Business Day after June 17, 2026, which is the Expiration Date**, unless extended, as described in the Prospectus) of a properly completed and executed Rights Certificate. Participants should notify the Depositary prior to covering through the submission of a physical security directly to the Depositary based on a guaranteed delivery that was submitted via the PTOP platform of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC").

Price for shares of Common Stock subscribed for under the Primary Subscription Privilege and for any additional shares of Common Stock subscribed for pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege, subject, in the case of the Over-Subscription Privilege, to proration, as described in the Prospectus, as subscription for such shares of Common Stock is indicated herein or in the Rights Certificate

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION.**

**Broker Assigned Control # ___________________**

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| 1. Primary Subscription Privilege | Number of Rights to be exercised | Number of shares of Common Stock under the Primary Subscription Privilege requested for which you are guaranteeing delivery of Rights and payment | Payment to be made in connection with the shares of Common Stock subscribed for under the Primary Subscription Privilege |
|  | _________ Rights | __________ Shares of Common Stock<br> (Rights ÷ 3) | $______________ |
| 2. Over-Subscription Privilege |  | Number of Shares of Common Stock requested pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege for which you are guaranteeing payment | Payment to be made in connection with the shares of Common Stock requested pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege |
|  |  | ___________ Shares of Common Stock | $________________ |
| 3. Totals | Total number of Rights to be delivered | Total number of shares of Common Stock subscribed for and/or requested |  |
|  | __________ Rights | ___________ Shares of Common Stock | $______________ <br> Total Payment |

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Method of delivery of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (circle one)

A. Through DTC

B. Direct to Computershare, as Subscription Agent.

Please reference below the registration of the Rights to be delivered.

**VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTIONS COY: TYG**

PLEASE ASSIGN A UNIQUE CONTROL NUMBER FOR EACH GUARANTEE SUBMITTED. This number needs to be referenced on any direct delivery of Rights or any delivery through DTC.

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| Name of Firm | Authorized Signature |
| DTC Participant Number | Title |
| Address | Name (Please Type or Print) |
| Zip Code | Phone Number |
| Contact Name | Date |

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**VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTIONS COY: JFR**

## Ex-99.(H)(1)

**Exhibit (h)(1)**

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure CorpORATION

7,043,198 Shares of Common Stock<br> Issuable Upon Exercise of Transferable Rights<br> to Subscribe for Such Shares

DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT

New York, New York<br> May 20, 2026

UBS Securities LLC<br> 11 Madison Avenue<br> New York, New York 10010

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Each of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "<u>Fund</u>"), and Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the "<u>Adviser</u>"), hereby confirms the agreement with and appointment of UBS Securities LLC to act as dealer manager (the "<u>Dealer Manager</u>") in connection with the issuance by the Fund to the holders of record (the "<u>Record Date Stockholders</u>") at the close of business on the record date set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein) (the "<u>Record Date</u>") transferable rights entitling such Record Date Stockholders to subscribe for up to 7,043,198 shares of common stock (each, a "<u>Share</u>," and collectively, the "<u>Shares</u>"), par value $0.001 per Share (the "<u>Common Shares</u>"), of the Fund (the "<u>Offer</u>"). Pursuant to the terms of the Offer, the Fund is issuing each Record Date Stockholder one transferable right (each, a "<u>Right</u>," and collectively, the "<u>Rights</u>") for each Common Share held by such Record Date Stockholder on the Record Date. Such Rights entitle their holders to acquire during the subscription period set forth in the Prospectus, at the price set forth in such Prospectus (the "<u>Subscription Price</u>"), one Share for every three (3) Rights exercised (1-for-3) (except that any Record Date Stockholder who owns fewer than three (3) shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date will be able to subscribe for one full Share pursuant to the primary subscription), on the terms and conditions set forth in such Prospectus. No fractional shares will be issued. Any Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights initially issued to such Record Date Stockholder (other than those Rights that cannot be exercised because they represent the right to acquire less than one Share) will be entitled to subscribe for, subject to certain limitations and allocation, additional Shares (the "<u>Over-Subscription Privilege</u>"), on the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. The Rights are transferable and are expected to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the "<u>NYSE</u>") under the symbol "TYG RT."

The Fund has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") an "automatic shelf registration statement" as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "<u>Securities Act</u>") on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-295680 and 811-21462),including a related prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (the "<u>Base Prospectus</u>"), under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "<u>Investment Company Act</u>"), the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Investment Company Act (the "<u>Investment Company Act Rules and Regulations</u>") and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the "<u>Securities Act Rules and Regulations</u>" and, together with the Investment Company Act Rules and Regulations, the "<u>Rules and Regulations</u>"), which became effective on May 8, 2026 pursuant to the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, and has filed a prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus, related to such registration statement on Form N-2 for the issuance of the Rights (the "<u>Prospectus Supplement</u>"). The term "<u>Registration Statement</u>" means the registration statement, allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, as amended, at the time it becomes or became effective, including financial statements and all exhibits and all documents, if any, incorporated therein by reference, and any information deemed to be included by Rule 430B of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations. The term "<u>Prospectus</u>" means (except as otherwise specified herein) (i) the Base Prospectus and (ii) the Prospectus Supplement.

The Prospectus and letters to owners of Common Shares of the Fund, subscription certificates and other forms used to exercise rights, brochures, wrappers, any letters from the Fund to securities dealers, commercial banks and other nominees and any newspaper announcements, press releases and other offering materials and information that the Fund may use, approve, prepare or authorize for use in connection with the Offer are collectively referred to hereinafter as the "<u>Offering Materials</u>."

1. <u>Representations and Warranties</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Fund and the Adviser jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, the Dealer Manager
as of the date hereof, as of the date of the commencement of the Offer (such date being hereinafter referred to as the " <u>Representation Date</u> ") and as of the Expiration Date (as defined below) that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) At the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Registration Statement contained all statements
required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Investment Company Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. From the time the Registration
Statement became effective through the expiration date of the Offer set forth in the Prospectus, as it may be extended as provided in
the Prospectus (the " <u>Expiration Date</u> "), the Offering Materials will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that the representations and warranties
in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or Offering Materials made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information relating to the Dealer Manager furnished to the Fund or the Adviser on behalf of the Fund in writing
by the Dealer Manager expressly for use in the Registration Statement or Offering Materials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The Fund (A) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of Maryland, (B) has power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (C) owns, possesses or has obtained and currently maintains all necessary
licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations (collectively, the " <u>Licenses and Permits</u> "),
whether foreign or domestic, necessary to carry on its business as contemplated in the Prospectus, (D) has made all necessary filings
required under any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule and (E) is duly licensed and qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except with respect to (C), (D) and (E), where such failure would not have a material adverse effect upon the Fund's
condition (financial or otherwise), business, management, properties, net assets or results of operations (a " <u>Fund Material Adverse Effect</u> "). The Fund has no subsidiaries.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The Fund is duly registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act as a non-diversified,
closed-end management investment company; no order of suspension or revocation of such registration has been issued or proceedings therefor
initiated or, to the knowledge of the Fund or the Adviser, threatened by the Commission; subject to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and, to the extent required, the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 462(d) of the Rules and Regulations, if not already filed, all required action has been taken by the Fund
under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act to make the Offer and to consummate the issuance of the Rights and the issuance
and sale of the Shares by the Fund upon exercise of the Rights, and the provisions of the Fund's Charter, as amended (" <u>Charter</u> ")
and the Fund's Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (" <u>Bylaws</u> ") comply with the requirements of the Investment Company
Act and the Investment Company Act Rules and Regulations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited and delivered its
report with respect to the financial statements of the Fund for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2024 and prior as set forth or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, was with respect to the Fund an independent registered public accounting
firm as required by the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board. Tait, Weller & Baker, LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited and delivered its report
with respect to the financial statements of the Fund for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025 as set forth or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Investment Company
Act, the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations and by the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) The financial statements of the Fund, together with the related notes and schedules thereto, set forth
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition
of the Fund as of the dates or for the periods indicated in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis; and the information set forth in the Prospectus under the headings "Summary of Company Expenses" and "Financial
Highlights" presents fairly in all material respects the information stated therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) The Fund has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus (subject to the
issuance of any Shares pursuant to the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (as defined below) after the date of such Prospectus); the Common Shares
issued and outstanding prior to the date of this Agreement have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus under the heading "Description of Securities—Common
Stock"; the Rights have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Fund for issuance pursuant to the Offer;
the certificates, if any, for the Shares are in due and proper form; the Shares have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the
part of the Fund for issuance and sale pursuant to the terms of the Offer and, when issued and delivered by the Fund pursuant to the terms
of the Offer against payment of the consideration set forth in the Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; the
Shares and the Rights conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and the other Offering Materials. No person is entitled to any preemptive or other similar rights with respect to the issuance of each
of the Rights and the Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (A) the Fund has not incurred any material liabilities or obligations, direct or
contingent, or entered into any material transactions, other than in the ordinary course of business or incident to its organization,
(B) there has not been any material change in the Common Shares or long-term debt of the Fund, or any event that resulted in a Fund
Material Adverse Effect, (C) there has been no dividend or distribution declared or paid in respect of the Fund's capital stock
(other than ordinary or customary dividends or distributions declared and paid in the ordinary course), and (D) the Fund has not
incurred any long-term debt.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) Each of (A) this agreement (the "Agreement"), (B) the Subscription Agent Agreement dated as
of May 18, 2026 (the "Subscription Agent Agreement") by and among the Fund and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and
Computershare Inc. (together, the "Subscription Agent"), (C) the Information Agent Agreement dated as of April 30, 2026
between the Fund and EQ Fund Solutions, LLC (the "Information Agent"), (D) the Investment Advisory Agreement dated as of January
31, 2018 between the Fund and the Adviser (the "Advisory Agreement"), (E) the Custody Agreement dated as of December 12, 2003
between the Fund and U.S Bank National Association, as amended May 24, 2010 and January 29, 2016, (F) [the Stock Transfer Agency Agreement
dated as of December 12, 2003 between the Fund and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as amended December 3, 2012], (G) the Fund Administration
Servicing Agreement dated as of December 12, 2003 between the Fund and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, as amended October 24, 2007, May
24, 2010 and October 1, 2024, (H) the Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement dated as of September 5, 2006 between the Fund and U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, as amended May 24, 2010 and October 1, 2024, and (I) the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of March 13, 2026 between the Fund, U.S. Bank National Association, as agent, and the other lenders party thereto, (collectively,
all the foregoing are referred to herein as the " <u>Fund Agreements</u> "), and the Dividend Reinvestment Plan of the Fund
(the " <u>Dividend Reinvestment Plan</u> ") has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Fund; each of the Fund Agreements
and the Dividend Reinvestment Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act, the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the " <u>Advisers Act</u> "), and the rules and regulations under such Acts, except
that the Fund and the Adviser make no representation as to the eligibility under the Investment Company Act of U.S. Bank National Association
to act as custodian for the Fund; and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, each of the Fund
Agreements constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Fund, subject to the qualification that the enforceability
of the Fund's obligations thereunder may be limited by U.S. bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance
and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights (whether statutory or decisional) and to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), except as enforcement of
rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder or thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public
policy.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) Neither the issuance of the Rights, nor the issuance and sale of the Shares upon the exercise of the Rights,
nor the execution, delivery, performance and consummation by the Fund of any other of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement,
or to the extent applicable to the Rights or the Shares in the Fund Agreements, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement or in the Registration Statement nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof will (A) violate the Charter, Bylaws
or similar organizational documents of the Fund, (B) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default or
an event of default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of
the Fund under the terms and provisions of any agreement, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, insurance or surety agreement, lease
or other instrument to which the Fund is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Fund is

Adverse Effect, or (C) result in any violation of any order, law, rule or regulation of any court, governmental instrumentality,
securities exchange or association or arbitrator, whether foreign or domestic, applicable to the Fund or having jurisdiction over the
Fund or any of its material properties, other than state securities or "blue sky" laws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Fund
or the Adviser, threatened action, suit, claim, investigation, inquiry or proceeding affecting the Fund or to which the Fund is a party
before or by any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator, which is of a character required by the Securities
Act, the Investment Company Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) There are no franchises, contracts or other documents of the Fund that are required by the Securities
Act, the Investment Company Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or to be
filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed or incorporated by reference
therein as required by the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act or the Rules and Regulations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii) No consent, approval, authorization, notification or order of, or filing with, or the issuance of any
license or permit by, any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental or regulatory agency, commission, board, authority or
body or with any self-regulatory organization or other non-governmental regulatory authority, securities exchange or association, whether
foreign or domestic, is required by the Fund for the consummation by the Fund of the transactions to be performed by the Fund or the performance
by the Fund of all the terms and provisions to be performed by or on behalf of it in each case as contemplated in the Fund Agreements
or the Registration Statement, except such as (i) have been obtained, or if the Registration Statement filed with respect to the
Shares is not effective under the Securities Act as of the time of execution hereof, as may be required (and shall be obtained prior to
commencement of the Offer) under the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
" <u>Exchange Act</u> "), (ii) may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (" <u>FINRA</u> "),
the NYSE or under state securities or "blue sky" laws, or (iii) the failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected
to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiii) The Fund is not currently in material breach of, or in material default under, any written agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its property is, to the knowledge of the Fund or the Adviser, bound or affected.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiv) There are no material restrictions, limitations or regulations with respect to the ability of the Fund
to invest its assets as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, other than as described therein or as imposed by the
Investment Company Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder or as required to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter
M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (" <u>Subchapter M of the Code</u> ").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xv) No person has any right to the registration of any securities of the Fund because of the filing of the
Registration Statement with the Commission. No person has tag along rights or other similar rights included in the transaction contemplated
by this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xvi) The Common Shares have been duly listed on the NYSE and prior to their issuance the Rights will have been
admitted for trading and the Shares will have been duly approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xvii) The Fund (A) has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in,
or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security
of the Fund to facilitate the issuance of the Rights or the sale or resale of the Rights and the Shares, (B) has not since the filing
of the Registration Statement sold, bid for or purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, Common Shares of
the Fund (except for the solicitation of exercises of the Rights pursuant to this Agreement) and (C) will not, until the later of
the expiration of the Rights or the completion of the distribution (within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M under the
Exchange Act) of the Shares, sell, bid for or purchase, pay or agree to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
any other securities of the Fund (except for the solicitation of exercises of the Rights pursuant to this Agreement); <u>provided</u> that any action in connection with the Dividend Reinvestment Plan will not be deemed to be within the terms of this Section 1(a)(xvii).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xviii) The Fund intends to direct the investment of the proceeds of the Offer described in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus in such a manner as to comply, with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code, and intends to continue to qualify
as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xix) The Fund has complied, and will direct the investment of the proceeds of the Offer described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus in such a manner as to continue to comply, with the asset coverage requirements of the Investment Company
Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xx) The Fund has (A) appointed a Chief Compliance Officer and (B) adopted and implemented written
policies and procedures which the Board of Directors of the Fund has determined are reasonably designed to prevent violations of the federal
securities laws in a manner required by and consistent with Rule 38a-1 of the Investment Company Act Rules and Regulations, including
policies and procedures that provide oversight of compliance for each investment adviser, administrator and transfer agent of the Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxi) Other than the Offering Materials, the Fund has not, without the written permission of the Dealer Manager,
used, approved, prepared or authorized any letters to beneficial owners of the Common Shares of the Fund, forms used to exercise rights,
any letters from the Fund to securities dealers, commercial banks and other nominees or any newspaper announcements or other offering
materials and information in connection with the Offer; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that any use of transmittal documentation and
subscription documentation independently prepared by the Dealer Manager, broker-dealers, directors, nominees or other financial intermediaries
shall not cause a violation of this Section 1(a)(xxi).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxii) Any Offering Materials authorized in writing by or prepared by the Fund or the Adviser used in connection
with the issuance of the Rights complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
the Investment Company Act, the Rules and Regulations and the rules and interpretations of FINRA.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxiii) The Fund maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization, (B) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization, and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxiv) The Fund has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in
Rule 30a-3 of the Investment Company Act Rules and Regulations)designed to ensure that material information relating to the Fund
is made known to the Fund's Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within the Fund, and such disclosure
controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Fund is not aware of any material
weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting. The Fund's independent registered public accounting firm and the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Fund have been advised of: (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation
of internal controls over financial reporting which could adversely affect the Fund's ability to record, process, summarize, and
report financial data; (B) any fraud that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Fund's internal controls
over financial reporting; and (C) any material weaknesses in the Fund's internal controls over financial reporting have been
identified for the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm; since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure
controls and procedures, there have been no changes in internal controls over financial reporting that would be reasonably likely to affect
internal controls over financial reporting, including any corrective actions with regard to any significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxv) The Fund and its officers and directors, in their capacities as such, are in compliance with the applicable
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder in all material respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxvi) No person is serving or acting as an officer, director or investment adviser of the Fund in contravention
of the provisions of the Investment Company Act. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no director of
the Fund is (A) an "interested person" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Fund or (B) an "affiliated
person" (as defined in the Investment Company Act) of the Dealer Manager. For purposes of this Section 1(a)(xxvi), the Fund and
the Adviser shall be entitled to rely on representations from such officers and directors.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxvii) The Fund's Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies
the requirements of Rules 303A.06 and 303A.07(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, as modified for closed-end funds by Rule 303A.00
of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, and the Board of Directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements
of 303A.07(b) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. The audit committee has reviewed the adequacy of its charter within the past twelve months.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxviii) Any statistical, demographic or market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or the other Offering Materials are based on or derived from sources that the Fund and the Adviser believe to be reasonably reliable and
accurate, and all such data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the other Offering Materials accurately reflects
the materials upon which it is based or from which it was derived in all material respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxix) No transaction has occurred between or among the Fund and any of its officers or directors, stockholders
or affiliates or any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director or stockholder or affiliate that is required to be described
in and is not described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxx) Neither the Fund nor, to the knowledge of the Fund or the Adviser, any employee or agent of the Fund has
made any payment of funds of the Fund or received or retained any funds on behalf of the Fund, which payment, receipt or retention of
funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus and is not so disclosed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxi) The Fund has filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which are required to be filed through
the date hereof, which returns are true and correct in all material respects or has received timely extensions thereof, and has paid all
taxes shown on such returns and all assessments received by it to the extent that the same are material and have become due. There are
no tax audits or investigations pending which, if adversely determined, would have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any proposed
additional tax assessments, to the knowledge of the Fund, against the Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxii) The Fund is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and
in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; all policies of insurance insuring the Fund or
its business, assets, employees, officers and directors, including the Fund's directors and officers errors and omissions insurance
policy and its fidelity bond required by Rule 17g-1 of the Investment Company Act Rules and Regulations, are in full force and effect;
the Fund is in compliance with the terms of such policy and fidelity bond; and there are no claims by the Fund under any such policy or
fidelity bond as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Fund has not
been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Fund has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage and fidelity bond as and when such coverage and fidelity bond expires or to obtain similar coverage and fidelity
bond from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxiii) The Fund owns or possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses,
inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems, or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, " <u>Intellectual Property</u> ")
necessary to carry on the business operated by the Fund, except for that which the failure to own or possess would not reasonably be expected
to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect, and the Fund has not received any notice or is not otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual
Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Fund, except for that which if determined to be invalid or inadequate would
not reasonably be expected to have a Fund Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxiv) Neither the Fund nor, to the knowledge of the Fund or the Adviser, any director, officer, agent, employee
or representative of the Adviser acting on behalf of the Fund has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Fund (A) used
any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (B) made
any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns
from corporate funds; (C) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the " <u>FCPA</u> ");
or (D) made any other unlawful payment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxv) The operations of the Fund are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects
with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes
of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued,
administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the " <u>Money Laundering Laws</u> "), and no action, suit
or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Fund with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Fund or the Adviser, threatened.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxvi) Neither the Fund nor, to the knowledge of the Fund or the Adviser, any director, officer, agent or employee
of the Fund or the Adviser is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S.
Treasury Department (" <u>OFAC</u> "); and the Fund will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offer, or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose
of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xxxvii) All of the information provided to the Dealer Manager or to counsel for the Dealer Manager by the Fund
and its officers in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to FINRA pursuant to FINRA's conduct
rules is true, complete and correct in all material respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Adviser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Dealer Manager as of the date hereof, as
of the Representation Date and as of the Expiration Date that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Adviser has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing
under the laws of Delaware, has full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, own its assets and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, owns, possesses or has obtained and currently maintains all Licenses and
Permits, whether foreign or domestic, necessary to carry on its business and to enable the Adviser to continue to supervise investments
in securities as contemplated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Adviser is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction wherein it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business or other activity requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of
the Investment Manager to serve as investment adviser to the Fund (an " <u>Adviser Material Adverse Effect</u> "). The Adviser
has made all necessary filings required to carry on its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under any
federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, except such as the failure to make would not have an Adviser Material Adverse
Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The Adviser is duly registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and
is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the Investment Company Act, or the rules and regulations under such Acts, from acting as investment
adviser for the Fund as contemplated in the Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Advisory Agreement and no order or suspension
or revocation of such registration has been issued or proceedings therefor initiated or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, threatened by
the Commission.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Adviser and complies in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act and the
rules and regulations under such Acts, and is, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, a legal,
valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Adviser, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Adviser's
obligations thereunder, as applicable, may be limited by U.S. bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance
and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights (whether statutory or decisional) and to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), except as enforcement of
rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Neither the execution, delivery, performance and consummation by the Adviser of its obligations under
this Agreement or the Advisory Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein or in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof will (A) conflict with or violate the limited liability company agreement as amended,
supplemented and corrected (the " <u>LLC Agreement</u> ") or similar organizational documents of the Adviser, (B) conflict
with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default or an event of default under, or result in the creation or imposition
of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Adviser under the LLC Agreement or similar organizational documents,
the terms and provisions of any indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, insurance or surety agreement, or any other lease, instrument
or agreement to which the Adviser is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Adviser is subject,
except such as would not reasonably be expected to have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect, or (C) result in any violation of any
order, law, rule or regulation of any court, governmental instrumentality, securities exchange or association or arbitrator, whether foreign
or domestic, having jurisdiction over the Adviser or any of its properties, other than state securities or "blue sky" laws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Adviser,
threatened action, suit, claim, investigation, inquiry or proceeding affecting the Adviser or to which the Adviser is a party before or
by any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator, which is of a character required by the Securities Act, the
Investment Company Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement and is not so described therein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) No consent, approval, authorization, notification or order of, or filing with, or the issuance of any
license or permit by, any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental or regulatory agency, commission, board, authority or
body with any self-regulatory organization, other non-governmental regulatory authority, securities exchange or association, whether foreign
or domestic, required by the Adviser for the consummation by the Adviser of the transactions to be performed by the Adviser or the performance
by the Adviser of all the material terms and provisions to be performed by or on behalf of it in each case as contemplated in this Agreement
or the Advisory Agreement, except such as (i) have been obtained, or (ii) the failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected
to have an Adviser Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) The Adviser (A) has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result
in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Fund to facilitate the issuance of the Rights or the sale or resale of the Rights and the Shares, (B) has not since
the filing of the Registration Statement sold, bid for or purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, Common
Shares of the Fund (except for the solicitation of exercises of the Rights pursuant to this Agreement) and (C) will not, until the
later of the expiration of the Rights or the completion of the distribution (within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M under
the Exchange Act) of the Shares, sell, bid for or purchase, pay or agree to pay any person any compensation for soliciting another to
purchase any other securities of the Fund (except for the solicitation of exercises of the Rights pursuant to this Agreement); <u>provided</u> that any action in connection with the Dividend Reinvestment Plan will not be deemed to be within the terms of this Section 1(b)(vii).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) The Adviser has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures under Rule 206(4)-7 under
the Advisers Act reasonably designed to prevent violation of the Advisers Act by the Adviser and its supervised persons.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) The Adviser owns or possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, the Intellectual Property necessary
to act as investment adviser for the Fund as contemplated in the Prospectus the Registration Statement and the Management Agreement, and
the Adviser has not received any notice or is not otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with
respect to any such Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any such Intellectual Property invalid or
inadequate to protect the interest of the Adviser, except for that which if determined to be invalid or inadequate would not reasonably
be expected to have an Investment Manager Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) The Adviser or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Adviser
acting on behalf of the Adviser, has not, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Adviser (A) used any corporate funds
for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (B) made any unlawful
payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate
funds; (C) violated any provision of the FCPA; or (D) made any other unlawful payment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) The operations of the Adviser are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable Money
Laundering Laws and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
the Adviser with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Adviser, threatened.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii) Neither the Adviser nor, to the knowledge of the Adviser, any member, director, officer, agent, employee
or affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) of the Adviser is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by OFAC; and the Adviser will not directly or indirectly direct the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute
or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiii) The Adviser has the financial resources available to it necessary for the performance of its services
and obligations as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Advisory Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiv) The Advisory Agreement is in full force and effect and neither the Fund nor the Adviser is in default
thereunder, and no event has occurred which with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default by the
Adviser under such document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xv) All information furnished by the Adviser, including, without limitation, the description of the Adviser,
for use in (A) the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make such information not misleading, and (B) the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xvi) The Adviser has filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Futures Association
a notice of eligibility for relief from inclusion within the definition of a commodity pool operator pursuant to Section 4.5 of the
general regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, with respect to the Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Any certificate required by this Agreement that is signed by any officer of the Fund or the Adviser and
delivered to the Dealer Manager or counsel for the Dealer Manager shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Fund or the Adviser,
as the case may be, to the Dealer Manager, as to the matters covered thereby.

2. <u>Agreement to Act as Dealer Manager</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) On the basis of the representations and warranties contained herein, and subject to the terms and conditions
of the Offer:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Fund hereby appoints the Dealer Manager to solicit the exercise of Rights and authorizes the Dealer
Manager to sell Shares purchased by the Dealer Manager from the Fund through the exercise of Rights as described herein in accordance
with the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act and the Exchange Act; the Fund hereby authorizes the Dealer Manager to form and manage
a group of selling broker-dealers (each, a " <u>Selling Group Member</u>," and collectively, the " <u>Selling Group</u> ")
that enter into a Selling Group Agreement with the Dealer Manager in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to solicit the exercise
of Rights and to sell Shares purchased by the Selling Group Member from the Dealer Manager as described herein; and the Fund hereby authorizes
other soliciting broker-dealers (each, a " <u>Soliciting Dealer</u>," and collectively, the " <u>Soliciting Dealers</u> ")
that enter into a Soliciting Dealer Agreement with the Dealer Manager in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B to solicit the exercise
of Rights. The Dealer Manager hereby agrees to solicit the exercise of Rights in accordance with its customary practice subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the procedures described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and, where applicable,
the terms and conditions of such Selling Group Agreement or Soliciting Dealer Agreement; and the Dealer Manager hereby agrees to form
and manage the Selling Group to solicit the exercise of Rights and to sell Shares to the Selling Group purchased by the Dealer Manager
from the Fund through the exercise of Rights as described herein in accordance with its customary practice subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, the procedures described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and, where applicable, the terms and conditions
of the Selling Group Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The Fund hereby authorizes the Dealer Manager to buy, facilitate the sale of and exercise Rights, including
unexercised Rights delivered to the Subscription Agent for resale and Rights of Record Date Stockholders whose record addresses are outside
the United States held by the Subscription Agent for which no instructions are received, on the terms and conditions set forth in such
Prospectus, and to sell Shares to the public or to Selling Group Members at the offering price set by the Dealer Manager from time to
time. Sales of Shares by the Dealer Manager or Selling Group Members shall not be at a price higher than the offering price set by the
Dealer Manager from time to time. The proceeds from the sale of Rights will be remitted to the Record Date Stockholders as set forth in
the Prospectus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund agrees to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the
Dealer Manager, lists, or copies of those lists, showing the names and addresses of, and number of Common Shares held by, Record Date
Stockholders as of the Record Date, and the Dealer Manager agrees to use such information only in connection with the Offer, and not to
furnish the information to any other person except for securities brokers and dealers that have been requested by the Dealer Manager to
solicit exercises of Rights.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Dealer Manager agrees to provide to the Fund, in addition to the services described in Section 2(a),
financial structuring and solicitation services in connection with the Offer. No advisory fee, other than the fees provided for in Section
3 of this Agreement and the reimbursement of the Dealer Manager's out-of-pocket expenses as described in Section 5 of this
Agreement, will be payable by the Fund, or any other party hereto, to the Dealer Manager in connection with the financial structuring
and solicitation services provided by the Dealer Manager pursuant to this Section 2(c).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Fund and the Dealer Manager agree that the Dealer Manager is an independent contractor with respect
to the solicitation of the exercise of the Rights, and that the Dealer Manager's performance of financial structuring and solicitation
services for the Fund is pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm's length
basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Dealer Manager act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Fund, its management,
stockholders, creditors or any other person, including Selling Group Members and Soliciting Dealers, in connection with any activity that
the Dealer Manager may undertake or has undertaken in furtherance of its engagement pursuant to this Agreement, either before or after
the date hereof. The Dealer Manager, Selling Group Members and Soliciting Dealers hereby expressly disclaim any fiduciary or similar obligations
to the Fund, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions,
and the Fund hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Fund, Dealer Manager, Selling Group Members and Soliciting
Dealers agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions, and that
any opinions or views expressed by the Dealer Manager, Selling Group Members or Soliciting Dealers to the Fund regarding such transactions,
including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the subscription price or market for the Fund's Shares, do
not constitute advice or recommendations to the Fund. The Fund hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
claims that the Fund may have against the Dealer Manager, Selling Group Members and Soliciting Dealers with respect to any breach or alleged
breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to the Fund in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters
leading up to such transactions; <u>provided</u> that this release shall not protect or purport to protect the Dealer Manager, Selling
Group Members and Soliciting Dealers against any liability to which they would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance,
bad faith or gross negligence, in the performance of their duties, or by reason of their reckless disregard of their obligations and duties
under this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) In rendering the services contemplated by this Agreement, the Dealer Manager will not be subject to any
liability to the Fund or the Adviser or any of their affiliates, for any act or omission on the part of any soliciting broker or dealer
(except with respect to the Dealer Manager acting in such capacity) or any other person, and the Dealer Manager will not be liable for
acts or omissions in performing its obligations under this Agreement, except for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
that are finally judicially determined to have resulted primarily from the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence or reckless
disregard of the Dealer Manager or by reason of the reckless disregard of the obligations and duties of the Dealer Manager under this
Agreement.

3. <u>Dealer Manager Fees</u>. In full payment for the financial structuring and solicitation services rendered
and to be rendered hereunder by the Dealer Manager, the Fund agrees to pay the Dealer Manager a fee (the " <u>Dealer Manager Fee</u> ")
equal to 3.50% of the portion of the aggregate Subscription Price for the Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription
Privilege not exceeding $150,000,000 and 2.75% of the portion of the aggregate Subscription Price exceeding $150,000,000, a portion of
which Dealer Manager Fee may be reallowed to an affiliate of the Dealer Manager and may be a different value than the Selling Fees or
Soliciting Fees stated in this Agreement. In full payment for the soliciting efforts to be rendered, the Dealer Manager agrees to reallow
selling fees (the " <u>Selling Fees</u> ") to Selling Group Members equal to 2.00% of the Subscription Price per Share for each
Share issued pursuant to either (a) the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege where such Selling Group Member is
so designated on the subscription form or (b) the purchase for resale from the Dealer Manager in accordance with the Selling Group
Agreement. With respect to Shares purchased by a Selling Group Member from the Dealer Manager in accordance with the Selling Group Agreement,
such fee may from time to time vary from 2.00% of the Subscription Price per Share. In full payment for the soliciting efforts to be rendered,
the Dealer Manager agrees to reallow soliciting fees (the " <u>Soliciting Fees</u> ") to Soliciting Dealers equal to 0.50% of
the Subscription Price per Share for each Share issued pursuant to the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege where such
Soliciting Dealer is so designated on the subscription form, subject to a maximum fee based on the number of Common Shares held by such
Soliciting Dealer through The Depository Trust Company (" <u>DTC</u> ") on the Record Date. The Dealer Manager agrees to pay
the Selling Fees or Soliciting Fees, as the case may be, to the broker-dealer designated on the applicable portion of the form used by
the holder to exercise Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege, and if no broker-dealer is so designated or a broker-dealer is otherwise
not entitled to receive compensation pursuant to the terms of the Selling Group Agreement or Soliciting Dealer Agreement, then the Dealer
Manager shall retain such Selling Fee or Soliciting Fee for Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription
Privilege. Payment to the Dealer Manager by the Fund will be in the form of a wire transfer of same day funds to an account or accounts
identified by the Dealer Manager. Such payment will be made on each date on which the Fund issues Shares after the Expiration Date. Payment
to a Selling Group Member or Soliciting Dealer will be made by the Dealer Manager directly to such Selling Group Member or Soliciting
Dealer by wire to an account identified by such broker-dealer. Such payments shall be made on or before the tenth business day following
the day the Fund issues Shares after the Expiration Date.

4. <u>Other Agreements</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Fund covenants with the Dealer Manager as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Fund will use its best efforts to maintain the Registration Statement's effectiveness under
the Securities Act, and will advise the Dealer Manager promptly as to the time at which any amendments to the Registration Statement (including
any post-effective amendment) become effective.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The Fund will notify, and confirm the notice in writing to, the Dealer Manager immediately (A) of
the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendment), (B) of the receipt of
any comments from the Commission, (C) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment
or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (D) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and (E) of the receipt of any
written notice regarding the suspension of the qualification of the Shares or the Rights for offering or sale in any jurisdiction. The
Fund will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order described in subsection (D) hereunder and, if any
such stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The Fund will give the Dealer Manager notice of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration
Statement (including any post-effective amendment) or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (including any revised prospectus
which the Fund proposes for use by the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offer, which differs from the prospectus on file at the Commission
at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), whether pursuant to the Investment Company Act, the Securities Act, or otherwise, and will
furnish the Dealer Manager with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or
use, as the case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Dealer Manager or counsel for the Dealer Manager
shall reasonably object.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) The Fund will, without charge, deliver to the Dealer Manager, as soon as practicable, the number of copies
(one of which is manually executed) of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto as it may reasonably
request, in each case with the exhibits filed therewith.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) The Fund will, without charge, furnish to the Dealer Manager, from time to time during the period when
the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented)
as the Dealer Manager may request for the purposes contemplated by the Securities Act or the Securities Act Rules and Regulations.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for
the Dealer Manager, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or the other Offering Materials) to make the
Prospectus (or such other Offering Materials) not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at
the time it is delivered to a Record Date Stockholder, the Fund will forthwith amend or supplement the Prospectus by preparing and filing
with the Commission (and furnishing to the Dealer Manager a reasonable number of copies of) an amendment or amendments of the Registration
Statement or an amendment or amendments of or a supplement or supplements to the Prospectus (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to counsel for the Dealer Manager), at the Fund's expense, which will amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
(or otherwise will amend or supplement such other Offering Materials) so that the Prospectus (or such other Offering Materials) will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus (or such other Offering Materials)
is delivered to a Record Date Stockholder, not misleading.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) The Fund will endeavor, in cooperation with the Dealer Manager and its counsel, to qualify the Rights
and the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States
as the Dealer Manager may designate and maintain such qualifications in effect for the duration of the Offer, provided, however, the Fund
will not be required to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities
in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified. The Fund will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws
of each jurisdiction in which the Rights and the Shares have been qualified as above provided.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) The Fund will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement
(which need not be audited) (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) covering
a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Fund's fiscal semi-annual period next following the "effective"
date (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) For a period of 180 days from the date of this Agreement, the Fund will not, without the prior consent
of the Dealer Manager, offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any equity or equity related securities of the Fund or securities
convertible into such securities, other than (A) the Rights and the Shares, (B) the Common Shares issued in reinvestment of
dividends or distributions, and (C) any Common Shares sold under an at-the-market program initiated by the Fund for which UBS Securities
LLC serves as Sub-Placement Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(x) The Fund will cause the Rights to be admitted for trading and the Shares to be duly authorized for listing
by the NYSE prior to the time the Rights and the Shares are issued, respectively.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xi) The Fund will maintain its qualification as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xii) The Fund will apply the net proceeds from the Offer in such a manner as to continue to comply with the
requirements of the Prospectus as set forth under "Use of Proceeds" and the Investment Company Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(xiii) The Fund will advise or cause the Subscription Agent (A) to advise the Dealer Manager and, only where
specifically noted, each Selling Group Member who specifically requests, from day to day during the period of, and promptly after the
termination of, the Offer, as to the names and addresses of all Record Date Stockholders exercising Rights, the total number of Rights
exercised by each Record Date Stockholder during the immediately preceding day, indicating the total number of Rights verified to be in
proper form for exercise, rejected for exercise and being processed and, for the Dealer Manager and each Selling Group Member, the number
of Rights exercised on subscription certificates indicating the Dealer Manager or such Selling Group Member, as the case may be, as the
broker-dealer with respect to such exercise, and as to such other information as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request; and will notify
the Dealer Manager and each Selling Group Member, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first business day following
the Expiration Date, of the total number of Rights exercised and Shares related thereto, the total number of Rights verified to be in
proper form for exercise, rejected for exercise and being processed and, for the Dealer Manager and each Selling Group Member, the number
of Rights exercised on subscription certificates indicating the Dealer Manager or such Selling Group Member, as the case may be, as the
broker-dealer with respect to such exercise, and as to such other information as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request; (B) to
offer to sell any Rights received for resale from Record Date Stockholders, including clients of Selling Group Members, exclusively to
or through the Dealer Manager, which may, at its election, purchase such Rights as principal or act as agent for the resale thereof, provided
that if the Dealer Manager declines to purchase the Rights received by the Subscription Agent for resale from Record Date Shareholders,
the Subscription Agent will attempt to sell such Rights in the open market; and (C) to issue Shares upon the Dealer Manager's
exercise of Rights prior to the Expiration Date at a price equal to the greater of 92.5% of the last reported sale price of a Common Share
on the NYSE on the date of such exercise or 90% of the last reported NAV on the date of such exercise, such Shares to be issued no later
than the close of business on the business day following the day that full payment for such Shares has been received by the Subscription
Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Neither the Fund nor the Adviser will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to
result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price
of any security of the Fund to facilitate the issuance of the Rights or the sale or resale of the Rights or the Shares; <u>provided</u> that any action in connection with the Dividend Reinvestment Plan will not be deemed to be within the meaning of this Section 4(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Except as required by applicable law, the use of any reference to the Dealer Manager in any Offering Materials
or any other document or communication prepared, approved or authorized by the Fund or the Adviser in connection with the Offer is subject
to the prior approval of the Dealer Manager, provided that if such reference to the Dealer Manager is required by applicable law, the
Fund and the Adviser agree to notify the Dealer Manager within a reasonable time prior to such use but the Fund and the Adviser are nonetheless
permitted to use such reference.

5. <u>Payment of Expenses</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Fund will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and
in connection with the Offer, including, but not limited to, (i) expenses relating to the printing and filing of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) expenses relating to the preparation, issuance and delivery of
the certificates, if any, for the Shares and subscription certificates relating to the Rights, (iii) the fees and disbursements of
the Fund's counsel (including the fees and disbursements of local counsel) and accountants, (iv) expenses relating to the qualification
of the Rights and the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(a)(vii) of this Agreement, including
filing fees, (v) expenses relating to the printing or other production and delivery to the Dealer Manager of copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the
fees and expenses incurred with respect to filing with FINRA, including the fees and disbursements paid to FINRA by the Dealer Manager's
counsel with respect thereto, (vii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Rights and the Shares on
the NYSE, (viii) expenses relating to the printing or other production, mailing and delivery expenses incurred in connection with
Offering Materials, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to the Subscription Agent and the Information Agent and (x) all
other fees and expenses (excluding the announcement, if any, of the Offer in <u>The Wall Street Journal</u>) incurred in connection with
or relating to the Offer. The Fund agrees to pay the foregoing expenses whether or not the transactions contemplated under this Agreement
are consummated.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition to any fees that may be payable to the Dealer Manager under this Agreement, the Fund agrees
to reimburse the Dealer Manager upon request made from time to time for a portion of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with its activities under this Agreement in an amount not to exceed $175,000 upon proper presentation of documentation therefor,
including the (i) reasonable fees and disbursements of its legal counsel (excluding fees and expenses pursuant to Section 5(a)(iv)
which are to be paid directly by the Fund) , and (ii) reasonable expenses, if any, incurred by the Dealer Manager, Selling Group
Members, Soliciting Dealers and other brokers, dealers and financial institutions in connection with their customary mailing and handling
of materials related to the Offer to their customers in an amount not to exceed $10,000 upon proper presentation of documentation therefor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If this Agreement is terminated by the Dealer Manager in accordance with the provisions of Section 6
or Section 9(a), the Fund agrees to reimburse the Dealer Manager for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with its performance hereunder, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Dealer Manager, upon proper presentation
of documentation therefor, in an amount not to exceed $175,000. In the event the transactions contemplated hereunder are not consummated,
the Fund agrees to pay all of the costs and expenses set forth in Sections 5(a) and (b) which the Fund would have paid if such transactions
had been consummated.

6. <u>Conditions of the Dealer Manager's Obligations</u>. The obligations of the Dealer Manager hereunder
(including any obligation to pay for Shares issuable upon exercise of Rights by the Dealer Manager) are subject to the accuracy of the
respective representations and warranties of the Fund and the Adviser contained herein, to the performance by the Fund and the Adviser
of their respective obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective not later than 5:30 p.m., New York City time,
on the Record Date, or at such later time and date as may be approved in writing by the Dealer Manager; the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto shall have
been issued, no revocation of registration has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened
or, to the knowledge of the Fund, the Adviser or the Dealer Manager, shall be contemplated by the Commission; and the Fund shall have
complied with any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
otherwise).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) On the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, the Dealer Manager shall have received:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The opinion and 10b5-1 statement, dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, as applicable,
of Vedder Price P.C., special counsel for the Fund, in the form of Exhibit C-1 to this Agreement and in substance satisfactory to
counsel for the Dealer Manager. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters,
they have relied, to the extent they deem proper and without investigation or independent confirmation, on representations and certificates
of responsible officers of the Fund, the Adviser and public officials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The opinion, dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, as applicable, of Venable LLP, special
Maryland counsel for the Fund, in the form of Exhibit C-2 to this Agreement and in substance satisfactory to counsel for the Dealer
Manager. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to
the extent they deem proper and without investigation or independent confirmation, on representations and certificates of responsible
officers of the Fund, the Adviser and public officials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The opinion, dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, as applicable, of Vedder Price P.C.,
counsel for the Adviser, in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement and in substance satisfactory to counsel for the Dealer Manager.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent
they deem proper and without investigation or independent confirmation, on representations and certificates of responsible officers of
the Fund, the Adviser and public officials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Dealer Manager shall have received from Dechert LLP, counsel for the Dealer Manager, such opinion
or opinions, dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, with respect to the Offer, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and other related matters as the Dealer Manager may reasonably require, and the Fund shall have furnished to such counsel such documents
as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Fund shall have furnished to the Dealer Manager certificates of the Fund, signed on behalf of the
Fund by the President or other senior officer of the Fund, dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, to the effect that the
signer(s) of such certificate carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any supplement to the Prospectus and this
Agreement and that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the representations and warranties of the Fund in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the
Representation Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be, with the same effect as if made on the Representation Date or the Expiration
Date, as the case may be, and the Fund has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied at or prior to the Representation Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be (to the extent not waived in writing by
the Dealer Manager);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, no revocation
of registration has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission or any other
regulatory body, whether foreign or domestic;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) since the date of the most recent statement of assets and liabilities included or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition (financial or other), business, management, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Fund (excluding fluctuations
in the Fund's net asset value due to investment activities in the ordinary course of business), except as set forth in or contemplated
in the Prospectus; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the Fund has performed all of its respective obligations that this Agreement requires it to perform by
such Representation Date (to the extent not waived in writing by the Dealer Manager).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The Adviser shall have furnished to the Dealer Manager certificates of the Adviser, signed on behalf of
the Adviser by the President or other senior officer dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, to the effect that the signer(s)
of such certificate carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any supplement to the Prospectus and this Agreement
and that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the representations and warranties of the Adviser in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of
the Representation Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be, with the same effect as if made on the Representation Date or the
Expiration Date, as the case may be, and the Adviser has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part
to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Representation Date or the Expiration Date, as the case may be (to the extent not waived
in writing by the Dealer Manager);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) no order having adverse effect on the ability of the Adviser to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement
or the Advisory Agreement, as the case may be, has been issued and no proceedings for any such purpose are pending or threatened by the
Commission or any other regulatory body, whether foreign or domestic;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) since the date of the most recent statement of assets and liabilities included or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition (financial or other), business, management, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Fund (excluding fluctuations
in the Fund's net asset value due to investment activities in the ordinary course of business), except as set forth in or contemplated
in the Prospectus; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the Adviser has performed all of its respective agreements that this Agreement requires it to perform
by such Representation Date (to the extent not waived in writing by the Dealer Manager).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Each of (A) Ernst & Young LLP and (B) Tait, Weller & Baker, LLP shall have furnished to the Dealer
Manager letters, dated the Representation Date and the Expiration Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Dealer Manager, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants "comfort letters" to the Dealer Manager with respect
to the financial statements of the Company and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus (excluding an amendment or supplement subsequent to the Representation Date), (i) there shall not have been any change,
increase or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in Section 6(f), (ii) no material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, management, properties,
net worth or results of operations of the Fund shall have occurred or become known and (iii) no transaction which is material and
adverse to the Fund shall have been entered into by the Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Prior to the Representation Date, the Fund shall have furnished to the Dealer Manager such further information,
certificates and documents as the Dealer Manager may reasonably request.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided
in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Dealer Manager and its counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Dealer Manager hereunder may be
canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Expiration Date by the Dealer Manager. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Fund
in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing.

7. <u>Indemnity and Contribution</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each of the Fund and the Adviser, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
the Dealer Manager, each Selling Group Member and each Soliciting Dealer, and their respective partners, directors, officers, employees,
agents and affiliates and any person who controls the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member and or a Soliciting Dealer within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing
persons, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly
or severally, the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer or any such person may incur under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage, expense, liability
or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Fund) or in a Prospectus (the term
" <u>Prospectus</u> " for the purpose of this Section 7 being deemed to include any preliminary prospectus, the Offering
Materials, the Prospectus and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented by the Fund), or arises out of or is based upon any omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated in either such Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make
the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as any such
loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission of a material fact contained in and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager
to the Fund or the Adviser expressly for use with reference to the Dealer Manager, Selling Group Members or Soliciting Dealers in such
Registration Statement or such Prospectus.

If any action, suit or proceeding (together, a "<u>Proceeding</u>") is brought against the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer or any such person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Fund or the Adviser pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer or such person shall promptly notify the Fund and the Adviser in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and the Fund shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all reasonable fees and expenses; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that the failure to so notify the Fund and the Adviser shall not relieve the Fund from any liability which the Fund or the Adviser may have to the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer or any such person or otherwise, unless such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. The Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer or such person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer or of such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be, in connection with the defense of such Proceeding or the Fund or the Adviser shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such Proceeding or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded (based on advice from counsel) that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those available to the Fund or the Adviser (in which case the Fund or the Adviser shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties, but the Fund or the Adviser may employ counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be), in any of which events the reasonable fees and expenses shall be borne by the Fund or the Adviser and paid as incurred in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding (provided that the Fund or the Adviser shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel in connection with any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings). Neither the Fund nor the Adviser shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent, but if a Proceeding is settled with the written consent of the Fund or the Adviser, then the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer and any such person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this paragraph, then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days' prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party unless such indemnified party gives written consent to such admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Dealer Manager agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Fund and the Adviser, and their respective
directors, officers, employees, and agents, and any person who controls the Fund or the Adviser, within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Fund or the Adviser to the Dealer Manager, from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability
or claim (including the reasonable cost of investigation) which, jointly or severally, the Fund, the Adviser or any such person may incur
under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such
loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in and in conformity with information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager to the Fund or the Adviser
on behalf of the Fund expressly for use with reference to the Dealer Manager in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement
as amended by any post-effective amendment thereof by the Fund) or in a Prospectus, or arises out of or is based upon any omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in such Registration Statement or
such Prospectus or necessary to make such information not misleading (with respect to the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made).

If any Proceeding is brought against the Fund, the Adviser or any such person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Dealer Manager pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Fund, the Adviser or such person shall promptly notify the Dealer Manager in writing of the institution of such Proceeding and the Dealer Manager shall assume the defense of such Proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all reasonable fees and expenses; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that the omission to so notify the Dealer Manager shall not relieve the Dealer Manager from any liability which the Dealer Manager may have to the Fund or any such person or otherwise, unless such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. The Fund, the Adviser or such person shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Fund, the Adviser or such person, as the case may be, unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the Dealer Manager in connection with the defense of such Proceeding or such Dealer Manager shall not have, within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances, employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such Proceeding or such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded (based on advice from counsel) that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to or in conflict with those available to the Dealer Manager (in which case the Dealer Manager shall not have the right to direct the defense of such Proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties, but the Dealer Manager may employ counsel and participate in the defense thereof but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Dealer Manager), in any of which events the reasonable fees and expenses shall be borne by the Dealer Manager and paid as incurred in any one Proceeding or series of related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such Proceeding. The Dealer Manager shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without the written consent of the Dealer Manager but if settled with the written consent of the Dealer Manager, the Dealer Manager agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund, the Adviser and any such person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second sentence of this paragraph, then the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying party at least 30 days' prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and does not include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party unless such indemnified party gives written consent to such admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party under
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 7 in respect of any losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims referred to therein,
then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims (i) in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect the relative benefits received by the Fund or the Adviser on the one hand and the Dealer Manager, Selling Group Member(s) or
Soliciting Dealer(s) on the other hand from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above
is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Fund or the Adviser on the one hand and of the Dealer Manager on the other in connection with
the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, damages, expenses, liabilities or claims, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations with respect to the Offer. The relative benefits received by the Fund or the Adviser on the one hand and the Dealer Manager,
Selling Group Member(s) or Soliciting Dealer(s) on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total proceeds
from the Offer (net of the Dealer Manager Fee but before deducting expenses) received by the Fund or the Adviser and the total Dealer
Manager Fee received by the Dealer Manager, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Fund
or the Adviser on the one hand and of the Dealer Manager, Selling Group Member(s) or Soliciting Dealer(s) on the other shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission relates to information supplied by the Fund or the Adviser or the Dealer Manager and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result
of the losses, damages, expenses, liabilities and claims referred to in this subsection shall be deemed to include any legal or other
fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any Proceeding.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Fund, the Adviser and the Dealer Manager agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in subsection (c) above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section7, neither the
Dealer Manager nor any Selling Group Member or Soliciting Dealer shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the fees received
by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled
to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Section 7, no party shall be entitled to indemnification
or contribution under this Agreement against any loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arising by reason of such person's willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of such person's reckless disregard
of such person's obligations and duties thereunder. The parties hereto acknowledge that the foregoing provision shall not be construed
to impose upon any such parties any duties under this Agreement other than as specifically set forth herein (it being understood that
the Dealer Manager, Selling Group Members and Soliciting Dealers have no duty hereunder to the Fund or the Adviser to perform any due
diligence investigation).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the covenants, warranties
and representations of the Fund and the Adviser contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member, a Soliciting Dealer, and their respective partners, directors or officers
or any person (including each partner, officer or director of such person) who controls the Dealer Manager, a Selling Group Member or
a Soliciting Dealer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf
of the Fund or the Adviser, their directors or officers or any person who controls the Fund or the Adviser within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this Agreement or the issuance and
delivery of the Rights. The Fund, the Adviser and the Dealer Manager agree promptly to notify each other of the commencement of any Proceeding
against it and, in the case of the Fund or the Adviser against any of their officers or directors in connection with the issuance of the
Rights, or in connection with the Registration Statement or Prospectus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The Fund and the Adviser acknowledge that the statements under the heading "Plan of Distribution"
in the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing to the Fund or the Adviser on behalf of the Fund by the Dealer
Manager expressly for use in such document, and the Dealer Manager confirms that such statements are correct in all material respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Any indemnification hereunder shall be subject to the requirements and limitations of Section 17
of the Investment Company Act and Investment Company Act Release 11330.

8. <u>Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery</u>. The respective agreements, representations,
warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Fund or its officers, of the Adviser and of the Dealer Manager set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Expiration Date and will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of Dealer Manager or the Fund or the Adviser or any of their officers, directors or controlling persons referred
to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares pursuant to the Offer. The provisions of Sections 5
and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

9. <u>Termination of Agreement</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The obligations of the Dealer Manager hereunder shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion
of the Dealer Manager, by notice given to the Fund prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time on the Expiration Date, if (A) since the
time of execution of this Agreement or the earlier respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, there has been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business, management, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Fund, which would in the
Dealer Manager's judgment, make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offer on the terms and manner contemplated in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or (B) since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have occurred: (i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the NYSE, NYSE Amex or the NASDAQ Stock Market; (ii) a suspension
or material limitation in trading in the Fund's Common Shares or in the Rights on the NYSE; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities declared by either federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities
settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) a material adverse change in the financial or securities markets in the
United States or the international financial markets; (v) acts of terrorism or a material outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving
the United States or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war; or (vi) any other calamity or crisis or any
change in financial, political, economic, currency, banking or social conditions in the United States, if the effect of any such event
specified in clause (v) or (vi) in the Dealer Manager's judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
Offer on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability
of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 5 and the Dealer Manager shall not have any obligation to purchase
any Shares upon exercise of Rights.

10. <u>Notices</u>. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if
sent to the Dealer Manager, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to UBS Securities LLC, 11 Madison Avenue, New York,
New York 10010, Attn: Ari Derman and, if to the Fund or the Adviser, shall be sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent to the Fund
or the Adviser at Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., 5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400, Overland Park, Kansas 66211, Attention: General
Counsel.

11. <u>Successors and Assigns</u>. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns and will inure to the benefit of the officers and directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

12. <u>Applicable Law</u>. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York.

13. <u>Submission to Jurisdiction</u>. Except as set forth below, no claim (a " <u>Claim</u> ")
which relates to the terms of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any
court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and each of the Fund
and the Adviser consents to the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. Each of the Fund and the Adviser
hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this
Agreement is brought by any third party against the Dealer Manager or any indemnified party. Each of the Dealer Manager, the Fund (on
its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Adviser (on its behalf
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any
action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
Each of the Fund and the Adviser agrees that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Fund or the Adviser, as the case may be, and may be enforced in any other courts in the jurisdiction
of which the Fund or the Adviser is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

14. <u>Counterparts</u>. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and the Dealer Manager.

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| Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation | Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation |
| By: |  |
|  | Name: |
|  | Title: |

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| Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. | Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. |
| By: |  |
|  | Name: |
|  | Title: |

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[*Signature Page to Dealer Manager Agreement*]

The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed<br> and accepted as of the date first above written.

UBS SECURITIES LLC

By: <br> Name: <br> Title:

By: <br> Name: <br> Title:

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Exhibit A

TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

7,043,198 Shares of Common Stock<br> Issuable Upon Exercise of Transferable Rights<br> to Subscribe for Such Shares

SELLING GROUP AGREEMENT

New York, New York<br> [•], 2026

UBS Securities LLC<br> 11 Madison Avenue<br> New York, New York 10010

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We understand that Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "<u>Fund</u>"), proposes to issue to holders of record (the "<u>Record Date Stockholders</u>") as of the close of business on the record date (the "<u>Record Date</u>") set forth in the Fund's Prospectus (as defined in the Dealer Manager Agreement (the "<u>Dealer Manager Agreement</u>") dated May 20, 2026 among the Fund, Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the "<u>Adviser</u>"), and UBS Securities LLC as the dealer manager (the "<u>Dealer Manager</u>") transferable rights entitling such Record Date Stockholders to subscribe for up to 7,043,198 shares of common stock (each, a "<u>Share</u>," and collectively, the "<u>Shares</u>"), par value $0.001 per Share (the "<u>Common Shares</u>"), of the Fund (the "<u>Offer</u>"). Pursuant to the terms of the Offer, the Fund is issuing each Record Date Stockholder one transferable right (each, a "<u>Right</u>," and collectively, the "<u>Rights</u>") for each Common Share held by such Record Date Stockholder on the Record Date. Such Rights entitle their holders to acquire during the subscription period set forth in the Prospectus (the "<u>Subscription Period</u>"), at the price set forth in such Prospectus (the "<u>Subscription Price</u>"), one Share for every three (3) Rights exercised (1-for-3) (except that any Record Date Stockholder who owns fewer than three (3) shares of Common Stock on the Record Date will be able to subscribe for one full Share pursuant to the primary subscription), on the terms and conditions set forth in such Prospectus. No fractional shares will be issued. Any Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights initially issued to such Record Date Stockholder (other than those Rights that cannot be exercised because they represent the right to acquire less than one Share) will be entitled to subscribe for, subject to allocation, additional Shares (the "<u>Over-Subscription Privilege</u>") on the terms and conditions set forth in such Prospectus. The Rights are transferable and are expected to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TYG RT."

We further understand that the Fund has appointed UBS Securities LLC to act as the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offer and has authorized the Dealer Manager to form and manage a group of broker-dealers (each, a "<u>Selling Group Member</u>," and collectively, the "<u>Selling Group</u>") to solicit the exercise of Rights and to sell Shares purchased by the Dealer Manager from the Fund through the exercise of Rights.

We hereby express our interest in participating in the Offer as a Selling Group Member.

We hereby agree with you as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. We have received and reviewed the Prospectus relating to the Offer and we understand that additional copies
of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as it may be subsequently supplemented or amended, if applicable) and any other solicitation materials
authorized by the Fund relating to the Offer (" <u>Offering Materials</u> ") will be supplied to us in reasonable quantities
upon our request therefor to you. We agree that we will not use any solicitation material other than the Prospectus (as supplemented or
amended, if applicable) and such Offering Materials and we agree not to make any representation, oral or written, to any stockholders
or prospective stockholders of the Fund that are not contained in the Prospectus, unless previously authorized to do so in writing by
the Fund.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. From time to time during the Subscription Period commencing on May 20, 2026 and ending at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Expiration Date (the term " <u>Expiration Date</u> " means June 17, 2026 unless and until the Fund
shall, in its sole discretion, have extended the period for which the Offer is open, in which event the term "Expiration Date"
with respect to the Offer will mean the latest time and date on which the Offer, as so extended by the Fund, will expire), we may solicit
the exercise of Rights in connection with the Offer. We will be entitled to receive fees in the amounts and at the times described in
Section 4 of this Selling Group Agreement with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of Rights and with respect to
which and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the " <u>Subscription Agent</u> ") has received, no later than 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Expiration Date, either (i) a properly completed and executed Subscription Certificate identifying us
as the broker-dealer having been instrumental in the exercise of such Rights, and full payment for such Shares, or (ii) a Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery guaranteeing to the Subscription Agent by the close of business of the first business day after the Expiration
Date a properly completed and duly executed Subscription Certificate, similarly identifying us, and full payment for such Shares. We understand
that we will not be paid these fees with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to an exercise of Rights for our own account or for the
account of any of our affiliates. We also understand and agree that we are not entitled to receive any fees in connection with the solicitation
of the exercise of Rights other than pursuant to the terms of this Selling Group Agreement and, in particular, that we will not be entitled
to receive any fees under the Fund's Soliciting Dealer Agreement. We agree to solicit the exercise of Rights in accordance with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " <u>Exchange Act</u> "), the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations under each such Act, any applicable securities laws of any state or jurisdiction
where such solicitations may be lawfully made, the applicable rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization or registered
national securities exchange and customary practice and subject to the terms of the Subscription Agent Agreement between the Fund and
the Subscription Agent and the procedures described in the Fund's registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-295680
and 811-21462), allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, as amended (the
" <u>Registration Statement</u> "). For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, we acknowledge and agree
that UBS Securities LLC has no responsibility for compliance by any person other than UBS Securities LLC and its affiliated purchasers
(" <u>Affiliated Purchasers</u> "), as that term is defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M (" <u>Regulation M</u> ")
under the Exchange Act, with Regulation M, including with respect to all bids for, purchases of, or attempts to induce any person to bid
for or purchase, including any solicitation of, the Rights or Shares.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. From time to time during the Subscription Period, we may indicate interest in purchasing Shares from the
Dealer Manager. We understand that from time to time the Dealer Manager intends to offer Shares obtained or to be obtained by the Dealer
Manager through the exercise of Rights to Selling Group Members who have so indicated interest at prices which shall be determined by
the Dealer Manager (the " <u>Offering Price</u> "). We agree that, with respect to any such Shares purchased by us from the
Dealer Manager, the sale of such Shares to us shall be irrevocable, and we will offer them to the public at the Offering Price at which
we purchase them from the Dealer Manager. Shares not sold by us at such Offering Price may be offered by us after the next succeeding
Offering Price is set at the latest Offering Price set by the Dealer Manager. The Dealer Manager agrees that, if requested by any Selling
Group Member, and subject to applicable law, the Dealer Manager will set a new Offering Price prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City time,
on any business day. We agree to advise the Dealer Manager from time to time upon request, prior to the termination of this Selling Group
Agreement, of the number of Shares remaining unsold which were purchased by us from the Dealer Manager and, upon the Dealer Manager's
request, we will resell to the Dealer Manager any of such Shares remaining unsold at the purchase price thereof if in the Dealer Manager's
opinion such Shares are needed to make delivery against sales made to other Selling Group Members. Any shares purchased hereunder from
the Dealer Manager shall be subject to regular way settlement through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (" <u>DTC</u> ").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. We understand that you will remit to us on or before the tenth business day following the day the Fund
issues Shares after the Expiration Date, following receipt by you from the Fund of the Dealer Manager Fee (as defined in the Dealer Manager
Agreement), a fee (the " <u>Selling Fee</u> ") equal to 2.00% of the Subscription Price per Share for (i) each Share issued
pursuant to the exercise of Rights or the Over-Subscription Privilege pursuant to each Subscription Certificate upon which we are designated,
as certified to you by the Subscription Agent, as a result of our solicitation efforts in accordance with Section 2 and (ii) each
Share sold by the Dealer Manager to us in accordance with Section 3 less any Shares resold to the Dealer Manager in accordance with
Section 3. We understand that with respect to each Share sold by the Dealer Manager to us in accordance with Section 3 less
any Shares resold to the Dealer Manager in accordance with Section 3, such fee may from time to time vary from 2.00% of the Subscription
Price per Share. Your only obligation with respect to payment of the Selling Fee to us is to remit to us amounts owing to us and actually
received by you from the Fund. Except as aforesaid, you shall be under no liability to make any payments to us pursuant to this Selling
Group Agreement. We also understand that the Fund and the Adviser have agreed to indemnify us pursuant to the terms set forth in the Dealer
Manager Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. We agree that you, as Dealer Manager, have full authority to take such action as may seem advisable to
you in respect of all matters pertaining to the Offer. You are authorized to approve on our behalf any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. We represent that we are a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(" <u>FINRA</u> ") and, in making sales of Shares, agree to comply with all applicable rules of FINRA including, without limitation,
FINRA Rules 2040, 5130 and 5141. We understand that no action has been taken by you or the Fund to permit the solicitation of the exercise
of Rights or the sale of Shares in any jurisdiction (other than the United States) where action would be required for such purpose. We
agree that we will not, without your approval in advance, buy, sell, deal or trade in, on a when-issued basis or otherwise, the Rights
or the Shares or any other option to acquire or sell Shares for our own account or for the accounts of customers, except as provided in
Sections 2 and 3 hereof and except that we may buy or sell Rights or Shares in brokerage transactions on unsolicited orders which
have not resulted from activities on our part in connection with the solicitation of the exercise of Rights and which are executed by
us in the ordinary course of our brokerage business. We will keep an accurate record of the names and addresses of all persons to whom
we give copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any
Offering Materials and, when furnished with any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement and any subsequent prospectus, we will,
upon your request, promptly forward copies thereof to such persons.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. Nothing contained in this Selling Group Agreement will constitute the Selling Group Members partners with
the Dealer Manager or with one another or create any association between those parties, or will render the Dealer Manager or the Fund
liable for the obligations of any Selling Group Member. The Dealer Manager will be under no liability to make any payment to any Selling
Group Member other than as provided in Section 4 of this Selling Group Agreement, and will be subject to no other liabilities to
any Selling Group Member, and no obligations of any sort will be implied. We agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund, the Adviser,
you and each other Selling Group Member and each person, if any, who controls you and any such Selling Group Member within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against loss or liability caused by any breach
by us of the terms of this Selling Group Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. We agree to pay any transfer taxes which may be assessed and paid on account of any sales or transfers
for our account.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9. All communications to you relating to the Offer will be addressed to: UBS Securities LLC, 11 Madison Avenue,
New York, New York 10010, Attn: Ari Derman.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10. This Selling Group Agreement will be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

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A signed copy of this Selling Group Agreement will be promptly returned to the Selling Group Member at the address set forth below.

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| Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| UBS SECURITIES LLC | UBS SECURITIES LLC |
| By: |  |
|  | Name: |
|  | Title: |

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PLEASE COMPLETE THE INFORMATION BELOW

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| Name and Title | Area Code and Telephone Number |
| DTC Number | Facsimile Number |
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Payment of the Selling Fee shall be wired to the following account:

Exhibit B

TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

7,043,198 Shares of Common Stock<br> Issuable Upon Exercise of Transferable Rights<br> to Subscribe for Such Shares

SOLICITING DEALER AGREEMENT

THE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME,

JUNE 17, 2026 UNLESS EXTENDED

New York, New York<br> [•], 2026

To Securities Dealers and Brokers:

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "<u>Fund</u>"), is issuing to its stockholders of record ("<u>Record Date Stockholders</u>") as of the close of business on May 20, 2026 (the "<u>Record Date</u>") transferable rights ("<u>Rights</u>") to subscribe for an aggregate of up to 7,043,198 shares of common stock (the "<u>Shares</u>"), par value $0.001 per Share (the "<u>Common Shares</u>"), of the Fund upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Fund's Prospectus (the "<u>Offer</u>"). Each such Record Date Stockholder is being issued one Right for each full Common Share owned on the Record Date. Such Rights entitle their holders to acquire during the Subscription Period (as hereinafter defined) at the Subscription Price (as hereinafter defined) one Share for every three (3) Rights exercised (1-for-3) (except that any Record Date Stockholder who owns fewer than three (3) shares of Common Stock on the Record Date will be able to subscribe for one full Share pursuant to the primary subscription), on the terms and conditions set forth in such Prospectus. No fractional shares will be issued. Any Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights initially issued to such Record Date Stockholder (other than those Rights that cannot be exercised because they represent the right to acquire less than one Share) will be entitled to subscribe for, subject to allocation, additional Shares (the "<u>Over-Subscription Privilege</u>") on the terms and conditions set forth in such Prospectus. The Rights are transferable and are expected to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("<u>NYSE</u>") under the symbol "TYG RT"

The Subscription Price will be determined based upon a formula equal to 92.5% of the average of the last reported sale price of a Common Share on the NYSE on the date on which the Offer expires, as such date may be extended from time to time, and each of the four (4) preceding trading days (the "<u>Formula Price</u>"). If, however, the Formula Price is less than 90% of the average of the net asset value ("<u>NAV</u>") per Common Share at the close of trading on the date on which the Offer expires and each of the four (4) preceding trading days, then the Subscription Price will be 90% of the average of the Fund's NAV per Common Share at the close of trading on the NYSE on the date on which the Offer expires and each of the four (4) preceding trading days. The Fund will pay a sales load on the Subscription Price. The Subscription Period will commence on May 20, 2026 and end at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date (the term "<u>Expiration Date</u>" means June 17, 2026 unless and until the Fund shall, in its sole discretion, have extended the period for which the Offer is open, in which event the term "Expiration Date" with respect to the Offer will mean the latest time and date on which the Offer, as so extended by the Fund, will expire).

For the duration of the Offer, the Fund has authorized and the Dealer Manager (as hereinafter defined) has agreed to reallow a fee to any qualified broker or dealer executing a Soliciting Dealer Agreement who solicits the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege in connection with the Offer and who complies with the procedures described below (a "<u>Soliciting Dealer</u>"). Upon timely delivery to Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Fund's Subscription Agent for the Offer (the "<u>Subscription Agent</u>"), of payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege and of properly completed and executed documentation as set forth in this Soliciting Dealer Agreement, a Soliciting Dealer will be entitled to receive a fee (the "<u>Soliciting Fee</u>") equal to 0.50% of the Subscription Price per Share so purchased subject to a maximum fee based on the number of Common Shares held by such Soliciting Dealer through The Depository Trust Company ("<u>DTC</u>") on the Record Date; <u>provided</u>, <u>however</u>, that no payment shall be due with respect to the issuance of any Shares until payment therefor is actually received. A qualified broker or dealer is a broker or dealer which is a member of a registered national securities exchange in the United States or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("<u>FINRA</u>") or any foreign broker or dealer not eligible for membership who is not making solicitations outside the United States, who is relying on Rule 15a-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "<u>Exchange Act</u>"), to be exempt from registration in the United States as a broker or dealer, and who agrees to conform to the Rules of FINRA, including, without limitation, FINRA Rules 2040, 5130 and 5141 thereof, in making solicitations in the United States to the same extent as if it were a member thereof.

The Fund has authorized and the Dealer Manager (as defined below) has agreed to pay the Soliciting Fees payable to the undersigned Soliciting Dealer, and the Fund and the Adviser (as defined below) have agreed to indemnify such Soliciting Dealer on the terms set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement (the "<u>Dealer Manager Agreement</u>") dated May 20, 2026 among the Fund, Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the "<u>Adviser</u>"), and UBS Securities LLC, as the dealer manager (the "<u>Dealer Manager</u>"). Solicitation and other activities by Soliciting Dealers may be undertaken only in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and only in those states and other jurisdictions where such solicitations and other activities may lawfully be undertaken and in accordance with the laws thereof. Compensation will not be paid for solicitations in any state or other jurisdiction in which, in the opinion of counsel to the Fund or counsel to the Dealer Manager, such compensation may not lawfully be paid. No Soliciting Dealer shall be paid Soliciting Fees with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to an exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege for its own account or for the account of any affiliate of the Soliciting Dealer. No Soliciting Dealer or any other person is authorized by the Fund or the Dealer Manager to give any information or make any representations in connection with the Offer other than those contained in the Prospectus and other authorized solicitation material furnished by the Fund through the Dealer Manager. No Soliciting Dealer is authorized to act as agent of the Fund or the Dealer Manager in any connection or transaction. In addition, nothing herein contained shall constitute the Soliciting Dealers partners with the Dealer Manager or with one another, or agents of the Dealer Manager or of the Fund, or create any association between such parties, or shall render the Dealer Manager or the Fund liable for the obligations of any Soliciting Dealer. The Dealer Manager shall be under no liability to make any payment to any Soliciting Dealer, and shall be subject to no other liabilities to any Soliciting Dealer, and no obligations of any sort shall be implied.

In order for a Soliciting Dealer to receive Soliciting Fees, the Subscription Agent must have received from such Soliciting Dealer no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, either (i) a properly completed and duly executed Subscription Certificate with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege and full payment for such Shares or (ii) a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery guaranteeing delivery to the Subscription Agent by close of business on the first business day after the Expiration Date of (A) a properly completed and duly executed Subscription Certificate with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege and (B) full payment for such Shares. Soliciting Fees will only be paid after receipt by the Subscription Agent of a properly completed and duly executed Soliciting Dealer Agreement and a Subscription Certificate designating the Soliciting Dealer in the applicable portion hereof. In the case of a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, Soliciting Fees will only be paid after delivery in accordance with such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery has been effected. Soliciting Fees will be paid by the Fund (through the Subscription Agent) to the Soliciting Dealer by wire to an account designated by the Soliciting Dealer below by the tenth business day following the day the Fund issues Shares after the Expiration Date.

All questions as to the form, validity and eligibility (including time of receipt) of this Soliciting Dealer Agreement will be determined by the Fund, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. Unless waived, any irregularities in connection with a Soliciting Dealer Agreement or delivery thereof must be cured within such time as the Fund shall determine. None of the Fund, the Dealer Manager, the Subscription Agent, the Information Agent for the Offer or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in any Soliciting Dealer Agreement or incur any liability for failure to give such notification.

The acceptance of Soliciting Fees from the Fund by the undersigned Soliciting Dealer shall constitute a representation by such Soliciting Dealer to the Fund that: (i) it has received and reviewed the Prospectus; (ii) in soliciting purchases of Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege, it has complied with the applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "<u>Exchange Act</u>"), the applicable rules and regulations thereunder, any applicable securities laws of any state or jurisdiction where such solicitations were made, and the applicable rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization or registered national securities exchange; (iii) in soliciting purchases of Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege, it has not published, circulated or used any soliciting materials other than the Prospectus and any other authorized solicitation material furnished by the Fund through the Dealer Manager and has not made any written representations concerning the Fund to any holders or prospective holders of Shares or Rights other than those contained in such materials or otherwise previously authorized in writing by the Fund or otherwise permitted by applicable law; (iv) it has not purported to act as agent of the Fund or the Dealer Manager in any connection or transaction relating to the Offer; (v) the information contained in this Soliciting Dealer Agreement is, to its best knowledge, true and complete; (vi) it is not affiliated with the Fund; (vii) it will not accept Soliciting Fees paid by the Fund pursuant to the terms hereof with respect to Shares purchased by the Soliciting Dealer pursuant to an exercise of Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege for its own account or the account of any affiliates; (viii) it will not remit, directly or indirectly, any part of Soliciting Fees paid by the Fund pursuant to the terms hereof to any beneficial owner of Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer; and (ix) it has agreed to the amount of the Soliciting Fees and the terms and conditions set forth herein with respect to receiving such Soliciting Fees. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting clause (ii) of the foregoing sentence, the undersigned Soliciting Dealer acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned Soliciting Dealer is solely responsible for compliance by it and its Affiliated Purchasers with Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, including with respect to all bids for, purchases of, or attempts to induce any person to bid for or purchase, including any solicitation of, the Rights or Shares, and that UBS Securities LLC has no responsibility for ensuring that that the Soliciting Dealer's solicitation activities comply with Regulation M. By returning a Soliciting Dealer Agreement and accepting Soliciting Fees, a Soliciting Dealer will be deemed to have agreed to indemnify the Fund, the Adviser and the Dealer Manager against losses, claims, damages and liabilities to which the Fund may become subject as a result of the breach of such Soliciting Dealer's representations made herein and described above. In making the foregoing representations, Soliciting Dealers are reminded of the possible applicability of the anti-manipulation rules under the Exchange Act if they have bought, sold, dealt in or traded in any Shares for their own account since the commencement of the Offer.

Upon expiration of the Offer, no Soliciting Fees will be payable to Soliciting Dealers with respect to Shares purchased thereafter.

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Dealer Manager Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Prospectus.

This Soliciting Dealer Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Please execute this Soliciting Dealer Agreement below accepting the terms and conditions hereof and confirming that you are a member firm of FINRA or a foreign broker or dealer not eligible for membership who is not making solicitations outside the United States, who is relying on Rule 15a-6 under the Exchange Act to be exempt from registration in the United States, and who has conformed to the Rules of FINRA, including, without limitation, FINRA Rules 2040, 5130 and 5141 thereof, in making solicitations of the type being undertaken pursuant to the Offer in the United States to the same extent as if you were a member thereof, and certifying that you have solicited the purchase of the Shares pursuant to exercise of the Rights and the Over-Subscription Privilege, all as described above, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Soliciting Dealer Agreement. Please forward two executed copies of this Soliciting Dealer Agreement to: UBS Securities LLC, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Attn: Ari Derman.

[*Signature Page Follows*]

A signed copy of this Soliciting Dealer Agreement will be promptly returned to the Soliciting Dealer at the address set forth below.

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| Very truly yours, | Very truly yours, |
| UBS SECURITIES LLC | UBS SECURITIES LLC |
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|  | Name: |
|  | Title: |

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PLEASE COMPLETE THE INFORMATION BELOW

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| Printed Firm Name | Address |
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| Authorized Signature |  |
| Name and Title | Area Code and Telephone Number |
| DTC Number | Facsimile Number |
| Dated: |  |

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Payment of the Soliciting Fee shall be wired to the following account:

## Ex-99.(K)(7)

**Exhibit (k)(7)**

**SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION ADMINISTRATION**

**SERVICING AGREEMENT**

**THIS SECOND AMENDMENT**, as of the 1<sup>st</sup> day of October 2024, to the Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, dated December 12, 2003 (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and between **TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION,** a Maryland corporation (the "Company" or "Fund") and **U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC d/b/a U.S. Bank Global Fund Services**, a Wisconsin limited liability company ("USBGFS).

**RECITALS**

**WHEREAS,** the parties have entered into the Agreement; and

**WHEREAS,** the parties desire to amend the fee schedule in Exhibit A of the Agreement to update the fees.

**WHEREAS,** Section 6 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by the parties; and

**NOW, THEREFORE,** the parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

Effective October 1, 2024, Exhibit A of the Agreement is superseded and replaced in its entirety with Exhibit A attached hereto.

**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **TORTOISE ENERGY** | **TORTOISE ENERGY** | | |
| **INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION** | **INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION** | **U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC** | **U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC** |
| By: | /s/ Matthew Sallee | By: | /s/ Greg Farley |
| Name: | Matthew Sallee | Name: | Greg Farley |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | Title: | Senior Vice President |

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**Exhibit A to the Administration Servicing Agreement**

**Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (TYG)**

**Fund Administration & Fund Accounting Services Fee Schedule at October 2024**

Annual Fund Administration Fee Based Upon Managed Assets Per Fund

3 basis points on the first $1 billion

1 basis points on the next $500 million

0.5 basis points on the balance over $1.5 billion

Minimum Annual Fee: $30,000 per fund

▪ Additional fee of $15,000 for each additional class, Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC), and/or sub- advisor (waived)

Annual Fund Accounting Fee Based Upon Average Net Assets Per Fund

$24,000 base fee on the first $50 million

1.25 basis points on the next $200 million

0.75 basis points on the next $250 million

0.25 basis points on the balance over $500 million

Note: Conversion, master/feeder, and extraordinary services quoted separately.

The fees above include the following core tax services: M-1 book-to-tax adjustments at fiscal and excise year-end, prepare tax footnotes in conjunction with fiscal year-end audit, Prepare Form 1120-RIC federal income tax return and relevant schedules, Prepare Form 8613 and relevant schedules, Prepare Form 1099-MISC Forms, Prepare Annual TDF FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Reporting) filing, Prepare state returns (Limited to two) and Capital Gain Dividend Estimates (Limited to two).

All schedules subject to change depending upon use of unique security type requiring special pricing or accounting arrangements.

**Chief Compliance Officer Support Fee**

▪ $3,000 per year per fund complex (waived)

**Data Services**

**Pricing Services**

▪ $0.08 – Domestic Equities, Options, ADRs, Foreign Equities, Futures, Forwards, Currency Rates, Total Return Swaps,

▪ $0.50 – Domestic Corporates, Domestic Convertibles, Domestic Governments and Agencies, Mortgage Backed, Municipal Bonds

▪ $0.80 – CMOs, Money Market Instruments, Foreign Corporates, Foreign Convertibles, Foreign Governments, Foreign Agencies, Asset
Backed, High Yield

▪ $0.90 – Interest Rate Swaps, Foreign Currency Swaps

▪ $1.00 – Bank Loans

▪ $1.50 – Swaptions

▪ $1.50 – Intraday money market funds pricing, up to 3 times per day

▪ $3.00 – Credit Default Swaps

▪ $500 per Month Manual Security Pricing (>25per day)

**Exhibit A to the Administration Servicing Agreement**

**Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (TYG)**

Note: Prices above are based on using U.S. Bank primary pricing service which may vary by security type and are subject to change. Use of alternative and/or additional sources may result in additional fees. Pricing vendors may designate certain securities as hard to value or as a non-standard security type, such as CLOs and CDOs, which may result in additional fees.

Corporate Action and Factor Services (security paydown)

▪ $2.00 per Foreign Equity Security per Month

▪ $1.00 per Domestic Equity Security per Month

▪ $2.00 per CMOs, Asset Backed, Mortgage Backed Security per Month

Third Party Administrative Data Charges (descriptive data for each security)

$1 per security per month for fund administrative data (based upon U.S. Bancorp standard data services and are subject to change)SEC Modernization Requirements

▪ Form N-PORT – $9,000 per year, per Fund

▪ Form N-CEN – $250 per year, per Fund

**Miscellaneous Expenses**

All other miscellaneous fees and expenses, including but not limited to the following, will be separately billed as incurred:

Fair Value Services, SWIFT processing, customized reporting, third-party data provider costs,(including Bloomberg, S&P, Moody's, Morningstar, GICS, MSCI, Lipper, etc.), postage, stationery, programming, special reports, proxies, insurance, EDGAR/XBRL filing, tax e-filing, PFIC monitoring, wash sale reporting (Gainskeeper), retention of records, federal and state regulatory filing fees, expenses from Board of directors meetings, third party auditing and legal expenses, and conversion expenses (if necessary).

Additional services not included above shall be mutually agreed upon at the time of the service being added. In addition to the fees described above, additional fees may be charged to the extent that changes to applicable laws, rules or regulations require additional work or expenses related to services provided (e.g., compliance with new liquidity risk management and reporting requirements).

Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly.

**Chief Compliance Officer Support Fee**

▪ $3,000 per year per fund complex (waived)

**Exhibit A to the Administration Servicing Agreement**

**Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (TYG)**

**Fund Administration & Compliance Portfolio Services Supplemental Fee Schedule**

**SEC Derivatives Rule 18f-4 Confluence Technologies Offering**

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Offering** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Price per Fund per Month\*** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Limited Derivatives User | &nbsp;&nbsp;$200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Full Derivatives User (no OTC derivatives) | &nbsp;&nbsp;$300 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Full Derivative User (with 1-5 OTC derivatives) | &nbsp;&nbsp;$400 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Full Derivative User (with 5 or more OTC derivatives) | &nbsp;&nbsp;$500 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Closed Fund Data Maintenance Fee | &nbsp;&nbsp;$50 |

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**\*Additional fees may apply from index providers**

**Section 15(c) Reporting**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ $2,000 per fund per standard reporting package\*

\*Standard reporting packages for annual 15(c) meeting

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Expense reporting package: 2 peer comparison reports (adviser fee) and (net expense ratio with classes
on one report) OR Full 15(c) report

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Performance reporting package: Peer Comparison Report

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Additional 15(c) reporting is subject to additional charges

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Data source – Morningstar; other data sources may incur additional charges by a third-party source. The creation of the reporting

**Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services:**

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Percentage of individual level 2 instruments held by a Fund** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Monthly Fee for Such Fund<sup>1</sup>** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;5% or less | &nbsp;&nbsp;$100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;More than 5% but less than 25% | &nbsp;&nbsp;$200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;25% or more | &nbsp;&nbsp;$300 |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| Note: | The availability of the Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services and the associated fees are subject to Fund Services' ability to obtain comparison prices from its chosen comparison third-party pricing sources at reasonable cost. The reports provided as part of the Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services may, in Fund Services' sole discretion, exclude information for instruments for which an alternative comparison price is unavailable or difficult or costly to obtain. In addition, the reports provided may cease to include instruments that were previously included if alternative prices are no longer available from third-party sources or if the fees for such alternative prices rise. |

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**Optional Tax Services**

▪ Prepare book-to-tax adjustments & Form 5471 for Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) – $5,000 per year

▪ Additional Capital Gain Dividend Estimates – (First two included in core services) – $1,000 per additional estimate

**<sup>1</sup> NOTE: The Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services and the associated fees are dependent on comparison prices from Fund Services' chosen comparison third-party pricing source. The Fund may choose to perform comparison pricing with a different comparison pricing vendor under an alternative service with different associated costs.**

▪ State tax returns - (First two included in core services) – $1,500 per additional return

**Tax Reporting – MLP C-Corporations**

**Federal Tax Returns**

▪ Prepare corporate Book to tax calculation, average cost analysis and cost basis role forwards, and federal income tax returns for
investment fund (Federal returns & 1099 Breakout Analysis) – $25,000

▪ Prepare Federal and State extensions (If Applicable) – Included in the return fees

▪ Prepare provision estimates – $2,000 Per estimate

**State Tax Returns**

▪ Prepare state income tax returns for funds and blocker entities – $1,500 per state return

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Sign state income tax returns – $2,000 per state return

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Assist in filing state income tax returns – Included with preparation of returns

▪ State tax notice consultative support and resolution – $1,000 per fund

**Extraordinary Services**

Extraordinary services are duties or responsibilities of an unusual nature, including termination, but not provided for in the governing documents or otherwise set forth in this schedule. A reasonable charge will be assessed based on the nature of the service and the responsibility involved. At our option, these charges will be billed at a flat fee or at our hourly rate then in effect.

Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly.

## Ex-99.(K)(10)

**Exhibit (k)(10)**

**SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION**

**FUND ACCOUNTING SERVICING AGREEMENT**

**THIS SECOND AMENDMENT**, as of the 1<sup>st</sup> day of October 2024, to the Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement, dated September 5, 2006 (the "Agreement"), is entered into by and between **TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION,** a Maryland corporation (the "Fund") and **U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC d/b/a U.S. Bank Global Fund Services**, a Wisconsin limited liability company ("USBGFS).

**RECITALS**

**WHEREAS,** the parties have entered into the Agreement; and

**WHEREAS,** the parties desire to amend the fee schedule in Exhibit A of the Agreement to update the fees.

**WHEREAS,** Section 15 of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written instrument executed by the parties; and

**NOW, THEREFORE,** the parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

Effective October 1, 2024, Exhibit A of the Agreement is superseded and replaced in its entirety with Exhibit A attached hereto.

**IN WITNESS WHEREOF**, the parties hereto have caused this Second Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **TORTOISE ENERGY** | **TORTOISE ENERGY** | | |
| **INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION** | **INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION** | **U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC** | **U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC** |
| By: | /s/ Matthew Sallee | By: | /s/ Greg Farley |
| Name: | Matthew Sallee | Name: | Greg Farley |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | Title: | Senior Vice President |

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**Exhibit A to the Accounting Servicing Agreement<br> Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation**

**Fund Administration & Fund Accounting Services Fee Schedule at October 2024**

Annual Fund Administration Fee Based Upon Managed Assets Per Fund

3 basis points on the first $1 billion

1 basis points on the next $500 million

0.5 basis points on the balance over $1.5 billion

Minimum Annual Fee: $30,000 per fund

▪ Additional fee of $15,000 for each additional class, Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC), and/or sub-advisor (waived)

Annual Fund Accounting Fee Based Upon Average Net Assets Per Fund

$24,000 base fee on the first $50 million

1.25 basis points on the next $200 million

0.75 basis points on the next $250 million

0.25 basis points on the balance over $500 million

Note: Conversion, master/feeder, and extraordinary services quoted separately.

The fees above include the following core tax services: M-1 book-to-tax adjustments at fiscal and excise year-end, prepare tax footnotes in conjunction with fiscal year-end audit, Prepare Form 1120-RIC federal income tax return and relevant schedules, Prepare Form 8613 and relevant schedules, Prepare Form 1099-MISC Forms, Prepare Annual TDF FBAR (Foreign Bank Account Reporting) filing, Prepare state returns (Limited to two) and Capital Gain Dividend Estimates (Limited to two).

All schedules subject to change depending upon use of unique security type requiring special pricing or accounting arrangements.

**Chief Compliance Officer Support Fee**

▪ $3,000 per year per fund complex (waived)

**Data Services**

**Pricing Services**

▪ $0.08 – Domestic Equities, Options, ADRs, Foreign Equities, Futures, Forwards, Currency Rates, Total Return Swaps,

▪ $0.50 – Domestic Corporates, Domestic Convertibles, Domestic Governments and Agencies, Mortgage Backed, Municipal Bonds

▪ $0.80 – CMOs, Money Market Instruments, Foreign Corporates, Foreign Convertibles, Foreign Governments, Foreign Agencies, Asset
Backed, High Yield

▪ $0.90 – Interest Rate Swaps, Foreign Currency Swaps

▪ $1.00 – Bank Loans

▪ $1.50 – Swaptions

▪ $1.50 – Intraday money market funds pricing, up to 3 times per day

▪ $3.00 – Credit Default Swaps

▪ $500 per Month Manual Security Pricing (>25per day)

**Exhibit A to the Accounting Servicing Agreement<br> Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation**

Note: Prices above are based on using U.S. Bank primary pricing service which may vary by security type and are subject to change. Use of alternative and/or additional sources may result in additional fees. Pricing vendors may designate certain securities as hard to value or as a non-standard security type, such as CLOs and CDOs, which may result in additional fees.

Corporate Action and Factor Services (security paydown)

▪ $2.00 per Foreign Equity Security per Month

▪ $1.00 per Domestic Equity Security per Month

▪ $2.00 per CMOs, Asset Backed, Mortgage Backed Security per Month

Third Party Administrative Data Charges (descriptive data for each security)

$1 per security per month for fund administrative data (based upon U.S. Bancorp standard data services and are subject to change)

SEC Modernization Requirements

▪ Form N-PORT – $9,000 per year, per Fund

▪ Form N-CEN – $250 per year, per Fund

**Miscellaneous Expenses**

All other miscellaneous fees and expenses, including but not limited to the following, will be separately billed as incurred:

Fair Value Services, SWIFT processing, customized reporting, third-party data provider costs,(including Bloomberg, S&P, Moody's, Morningstar, GICS, MSCI, Lipper, etc.), postage, stationery, programming, special reports, proxies, insurance, EDGAR/XBRL filing, tax e-filing, PFIC monitoring, wash sale reporting (Gainskeeper), retention of records, federal and state regulatory filing fees, expenses from Board of directors meetings, third party auditing and legal expenses, and conversion expenses (if necessary).

Additional services not included above shall be mutually agreed upon at the time of the service being added. In addition to the fees described above, additional fees may be charged to the extent that changes to applicable laws, rules or regulations require additional work or expenses related to services provided (e.g., compliance with new liquidity risk management and reporting requirements).

Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly.

**Chief Compliance Officer Support Fee**

▪ $3,000 per year per fund complex (waived)

**Exhibit A to the Accounting Servicing Agreement<br> Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation**

**Fund Administration & Compliance Portfolio Services Supplemental Fee Schedule**

**SEC Derivatives Rule 18f-4 Confluence Technologies Offering**

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Offering** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Price per Fund per Month\*** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Limited Derivatives User | &nbsp;&nbsp;$200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Full Derivatives User (no OTC derivatives) | &nbsp;&nbsp;$300 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Full Derivative User (with 1-5 OTC derivatives) | &nbsp;&nbsp;$400 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Full Derivative User (with 5 or more OTC derivatives) | &nbsp;&nbsp;$500 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Closed Fund Data Maintenance Fee | &nbsp;&nbsp;$50 |

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**\*Additional fees may apply from index providers**

**Section 15(c) Reporting**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ $2,000 per fund per standard reporting package\*

\*Standard reporting packages for annual 15(c) meeting

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Expense reporting package: 2 peer comparison reports (adviser fee) and (net expense ratio with classes
on one report) OR Full 15(c) report

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Performance reporting package: Peer Comparison Report

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Additional 15(c) reporting is subject to additional charges

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Data source – Morningstar; other data sources may incur additional charges by a third-party source. The creation of the reporting

**Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services:**

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Percentage of individual level 2 instruments held by a Fund** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Monthly Fee for Such Fund<sup>1</sup>** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;5% or less | &nbsp;&nbsp;$100 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;More than 5% but less than 25% | &nbsp;&nbsp;$200 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;25% or more | &nbsp;&nbsp;$300 |

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|:---|:---|
| Note: | The availability of the Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services and the associated fees are subject to Fund Services' ability to obtain comparison prices from its chosen comparison third-party pricing sources at reasonable cost. The reports provided as part of the Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services may, in Fund Services' sole discretion, exclude information for instruments for which an alternative comparison price is unavailable or difficult or costly to obtain. In addition, the reports provided may cease to include instruments that were previously included if alternative prices are no longer available from third-party sources or if the fees for such alternative prices rise. |

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**Optional Tax Services**

▪ Prepare book-to-tax adjustments & Form 5471 for Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) – $5,000 per year

▪ Additional Capital Gain Dividend Estimates – (First two included in core services) – $1,000 per additional estimate

**<sup>1</sup> NOTE: The Rule 2a-5 Supplemental Services and the associated fees are dependent on comparison prices from Fund Services' chosen comparison third-party pricing source. The Fund may choose to perform comparison pricing with a different comparison pricing vendor under an alternative service with different associated costs.**

▪ State tax returns - (First two included in core services) – $1,500 per additional return

**Tax Reporting – MLP C-Corporations**

**Federal Tax Returns**

▪ Prepare corporate Book to tax calculation, average cost analysis and cost basis role forwards, and federal income tax returns for
investment fund (Federal returns & 1099 Breakout Analysis) – $25,000

▪ Prepare Federal and State extensions (If Applicable) – Included in the return fees

▪ Prepare provision estimates – $2,000 Per estimate

**State Tax Returns**

▪ Prepare state income tax returns for funds and blocker entities – $1,500 per state return

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Sign state income tax returns – $2,000 per state return

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Assist in filing state income tax returns – Included with preparation of returns

▪ State tax notice consultative support and resolution – $1,000 per fund

**Extraordinary Services**

Extraordinary services are duties or responsibilities of an unusual nature, including termination, but not provided for in the governing documents or otherwise set forth in this schedule. A reasonable charge will be assessed based on the nature of the service and the responsibility involved. At our option, these charges will be billed at a flat fee or at our hourly rate then in effect.

Fees are calculated pro rata and billed monthly.

## Ex-99.(K)(25)

**Exhibit (k)(25)**

**Deal CUSIP 89147GAA9**

**Revolving Loan CUSIP 89147GAB7**

**THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT**

**DATED AS OF MARCH 13, 2026**

**BETWEEN**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION, THE LENDERS, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT**

**THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, AS SYNDICATION AGENT**

**AND**

**U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOK RUNNER**

<u>S**CHEDULES**</u>

**SCHEDULE 1 Commitments**

**<u>EXHIBITS</u>**

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|:---|:---|
| **EXHIBIT A** | **Form of Assignment and Assumption** |
| **EXHIBIT B** | **Form of Borrowing Base Certificate** |
| **EXHIBIT C** | **Form of Compliance Certificate** |
| **EXHIBIT G** | **Form of Revolving Note** |
| **EXHIBITS H-1 to H-4** | **Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate** |

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**THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT**

This Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2026, is between TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION**,** a Maryland corporation (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), the Lenders and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrative Agent.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, certain of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2023, which has been amended by First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 13, 2024 (as so amended, the "<u>Existing Credit Agreement</u>");

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain modifications to the existing credit facility and the Lenders are willing to agree to the foregoing requests, subject, however, to the terms, conditions and agreements set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety pursuant to this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

**ARTICLE I**

**DEFINITIONS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1. <u>Definitions</u>. As used in this Agreement:

"<u>1940 Act</u>" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.

"<u>Acceptable Assets</u>" means (1) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), American Stock Exchange (AMEX), or National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) securities with a market value of greater than or equal to $5.00 per share; (2) debt issues of the United States government, or any of its agencies; (3) debt issues with a Moody's rating of no less than "Baa," or a Standard & Poor's rating of no less than "BBB"; (4) preferred shares with a Standard & Poor's rating of "A" or higher; (5) shares of registered open-end or closed-end investment companies; (6) shares of unit investment trusts issued by registered investment companies; and (7) shares of exchange traded funds issued by registered investment companies.

"<u>Administrative Agent</u>" means U.S. Bank in its capacity as contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article IX, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article IX.

"<u>Administrative Questionnaire</u>" means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

"<u>Affected Financial Institution</u>" means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

"<u>Affiliate</u>" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, including, without limitation, such Person's Subsidiaries. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of Equity Interests, by contract or otherwise.

"<u>Agent Parties</u>" means the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties.

"<u>Aggregate Commitment</u>" means the aggregate of the unexpired Commitments of all the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. As of the Closing Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $170,000,000.00.

"<u>Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure</u>" means, at any time, the aggregate of the Outstanding Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.

"<u>Agreement</u>" means this Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.

"<u>Alternate Base Rate</u>" means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) zero, (b) the Prime Rate for such day, (c) the sum of the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day *plus* 0.50% per annum and (d) the Term SOFR Rate on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day or if the Term SOFR Rate for such Business Day is not published due to a holiday or other circumstance that the Administrative Agent deems in its sole discretion to be temporary, the immediately preceding Business Day) for Dollars 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 Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from the effective date of such change. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used when Term SOFR Borrowings are unavailable pursuant to Section 2.11 or 3.3, then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the highest of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, without reference to clause (d) above.

"<u>Anti-Corruption Laws</u>" means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and any other anti-corruption law applicable to the Borrower.

"<u>Applicable Commitment Fee Rate</u>" means, at the time of determination: (i) at any time at which the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure is less than 50% of the Aggregate Commitment, 0.25% as the percentage rate per annum at which Commitment Fees are accruing on the unused portion of the Aggregate Commitment, (ii) at any time at which the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure is greater than or equal to 50% of the Aggregate Commitment but less than 70% of the Aggregate Commitment, 0.15% as the percentage rate per annum at which Commitment Fees are accruing on the unused portion of the Aggregate Commitment, and (iii) at any time at which the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure is greater than or equal to 70% of the Aggregate Commitment, 0% as the percentage rate per annum at which Commitment Fees are accruing on the unused portion of the Aggregate Commitment.

"<u>Applicable Law</u>" means, as to any Person, all applicable Laws binding upon such Person or to which such a Person is subject.

"<u>Applicable Percentage</u>" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender's Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

"<u>Approved Fund</u>" means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

"<u>Arranger</u>" means U.S. Bank, and its successors, in its capacities as Lead Arranger and Book Runner.

"<u>Article</u>" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Assignment and Assumption</u>" means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.4(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of <u>Exhibit A</u> or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

"<u>Authorized Officer</u>" means any of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Senior Vice President, Treasurer or the Chairman of the Board of the Borrower, acting singly.

"<u>Available Aggregate Commitment</u>" means, at any time, the aggregate Commitments then in effect *minus* the aggregate Revolving Exposures at such time.

"<u>Available Tenor</u>" means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period applicable to the Loans or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.

"<u>Bail-In Action</u>" 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.

"<u>Bail-In Legislation</u>" 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).

"<u>Base Rate</u>" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to (a) the Alternate Base Rate for such day *plus* (b) 0.750%.

"<u>Base Rate Borrowing</u>" means a Borrowing that, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Base Rate.

"<u>Base Rate Loan</u>" means a Loan that, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the Base Rate.

"<u>Benchmark</u>" means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 3.3(b), then "Benchmark" means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has become effective pursuant to Section 3.3(b).

"<u>Benchmark Replacement</u>" means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) Daily Simple SOFR; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

"<u>Benchmark Replacement Adjustment</u>" means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to clause (2) of the definition of "Benchmark Replacement" for any applicable interest period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities.

"<u>Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes</u>" means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of "Borrowing" and "Term SOFR Borrowing," the definition of "Alternate Base Rate," the definition of "Business Day," timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

"<u>Benchmark Replacement Date</u>" means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of "Benchmark Transition Event," the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of "Benchmark Transition Event," the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the "Benchmark Replacement Date" will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

"<u>Benchmark Transition Event</u>" means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a public statement or publication of information by any of the entities referenced in clause (2) above announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a "Benchmark Transition Event" will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

"<u>Benchmark Unavailability Period</u>" means the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark in accordance with Section 3.3(b), and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark in accordance with Section 3.3(b).

"<u>Beneficial Ownership Certification</u>" means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

"<u>Beneficial Ownership Regulation</u>" means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

"<u>Benefit Plan</u>" 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."

"<u>BHC Act Affiliate</u>" of a party means an "affiliate" (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k)) of such party.

"<u>Board</u>" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

"<u>Borrower</u>" is defined in the opening paragraph hereof.

"<u>Borrower Materials</u>" is defined in Section 10.13(b).

"<u>Borrowing</u>" means a borrowing hereunder (a) made by some or all of the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date or (b) converted or continued by the Lenders on the same date of conversion or continuation, consisting, in either case, of the aggregate amount of the several Loans of the same currency and Type.

"<u>Borrowing Base</u>" means, at any date, an amount equal to (1) 33-1/3% of the total value of the Acceptable Assets of the Borrower on such date, <u>minus</u> (2) all of the Borrower's "senior securities representing indebtedness" (as such term is used in the 1940 Act) other than the Loans, as set forth in the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently delivered to the Agent pursuant to <u>Sections 6.1(b)(4) and/or 4.3(c)</u>.

"<u>Borrowing Base Certificate</u>" means a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer, in the form of <u>Exhibit B</u> (with such modifications to such form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders from time to time), setting forth the component calculations in respect of the foregoing.

"<u>Borrowing Date</u>" means a date on which a Borrowing is made.

"<u>Business Day</u>" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in New York City, New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system; <u>provided</u> that, when used in connection with SOFR, Term SOFR, Term SOFR Base Rate or Term SOFR Rate, the term "Business Day" excludes any day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) 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>Capital Expenditures</u>" means, with reference to any period, without duplication, any expenditures for purchase or other acquisition of any Property that would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a balance sheet of the Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Capitalized Lease</u>" of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee that would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Capitalized Lease Obligations</u>" of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases that would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

"<u>Cash Collateralize</u>" means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more Revolving Lenders, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent decides in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. "<u>Cash Collateral</u>" has a meaning correlative to the foregoing and includes the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

"<u>Cash Management Services</u>" means any banking services that are provided to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing (at the time such banking service is entered into), including without limitation: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) stored value cards, (f) freight payable transactions, (g) automated clearing house or wire transfer services, or (h) treasury management, including controlled disbursement, consolidated account, lockbox, overdraft, return items, sweep and interstate depository network services.

"<u>Change in Law</u>" means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; <u>provided</u> 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 and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements, or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a "Change in Law," regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

"<u>Change of Control</u>" shall be deemed to have occurred if (1) any Person or group of Persons acting in concert shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, shares representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Borrower; or (2) a change shall occur in the Board of Directors of the Borrower such that the individuals who constituted the Board of Directors of the Borrower as of the Closing Date cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of the Borrower then in office.

"<u>Closing Date</u>" means the first date on which the conditions in Section 4.1 are satisfied.

"<u>Code</u>" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

"<u>Commitment</u>" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower, in an amount not exceeding the amount set forth in <u>Schedule 1</u>, as it may be modified (a) pursuant to Section 2.7, (b) as a result of any assignment that has become effective pursuant to Section 10.4(b) or (c) otherwise from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

"<u>Commitment Fee</u>" is defined in Section 2.5.

"<u>Commodity Exchange Act</u>" means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.).

"<u>Communications</u>" is defined in Section 10.1(d)(ii).

"<u>Compliance Certificate</u>" means a compliance certificate in substantially the form of <u>Exhibit C</u>.

"<u>Computation Date</u>" is defined in Section 2.2.

"<u>Connection Income Taxes</u>" means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

"<u>Constituent Documents</u>" means, with respect to any Person, as applicable, such Person's certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of formation, articles of organization, limited liability company agreement, management agreement, operating agreement, shareholder agreement, partnership agreement or similar document or agreement governing such Person's existence, organization or management or concerning the disposition of Equity Interests of such Person or voting rights among such Person's owners.

"<u>Contingent Obligation</u>" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person (a) assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, (b) agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or (c) otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership.

"<u>Corresponding Tenor</u>" with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

"<u>Covered Entity</u>" means any of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) a "covered entity" as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) a "covered bank" as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) a "covered FSI" as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C .F.R. § 382.2(b).

"<u>Covered Party</u>" is defined in Section 10.27.

"<u>Credit Extension</u>" means a Borrowing.

"<u>Daily Simple SOFR</u>" means for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining "Daily Simple SOFR" for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

"<u>Debtor Relief Laws</u>" means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

"<u>Default</u>" means an event that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would be an Event of Default.

"<u>Default Right</u>" has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

"<u>Defaulting Lender</u>" means, subject to Section 2.23(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days after the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender's determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days after the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender's obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender's determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (<u>provided</u> that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; <u>provided</u> that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.23(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

"<u>Deposits</u>" is defined in Section 10.5.

"<u>Dollar</u>" and "<u>$</u>" mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

"<u>Domestic Subsidiary</u>" means a Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

"<u>E-SIGN</u>" means the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and any regulations promulgated

"<u>EEA Financial Institution</u>" means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

"<u>EEA Member Country</u>" means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

"<u>EEA Resolution Authority</u>" 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.

"<u>Eligible Assignee</u>" means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.4(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.4(b)(iii)).

"<u>Environmental Laws</u>" means any and all Laws, judicial decisions, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to (a) the protection of the environment, (b) personal injury or property damage relating to the release or discharge of Hazardous Materials, (c) emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (d) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.

"<u>Environmental Liability</u>" means any liability or obligation, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), directly or indirectly, resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment, disposal or permitting or arranging for the disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

"<u>Equity Interests</u>" means all shares, interests or other equivalents, however designated, of or in a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, whether or not voting, including but not limited to common stock, member interests, partnership interests, warrants, preferred stock, convertible debentures, and all agreements, instruments and documents convertible, in whole or in part, into any one or more of the foregoing.

"<u>ERISA</u>" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

"<u>ERISA Affiliate</u>" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

"<u>ERISA Event</u>" means (a) any "reportable event," as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the failure with respect to any Plan to satisfy the "minimum funding standard" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower 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; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

"<u>Erroneous Payment</u>" is defined in Section 9.13(a).

"<u>EU</u>" means the European Union.

"<u>EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule</u>" means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

"<u>Event of Default</u>" is defined in Article VIII.

"<u>Excluded Taxes</u>" 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 request by the Borrower under Section 2.21(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.5, 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 3.5(g) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

"<u>Exhibit</u>" refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Facility Termination Date</u>" means March 11, 2028, or any earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.

"<u>FATCA</u>" means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.

"<u>Federal Funds Effective Rate</u>" means, for any day, the greater of (a) zero and (b) the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day's federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate.

"<u>Floor</u>" means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Term SOFR Base Rate.

"<u>Foreign Lender</u>" means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.

"<u>Foreign Subsidiary</u>" means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

"<u>Fund</u>" means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

"<u>GAAP</u>" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4, subject to Section 1.4.

"<u>Governmental Authority</u>" means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

"<u>Hazardous Material</u>" means any explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, any hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and any other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

"<u>Incremental Commitment</u>" is defined in Section 2.27(a).

"<u>Incremental Effective Date</u>" is defined in Section 2.27(c).

"<u>Incremental Lender</u>" is defined in Section 2.27(b).

"<u>Indebtedness</u>" of a Person means, without duplication, such Person's (a) obligations for borrowed money (including the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person's business payable on terms customary in the trade), (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from Property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments, (e) obligations to purchase securities or other Property arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or Property, (f) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) obligations as an account party with respect to standby and commercial letters of credit, (h) Contingent Obligations, (i) Swap Obligations, and (j) any other obligation for borrowed money or other financial accommodation that in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person; <u>provided however</u>, "Indebtedness" shall not include obligations under Swap Obligations to the extent such obligations do not constitute "indebtedness" under the 1940 Act or otherwise consistent with the regulatory guidance provided by the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission.

"<u>Indemnified Taxes</u>" means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

"<u>Indemnitee</u>" means each of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing.

"<u>Information</u>" is defined in Section 10.13(a).

"<u>Interest Differential</u>" is defined in Section 3.4.

"<u>Investment Advisor</u>" means any person (other than a bona fide officer, director, trustee, member of an advisory board, or employee of the Borrower, as such) who, pursuant to contract with the Borrower, regularly furnishes advice to the Borrower with respect to the desirability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities or other property, or is empowered to determine what securities or other property shall be purchased or sold by the Borrower.

"<u>ISP</u>" means the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).

"<u>Law</u>" means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state, provincial, and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

"<u>Lender Party</u>" is defined in Section 9.13(a).

"<u>Lender-Provided Swap</u>" means a Swap provided to the Borrower by a Person that, either at the time such Swap is entered into or, as to any Swap entered into before the Closing Date, on the Closing Date, is a Lender or an Affiliate thereof.

"<u>Lenders</u>" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Unless otherwise specified, the term "Lenders" does not include the Administrative Agent in its capacity as the Administrative Agent.

"<u>Lien</u>" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement).

"<u>Loan</u>" means a Revolving Loan.

"<u>Loan Documents</u>" means this Agreement, any Notes, and any other document or agreement, now or in the future, executed by any Person for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement.

"<u>Material Adverse Effect</u>" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, Property, liabilities (actual and contingent), operations or condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, or prospects of the Borrower, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents.

"<u>Material Indebtedness</u>" means Indebtedness of the Borrower in an outstanding principal amount of $100,000 or more in the aggregate (or the equivalent thereof in any currency other than Dollars). For purposes of this definition, the principal amount of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any Swap Obligation at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower would be required to pay if such Swap Obligation were terminated at such time.

"<u>Material Indebtedness Agreement</u>" means any agreement under which any Material Indebtedness was created or is governed or that provides for the incurrence of Indebtedness in an amount that would be Material Indebtedness (whether or not an amount of Indebtedness constituting Material Indebtedness is outstanding thereunder).

"<u>Maximum Rate</u>" is defined in Section 2.22.

"<u>Minimum Collateral Amount</u>" means, with respect to a Defaulting Lender, at any time, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

"<u>Moody's</u>" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

"<u>Multiemployer Plan</u>" means a Plan that constitutes a "multiemployer plan" within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA.

"<u>Net Income</u>" means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower calculated for such period.

"<u>Non-Consenting Lender</u>" means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.2(b) and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

"<u>Non-Defaulting Lender</u>" means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

"<u>Non-Extension Notice Date</u>" is defined in Section 2.20(b)(ii).

"<u>Note</u>" is defined in Section 2.13(d).

"<u>Obligations</u>" means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all obligations in connection with Cash Management Services, all obligations in connection with Lender-Provided Swaps, all accrued and unpaid fees, and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding); <u>provided</u> that "Obligations" shall exclude all Excluded Swap Obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document, including Erroneous Payment subrogation rights and (b) the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in each case in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of the Borrower.

"<u>OFAC</u>" means the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and any successor thereto.

"<u>Original Currency</u>" is defined in Section 2.12(c).

"<u>Other Connection Taxes</u>" 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).

"<u>Other Taxes</u>" means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.21(b)).

"<u>Outbound Investment Rules</u>" means the regulations administered and enforced, together with any related public guidance issued, by the United States Treasury Department under U.S. Executive Order 14105 of August 9, 2023, or any similar law or regulation; as of the Closing Date, and as codified at 31 C.F.R. § 850.101 et seq.

"<u>Outstanding Credit Exposure</u>" means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount of its Revolving Exposure outstanding at such time.

"<u>Participant</u>" is defined in Section 10.4(d).

"<u>Participant Register</u>" is defined in Section 10.4(d).

"<u>PATRIOT Act</u>" means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

"<u>Payment Date</u>" means the 1st day of each month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day.

"<u>Payment Recipient</u>" is defined in Section 9.13(a).

"<u>PBGC</u>" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

"<u>Permitted Liens</u>" means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.6.

"<u>Person</u>" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, association, enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or any Governmental Authority.

"<u>Plan</u>" means an employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA as to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.

"<u>Platform</u>" means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, DebtX or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

"<u>Prime Rate</u>" means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by U.S. Bank or its parent (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as such prime rate changes.

"<u>Pro Rata Share</u>" means, with respect to a Lender, a portion equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender's Outstanding Credit Exposure and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure.

"<u>Property</u>" of a Person means all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such Person.

"<u>PTE</u>" means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as amended from time to time.

"<u>Public Lender</u>" is defined in Section 10.13(b).

"<u>QFC</u>" has the meaning assigned to the term "qualified financial contract" in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D).

"<u>QFC Credit Support</u>" is defined in Section 10.27.

"<u>Recipient</u>" means (a) the Administrative Agent, or (b) any Lender, as applicable.

"<u>Reference Period</u>" means four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower.

"<u>Reference Time</u>" with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is Term SOFR, 10:00 a.m. (Central time) on the day that is two Business Days before the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not Term SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

"<u>Register</u>" is defined in Section 10.4(c).

"<u>Regulation D</u>" means Regulation D of the Board and any or other regulation or official interpretation of the Board relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

"<u>Regulation U</u>" means Regulation U of the Board and any other regulation or official interpretation of the Board relating to the extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.

"<u>Related Parties</u>" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person's Affiliates.

"<u>Relevant Governmental Body</u>" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

"<u>Removal Effective Date</u>" is defined in Section 9.6(b).

"<u>Required Lenders</u>" means, at any time, (a) when there are three or more Lenders, at least two Lenders who are not Affiliates of one another whose Total Credit Exposures represent more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders or (b) when there are two or fewer Lenders, all of the Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.

"<u>Resignation Effective Date</u>" is defined in Section 9.6(a).

"<u>Resolution Authority</u>" means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

"<u>Revolving Exposure</u>" means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time the aggregate principal amount of such Revolving Lender's Revolving Loans outstanding at such time.

"<u>Revolving Lender</u>" means, as of any date of determination, a Lender with a Commitment or, if the Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.

"<u>Revolving Loan</u>" means, with respect to a Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender's loan made pursuant to its commitment to lend set forth in Section 2.1 (or any conversion or continuation thereof).

"<u>RIC</u>" means a person qualifying for treatment as a "regulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the Code.

"<u>S&P</u>" means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc.

"<u>Sale and Leaseback Transaction</u>" means any sale or other transfer of Property by any Person with the intent to lease such Property as lessee.

"<u>Sanctions</u>" means sanctions administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union, (d) His Majesty's Treasury, or (e) other relevant sanctions authority.

"<u>Schedule</u>" refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Screen</u>" has the meaning provided in the definition of Term SOFR Base Rate.

"<u>Section</u>" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

"<u>Securities Account</u>" means securities account number 19-9233 held at the Securities Intermediary.

"<u>Securities Intermediary</u>" means U.S. Bank National Association.

"<u>Senior Notes</u>" means any unsecured "senior securities representing indebtedness" (as such term is used in the 1940 Act) issued by the Borrower other than the Loans.

"<u>SOFR</u>" means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator's Website.

"<u>SOFR Administrator</u>" means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

"<u>SOFR Administrator's Website</u>" means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

"<u>Subordinated Indebtedness</u>" means any Indebtedness (a) the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the Obligations to the written satisfaction of the Required Lenders, (b) that is unsecured or secured only by Liens that are subordinated in priority, to the written satisfaction of the Required Lenders, to the Liens of the Administrative Agent granted hereunder or in connection herewith, and (c) none of the principal of which is payable until at least 180 days after the Facility Termination Date.

"<u>Subsidiary</u>" of a Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or similar business organization more than 50% of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power of which at the time is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise expressly provided, "Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

"<u>Substantial Portion</u>" means Property that represents more than 10% of the assets of the Borrower or Property responsible for more than 10% of the Net Income of the Borrower, in each case, as would be shown in the financial statements of the Borrower as at the beginning of the 12-month period ending with the month in which such determination is made (or if financial statements have not been delivered hereunder for the first month of the 12-month period, then the financial statements delivered hereunder for the quarter ending immediately before that month).

"<u>Supported QFC</u>" is defined in Section 10.27.

"<u>Swap</u>" means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, fixed-price physical delivery contracts, whether or not exchange traded, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, including any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a "swap" within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement.

"<u>Swap Obligation</u>" means, with respect to any Person, any and all obligations, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Swaps and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Swap.

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

"<u>Term SOFR</u>" means the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the one-month forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

"<u>Term SOFR Administrator</u>" means CME Group Benchmark Administration Ltd. (or a successor administrator of Term SOFR).

"<u>Term SOFR Administrator's Website</u>" means https://www.cmegroup.com/market-data/cme-group-benchmark-administration/term-sofr, or any successor source for Term SOFR identified as such by the Term SOFR Administrator from time to time.

"<u>Term SOFR Base Rate</u>" means the greater of (a) zero and (b) the Term SOFR rate quoted by the Administrative Agent from the Term SOFR Administrator's Website or the applicable Bloomberg screen (or other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (the "Screen"), which shall be that one-month Term SOFR rate in effect and reset each Business Day (such Business Day, the "Determination Date"). If as of 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Determination Date, the Term SOFR rate has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator or on the Screen, then the rate used will be that as published by the Term SOFR Administrator or on the Screen for the first preceding Business Day for which such rate was published on such Screen so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than three (3) Business Days prior to such Determination Date.

"<u>Term SOFR Borrowing</u>" means a Borrowing that, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable Term SOFR Rate.

"<u>Term SOFR Rate</u>" means the Term SOFR Base Rate plus (b) 1.750%.

"<u>Term SOFR Loan</u>" means a Loan that, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11, bears interest at the applicable Term SOFR Rate other than pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of Alternate Base Rate.

"<u>Total Credit Exposure</u>" means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments and Revolving Exposure of such Lender at such time.

"<u>Type</u>" means, with respect to any Borrowing, its nature as a Base Rate Borrowing or a Term SOFR Borrowing and with respect to a Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan.

"<u>U.S. Bank</u>" means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors.

"<u>U.S. Person</u>" means any Person that is a "United States Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

"<u>U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</u>" is defined in Section 10.27.

"<u>U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate</u>" is defined in Section 3.5(g)(ii)(B)(3).

"<u>UCP</u>" means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).

"<u>UETA</u>" means the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in the State of Kansas, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and any regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

"<u>UK Financial Institution</u>" 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.

"<u>UK Resolution Authority</u>" means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

"<u>Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement</u>" means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

"<u>Wholly-Owned Subsidiary</u>" of a Person means any other entity of which 100% of the Equity Interests are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

"<u>Withholding Agent</u>" means the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent.

"<u>Write-Down and Conversion Powers</u>" 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.

The foregoing definitions apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.2. <u>Loan Classes</u>. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a "Term SOFR Loan"). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a "Term SOFR Borrowing").

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.3. <u>Computation of Time Periods</u>. In this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, unless otherwise stated the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" mean "to but excluding."

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.4. <u>Accounting</u>. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (a) any election under Accounting Standards Codification Section 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower at "fair value," as defined therein, or (b) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders), but until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP before such change and the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders reconciliation statements showing the difference in such calculation, together with the delivery of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements required hereunder. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision herein, the definitions set forth in this Agreement and any financial calculations required by the Loan Documents shall be computed to exclude any change to lease accounting rules as a result of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 842 (Leases) from those in effect pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 840 (Leases) and other related lease accounting guidance.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.5. <u>Other Definitional Terms; Interpretative Provisions</u>. The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision. References to Sections, Articles, Exhibits, and Schedules are to this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided. The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation." The terms "shall" and "will" have the same meaning as the term "must." Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, "or" has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase "and/or." All covenants, terms, definitions or other provisions incorporated by reference to other agreements are incorporated into this Agreement as if fully set forth herein, and such incorporation includes all necessary definitions and related provisions from such other agreements, but includes only amendments thereto agreed to by the Lenders, and survives any termination of such other agreements until the Obligations are irrevocably paid in full (other than inchoate indemnity obligations and Obligations that have been Cash Collateralized), and the Commitments are terminated. Any reference to any Law includes all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and, unless otherwise specified, refers to such Law as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced, or succeeded from time to time. References to any document, instrument or agreement (a) include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not otherwise stated herein or prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.6. <u>Divisions</u>. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction's laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.7. <u>Term SOFR Notification</u>. The interest rate on Term SOFR Borrowings is determined by reference to the Term SOFR Base Rate, which is derived from Term SOFR. Section 3.3(b) provides a mechanism for (a) determining an alternative rate of interest if Term SOFR is no longer available or in the other circumstances set forth in Section 3.3(b), and (b) modifying this Agreement to give effect to such alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to Term SOFR or other rates in the definition of Term SOFR Base Rate or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including any Benchmark Replacement), including without limitation, whether any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate (including any Benchmark Replacement), as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.3(b), will have the same value as, or be economically equivalent to, the Term SOFR Base Rate. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of Alternate Base Rate, Term SOFR, the Term SOFR Base Rate, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Alternate Base Rate, the Term SOFR Base Rate, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.8 <u>Amended and Restated Credit Facility</u>. This Agreement amends, restates and replaces the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety. It is the intention and understanding of the parties that this Agreement shall continue the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, shall act as a refinancing of the debt and other obligations evidenced by the Existing Credit Agreement and shall not act as a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement or the debt or obligations thereunder.

**ARTICLE II <br> THE CREDITS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.1. <u>Commitments</u>. From the Closing Date until the Facility Termination Date, each Revolving Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make revolving loans to the Borrower in Dollars only if, after giving effect to the making of each such loan, the amount of such Revolving Lender's Revolving Exposure does not exceed its Commitment; and the aggregate Revolving Exposures do not exceed the aggregate Commitments. All Loans shall be made in Dollars. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Revolving Loans at any time before the Facility Termination Date. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Facility Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.2. <u>Determination of Amounts; Required Payments; Termination</u>. The Administrative Agent will determine the amount of: (a) each Credit Extension as of the date three Business Days before the Borrowing Date, and (b) all outstanding Loans on and as of the last Business Day of each quarter and on any other Business Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders. Such date of determination is a "<u>Computation Date</u>" with respect to each Obligation for which an amount is determined on or as of such day. If at any time the amount of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Commitment, the Borrower shall immediately make a payment on the Loans in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.20(k) in an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess. The Borrower shall pay in full on the Facility Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of all Loans, all interest thereon, all fees and expenses due hereunder, and all other unpaid Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.3. <u>Ratable Borrowings; Types of Borrowings</u>. Each Borrowing shall be made from the several Revolving Lenders ratably according to their Applicable Percentages. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the Borrowings shall be Term SOFR Borrowings.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.4. Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.5 <u>Commitment Fee</u>. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender according to its Pro Rata Share a non-usage fee (the "Commitment Fee") at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily Available Aggregate Commitment from the date hereof to and including the Facility Termination Date, payable in arrears, beginning May 31, 2026 and continuing on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower thereafter and on the Facility Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.6. <u>Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing</u>. Each Borrowing shall be in the minimum amount of $250,000 and in integral multiples of $25,000.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.7. <u>Termination of and Reductions in Aggregate Commitment; Voluntary Prepayments; Mandatory Prepayments</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Borrower may terminate the unused portion of the Commitments or from time to time permanently reduce the Commitments ratably among the Revolving Lenders in integral multiples of $1,000,000, upon at least five Business Days' irrevocable prior written notice to the Administrative Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Central time) specifying the amount of any such reduction. In no event may the amount of the Commitments be reduced below the aggregate Revolving Exposures.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Borrower may from time to time prepay, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 but without penalty or premium, all outstanding Loans, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 (or the aggregate amount of the outstanding Loans at such time), any portion of the aggregate outstanding Loans upon at least two Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent by 11:00 a.m. (Central time).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The sum of the outstanding balance of all Loans shall not, at any time, exceed the Borrowing Base; provided, however, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during the period between the dates in which the Borrower is required to provide a Borrowing Base Certificate to the Agent, pursuant to Sections 4.3(c) and 6.1(b)(4) of this Agreement, the sum of the outstanding balance of all Loans may be less than or equal to, but may not exceed, an amount (the "Interim Threshold") equal to (i) 50% of the total value of the Acceptable Assets of the Borrower less (ii) all of the Borrower's "senior securities representing indebtedness" (as such term is used in the 1940 Act) other than Loans. If at any time the sum of the outstanding Loans exceeds the amount permitted hereby, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Loans in an amount equal to the amount of such excess.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If at any time the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, is required by applicable law to prepay or to cause to be prepaid all or any portion of the Loans, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Loans in an amount sufficient to satisfy such legal requirement. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "applicable law" and "legal requirement" shall include, without limitation, any legal requirement or restriction imposed by virtue of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 1940 Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.8. <u>Borrowing Notices; Manner of Borrowing</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders in writing) of each Borrowing hereunder by noon Central Time of the Business Day such Borrowing is to be disbursed to the Borrower, and the Borrower shall specify and provide: (i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Borrowing, (ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing; (iii) the then current total fair market value of the financial assets in the Securities Account and any and all other assets of the Borrower, and (iv) a Borrowing Base Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower providing the current Borrowing Base, stating that the Borrower is in compliance with all applicable leverage regulations of the 1940 Act, and providing Borrower's current "Asset Coverage" pursuant to Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act. All notices given under this Section by the Borrower shall be irrevocable and shall be given not later than noon Central Time on the day which is not less than the number of Business Days specified above for such notice. For purposes of this Section, the Borrower and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may rely and act upon any request for a Loan or Borrowing from any individual who the Administrative Agent, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct, believes to be a representative of the Borrower.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Not later than 2:00 p.m., Central Time, on the date specified for each Borrowing hereunder, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Borrowing to be made by it on such date, at such account maintained by the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent shall specify, in immediately available funds, for the account of the Borrower. The amount so received by the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, promptly be made available to the Borrower by depositing the same, in immediately available funds, in one or more accounts of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to make fundings under the Loans upon receipt of an oral or a written request therefor from an Authorized Officer. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any such oral or written request believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by an Authorized Officer. Upon request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a written confirmation of each oral request. If the written confirmation of any oral request differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the records of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lender will control, absent manifest error. Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.10. <u>Interest Rates</u>. Each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made at the Term SOFR Rate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.11. <u>Rates Applicable After Event of Default</u>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.8, 2.9 or 2.10, during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice can be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding Section 10.2(b)), declare that no Borrowing may be made as, converted into or continued as a Term SOFR Borrowing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.8, 2.9 or 2.10, during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the option of the Required Lenders (or, in the case of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(b), (f) or (g), automatically), the Loans shall bear interest at the rate otherwise applicable thereto plus 2.00% per annum.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.12. <u>Method of Payment</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each Loan shall be repaid, and each payment of interest thereon shall be paid, in the currency in which such Loan was made. All payments of the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at its address specified pursuant to Section 10.1, or at any other address specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, by noon (Central time) on the date when due and shall (except as otherwise specifically required hereunder) be applied ratably by the Administrative Agent among the Lenders. Each payment delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Administrative Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Administrative Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Section 10.1. The Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of the Borrower maintained with U.S. Bank for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Facility Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.13. <u>Evidence of Indebtedness</u>.

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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Administrative Agent will also maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Borrowing, and the Type thereof, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder, and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender's share thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to Section 2.13(a) and (b) shall be *prima facie* evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; <u>provided</u> that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay the Obligations in accordance with their terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Each Lender's Loans shall be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of <u>Exhibit G</u> (each a "<u>Note</u>"). The Loans evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (before any assignment pursuant to Section 10.4(b)) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of the payee named therein, except to the extent that any such Lender subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be evidenced as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.13(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.14. <u>Oral Notices</u>. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to make fundings under the Loans upon receipt of an oral or a written request therefor from an Authorized Officer. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any such oral or written request believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by an Authorized Officer. Upon request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a written confirmation of each oral request. If the written confirmation of any oral request differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the records of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lender will control, absent manifest error.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.15. <u>Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis</u>. Interest accrued on each Loan shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first Payment Date to occur after the Closing Date, on the date of any prepayment of such Loan (whether or not as a result of acceleration) on the amount prepaid, and on the Termination Date. Interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.11 is payable on demand. All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination. Interest shall be payable for the day a Loan is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received before noon (Central Time). If any payment of principal of or interest on a Loan becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day unless such succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar month, in which case such interest or principal shall be payable on the immediately preceding Business Day. Interest and fees hereunder shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365/366-day year.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.16. <u>Notification of Borrowings, Interest Rates, Prepayments, and Commitment Reductions</u>. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the contents of each Commitment reduction notice and request for Borrowing received by it hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Term SOFR Loan promptly upon determination of such interest rate and shall give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.17. <u>Lending Offices</u>. Each Lender may book its Loans at any lending office it selects and may change its lending office from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such lending office, and the Loans and any Notes shall be deemed held by the relevant Lender for the benefit of any such lending office. Each Lender may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.1, designate replacement or additional lending offices through which it will make Loans and for whose account payments with respect to Loans will be made.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.18. <u>Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent</u>. Unless the Borrower or a Lender notifies the Administrative Agent before the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Administrative Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Administrative Agent may, but is not obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Administrative Agent, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Administrative Agent until the date the Administrative Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of payment by a 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 (y) in the case of payment by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.19. <u>Sharing of Payments</u>. If any Lender, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtains payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (x) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (y) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations from the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as are equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments is shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them; <u>provided</u> that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the provisions of this Section 2.19 shall not be construed to apply to (i) any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), or (ii) 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 (as to which the provisions of this Section 2.19 shall apply).

The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under Applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.20. Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.21. <u>Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Designation of a Different Lending Office</u>. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.5, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.5, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Replacement of Lenders</u>. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 2.21(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions in, and consents required by, Section 10.4), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.5) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); <u>provided</u> that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if
any) specified in Section 10.4;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.4) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest
and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.1 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.5, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or
payments thereafter;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting
Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.22. <u>Interest Rate Limitation</u>. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under Applicable Law (collectively, "charges"), exceeds the maximum lawful rate (the "<u>Maximum Rate</u>") that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with Applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate. To the extent lawful, the interest and charges that would have been paid in respect of such Loan but were not paid as a result of the operation of this Section 2.22 shall be cumulated and the interest and charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the amount collectible at the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day to the date of repayment, has been received by such Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.23. <u>Defaulting Lenders</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Defaulting Lender Adjustments</u>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <u>Waivers and Amendments</u>. Such Defaulting Lender's
right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the
definition of Required Lenders and Section 10.2(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) <u>Defaulting Lender Waterfall</u>. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or
other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity,
pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.5 shall
be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: *first*, to the payment of any amounts
owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; *second*, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default
or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof
as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; *third*, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata to satisfy such Defaulting Lender's potential future funding
obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; *fourth*, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result
of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting
Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; *fifth*, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the
payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower
against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; *sixth*,
if so determined by the Administrative Agent, distributed to the Lenders other than the Defaulting Lender until the ratio of the Outstanding
Credit Exposures of such Lenders to the Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exposure equals such ratio immediately prior to the Defaulting Lender's
failure to fund any portion of any Loans; and *seventh*, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent
jurisdiction; <u>provided</u> that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting
Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when
the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Credit Extensions of
all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Credit Extensions of such Defaulting Lender
until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.23(a)(iv).
Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a
Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.23(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting
Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) <u>Certain Fees</u>. No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any commitment
fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise
would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Defaulting Lender Cure</u>. If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.23(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; <u>provided</u> that (i) no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and (ii) except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender's having been a Defaulting Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.24. <u>Intentionally deleted</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.25. <u>Judgment Currency</u>. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from the Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the "specified currency") into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they can effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent's offices on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) can in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it can effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section 2.19, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.26. <u>Intentionally deleted.</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.27. <u>Incremental Commitments</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Request for Increase</u>. The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders), request an increase in the Commitments (each such increase, an "<u>Incremental Commitment</u>") in an aggregate amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $55,000,000; provided that (i) any such request shall be in a minimum amount of the lesser of (x)$1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be approved by the Administrative Agent) and (y) the entire remaining amount of increases available under this Section 2.27 and (ii) the Borrower shall make no more than a total of three (3) requests for Incremental Commitments under this Section 2.27.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Incremental Lenders</u>. An Incremental Commitment may be provided by any existing Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each such existing Lender or other Person that agrees to provide an Incremental Commitment, an "<u>Incremental Lender</u>"); <u>provided</u> that each Incremental Lender shall be subject to the consent (in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to agree to provide an Incremental Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.27, and any election to do so shall be in the sole discretion of such Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Incremental Effective Date</u>. The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date for each Incremental Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.27 (an "<u>Incremental Effective Date</u>") and, if applicable, the final allocation of such Incremental Commitment among the Persons providing it, which date shall be a Business Day at least 10 Business Days after delivery of the request pursuant to Section 2.27(a) (unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent) and at least 30 days before the Facility Termination Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Conditions to Effectiveness</u>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Commitments shall be effective with respect to any Incremental Lender unless:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Incremental
Effective Date and after giving effect to such Incremental Commitment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the representations and warranties in this Agreement are true and correct on and
as of the Incremental Effective Date and after giving effect to such increase, as though made on and as of such date (or, if any such
representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the Administrative Agent has received the documents required
pursuant to Section 2.27(e); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) the Administrative Agent has received such legal opinions
and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.

As of such Incremental Effective Date, upon the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions, the Administrative Agent shall record the information about the applicable Incremental Commitment in the Register and give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders (including each Incremental Lender).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>Terms of Incremental Commitments</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <u>Joinder</u>. The Borrower, the applicable Incremental
Lender(s) and the Administrative Agent (but no other Lenders or Persons) shall enter into one or more Joinder Agreements, each in form
and substance satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which the applicable Incremental Lender(s) will
provide the Incremental Commitment(s). Effective as of the applicable Incremental Effective Date, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Section 2.27, each Incremental Commitment shall be a Commitment (and not a separate facility hereunder), each Incremental
Lender providing such Incremental Commitment shall be, and have all the rights of, a Revolving Lender, and the Revolving Loans made by
it on such Incremental Commitment Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.27(e)(ii) shall be Revolving Loans, for all purposes of this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, all terms and conditions applicable to the Incremental Commitment
shall be identical to the terms and conditions applicable to the existing Commitments.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) <u>Adjustments to Revolving Outstandings</u>. Upon the Incremental
Effective Date for each Incremental Commitment, if there are Revolving Loans then outstanding, the Borrower shall prepay such Revolving
Loans (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4 in connection therewith), and borrow Revolving Loans from the
Incremental Lender(s), so that, after giving effect to such prepayments and borrowings, all Revolving Loans will be held ratably by the
Revolving Lenders (including the Incremental Lender(s)) in accordance with their respective Commitments after giving effect to the applicable
Incremental Commitment(s).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (f) Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (g) This Section 2.27 supersedes any provision in Section 2.19 or 10.2(b) to the contrary.

**ARTICLE III**

**YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.1. <u>Increased Costs</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a) <u>Increased Costs Generally</u>. If any Change in Law shall:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in
by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Term SOFR Rate);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes
described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal,
commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost
or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or participation therein,

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing 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 other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Capital Requirements</u>. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender's holding company, if any, 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), 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2. <u>Certificates for Reimbursement; Delay in Requests</u>. 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 3.1 and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to Section 3.1 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's right to demand such compensation; <u>provided</u> that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to Section 3.1 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.3. <u>Availability of Types of Borrowings; Adequacy of Interest Rate; Benchmark Replacement</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Availability of Term SOFR Borrowings</u>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, but subject to Section 3.3(b), if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have determined, that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) for any reason in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Borrowing or a conversion
or continuation thereof that the Term SOFR Base Rate with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Borrowing does not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lenders of the funding such Loans, or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the interest rate applicable to Term SOFR Borrowings is not ascertainable or available
(including, without limitation, because the applicable Screen (or on any successor or substitute page on such screen) is unavailable)
and such inability to ascertain or unavailability is not expected to be permanent, then the Administrative Agent shall suspend
the availability of Term SOFR Borrowings and require any affected Term SOFR Borrowings to be repaid.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b) <u>Benchmark Replacement</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <u>Benchmark Transition Event</u>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
 herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior
 to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in
 accordance with clause (1) of the definition of "Benchmark Replacement" for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such
 Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such
 Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to,
 this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (2) of the
 definition of "Benchmark Replacement" for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such
 Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York
 City time) on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided by the Administrative Agent to
 the Lenders without any amendment to, or further
action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received,
by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) <u>Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes</u>. In connection with the implementation
of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to
time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) <u>Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations</u>. The Administrative
Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, and (B) the effectiveness
of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent
or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.3(b), including any determination with respect to a tenor,
rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking
any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and
without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant
to this Section 3.3(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) <u>Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark</u>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if
the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Base Rate or Term SOFR) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark
is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement
or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative
Agent may modify the definition of "Interest Period" (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at
or after such time to remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for any Benchmark settings and (ii)
if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a
Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer
be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of "Interest
Period" (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed
tenor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) <u>Benchmark Unavailability Period</u>. Upon notice to the Borrower by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with Section 10.1 of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period and until a Benchmark Replacement is determined
in accordance with this Section 3.3(b), the Borrower may revoke any request for a Term SOFR Borrowing, and, failing that, the Borrower
will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Base Rate Borrowing or conversion to a Base Rate Borrowing. During
any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component
of the Alternate Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in
any determination of the Alternate Base Rate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.4. <u>Funding Indemnification</u>. If

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any payment of a Term SOFR Borrowing occurs on a date that is not the Payment Date, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) a Term SOFR Borrowing is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) a Term SOFR Borrowing is converted other than on the last day of the calendar month;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the Borrower fails to borrow, convert, continue or prepay a Term SOFR Borrowing on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) a Term SOFR Borrowing is assigned other than on the last day of the calendar month as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.21(b);

then the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender for such Lender's costs, expenses and Interest Differential (as determined by such Lender) incurred as a result of such prepayment. The term "Interest Differential" means the greater of zero and the financial loss incurred by the Lender resulting from prepayment, calculated as the difference between the amount of interest such Lender would have earned (from like investments) had prepayment not occurred and the interest such Lender will actually earn (from like investments as of the date of prepayment) as a result of the redeployment of funds from the prepayment. Because of the short-term duration of any interest period applicable to the Loans, the Borrower agrees that the Interest Differential shall not be discounted to its present value.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Borrower shall be required to pay Interest Differential with respect to any portion of the principal balance accelerated or paid before the last day of the calendar month for such Term SOFR Borrowing, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or otherwise, including without limitation any principal payment required following default, demand for payment, acceleration, collection proceedings, foreclosure, sale or other disposition of collateral, bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings, eminent domain, condemnation, application of insurance proceeds, or otherwise. Such Interest Differential shall at all times be an Obligation as well as an undertaking by the Borrower to the Lenders whether arising out of a voluntary or mandatory prepayment.

A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.4 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 10 days after receipt thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3.5. <u>Taxes</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Defined Terms</u>. For purposes of this Section 3.5 the term "Applicable Law" includes FATCA.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Payments Free of Taxes</u>. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.5) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower</u>. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Indemnification by Borrower</u>. The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.5) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>Indemnification by the Lenders</u>. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that 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 10.4(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.5(e).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) <u>Evidence of Payments</u>. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.5, 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (g) <u>Status of Lenders</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax
with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested
by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.
In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed
by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent to determine whether such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation
set forth in Section 3.5(g)(ii)(A), (B) and (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 prejudice the legal or commercial
position of such Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is a U.S. Borrower,

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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or applicable successor form);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of <u>Exhibit H-1</u> to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a "controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a "<u>U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate</u>") and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms); or

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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled 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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender's obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 3.5(g)(ii)(D), "FATCA" includes any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) <u>Treatment of Certain Refunds</u>. 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 3.5 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.5), 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 3.5 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 3.5(h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) if such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.5(h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 3.5(h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.5(h) 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <u>Survival</u>. Each party's obligations under this Section 3.5 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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.6. <u>Illegality</u>. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain, or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Term SOFR Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Borrowings or to convert Base Rate Borrowings to Term SOFR Borrowings shall be suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Borrowings the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert each Term SOFR Loan of such Lender to a Base Rate Loan (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loan shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the then-current calendar month, if such Lender can lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan to such day, or immediately, if such Lender cannot lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan, and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Term SOFR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Term SOFR Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Term SOFR Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.4.

**ARTICLE IV<br> CONDITIONS PRECEDENT**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1. <u>Initial Credit Extension</u>. The Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Credit Extension unless each of the following conditions is satisfied:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received executed counterparts of each of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <u>Credit Agreement</u>. This Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) <u>Notes</u>. The Notes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) <u>Borrowing Base Certificate</u>. A Borrowing Base Certificate reflecting that
the Borrower has sufficient assets to support Loans in the amount requested by the Borrower on the date of such certificate;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) <u>Form U-1</u>. A Form U-1 for the Borrower whereby, among other things, the Borrower
represents and warrants that the proceeds of each Loan may be used to purchase or carry margin stock, the Borrower hereby concurring with
the assessment of the market value of any margin stock and other investment property described therein as of the date provided therein;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) <u>Opinion of Borrower's Counsel</u>. A written opinion of the Borrower's
counsel, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Lenders. The Borrower's counsel shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) <u>Certificate of Borrower's Secretary</u>. A certificate of the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower certifying (A) that there have been no changes in the charter document of the Borrower, as attached
thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization,
since the date of the certification thereof by such governmental entity, (B) as to the bylaws, operating agreement or other organizational
document, as attached thereto, of the Borrower as in effect on the date of such certification, (C) as to resolutions of the board
of directors or other governing body of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document, (D) as
to a good standing certificate (or analogous documentation if applicable) for the Borrower from the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental
entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization as of a recent date, to the extent generally available in such jurisdiction, and (E) the
names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents and authorized to request a
Credit Extension;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) <u>Other Items</u>. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other agreements,
documents, instruments and certificates relating to the Borrower, the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby as are reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) There shall not have occurred a material adverse change in (i) the business, Property, liabilities (actual and contingent), operations or condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, or prospects of the Borrower, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Borrower submitted by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent immediately prior to the Closing Date, or (ii) the facts and information regarding such entities as represented by such entities to date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) No action, suit, investigation or proceeding shall be pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay any Credit Extension.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or before the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of all governmental, equity holder and third-party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the contemplated financing, all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any authority that would be reasonably likely to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on the Borrower, and no Law applies that in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent could have such effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Upon the reasonable request of any Lender made at least 10 days before the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have provided to such Lender the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable "know your customer" and anti-money-laundering Laws, including the PATRIOT Act, in each case at least five days before the Closing Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) At least five days before the Closing Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a "legal entity customer" under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall have delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2. <u>Each Credit Extension</u>. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Credit Extension unless on the applicable Borrowing Date:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) There exists no Default or Event of Default, nor would a Default or Event of Default result from such Credit Extension.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The representations and warranties in Article V are (i) with respect to any representations or warranties that contain a materiality qualifier, true and correct in all respects as of such Borrowing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty was true and correct in all respects on and as of such earlier date and (ii) with respect to any representations or warranties that do not contain a materiality qualifier, true and correct in all material respects as of such Borrowing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty was true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date, and excluding, after the closing date, the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.10(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a completed Borrowing Base Certificate, signed by the Borrower, and dated not more than one day prior to the date of the Borrower's request for such Loan.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request.

**ARTICLE V<br> REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES**

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1. <u>Existence and Standing</u>. The Borrower is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly and properly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2. <u>Authorization and Validity</u>. Borrower has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings, and the Loan Documents are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.3. <u>No Conflict; Government Consents</u>. Neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate (a) any Law, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the Borrower's or any of its Subsidiaries' Constituent Documents, or (c) any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or be a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, that has not been obtained is required to be obtained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance of the Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.4. <u>Financial Statements</u>. All audited and unaudited financial statements of the Borrower heretofore delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with Section 1.4, except for the omission of footnotes in interim financial statements and subject to normal year-end adjustments, and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and operations of the Borrower at such date and the results of its operations for the period then ended.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.5. <u>Material Adverse Change</u>. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Borrower submitted to the Administrative Agent, there has been no change in the business, Property, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Borrower that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.6. <u>Taxes</u>. The Borrower has filed all United States federal and state Tax returns and all other material Tax returns, in each case required to be filed by it and has paid all United States federal and state Taxes and all other material Taxes due from the Borrower, including, without limitation, pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower, except any Taxes that are being contested in good faith as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and as to which no Lien exists. No Tax Liens have been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any such Taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower in respect of any Taxes or other governmental charges are adequate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7. <u>Litigation and Contingent Obligations</u>. There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay any Credit Extension. Other than any liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower has no material Contingent Obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.8. <u>Subsidiaries; Equity Interests</u>. The Borrower has no Subsidiaries. The Borrower has no equity investments in any other corporation of entity other than those permitted by Section 7.4. All of the outstanding equity interests in the Borrower have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.9. <u>ERISA</u>. With respect to each Plan, the Borrower and all ERISA Affiliates have paid all required minimum contributions and installments on or before the due dates provided under Section 430(j) of the Code and could not reasonably be subject to a Lien under Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) or Title IV of ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has filed, pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA, an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.10. <u>Accuracy of Information</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) No information, exhibit or report furnished by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) As of the Closing Date, the information included in any Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.11. <u>Regulation U</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Borrower is authorized to carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States) and use the proceeds from the Loans to purchase and carry margin stock and has obtained all necessary consents or approvals to engage in such activities and is in compliance with all Laws applicable to such activities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Borrower is in compliance with the 1940 Act, including but not limited to all leverage regulations specified in Section 18 of the 1940 Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.12. <u>Material Agreements</u>. The Borrower is not a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower is not in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions in (a) any agreement to which it is a party, which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Material Indebtedness.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.13. <u>Compliance with Laws</u>. The Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, orders and restrictions of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.14. <u>Ownership of Properties</u>. Except as set forth in <u>Schedule 5.14</u>, the Borrower has good title, free of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, to all of the Property reflected in the Borrower's most recent consolidated financial statements provided to the Administrative Agent as owned by the Borrower (other than Property disposed of in a transaction permitted by Section 7.3).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.15. <u>Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions</u>. The Borrower is not an entity deemed to hold "plan assets" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) subject to Section 4975 of the Code, and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the Credit Extensions give rise to a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. The Borrower is not subject to any Law substantially similar to the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.16. <u>Environmental Matters</u>. The Property and operations of the Borrower are in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, and the Borrower is not subject to any liability under Environmental Laws that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower has not received any notice to the effect that its Property or operations are not in compliance with any of the requirements of applicable Environmental Laws or are the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any Hazardous Material, which non-compliance or remedial action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.17. <u>Intentionally deleted.</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.18. <u>Insurance</u>. The Borrower maintains insurance in compliance with Section 6.6.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.19. <u>Subordinated Indebtedness</u>. The Obligations are senior Indebtedness entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions of all outstanding Subordinated Indebtedness.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.20. <u>Solvency</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Immediately after the consummation of the transactions to occur on the Closing Date and immediately following any Credit Extensions made on the Closing Date and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Credit Extensions, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the Property of the Borrower will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower on its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the Closing Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Borrower does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.21. <u>No Default</u>. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.22. <u>Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions</u>. The Borrower and its directors, officers, and employees and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the agents of the Borrower are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and all applicable Sanctions in all material respects. The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. None of the Borrower or any director, officer, employee, agent, or affiliate of the Borrower is an individual or entity that is, or is 50% or more owned (individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly) or controlled by individuals or entities (including any agency, political subdivision or instrumentality of any government) that are (a) the target of any Sanctions or (b) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.23. <u>Labor Matters</u>. There are no pending or threatened strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Borrower that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower has not been or is not in violation in any material respect of Applicable Law dealing with labor matters that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All material payments due from the Borrower on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits (in each case, except for de minimis amounts) have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower. The consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower is bound.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.24. <u>Affected Financial Institution</u>. The Borrower is not an Affected Financial Institution.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.25. <u>Outbound Investment Rules</u>. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a "covered foreign person" as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries currently engages, or has any present intention to engage in the future, directly or indirectly, in (i) a "covered activity" or a "covered transaction," as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, (ii) any activity or transaction that would constitute a "covered activity" or a "covered transaction," as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, if the Borrower were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent, any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent, any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement. As used in this Section 5.25, "U.S. Person" means any United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including any foreign branch of any such entity, or any person in the United States.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.26. <u>Stock and Records</u>. All outstanding capital stock of the Borrower was and is properly issued, and all books and records of the Borrower, including but not limited to its minute books, by-laws and books of account, are accurate and complete in all material respects. The Borrower is not obligated on or after the Closing Date to redeem or otherwise acquire, or pay any dividends or make any other distributions in respect of, any of its stock.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.27. <u>Survival of Representations</u>. All representations and warranties made in this Article 5 shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans.

**ARTICLE VI <br> AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS**

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated, and all Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been paid in full , the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.1. <u>Financial Reporting</u>. The Borrower will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Quarterly Statements</u>. As soon as available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, 5 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC), a balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal quarter, the related statement of operations for such portion of the Borrower's fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Additional Statements Following the Second Fiscal Quarter</u>. As soon as available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of the second fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, 5 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC), the statements of changes in net assets, and cash flows related to the statements required to be provided in Section 6.1(a) for the portion of the Borrower's fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail, certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower as fairly presenting the shareholders' equity and cash flows of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Audited Year-End Statements</u>. As soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if earlier, 15 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC), a balance sheet of the Borrower as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related statements of operations, statement of changes in net assets, and cash flows for such fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any "going concern" or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Borrowing Base Certificate</u>. So long as any Loan remains unpaid, and no later than the first (1st) Business Day of each calendar month, a Borrowing Base Certificate for the immediately preceding calendar month;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>Compliance Certificate</u>. Together with the financial statements required under Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(b), and 6.1(c) a Compliance Certificate signed by the Borrower's chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, or controller showing the calculations necessary to determine compliance with this Agreement, certifying that all such calculations comply with GAAP, and stating that no Default or Event of Default exists, or if any Default or Event of Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) <u>Beneficial Ownership Certification</u>. At or promptly after any time at which the Borrower becomes subject to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a completed Beneficial Ownership Certification in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) <u>Other</u>. Such other information (including non-financial information and environmental reports) as the Administrative Agent or any Lender from time to time reasonably requests, including information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable "know your customer" requirements under the PATRIOT Act or other applicable anti-money laundering Laws.

All financial statements described in clauses (a) and (b) above shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP on a basis applied consistently with the financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent for the period ending most immediately prior to the Closing Date, except that unaudited financial statements shall be subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and need not contain footnotes

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2. <u>Use of Proceeds</u>. The Loans shall be used solely for purposes of (a) refinancing the indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Credit Agreement, and (b) the Borrower's general working capital and other general corporate needs. The Borrower will not request any Loan, and will not use, and the Borrower will ensure that its subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Loan 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. The Borrower will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as agent, arranger, bank/lender, underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.3. <u>Notice of Material Events</u>. The Borrower will give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, promptly and in any event within three (3) days after an officer of the Borrower obtains knowledge thereof, of the occurrence of any of the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a) any Default or Event of Default;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) (i) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority (including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws) against or affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay any Credit Extensions or (ii) any material adverse development in any litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation or proceeding previously disclosed by the Borrower;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) with respect to a Plan, (i) any failure to pay all required minimum contributions and installments on or before the due dates provided under Section 430(j) of the Code or (ii) 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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in material liability, including without limitation that the Borrower shall: (1) notify the Administrative Agent promptly of the establishment of any Plan, except that prior to the establishment of any "welfare plan" (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) covering any employee of the Borrower for any period after such employee's termination of employment other than such period required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 or "defined benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA), it will obtain the Administrative Agent's prior written approval of such establishment; (2) at all times make prompt payments or contributions to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to each Plan; (3) promptly after the filing thereof, furnish to the Administrative Agent a copy of any report required to be filed pursuant to Section 103 of ERISA in connection with each Plan for each Plan year, including but not limited to the Schedule B attached thereto, if applicable; (4) notify the Administrative Agent promptly of any "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) or any circumstances arising in connection with any Plan which might constitute grounds for the termination thereof by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer the Plan, the initiation of any audit or inquiry by the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor of any Plan or transaction(s) involving or related to any Plan, or any "prohibited transaction" as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (5) notify the Administrative Agent prior to any action that could result in the assertion of liability under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA caused by the complete or partial withdrawal from any multiemployer plan or to terminate any defined benefit plan sponsored by the Borrower; and (6) promptly furnish such additional information concerning any Plan as the Administrative Agent, it its sole discretion, may from time to time request.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) any material change in accounting policies of, or financial reporting practices by, the Borrower;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) material alteration of, or reduction of the amount of coverage under, any insurance policy or policies required under Section 6.6;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or (d) of such certification; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any other development, financial or otherwise, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section 6.3 must be accompanied by a statement of an officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.4. <u>Conduct of Business</u>. The Borrower will (a) carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and fields of enterprise in which it is conducted on the Closing Date, (b) do all things necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation, partnership or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (c) maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, and (d) keep in full force and effect all rights, contracts, trademarks, trade names, patents, copyrights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, and other authorizations material to the conduct of its business.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.5. <u>Payment of Taxes and Obligations</u>. The Borrower will timely file (taking into account any extensions) complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign, state and local tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed by the Borrower. The Borrower will pay when due all its obligations, including without limitation Taxes imposed upon it or its income, profits or Property, except those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.6. <u>Insurance</u>. The Borrower shall keep insured at all times with financially sound and reputable insurers which are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (1) all of the Borrower's property of an insurable nature, including, without limitation, all real estate, equipment, fixtures and inventories, against fire and other casualties in such a manner and to the extent that like properties are usually insured by others owning properties of a similar character in a similar locality or as otherwise required by the Administrative Agent, with the proceeds of such casualty insurance payable solely to the Administrative Agent, and (2) against liability on account of damage to persons or property (including product liability insurance and all insurance required under all applicable worker's compensation laws) caused by the Borrower or its officers, directors, employees, agents or contractors in such a manner and to the extent that like risks are usually insured by others conducting similar businesses in the places where the Borrower conducts its business or as otherwise required by the Administrative Agent, with the Administrative Agent being named as an additional insured under such liability policies. The Borrower shall cause the insurers under all of its insurance policies to provide the Administrative Agent at least 30 days prior written notice of the termination of any such policy before such termination shall be effective and to agree to such other matters in respect of any such casualty insurance as provided in the Administrative Agent's loss payee endorsement provided to the Borrower. In addition, the Borrower will, upon request of the Agent at any time, furnish a written summary of the amount and type of insurance carried, the names of the insurers and the policy numbers, and deliver to the Administrative Agent certificates with respect thereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.7. <u>Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations</u>. The Borrower will (a) comply in all material respects with all Laws, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions and (b) perform in all material respects its obligations under material agreements to which it is a party. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. The Borrower will not use or allow any tenants or subtenants to use its Property for any business activity that violates any applicable federal or state law or that supports a business that violates any applicable federal or state law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower shall remain in material compliance, at all times, with the 1940 Act, including but not limited to, all leverage regulations specified in the 1940 Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.8. <u>Maintenance of Properties</u>. The Borrower will do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Property in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and make all repairs, renewals and replacements necessary to properly conduct its business at all times.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.9. <u>Books and Records; Inspection</u>. The Borrower will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions related to its business and activities. The Borrower will permit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, by their respective representatives and agents, at the Borrower's expense, to inspect any of the Property, books and financial records of the Borrower, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of the Borrower, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower with, and to be advised as to the foregoing by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent or any Lender designates.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.10. <u>Intentionally deleted.</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.11. <u>Further Assurances</u>. The Borrower agrees to execute, deliver or perform, or cause to be executed, delivered or performed, all such documents, agreements or acts, as the case may be, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to create, evidence or assure the Administrative Agent's or any Lender's rights and remedies under, or as contemplated by, the Loan Documents or at law or in equity.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.12. <u>Anti-Money Laundering Compliance</u>. The Borrower will provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in order to assist the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with anti-money laundering Laws.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.13. <u>Intentionally deleted</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.14. <u>Securities Account</u>. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly after its receipt thereof, a copy of the monthly account statement for the Securities Account. The Borrower further agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, should it so elect, to monitor the Securities Account from time to time on a "real time" or other electronic basis, and to that end the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Securities Intermediary to take such steps as may be necessary to allow the Administrative Agent to so monitor the Securities Account. The foregoing right to monitor the Securities Account shall give the Administrative Agent the right to monitor all aspects of the Securities Account, including, without limitation, the right to monitor all financial assets held therein and all trading activity relating thereto. The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold the Securities Intermediary harmless from and against any losses, damages or expenses the Securities Intermediary may incur as a result of the Securities Intermediary permitting the Administrative Agent to monitor the Securities Account as provided in this Section, except for any such losses, damages or expenses that arise out of the Securities Intermediary's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Securities Intermediary shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Section.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.15. <u>Daily Securities Account Information</u>. In the event that the Administrative Agent is not the custodian of the Securities Account and the financial assets held therein, the Borrower shall before the end of each Business Day directly provide the Administrative Agent such information as the Administrative Agent may request to allow monitoring of the Securities Account, including the financial assets held therein and all trading activity relating thereto, on a daily basis. The Administrative Agent shall have the right, should it so elect to monitor the Securities Account from time to time on a "real time" or other electronic basis, and to that end, Borrower, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, will take appropriate action to authorize and instruct the custodian of the Securities Account to take such steps as necessary to allow the Administrative Agent to so monitor the Securities Account, not less frequently than at the end of each Business Day.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.16. <u>Credit Rating</u>. The Borrower shall maintain a minimum unsecured credit rating with respect to the Senior Notes of "A" by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (or an equivalent nationally recognized statistical rating organization).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.17. <u>Custodian of Securities Account</u>. In the event that U.S. Bank National Association shall not be the custodian of the Securities Account, the Borrower agrees to take such actions and enter into such agreements as U.S. Bank National Association, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary to establish a security interest securing the Borrower's payment and performance under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.18. <u>Protection of Acceptable Assets</u>. The Borrower will (a) defend the Acceptable Assets against all claims and demands of all Persons at any time claiming the same or any interest (other than a Permitted Lien) therein, and (b) do whatever the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from time to time, to effect the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including cooperating with the Administrative Agent's representatives; keeping records; and paying claims which might, if unpaid, become a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on the Acceptable Assets.

**ARTICLE VII <br> NEGATIVE COVENANTS**

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated, all Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1. <u>Indebtedness</u>. The Borrower will not create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except for:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) accrued expenses and trade account payables incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b) the Senior Notes;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c) Indebtedness to the Lenders under this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d) interest rate protection agreements; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) other Indebtedness approved in advance by the Required Lenders in a writing delivered to the Borrower;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2. <u>Subsidiaries; New Business</u>. The Borrower shall not (a) change its corporate structure or create any subsidiary; provided, however, the Borrower may create one or more wholly owned subsidiaries in the ordinary course of Borrower's business for purposes of conducting the same business as Borrower (that is, investment) so long as (i) the value of the assets, in the aggregate, of all such subsidiaries does not exceed 5% of the value of the total assets of the Borrower, (ii) doing so is permitted under the 1940 Act as well as all other applicable laws, rules, regulation and orders affecting Borrower or its properties, (iii) doing so does not otherwise result in the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under this Agreement, and (iv) at any given time, the Indebtedness of all subsidiaries of Borrower shall not exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate; (b) render any services or otherwise enter into any business which is not substantially similar to that existing on the Closing Date; or (c) liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3. <u>Intentionally deleted.</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.4. <u>Investments and Joint Ventures</u>. The Borrower shall not make or permit to remain outstanding any investment in any Person or enter into any joint venture; provided, however, Borrower shall not be prohibited from making or permitting to remain outstanding any investment in the ordinary course of its business; and provided further, Borrower may purchase interest rate protection in a form acceptable to the Agent and the Lenders, which may cover a mutually agreed upon notional amount of the Senior Notes.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.5. <u>Structure; Disposition of Assets</u>. The Borrower shall not merge or consolidate with or otherwise acquire, or be acquired by, any other Person; provided, however, that the foregoing prohibition on acquisitions by the Borrower shall not prohibit the Borrower from acquiring investment property in the ordinary course of its business. The Borrower shall not sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property, except for the disposition of obsolete equipment and the sale or other disposition of investment property in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6. <u>Liens</u>. The Borrower will not create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower, except for:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are maintained on the Borrower's books;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Liens arising out of deposits in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security or retirement benefits legislation;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) deposits or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Liens imposed by law, such as mechanics', workers', materialmen's, carriers' or other like Liens (excluding, however, any Lien in favor of a landlord) arising in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business which secure the payment of obligations which are not past due or which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are maintained on the Borrower's books;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) rights of way, zoning restrictions, easements and similar encumbrances affecting the Borrower's real property which do not materially interfere with the use of such property, and (6) Liens arising in connection with customary fees and expenses and other payments due to the Borrower's custodian in the ordinary course of business; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Liens arising in connection with customary fees and expenses and other payments due to the Borrower's custodian in the ordinary course of business.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.7. <u>Dividends and Distributions</u>. So long as a Default or an Event of Default is occurring, the Borrower shall not declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise, with respect to any shares of its capital stock or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of any class of its capital stock or set aside any amount for any such purpose, except that, for so long as the Borrower is a RIC, the Borrower may declare and pay such dividends and distributions estimated in good faith by the Borrower (and supported by evidence reasonable to support such dividends and distributions in the industry) to be sufficient to qualify as a RIC, and to otherwise eliminate federal or state income or excise taxes payable by the Borrower in or with respect to any taxable year of the Borrower (or any calendar year, as relevant).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.8. <u>Transactions With Affiliates</u>. Other than the advisor relationship existing on the Closing Date with Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC, the Borrower shall not enter into or be a party to any transaction or arrangement, including without limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property of any kind or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower's business and upon fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower as those which would be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction with a non-Affiliate.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.9. <u>Conflicting Agreements</u>. The Borrower shall not enter into any agreement any term or condition of which conflicts with any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.10. <u>Amount Invested in Single MLP</u>. The Borrower shall not make any investment in any single master limited partnership or other single issuer if, immediately after giving effect to such investment, the aggregate fair market value of all investments in such issuer would exceed 10% of the Borrower's total assets at such time.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.11. <u>Intentionally deleted</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.12. <u>Intentionally deleted</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.13. <u>Restrictive Agreements</u>. The Borrower will not directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of the Borrower to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its Property; <u>provided</u> that (v) the foregoing does not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document, (x) the foregoing does not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the Property securing such Indebtedness.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.14. <u>Accounting Changes, etc.</u> The Borrower will not (a) make any material change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, or change its fiscal year, or (b) amend, modify or change any of its Constituent Documents in any manner materially adverse in any respect to the rights or interests of the Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.15. <u>Outbound Investment Rules</u>. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) be or become a "covered foreign person," as that term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b) engage, directly or indirectly, in (i) a "covered activity" or a "covered transaction," as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, (ii) any activity or transaction that would constitute a "covered activity" or a "covered transaction," as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, if the Borrower were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent, any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent, any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement. As used in this Section 7.15, "U.S. Person" means any United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including any foreign branch of any such entity, or any person in the United States.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.16. <u>Intentionally deleted.</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.17. <u>Asset Coverage Compliance</u>. On the last day of each month on which any Loan remains unpaid on such date, the Borrower shall not permit the Asset Coverage (as defined in Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act) to be less than 300%. In addition, at no time during any period in which any Loan remains unpaid shall Borrower's "Asset Coverage" (as defined in Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act) of senior securities representing indebtedness be less than 200%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, regardless of whether there exists any outstanding amounts of Loans, Borrower will (a) include in each Borrowing Base Certificate required by this Agreement a calculation of "Asset Coverage" demonstrating compliance with this Section 7.17, and (b) at any point that Borrower cannot meet the "Asset Coverage", provide the Administrative Agent a calculation of the "Asset Coverage" within five (5) Business Days of Borrower's knowledge of such failure to meet the "Asset Coverage", all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

**ARTICLE VIII <br> DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.1. <u>Events of Default</u>. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events is an Event of Default (each, an "<u>Event of Default</u>"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Credit Extension, or any certificate or information delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document is materially false on the date made or confirmed;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) nonpayment of (i) principal of any Loan when due or (ii) interest upon any Loan, any commitment fee, or any other obligation under any of the Loan Documents within three Business Days after it becomes due;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the breach of any of the provisions of Section 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, and 6.12 or Article VII (other than Section 7.17);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) the breach (other than a breach that is an Event of Default under another clause of this Section 8.1, but expressly including a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Article VI of this Agreement) of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 7.17, or any other Loan Document that is not remedied within 5 days after the earlier of (i) the Borrower becoming aware of such breach and (ii) the Administrative Agent notifying the Borrower of such breach;

(e)(i) failure of the Borrower to pay when due any payment (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) in respect of any Senior Notes or any Material Indebtedness, (ii) the default (beyond any applicable grace period) by the Borrower in the performance of any term, provision or condition in any Senior Note or Material Indebtedness Agreement, or any other event or condition, that causes, or permits the holder(s) of such Senior Note or Material Indebtedness or the lender(s) under any Senior Note or Material Indebtedness Agreement to cause, any portion of such Senior Note or Material Indebtedness to become due before its stated maturity or any commitment to lend under any Senior Note or Material Indebtedness Agreement to be terminated before its stated expiration date, or (iii) any portion of a Senior Note or Material Indebtedness being declared due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) before the stated maturity thereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) the Borrower (i) has an order for relief entered with respect to it under the federal bankruptcy Laws, (ii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) applies for, seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion, (iv) institutes any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the federal bankruptcy Laws or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any Debtor Relief Law or fails to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v) takes any corporate, limited liability company or partnership action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 8.1(f), (vi) fails to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in this Section 8.1(f), or (vii) fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) without the application, approval or consent of the Borrower, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official is appointed for the Borrower, or any Substantial Portion, or a proceeding described in Section 8.1(f)(iv) is instituted against the Borrower, and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for 45 days;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) any Governmental Authority condemns, seizes or otherwise appropriates, or takes custody or control of, all or any portion of the Property of the Borrower that, when taken together with all other Property so condemned, seized, appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the 12-month period ending with the month in which any such action occurs, constitutes a Substantial Portion;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the Borrower fails within 30 days to pay, obtain a stay with respect to, or otherwise discharge one or more (i) judgments or orders for the payment of money of more than $100,000 (or the equivalent thereof in currencies other than Dollars) in the aggregate, or (ii) nonmonetary judgments or orders that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case which are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith, or any action is legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any Property of the Borrower to enforce any such judgment;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) (i) with respect to a Plan, the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate is subject to a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303(k) of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA, or (ii) an ERISA Event that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) nonpayment by the Borrower of any Swap Obligation when due or the breach by the Borrower of any term, provision or condition in any Swap or any transaction of the type described in the definition of "Swap," whether or not any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender is a party thereto;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (l) any Change of Control;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) any "default," as defined in any Loan Document (other than this Agreement), or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of any Loan Document (other than this Agreement), which default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) the Borrower changes the Investment Advisor, and such new Investment Advisor is not acceptable to the Required Lenders; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) any Loan Document fails to remain in full force or effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2. <u>Acceleration; Remedies</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) If any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or (g) occurs with respect to the Borrower:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans shall automatically
terminate; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall immediately become due and payable without any election or action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b) If any other Event of Default occurs, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, take any or all of the following actions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) terminate the Commitments; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) declare the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be
due and payable, whereupon the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall become immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c) Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise all rights and remedies under the Loan Documents and enforce all other rights and remedies under Applicable Law.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.3. <u>Application of Funds</u>. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.2 (or after the Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in Section 8.2(a)), the Administrative Agent shall apply any amounts it receives on account of the Obligations in the following order:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>first</u>, to payment of fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>second</u>, to payment of fees, indemnities and other reimbursable expenses (other than principal, interest and commitment fees) payable to the Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lenders as required by Section 10.3 and amounts payable under Article III);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>third</u>, to payment of accrued and unpaid commitment fees and interest on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the amounts described in this Section 8.3(c) payable to them;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>fourth</u>, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, Lender-Provided Swaps to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this Section 8.3(d) payable to them;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>fifth</u>, to payment of all other Obligations ratably among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (f) <u>last</u>, the balance, if any, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, obligations arising under Lender-Provided Swaps and Cash Management Services provided by a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender other than U.S. Bank or one of its Affiliates shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent requests, from the applicable Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender) in accordance with the definition of "Obligations." Each Affiliate of a Lender that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a "Lender" party hereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.4. <u>Ranking of Loans; Compliance with Investment Company Act of 1940.</u> Notwithstanding anything herein or in the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Loans and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall rank pari passu in all respects with the other senior securities representing indebtedness of the Borrower. It is the intention of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower to comply with the provisions of the 1940 Act. If any term, condition or other provision in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is deemed by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any court to render any Loan or other obligation incurred under any of the Loan Documents a separate "class of senior securities representing indebtedness," for purposes of Section 18(c) of the 1940 Act, and to have preferential rights over any other senior securities representing indebtedness of the Borrower in violation of Section 18(c) of the 1940 Act, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower agree to diligently and in good faith negotiate an amendment to the applicable Loan Documents so as to comply with Section 18(c) of the 1940 Act provided that such amendment does not impair the Administrative Agent's and/or the Lenders' fundamental economic rights under the Loan Documents.

**ARTICLE IX**

**THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1. <u>Appointment and Authority</u>. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints U.S. Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.6(c), the provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term "agent" herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2. <u>Rights as a Lender</u>. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder has the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise them as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term "Lender" or "Lenders," unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, includes the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its branches and Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.3. <u>Exculpatory Provisions</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Administrative Agent has no duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder are administrative in nature. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of the Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) is not subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) has no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers,
except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required
to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as is expressly provided
for herein or in the other Loan Documents); <u>provided</u> that the Administrative Agent is not required to take any action that, in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent or its counsel, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or is contrary to any Loan
Document or Applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that could be in violation of the automatic stay
under any Debtor Relief Law or that could effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation
of any Debtor Relief Law; and

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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as is necessary, or as the Administrative Agent believes in good faith is necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 8.2 and 10.2(b)), or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Borrower or a Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Administrative Agent is not responsible for and has no duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.4. <u>Reliance by Administrative Agent</u>. The Administrative Agent may rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Credit Extension 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 has received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.5. <u>Delegation of Duties</u>. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article IX apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent and apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the facilities hereunder as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent is not responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.6. <u>Resignation of Administrative Agent</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders may, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor has been so appointed by the Required Lenders and has accepted such appointment 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as is agreed by the Required Lenders) (the "<u>Resignation Effective Date</u>"), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but is not obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent; <u>provided</u> that in no event may any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such successor has been so appointed by the Required Lenders and has accepted such appointment 30 days after the Administrative Agent receives notice of its removal (or such earlier day as is agreed by the Required Lenders) (the "<u>Removal Effective Date</u>"), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent's resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.7. <u>Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders</u>. Each of the Lenders expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of, the affairs of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger to any Lender as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent or any Arranger has disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties') possession. Each of the Lenders represent to the Administrative Agent and each Arranger that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any other Lender, or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of, appraisal of, and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition, and creditworthiness of the Borrower, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder. Each of the Lenders also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any other Lender, or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it from time to time deems appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition, and creditworthiness of the Borrower. Each of the Lenders (a) represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and certain other facilities set forth herein and

(ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans or providing other similar facilities in the ordinary course of its business and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans or providing other facilities set forth herein, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument such as a security, (b) agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing, and (c) represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire or hold commercial loans or provide other facilities set forth herein, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire or hold such commercial loans, or provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.8. <u>No Other Duties</u>. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers and Syndication Agents listed on the cover page hereof has any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.9. <u>Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim</u>. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan is then due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent has made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 10.3) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent consents to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 10.3.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.10. Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.11. Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.12. <u>Certain ERISA Matters</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a "Qualified Professional
Asset Manager" (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made
the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and
this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement
satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements
of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender's entrance into, participation in, administration
of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative
Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition, unless either (i) clause (i) of Section 9.12(a) is true with respect to a Lender or (ii) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with clause (iv) of Section 9.12(a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, 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 Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.13. <u>Erroneous Payments</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) If the Administrative Agent notifies a Lender or other holder of any Obligations (each, a "<u>Lender Party</u>"), or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender Party (any such Lender Party or other recipient, a "<u>Payment Recipient</u>"), that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under Section 9.13(b)) that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not such error is known to any Payment Recipient) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an "<u>Erroneous Payment</u>") and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Payment Recipient shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds 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. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Without limiting Section 9.13(a), if any Payment Recipient receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) that (x) is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error (in whole or in part):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) (A) in the case of immediately preceding clause (x) or (y), an error shall be presumed
to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) in the case of immediately preceding
clause (z), an error has been made, in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) such Payment Recipient shall promptly (and, in all events, within one Business
Day of its knowledge of such error) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details
thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.13(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Each Lender Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender Party under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender Party from any source, against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.13(a) or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) An Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations, except to the extent such Erroneous Payment comprises funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Payment Recipient hereby agrees not to assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment, including without limitation any defense based on "discharge for value" or any similar doctrine, with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Each party's agreements under this Section 9.13 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, 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 any or all Obligations.

**ARTICLE X<br> MISCELLANEOUS**

10.1. <u>Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Notices Generally</u>. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 10.1(b)) and notices pursuant to the definition of "Obligations" (which shall be given via email in accordance with Section 10.1(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 facsimile as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) if to the Borrower, to it at 6363 College Boulevard, Suite 100A, Overland Park,
Kansas 66211, Attention: Brad Adams, Facsimile: 913-981-1021; with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Paul Hastings LLP, 101
California St 48<sup>th</sup> Floor, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Lindsay Sparks, Esq., Facsimile: 415-856-7193,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to it at 9900 West 87<sup>th</sup> Street, Overland
Park, Kansas 66212, Attention: Lori A. Goben, Facsimile: 913-652-5111; with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Shook, Hardy
& Bacon L.L.P., 2555 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64108, Attention: Dan Schwaller, Esq., Facsimile: 816-421-5547, and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) if to a Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (or, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient), except that notices to the Administrative Agent or a Lender under Article II shall not be effective unless and until actually received. Notices delivered through electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b) shall be effective as provided in Section 10.1(b).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Electronic Communications</u>. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including email and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent or as otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent; <u>provided</u> that the foregoing does not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under Article II by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it or as it otherwise determines. Such determination or approval may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an email 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 email 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 email address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Change of Address, etc.</u> Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number above by notice to the other parties hereto as provided in this Section 10.1.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d) <u>Platform</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but is not obligated to,
make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on the Platform.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available." The
Agent Parties do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.
No warranty of any kind, express, implied, or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose,
non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the
Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Agent Parties have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person
for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, losses, or expenses (whether in
tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower's or the Administrative Agent's transmission of communications through
the Platform. " <u>Communications</u> " means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document, or other
material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed
to the Administrative Agent, any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section 10.1, including through the Platform.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2. <u>Amendments and Waivers</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) No delay or omission of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents will impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default or an acquiescence therein, and any Credit Extension notwithstanding an Event of Default or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Credit Extension shall not constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. All remedies in the Loan Documents or afforded by Applicable Law shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders until (a) the Obligations have been irrevocably paid and performed in full and (b) the Lenders no longer have any commitment to provide any financial accommodations to the Borrower under any Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, no amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure therefrom by the Borrower shall be effective unless in writing executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders, and then such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; <u>provided</u> that no such amendment, waiver or consent may:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) extend or increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of
such Lender (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Article IV or the waiver of any Default or Event
of Default is not an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) reduce the principal of, or rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender directly and
adversely affected thereby (<u>provided</u> that only the consent of the Required Lenders is necessary (i) to amend Section 2.11 or to
waive the obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the rate imposed pursuant thereto or (ii) to amend any financial covenant (or
any defined term directly or indirectly used therein), even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on
any Loan or other Obligation or to reduce any fee payable hereunder);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal of, or interest on, any
Loan (excluding mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.7(c) or (d)), or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and
adversely affected thereby;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) change the definition of "Applicable Percentage" or Section 2.19 in
a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or change Section 8.3, in each case, without the written consent
of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) subordinate payment of the amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document
to any other debt obligations of the Borrower without the written consent of all Lenders;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) Intentionally deleted.;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) Intentionally deleted; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) change any provision of this Section 10.2(b) or the definition of "Required
Lenders" or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify
any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender.

<u>provided</u>, <u>further</u>, that no such amendment, waiver or consent may amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document of the Administrative Agent, unless in writing executed by the Administrative Agent, in addition to the Borrower and the Lenders required above.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Defaulting Lender has any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent that by its terms requires the consent of all the Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders, except that (x) a Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, the maturity of any of its Loans may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of all the Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than the other affected Lenders requires the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

Notwithstanding the foregoing nothing in this Section 10.2(b) shall be construed to require any additional consent of any party hereto for such amendments, modifications, or waivers.

In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.2(b) to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower jointly identify an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the such amendment is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.3. <u>Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Costs and Expenses</u>. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with the syndication of the facilities hereunder, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated), and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 10.3, or (B) in connection with the Loans, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Indemnification by the Borrower</u>. The Borrower shall indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; <u>provided</u> that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee's obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) result from a claim not involving an act or omission of the Borrower and brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than against the Arranger or the Administrative Agent in their capacities as such). This Section 10.3(b) does not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Reimbursement by Lenders</u>. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 10.3(a) or (b) to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender's Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); <u>provided</u> that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 10.3(c) are subject to Section 10.11.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Waiver of Consequential Damages, etc.</u> To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>Payments</u>. All amounts due under this Section 10.3 are payable promptly after demand therefor.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) <u>Survival</u>. Each party's obligations under this Section 10.3 shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.4. <u>Successors and Assigns</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Successors and Assigns Generally</u>. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void), and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.4(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.4(d), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.4(e) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.4(d) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Assignments by Lenders</u>. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it); <u>provided</u> that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) <u>Minimum Amounts</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment and Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) that equal at least the amount specified in Section 10.4(b)(i)(B) in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) in any case not described in Section 10.4(b)(i)(A) the aggregate amount of Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if such Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment or (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if "Trade Date" is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) <u>Proportionate Amounts</u>. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment
of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or Commitment
assigned].

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) <u>Required Consents</u>. No consent shall be required for any assignment except
to the extent required by Section 10.4(b)(i)(B) and, in addition:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; <u>provided</u> that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it objects thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after having received notice thereof and <u>provided</u>, <u>further</u>, that the Borrower's consent shall not be required during the primary syndication of the credit facilities hereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) <u>Assignment and Assumption</u>. 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; <u>provided</u> that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.
The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) <u>No Assignment to Certain Persons</u>. No such assignment may be made to (A)
the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Person who, upon becoming a Lender, would constitute a Defaulting Lender or a Subsidiary thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) <u>No Assignment to Natural Persons</u>. No such assignment may be made to a natural
Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) <u>Certain Additional Payments</u>. In connection with any assignment of rights
and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions
thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment make additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient,
upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations,
or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata
share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee
and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to
the Administrative Agent and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (B) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its
full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any assignment of rights
and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder becomes effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this
Section 10.4(b)(vii), then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement
until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.4(c), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1 and 10.3 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; <u>provided</u> that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender's having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.4(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 10.4(d).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Register</u>. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the United States of America a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "<u>Register</u>"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Participations</u>. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, or the Borrower or any of the Borrower's Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a "<u>Participant</u>") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment or the Loans owing to it); <u>provided</u> that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.3(c) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; <u>provided</u> that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in Section 10.2(b)(i) through (viii) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.1, 3.4, and 3.5 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.5(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.5(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.4(b); <u>provided</u> that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.21 as if it were an assignee under Section 10.4(b); and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.1 or 3.5, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower's request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.21 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.5 as though it were a Lender; <u>provided</u> that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.19 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant's interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the "<u>Participant Register</u>"); <u>provided</u> that no Lender has 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 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) has no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) <u>Certain Pledges</u>. 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; <u>provided</u> that no such pledge or assignment may release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (f) Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.5. <u>Setoff</u>. If the Borrower becomes insolvent, however evidenced, or any Event of Default occurs, the Borrower authorizes each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to offset and apply all deposits, credits and deposit accounts (including all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) of the Borrower with such Lender or any Affiliate of such Lender (the "<u>Deposits</u>") toward the payment of the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.3 (and such amounts so set off shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent promptly and in any event within one (1) Business Day of receipt thereof for such purpose), whether or not the Obligations, or any part thereof, are contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such Deposit, and regardless of the existence or adequacy of any collateral, guaranty or any other security, right or remedy available to such Lender or the Lenders; <u>provided</u> that if any Defaulting Lender exercises such right of setoff, (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.23(a)(ii) and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (b) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.6. <u>Payments Set Aside</u>. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.7. <u>Survival</u>. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower in any Loan Document or other documents delivered in connection therewith or pursuant thereto shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof and the making of the Credit Extensions, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation remains unpaid or unsatisfied and so long as the Commitments have not expired or been terminated. The provisions of Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 10.3, and 10.7 and Article IX shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the payment in full of the Obligations, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of any Loan Document or any provision thereof.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.8. <u>Governmental Regulation</u>. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any applicable statute or regulation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.9. <u>Headings</u>. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.10. <u>Entire Agreement</u>. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof other than those in any fee letter entered into in connection with the transaction that is the subject of this Agreement, which shall survive and remain in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.11. <u>Several Obligations</u>. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender is the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent the Administrative Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.12. <u>Severability of Provisions</u>. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.13. <u>Treatment of Certain Information</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Confidentiality</u>. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons
to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to
have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar legal
process;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) to any other party hereto;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of
this Section 10.13(a), to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction
under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) on a confidential basis to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities contemplated hereby or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection
with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the facilities hereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(viii) with the consent of the Borrower; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ix) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result
of a breach of this Section 10.13(a) or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any of their respective Affiliates
on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower who did not acquire such information as a result of a breach of this
Section 10.13(a).

In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, or any Lender in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.

For purposes of this Section 10.13(a), "<u>Information</u>" means all information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; <u>provided</u> that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 10.13(a) 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.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.13(a) shall prohibit any Person from voluntarily disclosing or providing any Information to any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization to the extent that such prohibition is prohibited by the laws or regulations applicable to such governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Public Information</u>. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that certain of the Lenders (each, a "<u>Public Lender</u>") may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons' securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the materials and information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (collectively, "<u>Borrower Materials</u>") that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked "PUBLIC," which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word "PUBLIC" shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) by marking Borrower Materials "PUBLIC," the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of U.S. federal and state securities Laws (<u>provided</u> that to the extent that such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be subject to Section 10.13(a)); (iii) all Borrower Materials marked "PUBLIC" are permitted to be made available through a portion of the applicable electronic submission system (e.g., DebtX) designated "Public Side Information"; and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked "PUBLIC" as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the applicable electronic submission system (e.g., DebtX) not designated "Public Side Information." Each Public Lender will designate one or more representatives that shall be permitted to receive information that is not designated as being available for Public Lenders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.14. <u>Nonreliance</u>. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) for the repayment of the Credit Extensions.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.15. <u>No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility</u>. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates' understanding, that (a)(i) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Borrower, any Arranger, any Bookrunner, the Administrative Agent or any Lender is intended to be or has been created in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, irrespective of whether any Arranger, the Administrative Agent or any Lender has advised or is advising the Borrower on other matters, (ii) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are arm's-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, (iii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate and (iv) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; and (b)(i) each of the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person; (ii) none of the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective branches and Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against any of the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.16. <u>PATRIOT Act</u>. Each Lender subject to the PATRIOT Act hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.17. <u>Counterparts; Effectiveness</u>. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Except as provided in Article IV, this Agreement shall become effective when it has been executed by the Administrative Agent, and when the Administrative Agent has received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.18. <u>Electronic Execution of Assignments</u>. The words "execution," "signed," "signature," and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including E-SIGN, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on UETA.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.19. <u>Document Imaging; Telecopy and PDF Signatures; Electronic Signatures</u>. Without notice to or consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender may create electronic images of any Loan Documents and destroy paper originals of any such imaged documents. Such images have the same legal force and effect as the paper originals and are enforceable against the Borrower and any other parties thereto. The Administrative Agent and each Lender may convert any Loan Document into a "transferrable record" as such term is defined under, and to the extent permitted by, UETA, with the image of such instrument in the Administrative Agent's or such Lender's possession constituting an "authoritative copy" under UETA. If the Administrative Agent agrees, in its sole discretion, to accept delivery by telecopy or PDF of an executed counterpart of a signature page of any Loan Document or other document required to be delivered under the Loan Documents, such delivery will be valid and effective as delivery of an original manually executed counterpart of such document for all purposes. If the Administrative Agent agrees, in its sole discretion, to accept any electronic signatures of any Loan Document or other document required to be delivered under the Loan Documents, the words "execution," "signed," and "signature," and words of like import, in or referring to any document so signed will deemed to include electronic signatures and/or the keeping of records in electronic form, which will be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature and/or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including UETA, E-SIGN, or any other state laws based on, or similar in effect to, such acts. The Administrative Agent and each Lender may rely on any such electronic signatures without further inquiry.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.20. <u>Governing Law</u>. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Kansas.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.21. <u>Jurisdiction</u>. The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of Kansas sitting in Johnson County, and of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall (a) affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction, or (b) waive any Law providing for the treatment of bank branches, bank agencies, or other bank offices as if they were separate juridical entities for certain purposes, including Uniform Commercial Code §§ 4-106, 4-A-105(1)(b), and 5-116(b), UCP 600 Article 3 and ISP98 Rule 2.02, and URDG 758 Article 3(a).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.22. <u>Waiver of Venue</u>. The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in Section 10.21. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.23. <u>Service of Process</u>. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.24. <u>WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL</u>. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.25. Intentionally deleted.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.26. <u>Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions</u>. 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:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder that may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of
the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.27. <u>Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs</u>. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Obligations or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, "<u>QFC Credit Support</u>" and each such QFC a "<u>Supported QFC</u>"), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the "<u>U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</u>") in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of Kansas and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a "<u>Covered Party</u>") becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

[Signature Pages Follow]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1. <u>K.S.A. Section 16-118 Required Notice.</u> This statement is provided pursuant K.S.A. Section 16-118: "THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT IS A FINAL EXPRESSION OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CREDITORS AND THE DEBTOR AND SUCH WRITTEN CREDIT AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY PRIOR ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT OR OF A CONTEMPORANEOUS ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CREDITORS AND DEBTOR."

THE FOLLOWING SPACE CONTAINS ANY NON-STANDARD TERMS INCLUDING THE REDUCTION TO WRITING OF ANY PREVIOUS ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT:

NONE.

The Creditors and Debtor, by their respective initials or signatures below, confirm that no unwritten Credit Agreement exists between the parties:

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|:---|:---|
| **Creditors:** |  |
| | (U.S. Bank) |
| | (The Huntington National Bank) |
| | (INTRUST Bank) |

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**Debtor:**

***Signature Page to***

***Credit Agreement***

 ****

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

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|:---|:---|
| TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE | TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE |
| CORPORATION, as the Borrower | CORPORATION, as the Borrower |
| By: | /s/ Sean Wickliffe |
| Name: | Sean Wickliffe |
| Title: | Principal Fiancial Officer |

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|:---|:---|
| U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, |
| as a Lender and as Administrative Agent | as a Lender and as Administrative Agent |
| By: | /s/ Andrew D. Mihaly |
| Name: | Andrew D. Mihaly  |
| Title: | Vice President |

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***Signature Page to***

***Credit Agreement***

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|:---|:---|
| THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a | THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a |
| Lender | Lender |
| By: | /s/ Amy Prager |
| Name: | Amy Prager |
| Title: | Managing Director |

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***Signature Page to***

***Credit Agreement***

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|:---|:---|
| INTRUST BANK, N.A., as a Lender | INTRUST BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
| By: | /s/ Marlon King |
| Name: | Marlon King |
| Title: | Senior Managing Director |

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***Signature Page to***

***Credit Agreement***

 

**SCHEDULE 1**

**COMMITMENTS**

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Lender: | &nbsp;&nbsp;Commitment: |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | &nbsp;&nbsp;$100000000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK | &nbsp;&nbsp;$50000000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;INTRUST BANK, N.A. | &nbsp;&nbsp;$20000000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**TOTAL COMMITMENTS** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**$170000000** |

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**EXHIBIT A**

**FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION**

This Assignment and Assumption (the "<u>Assignment and Assumption</u>") is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor identified in item 1 below (the "<u>Assignor</u>") and the Assignee identified in item 2 below (the "<u>Assignee</u>"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the "Credit Agreement"), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor's rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below, and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the "<u>Assigned Interest</u>"). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor. Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

1. Assignor: [ ● ]

2. Assignee: [ ● ]

3. Borrower: Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

4. Administrative Agent: U.S. Bank National Association, as the agent under the Credit Agreement.

5. Credit Agreement: The Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026, between the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative
Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. Assigned Interest[s]:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Assignor[s]<sup>1</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;Assignee[s]<sup>2</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;Facility<br> Assigned<sup>3</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;Aggregate Amount of<br> Commitment/Loans for<br> all Lenders<sup>4</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;Percentage<br> Assigned of<br> Commitment/<br> Loans<sup>5</sup> | &nbsp;&nbsp;CUSIP Number |
|  |  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;$| $&nbsp;&nbsp;% |  |
|  |  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;$| $&nbsp;&nbsp;% |  |
|  |  |  | &nbsp;&nbsp;$| $&nbsp;&nbsp;% |  |

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7. Trade Date: [ ● ]

8. Effective Date: [ ● ], 20[ ● ]

<sup>1</sup> List each Assignor, as appropriate.

<sup>2</sup> List each Assignee, as appropriate.

<sup>3</sup> Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g., "Revolving Credit Commitment," etc.)

<sup>4</sup> Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

<sup>5</sup> Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

[●] 

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

[●] 

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

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|:---|:---|
| Accepted: | Accepted: |
| U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as |
| Administrative Agent | Administrative Agent |
| By: |  |
| Name: | [●] |
| Title: | [●] |
| Consented to: | Consented to: |
| TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE | TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE |
| CORPORATION, as the Borrower | CORPORATION, as the Borrower |
| By: |  |
| Name: | [●] |
| Title: | [●] |

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**ANNEX 1**

**STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR**

**ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. <u>Representations and Warranties</u>.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1 <u>Assignor</u>. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is not a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.2. <u>Assignee</u>. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.4 of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. <u>Payments</u>. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts that have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts that have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to the Assignee.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. <u>General Provisions</u>. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Kansas.

**EXHIBIT B**

**FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE**

**BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE**

This Borrowing Base Certificate ("<u>Certificate</u>") is delivered pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), dated as of March 13, 2026 among Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "<u>Borrower</u>"); certain lenders (the "<u>Lenders</u>"); and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacity, the "<u>Agent</u>"); and as lead arranger hereunder (in such capacity, the "<u>Lead Arranger"</u>). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Certificate have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned hereby certifies that he or she is an authorized signor of the Borrower and, as such, is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate on behalf of the Borrower and, certifies to the Agent that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. <u>Borrowing Base Calculation</u>. The Borrowing Base for the Borrower, as of________ ____, 20____ , is
 as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. Total
 Value of Acceptable Assets of Borrower (" <u>Acceptable Assets</u> ") $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. 33-1/3%
 of Acceptable Assets $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. "senior
 securities representing indebtedness"(as such term is used in the 1940 Act), other than the Loans $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D. Borrowing
 Base (line B <u>minus</u> line C) $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. <u>Calculation of Availability Under the Credit Agreement</u>. The maximum amount of Loan available under
 the Credit Agreement as of , 20 , is as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. Commitments $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. Lesser
 of 1D or 2A $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Current
 outstanding balances on Revolving Loans $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D. Availability $________________

(line 2B minus line 2C)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E. Requested Advance
(if any) $________________

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. <u>Compliance with 1940 Act</u>**.** As of , 20 , the Borrower is in material compliance with the 1940 Act, including but not limited to, all leverage regulations specified in Section 7.17 of the Credit Agreement. As of the date hereof, the Borrower's applicable "Asset Coverage" (as defined in Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act) is as follows:

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| (i) | <u>Senior Securities Representing</u> | ________________% |
|  | <u>Indebtedness (as used in the 1940 Act)</u> |  |

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|:---|:---|:---|
| (ii) | <u>Senior Securities (as used in the 1940 Act)</u> | ________________% |
|  | <u>that are Stock</u> |  |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. <u>Reliance</u>. This Certificate is delivered to the Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Lenders and the Lead Arranger and may be conclusively relied upon by all such Persons.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate on behalf of the Borrower as of the date first above written.

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|:---|:---|
| TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION | TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION |
| By: |  |
|  | Name: |
|  | Title: |

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**EXHIBIT C**

**FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE**

To: The Lenders party to the Agreement described below

This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Agreement</u>"), between Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), the Lenders party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. I am the duly elected [●] of the Borrower.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. I have reviewed the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, any Default or Event of Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth below.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Schedule I hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the Borrower's compliance with certain covenants of the Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct.

Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:

The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this [●] day of [●], 20[●].

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

SCHEDULE I TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Compliance as of [●], 20[●] with Section 7.17 of the Agreement

[insert relevant calculations]

**EXHIBIT G**

**FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE**

March 13, 2026

TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the "<u>Borrower</u>"), promises to pay to the order of [●] (the "<u>Lender</u>") the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender, in immediately available funds at the applicable office of U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof, at the rates and on the dates set forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Revolving Loans in full on the Facility Termination Date.

This Revolving Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Agreement</u>"), between the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, including the Lender and U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent. Reference is made to the Agreement for a statement of the terms and conditions governing this Revolving Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Revolving Note may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement.

In the event of default hereunder, the undersigned agrees to pay all costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees. The undersigned waives demand, presentment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest and notice of dishonor.

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Kansas.

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

**EXHIBIT H-1**

**FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE**

**(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)**

Reference is hereby made to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), among Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a "controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms). By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided in this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

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

[●] 

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

Date:<u> </u>_____ __, 20[ ]

**EXHIBIT H-2**

**FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE**

**(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)**

Reference is hereby made to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), among Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a "controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms). By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided in this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

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

[●] 

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

**EXHIBIT H-3**

**FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE**

**(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)**

Reference is hereby made to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), among Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "bank" extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY (or applicable successor form) accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms) or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY (or applicable successor form) accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms) from each of such partner's/member's beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided in this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

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

[●] 

By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

**EXHIBIT H-4**

**FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE**

**(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)**

Reference is hereby made to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2026 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "<u>Credit Agreement</u>"), among Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, U.S. Bank National Association as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "bank" extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a "controlled foreign corporation" related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY (or applicable successor form) accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms) or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY (or applicable successor form) accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or applicable successor forms) from each of such partner's/member's beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided in this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

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

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By: 

Name: [ ● ]

Title: [ ● ]

## Ex-99.(K)(32)

**Exhibit (k)(32)**

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**Subscription Agent Agreement**

**Between**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP**

**And**

**Computershare Trust Company, N.A.**

**And**

**Computershare Inc.**

This **SUBSCRIPTION AGENT AGREEMENT** (this "**Agreement**"), dated as of this 18th day of May 2026 (the "**Effective Date**"), is by and between **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp.**, a company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the "**Company**"), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company ("**Trust Company**"), and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation ("**Computershare**", and together with Trust Company, "**Agent**").

**1. <u>Appointment</u>.**

1.1 Company is making an offer (the "**Subscription Offer** or alternatively **the "Offer"**") to issue to holders of record of its outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "**Common Stock**"), at the close of business on May 20, 2026 (the "**Record Date**"), the right to subscribe for and purchase (each, a "**Right**", and collectively, the "**Rights**") shares of common stock (the "**Additional Common Stock**") at a purchase price of Additional Common Stock (the "**Subscription Price**"), determined based on a formula equal to 92.5% of the average of the last reported sale price of a Common Share on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on the date on which the Offer expires, as such date may be extended from time to time, and the four (4) preceding trading days (the "Formula Price"). If, however, the Formula Price is less than 90% of the average of the net asset value ("NAV") per Common Share at the close of trading on the NYSE on the Expiration Date and the four (4) preceding trading days, then the Subscription Price will be 90% of the average of the Company's NAV per Common Share at the close of trading on the NYSE on the Expiration Date and the four (4) preceding trading days, payable as described on the Subscription Form (as defined below) sent to eligible shareholders, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The term "**Subscribed**" shall mean submitted for purchase from Company by a stockholder in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Offer, and the term "**Subscription(s)**" shall mean any such submission. Company hereby appoints Agent to act as subscription agent in connection with the Subscription Offer and Agent hereby accepts such appointment in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

1.2 The Subscription Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 17, 2026 (the "**Expiration Time**"), unless Company shall have extended the period of time for which the Subscription Offer is open, in which event the term "**Expiration Time**" shall mean the latest time and date at which the Subscription Offer, as so extended by Company from time to time, shall expire.

1.3 Company filed an automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Additional Common Stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "**1933 Act**"), on May 8, 2026, which became effective automatically upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(e) thereunder. The terms of the Additional Common Stock are more fully described in the prospectus forming a part of the registration statement as it was declared effective. All terms used and not defined herein shall have the same meaning(s) as in the prospectus.

1.4 Promptly after the Record Date, Company will furnish Agent with, or will instruct Agent, in its capacity as transfer agent for Company, to prepare, a certified list in a format acceptable to Agent of holders of record of the Common Stock at the Record Date, including each such holder's name, address, taxpayer identification number ("**TIN**"), share amount with applicable tax lot detail, any certificate detail and information regarding any applicable account stops or blocks (the "**Record Stockholders List**").

1.5 No later than the earlier of (i) forty-five (45) days after the Record Date or (ii) January 15 of the year following the year in which the Record Date occurs, Company shall deliver to Agent written direction on the adjustment of cost basis for covered securities that arise from or are affected by the Subscription Offer in accordance with current Internal Revenue Service regulations (see the Tax Instruction/Cost Basis Information Letter attached hereto as Exhibit B for additional information)

**2. <u>Subscription of Rights</u>.**

2.1 The Rights entitle the holders to subscribe, upon payment of the Subscription Price, for shares of the Additional Common Stock at the rate of one (1) share of Common Stock for each three (3) Rights (the "**Basic Subscription Privilege**"). No fractional Rights will be issued, but the Subscription Offer includes a step-up privilege entitling the holder of Common Stock at the Record Date who holds fewer than three (3) shares of Common Stock to subscribe for and pay the Subscription Price for one full share of the Common Stock.

2.2 If subscribing shareholders who exercise their Rights in full are entitled to exercise an oversubscription right, then Company shall provide Agent with instructions regarding the allocation to such shareholders of the Additional Common Stock after the initial allocation thereof.

2.3 Except as otherwise indicated to Agent by Company in writing, all of the Common Stock delivered hereunder upon the exercise of the Rights will be delivered free of restrictive legends. Company shall, if applicable, inform Agent as soon as possible in advance as to whether any Common Stock issued hereunder is to be issued with restrictive legend(s) and, if so, Company shall provide the appropriate legend(s) and a list identifying the affected shareholders, certificate numbers (if applicable) and share amounts for such affected shareholders.

**3. <u>Duties of Subscription Agent</u>.**

3.1 Agent shall issue the Rights in accordance with this Agreement in the names of the holders of the Common Stock of record on the Record Date, keep such records as are necessary for the purpose of recording such issuance(s), and furnish a copy of such records to Company.

3.2 Promptly after Agent receives the Record Stockholders List, Agent shall:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, to each holder of the Common Stock of record on the Record Date whose address of record is within the United States of America and Canada, (i) a subscription form with respect to the Rights to which such stockholder is entitled under the Subscription Offer (the "**Subscription Form**"), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, (ii) a copy of the prospectus and (iii) a return envelope addressed to Agent.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) At the direction of Company, mail or cause to be mailed, to each holder of the Common Stock of record on the Record Date whose address of record is outside the United States of America and Canada, or is an A.P.O. or a F.P.O. address, a copy of the prospectus. Agent shall refrain from mailing the Subscription Form to any holder of the Common Stock of record on the Record Date whose address of record is outside the United States of America and Canada, or is an A.P.O. or a F.P.O. address, and hold such Subscription Form for the account of such stockholder subject to such stockholder making satisfactory arrangements with Agent for the exercise or other disposition of the Rights described therein, and effect the exercise, sale or delivery of such Rights in accordance with the terms of this Agreement if notice of such arrangements is received at or before 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on June 10, 2026 . In the event that a request to exercise the Rights is received from such a holder, Agent will consult with Company for instructions as to the number of shares of the Additional Common Stock, if any, Agent is authorized to issue.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Upon request by Company, Agent shall mail or deliver a copy of the prospectus (i) to each assignee or transferee of the Rights upon receiving appropriate documentation satisfactory to Agent to register the assignment or transfer thereof and (ii) with shares of the Additional Common Stock when such are issued to persons other than the registered holder of the Rights.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Agent shall accept Subscriptions upon the due exercise of the Rights (including payment of the Subscription Price) on or prior to the Expiration Time in accordance with the Subscription Form.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Agent shall accept Subscriptions, without further authorization or direction from Company, without procuring supporting legal papers or other proof of authority to sign (including, without limitation, proof of appointment of a fiduciary or other person acting in a representative capacity), and without signatures of co-fiduciaries, co-representatives or any other person:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) If the Right is registered in the name of a fiduciary and the
Subscription Form is executed by such fiduciary, provided, that the Additional Common Stock is to be issued in the name of such fiduciary;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) If the Right is registered in the name of joint tenants and
the Subscription Form is executed by one of the joint tenants, provided, that the Additional Common Stock is to be issued in the names
of such joint tenants; or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) If the Right is registered in the name of a corporation and
the Subscription Form is executed by a person in a manner which appears or purports to be done in the capacity of an officer or agent
thereof, provided, that the Additional Common Stock is to be issued in the name of such corporation.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (f) Each document received by Agent relating to its duties hereunder shall be dated and time stamped when received at the applicable address(es) as outlined in the offering documents.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (g) Agent shall, absent specific and mutually agreed upon instructions between Agent and Company, follow its normal and customary procedures with respect to the acceptance or rejection of all Subscriptions received after the Expiration Time. Subscriptions not authorized to be accepted pursuant to this Section 3 and Subscriptions otherwise failing to comply with the terms and conditions of the Subscription Form will be rejected and returned to the applicable shareholder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (h) Company shall provide an opinion of counsel prior to the Expiration Time to set up a reserve of the Additional Common Stock. The opinion shall state that all of the Additional Common Stock, or the transactions in which they are being issued, as applicable, are:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Registered, or subject to a valid exemption from registration,
under the 1933 Act, and all appropriate state securities law filings have been made with respect to the Additional Common Stock, or alternatively,
that the shares of the Additional Common Stock are "covered securities" under Section 18 of the 1933 Act; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

**4. <u>Acceptance of Subscriptions</u>.** 

4.1 Following Agent's first receipt of Subscriptions, on each business day, or more frequently if reasonably requested as to major tally figures, forward a report by email to swickliffe@tortoisecapital.com (the "**Company Representative**") as to the following information, based upon a preliminary review (and at all times subject to a final determination by Company) as of the close of business on the preceding business day or the most recent practicable time prior to such request, as the case may be: (i) the total number of shares of the Additional Common Stock Subscribed for; (ii) the total number of the Rights sold; (iii) the total number of the Rights partially Subscribed for; (iv) the amount of funds received; and (v) the cumulative totals in categories (i) through (iv), above.

4.2 As promptly as possible following the Expiration Time, advise the Company Representative by email of (i) the number of shares of the Additional Common Stock Subscribed for and (ii) the number of shares of the Additional Common Stock unsubscribed for.

**5. <u>Deposit of Funds.</u>**

5.1 All funds received by Computershare pursuant to this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the "**Funds**") shall be delivered to Computershare by 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("**ET**") and in no event later than 12:00 p.m. ET on the Redemption Date. Funding after 9:00 a.m. but before 12:00 p.m. on the Redemption Date may cause delays in payments to be made on the Redemption Date. Delivery of the Funds on any day after 12:00 p.m. ET will be subject to the terms of Section 5, below. Once received by Computershare, the Funds shall be held by Computershare as agent for Company. Until paid or distributed in accordance with this Agreement, the Funds shall be deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for Company. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, Computershare may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (i) bank accounts, short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements, and disbursement accounts with commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody's (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.), (ii) cash management sweeps to AAA fixed NAV money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (iii) funds backed by obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America, municipal securities, or (iv) debt or commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by S&P Global Inc. ("**S&P**") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("**Moody's**"), respectively.

5.2 Computershare will only draw upon the Funds in such account(s) as required from time to time in order to make the payments for the Shares and any applicable tax withholding payments. Computershare shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by Computershare in accordance with this Section 3, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to Company, any holder or any other party.

5.3 Computershare is acting as Agent hereunder and is not a debtor of Company in respect of the Funds.

5.4 In the case of late-day funding, which means delivery of the Funds to Computershare after 12:00 p.m. ET on any day, regardless of whether such funding occurs prior to, or after, the Redemption Date as set forth in Section 5.1, above ("**Late-Day Funding**"), Federal Deposit Insurance or other bank liquidity charges may apply in connection with the overnight deposit of the Funds with commercial banks. The parties hereto agree that any such charges assessed as a result of Late-Day Funding will be charged to Company and Company hereby agrees to pay such charges.

5.5 Company agrees to deliver the Funds by wire to the account(s) listed on the attached Exhibit B, which may be amended in writing from time to time.

**6. <u>Completion of Subscription Offer</u>.**

6.1 Upon completion of the Subscription Offer, Agent shall request the transfer agent for the Common Stock to issue the appropriate number of shares of the Additional Common Stock as required in order to effectuate the Subscriptions.

6.2 The Rights shall be issued in registered, book-entry form only. Agent shall keep books and records of the registration, transfer and exchange of the Rights (the "**Rights Register**").

6.3 All of the Rights issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of the Rights shall be the valid obligations of Company, evidencing the same obligations and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Rights surrendered for such registration of transfer or exchange; provided, that until such transfer or exchange is registered in the Rights Register, Company and Agent may treat the registered holder thereof as the owner for all purposes.

6.4 For so long as this Agreement shall be in effect, Company will reserve for issuance and keep available free from preemptive rights a sufficient number of shares of the Additional Common Stock to permit the exercise in full of all of the Rights issued pursuant to the Subscription Offer.

6.6 Company shall, from time to time, take all action necessary or appropriate to obtain and keep effective all registrations, permits, consents and approvals of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other governmental agency or authority and make such filings under federal and state laws, which may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Rights or the Additional Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the Rights.

**7. <u>Procedure for Discrepancies</u>.** Agent shall follow its regular procedures to attempt to reconcile any discrepancies between the number of shares of Additional Common Stock that any Subscription Form may indicate are to be issued to a stockholder upon the exercise of the Rights and the number that the Record Stockholders List indicates may be issued to such stockholder. In any instance where Agent cannot reconcile such discrepancies by following such procedures, Agent will consult with Company for instructions as to the number of shares of Additional Common Stock, if any, Agent is authorized to issue. In the absence of such instructions, Agent is authorized not to issue any shares of Additional Common Stock to such stockholder and will return to the subscribing stockholder (at Agent's option by either first class mail under a blanket surety bond or insurance protecting Agent and Company from losses or liabilities arising out of the non-receipt or non-delivery of the Subscription Form or by registered mail insured separately for the value of the applicable Rights) to such stockholder's address as set forth in the Subscription Form, any Subscription Form delivered to Agent, any other documents delivered therewith and a letter explaining the reason for the return of such documents.

**8. <u>Procedure for Deficient Items</u>.**

8.1 Agent shall examine the Subscription Form(s) received by it as agent to ascertain whether they appear to have been completed and executed in accordance with the Subscription Offer. In the event that Agent determines that any Subscription Form does not appear to have been properly completed or executed, or to be in proper form, or any other deficiency in connection with the Subscription Form appears to exist, Agent shall follow, where possible, its regular procedures to attempt to cause such irregularity to be corrected. Agent is not authorized to waive any deficiency in connection with the Subscription, unless Company provides written authorization to waive such deficiency.

8.2 If a Subscription Form specifies that shares of the Additional Common Stock are to be issued to a person other than the person in whose name a surrendered Right is registered, Agent will not issue such shares until such Subscription Form has been properly endorsed with the signature guaranteed in a manner acceptable to Agent (or otherwise put in proper form for transfer).

8.3 If any such deficiency is neither corrected nor waived, Agent will return to the subscribing stockholder (at Agent's option by either first class mail under a blanket surety bond or insurance protecting Agent and Company from losses or liabilities arising out of the non-receipt or non-delivery of the Subscription Form or by registered mail insured separately for the value of the applicable Rights) to such stockholder's address as set forth in the Subscription Form, any Subscription Form delivered to Agent, any other documents delivered therewith and a letter explaining the reason for the return of such documents.

**9. <u>Tax Reporting</u>.**

9.1 Agent shall prepare and file with the appropriate governmental agency and mail to each stockholder, as applicable, all appropriate tax information forms, including, but not limited to, Forms 1099-B, covering payments or any other distributions made by Agent pursuant to this Agreement during each calendar year, or any portion thereof, during which Agent performs services hereunder, as described in the attached Exhibit B. Any cost basis or tax adjustments required after the Effective Time will incur additional fees.

9.2 With respect to any surrendering stockholder whose TIN has not been certified as correct, Agent shall deduct and withhold the appropriate backup withholding tax from any payment made to such stockholder pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.

9.3 Should any issue arise regarding federal income tax reporting or withholding, Agent shall take such reasonable action as Company may reasonably request in writing. Such action may be subject to additional fees.

**10. <u>Authorizations and Protections</u>.**

As agent for Company hereunder, Agent:

10.1 Shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically set forth herein or as may subsequently be agreed to in writing by Agent and Company;

10.2 Shall have no obligation to deliver the Additional Common Stock unless Company shall have provided a sufficient number of shares of the Additional Common Stock to satisfy the exercise of the Rights by holders as set forth hereunder;

10.3 Shall be regarded as making no representations and having no responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value, or genuineness of any certificates, if applicable, or the Rights represented thereby surrendered hereunder or the Additional Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, and will not be required to or be responsible for and will make no representations as to, the validity, sufficiency, value or genuineness of the Subscription Offer;

10.4 Shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder; if, however, Agent determines to take any legal action hereunder, and where the taking of such action might, in Agent's judgment, subject or expose it to any expense or liability, Agent shall not be required to act unless it shall have been furnished with an indemnity satisfactory to it;

10.5 May rely on and shall be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or other document or security delivered to Agent and believed by Agent to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper party or parties;

10.6 Shall not be liable or responsible for any recital or statement contained in the Subscription Offer or any other documents relating thereto;

10.7 Shall not be liable or responsible for any failure of the Company or any other party to comply with any of its covenants and obligations relating to the Subscription Offer, including without limitation obligations under applicable securities laws;

10.8 Shall not be liable to any holder of the Rights for any Additional Common Stock or dividends thereon or, if applicable, and any related unclaimed property that has been delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property law;

10.9 May, from time to time, rely on instructions provided by Company concerning the services provided hereunder. Further, Agent may apply to any officer or other authorized person of Company for instruction, and may consult with legal counsel for Agent or Company with respect to any matter arising in connection with the services provided hereunder. Agent and its agents and subcontractors shall not be liable and shall be indemnified by Company under Section 11.2 of this Agreement for any action taken or omitted by Agent in reliance upon any Company instructions or upon the advice or opinion of such counsel. Agent shall not be held to have notice of any change of authority of any person, until receipt of written notice thereof from Company;

10.10 May rely on and be fully authorized and protected in acting or failing to act upon (a) any guaranty of signature by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or other comparable signature guarantee program or insurance program in addition to, or in substitution for, the foregoing; or (b) any law, act, regulation or any interpretation of the same even though such law, act, or regulation may thereafter have been altered, changed, amended or repealed;

10.11 Either in connection with, or independent of the instruction term in Section 10.9, above, Agent may consult counsel satisfactory to Agent (including internal counsel), and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by Agent hereunder in good faith and in reliance upon the advice of such counsel;

10.12 May perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with reasonable care hereunder; and

10.13 Is not authorized, and shall have no obligation, to pay any brokers, dealers, or soliciting fees to any person.

**11. <u>Representations, Warranties and Covenants</u>.**

11.1 <u>Agent</u>. Agent represents and warrants to Company that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Governance.</u> Trust Company is a federally chartered trust company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under
the laws of the United States and Computershare is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and each has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Compliance with Laws.</u> The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Agent has been duly authorized by all necessary
action, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Agent enforceable against Agent in accordance with its terms, will not
require the consent of any third party that has not been given, and will not violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any material
term, condition or provision of (A) any existing law, ordinance, or governmental rule or regulation to which Agent is subject, (B) any
judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory official, body or authority
applicable to Agent, (C) Agent's incorporation documents or by-laws, or (D) any material agreement to which Agent is a party.

11.2 <u>Company</u>. Company represents and warrants to Agent that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) <u>Governance.</u> It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland,
and it has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform this Agreement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) <u>Compliance with Laws.</u> The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Company has been duly authorized by all
necessary action, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Company enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms,
will not require the consent of any third party that has not been given, and will not violate, conflict with or result in the breach of
any material term, condition or provision of (A) any existing law, ordinance, or governmental rule or regulation to which Company is subject,
(B) any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory official, body or authority
applicable to Company, (C) Company's incorporation documents or by-laws, (D) any material agreement to which Company is a party,
or (E) any applicable stock exchange rules;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) <u>Securities Laws.</u> Registration statements under the 1933 Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "**1934 Act** ")
have been filed and are currently effective, or will be effective prior to the sale of any Additional Common Stock, and will remain so
effective, and all appropriate state securities law filings have been made with respect to all of the Additional Common Stock being offered
for sale, except for any shares of Additional Common Stock which are offered in a transaction or series of transactions which are exempt
from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, 1934 Act and state securities laws; Company will immediately notify Agent of any information
to the contrary; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) <u>Shares.</u> The Additional Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof have been duly authorized, validly issued and
are fully paid and are non-assessable; and any Additional Common Stock to be issued hereafter, when issued, shall have been duly authorized,
validly issued and fully paid and will be non-assessable.

**12. <u>Indemnification and Limitation of Liability</u>.**

12.1 <u>Liability</u>. Agent shall only be liable for any loss or damage determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided that any liability of Agent will be limited in the aggregate to the amounts paid hereunder by Company to Agent as fees and charges, but not including reimbursable expenses.

12.2 <u>Indemnity</u>. Company shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless from and against, and Agent shall not be responsible for, any and all losses, claims, damages, costs, charges, penalties and related interest, counsel fees and expenses, payments, expenses and liability (collectively, "**Losses**") arising out of or attributable to Agent's duties under this Agreement or this appointment, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any Loss or enforcing this Agreement, except for any liability of Agent as set forth in Section 11.1, above.

**13. <u>Damages</u>**. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither party shall be liable to the other for any incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, loss of anticipated profits, occasioned by a breach of any provision of this Agreement even if apprised of the possibility of such damages.

**14. <u>Confidentiality</u>.**

14.1 <u>Definition</u>. "**Confidential Information**" shall mean any and all technical or business information relating to a party, including, without limitation, financial, marketing and product development information, shareholder data (including any non-public information of such Shareholder), proprietary information, and the terms and conditions (but not the existence) of this Agreement, that is disclosed or otherwise becomes known to the other party or its affiliates, agents or representatives before or during the term of this Agreement. Confidential Information constitutes trade secrets and is of great value to the owner (or its affiliates). Confidential Information shall not include any information that is: (a) already known to the other party or its affiliates at the time of the disclosure; (b) publicly known at the time of the disclosure or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act or failure of the other party; (c) subsequently disclosed to the other party or its affiliates on a non-confidential basis by a third party not having a confidential relationship with the owner and which rightfully acquired such information; or (d) independently developed by one party without access to Confidential Information of the other.

14.2 <u>Use and Disclosure</u>. All Confidential Information of a party will be held in confidence by the other party with at least the same degree of care as such party protects its own confidential or proprietary information of like kind and import, but not less than a reasonable degree of care. Neither party will disclose in any manner Confidential Information of the other party in any form to any person or entity without the other party's prior consent. However, each party may disclose relevant aspects of the other party's Confidential Information to its officers, affiliates, agents, subcontractors and employees to the extent reasonably necessary to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement and such disclosure is not prohibited by applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, each party will implement physical and other security measures and controls designed to protect (a) the security and confidentiality of Confidential Information; (b) against any threats or hazards to the security and integrity of Confidential Information; and (c) against any unauthorized access to or use of Confidential Information. To the extent that a party delegates any duties and responsibilities under this Agreement to an agent or other subcontractor, the party ensures that such agent and subcontractor are contractually bound to confidentiality terms consistent with the terms of this Section 13.

14.3 <u>Required or Permitted Disclosure</u>. In the event that any requests or demands are made for the disclosure of Confidential Information, other than requests to Agent for Shareholder records pursuant to standard subpoenas from state or federal government authorities (*e.g.*, divorce and criminal actions), the party receiving such request will promptly notify the other party to secure instructions from an authorized officer of such party as to such request and to enable the other party the opportunity to obtain a protective order or other confidential treatment, unless such notification is otherwise prohibited by law or court order. Each party expressly reserves the right, however, to disclose Confidential Information to any person whenever it is advised by counsel that it may be held liable for the failure to disclose such Confidential Information or if required by law or court order.

14.4 <u>Unauthorized Disclosure</u>. As may be required by law and without limiting any party's rights in respect of a breach of this Section 13, each party will promptly:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Notify the other party in writing of any unauthorized possession, use or
disclosure of the other party's Confidential Information by any person or entity that may become known to such party;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Furnish to the other party full details of the unauthorized possession,
use or disclosure; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent a recurrence of any such
unauthorized possession, use or disclosure of Confidential Information.

14.5 <u>Costs</u>. Each party will bear the costs it incurs as a result of compliance with this Section 13.

**15. <u>Compensation and Expenses</u>.**

15.1 Company shall pay to Agent compensation in accordance with the fee schedule attached as Exhibit B hereto, together with reimbursement for reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, regardless of whether any Rights are surrendered to Agent, for Agent's services hereunder.

15.2 Company shall be charged for certain expenses advanced or incurred by Agent in connection with Agent's performance of its duties hereunder. Such charges include, but are not limited to, stationery and supplies, such as checks, envelopes and paper stock, as well as any disbursements for telephone and document creation and delivery. While Agent endeavors to maintain such charges (both internal and external) at competitive rates, these charges may not reflect actual out-of-pocket costs, and may include handling charges to cover internal processing and use of Agent's billing systems.

15.3 If any out-of-proof condition caused by Company or any of its prior agents arises during any terms of this agreement, Company will, promptly upon Agent's request, provide Agent with funds or shares sufficient to resolve the out-of-proof condition.

15.4 All amounts owed to Agent hereunder are due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date. Delinquent payments are subject to a late payment charge of one and one half percent (1.5%) per month commencing forty-five (45) days from the invoice date. Company agrees to reimburse Agent for any attorney's fees and any other costs associated with collecting delinquent payments.

15.5 Company is responsible for all taxes, levies, duties, and assessments levied on services purchased under this Agreement (collectively, "**Transaction Taxes**"). Computershare is responsible for collecting and remitting Transaction Taxes in all jurisdictions in which Computershare is registered to collect such Transaction Taxes. Computershare shall invoice Company for such Transaction Taxes that Computershare is obligated to collect upon the furnishing of services provided hereunder. Company shall pay such Transaction Taxes according to the terms in Section 15.1, above. Computershare shall timely remit to the appropriate governmental authorities all such Transaction Taxes that Computershare collects from Company. To the extent that Company provides Computershare with valid exemption certificates, direct pay permits, or other documentation that exempts Computershare from collecting Transaction Taxes from Company, invoices issued for services hereunder provided after Computershare's receipt of such certificates, permits, or other documentation will not reflect exempted Transaction Taxes. Computershare is solely responsible for the payment of all personal property taxes, franchise taxes, corporate excise or privilege taxes, property or license taxes, taxes relating to Computershare's personnel, and taxes based on Computershare's net income or gross revenues relating to services provided hereunder.

**16. <u>Termination</u>.** Either party may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the other party. Unless so terminated, this Agreement shall continue in effect until ninety (90) days following the Expiration Time. In the event of such early termination, Company will appoint a successor agent and inform Agent of the name and address of any successor agent so appointed, provided, that no failure by Company to appoint such a successor agent shall affect the termination of this Agreement or the discharge of Agent as agent hereunder. Upon any such termination, Agent shall be relieved and discharged of any further responsibilities with respect to its duties hereunder. Upon payment of all outstanding fees and expenses hereunder, Agent shall promptly forward to Company or its designee any Subscription Forms or other documents relating to the Subscription Offer that Agent may receive after its appointment has so terminated.

**17. <u>Assignment</u>.** Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by Company or Agent without the written consent of the other; provided, however, that Agent may, without further consent of Company, assign any of its rights and obligations hereunder to any affiliated agent registered under Rule 17Ac2-1 promulgated under the 1934 Act.

**18.** **<u>Subcontractors and Unaffiliated Third Parties</u>.**

18.1 <u>Subcontractors</u>. Agent may, without further consent of Company, subcontract with (a) any affiliates, or (b) unaffiliated subcontractors for such services as may be required from time to time (e.g., lost shareholder searches, escheatment, telephone and mailing services); provided, however, that Agent shall be as fully responsible to Company for the acts and omissions of any subcontractor as it is for its own acts and omissions.

18.2 <u>Unaffiliated Third Parties</u>. Nothing herein shall impose any duty upon Agent in connection with or make Agent liable for the actions or omissions to act of unaffiliated third parties (other than subcontractors referenced in Section 18.1, above) such as, by way of example and not limitation, airborne services, delivery services, the U.S. mails, and telecommunication companies, provided, if Agent selected such company, Agent exercised due care in selecting the same.

**19. <u>Miscellaneous</u>.**

19.1 <u>Notices</u>. All notices, demands and other communications given pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof shall be in writing, shall be deemed effective on the date of receipt, and may be sent by overnight delivery services, or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested to:

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| If to Company: | with an additional copy to: |
| TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP <br> 5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400<br> Overland Park, KS 66211<br> swickliffe@tortoisecapital.com<br> Attn: Sean Wickliffe | TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP <br> 5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400<br> Overland Park, KS 66211<br> jkruske@tortoisecapital.com<br> Attn: Jeff Kruske |

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Invoice for fees and services (if different than above):

If to Agent: with an additional copy to: <br>Computershare Inc. 480 Washington Blvd., 26th Floor Jersey City, NJ 07310 Attn: Corp Actions Relationship Manager Computershare Inc. 150 Royall Street Canton, MA 02021 Attn: Legal Department

Or

Computershare Inc.

150 Royall Street

Canton, MA 02021

Attn: Corp Actions Relationship Manager

19.2 <u>No Expenditure of Funds</u>. No provision of this Agreement shall require Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if it shall believe in good faith that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

19.3 <u>Publicity</u>. Neither party hereto shall issue a news release, public announcement, advertisement, or other form of publicity concerning the existence of this Agreement or the services to be provided hereunder without obtaining the prior written approval of the other party, which may be withheld in the other party's sole discretion; provided, that Agent may use Company's name in its customer lists or otherwise as required by law or regulation.

19.4 <u>Successors</u>. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of Company or Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

19.5 <u>Amendments</u>. This Agreement may be amended or modified by a written amendment executed by the parties hereto and, to the extent required, authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of Company.

19.6 <u>Severability</u>. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

19.7 <u>Governing Law; Jurisdiction</u>. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. The parties hereto irrevocably (a) submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in New York City or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (b) waive, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, any defense based on inconvenient forum, improper venue or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding, and (c) waive all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Agent shall not be required hereunder to comply with the laws or regulations of any country other than the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof. Agent may consult with foreign counsel, at Company's expense, to resolve any foreign law issues that may arise as a result of Company or any other party being subject to the laws or regulations of any foreign jurisdiction.

19.8 <u>Force Majeure</u>. Agent will not be liable for any delay or failure in performance when such delay or failure arises from circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God, acts of government in its sovereign or contractual capacity, acts of public enemy or terrorists, acts of civil or military authority, war, riots, civil strife, terrorism, blockades, sabotage, rationing, embargoes, epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases or any other public health crises, earthquakes, fire, flood, other natural disaster, quarantine or any other employee restrictions, power shortages or failures, utility or communication failure or delays, labor disputes, strikes, or shortages, supply shortages, equipment failures, or software malfunctions.

19.9 <u>Third Party Beneficiaries</u>. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to benefit only Agent, Company and their respective permitted successors and assigns. No rights shall be granted to any other person by virtue of this Agreement, and there are no third party beneficiaries hereof.

19.10 <u>Survival</u>. All provisions regarding indemnification, warranty, liability and limits thereon, compensation and expenses and confidentiality and protection of proprietary rights and trade secrets shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

19.11 <u>Priorities</u>. In the event of any conflict, discrepancy, or ambiguity between the terms and conditions contained in (a) this Agreement, (b) any exhibits, schedules or attachments hereto, and (c) the Subscription Offer, the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall take precedence.

19.12 <u>Merger of Agreement</u>. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes any prior agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, whether oral or written.

19.13 <u>No Strict Construction</u>. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event any ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by all parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

19.14 <u>Descriptive Headings</u>. Descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

19.15 <u>Counterparts</u>. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this Agreement executed and/or transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.

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**IN WITNESS WHEREOF,** the parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the Effective Date hereof.

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| **TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP** | **TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP** |
| By: |  |
| Name: | Sean Wickliffe |
| Title: | Principal Financial Officer |
| **COMPUTERSHARE INC. and** | **COMPUTERSHARE INC. and** |
| **COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.** | **COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.** |
| ***For both entities*** | ***For both entities*** |
| By: |  |
| Name: |  |
| Title: |  |

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|:---|:---|
| Exhibit A | Form of Subscription Form |
| Exhibit B | Tax Instruction and Cost Basis Information Letter |
| Exhibit C | Schedule of Fees |

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**EXHIBIT A**

<u>FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION FORM</u>

**Exhibit B**

**Section 1**

**Standard Tax Reporting Instructions** 

*Pursuant to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, financial intermediaries such as Computershare must report cost basis for certain types of securities acquired after January 1, 2011 to both security holders and the IRS. In preparation for the year-end tax reporting to be performed by Computershare under our service agreement for the corporate actions event described in Section 2 of this agreement, please (a) complete the below Year End Tax Reporting Package and (b) provide us with the pertinent issuer statement (i.e., hard copy or website link requested in Section 4 below) as required of issuers under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045B and the underlying Treasury regulations.*

 

*In the event that you have not yet produced the issuer statement, kindly provide us with the requisite information at your earliest convenience when completed. You may find it helpful to refer to the below link on the IRS website for some background information regarding the issuer's obligation to produce the issuer statement.* 

 

<u>https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/form-8937-report-of-organizational-actions-affecting-basis-of-securities</u>

*Please review, complete, execute and return the Year End Tax Reporting Package or the Form 8937, attached documents via e-mail. By requesting cost basis information, Computershare has fulfilled its regulatory obligation. Failure to provide correct basis information may result in a liability to you as an issuer, but if we can provide additional details, please feel free to call upon us.* 

 

*Additional information may be required based on the completion of the information provided below.* 

 

**PLEASE NOTE:** If IRC sections 302/304 apply to this Corporate Actions event, please reach out to the Corporate Actions Relationship Manager listed on Wire Instruction Exhibit of this Agreement to provide further details.

**Year End Tax Reporting Package**

Computershare cannot provide tax advice for purposes of completing this worksheet. Please consult your tax counsel to determine your respective tax reporting requirements.

Shareholder accounts without certified TIN, or certification of foreign status on our system of record will be subject to backup withholding tax at the applicable rate in accordance with IRS rules and regulations regarding 1099 tax reporting. The applicable backup withholding tax deducted from their payment will be remitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Holders will need to claim any refund of over withholding directly from the IRS and not Computershare. *Please note residents or holders that are uncertified, and reside in the state of CA will be withheld an additional 7% which will be remitted to the state of CA.*

 

**Important:** Computershare uses Constructive Receipt (refer to below definition) reporting for its standard tax reporting default. Deviations from our Standard Default Tax Terms, late submissions and subsequent corrections after the event is over will be subject to additional fees, by appraisal. If Computershare does not receive the completed tax letter by the expiration of the offer /effective date of the distribution or exchange, Computershare will use our Standard Default Tax Terms.

*<u>Computershare will perform form suppression on de minimis reporting for the following: on 1099-B tax forms less than $20 in proceeds and fractional share issuance if no withholding; 1099-DIV tax forms less than $10 in dividend income if no withholding.</u>*

 

*<u>Computershare will not be liable for any IRS penalties resulting from any client changes to this tax letter or client delay in any final tax instructions that will alter our initial tax reporting instructions. Should any withholding be remitted late to the IRS as a result of any changes to your initial tax reporting instructions. Company and/or Purchaser will be responsible for obligations related to penalties and interest as noted under the Section of the Agreement titled "Indemnification and Limitation of Liability."</u>*

 

**<u>Definitions:</u>**

**Constructive Receipt:** Constructive Receipt means that any corporate action exchange proceeds would be reported to the IRS in the year the merger is effective, whether or not the shareholder has presented the requisite and valid documentation in such year.

**Standard Default Tax Terms:** The share consideration (if any) is considered a non-taxable event with no Fair Market Value Reporting (FMV) on shares. Principal and CIL are reported on form 1099B as constructive receipt. In the event of an exchange, dividends declared after the effective date, will accrue on the shares issuable to un-exchanged holders and tax reported "as if" paid currently.

**Section 2 – Client Information**

Client Name: Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp.

Tax ID/EIN: 20-0384222

Issue Description/Type: Regulated Investment Company (RIC)

CUSIP Number(s):89147L886

Will you require Computershare to perform tax reporting services for this transaction?<br> ☒ Yes ☐ No\*\*\*

<u>\*\*\*If you mark the above box "No", an explanation of either how the consideration will be tax reported, or why tax reporting is not applicable (i.e. K1, W-2, etc.), is required. Please provide this explanation in **Section 5** where it indicates "If you answered "No" in Section 2.</u>

**Section 3 – Standard 1099 Reporting**

**<u>3.A – Principal payment / cash in lieu of fractional shares</u>**

If 3.A is not applicable, please check here and move to 3.B ☒

Computershare to report principal payment on Form 1099-B. <br> Yes, on Form 1099-B ☐ Yes, on a form other than Form 1099-B. Please complete Section 3.C ☐

Computershare to report cash in lieu payment for fractional shares made to holders.<br> Yes, on Form 1099-B ☐ Yes, on a form other than Form 1099-B. Please complete Section 3.C ☐

**<u>3.B – Dividend Reporting (including accrued dividends for unexchanged accounts)</u>**

If 3.B is not applicable, please check here and move to Section 3.C ☒

Dividends that have been paid in conjunction with Corporate Actions payments, deemed or accrued, such payment will be reported as Constructive Receipt on Form 1099-DIV or 1042-S.

Computershare to report dividends on Forms 1099-DIV / 1042-S.<br> Yes, Form 1099-DIV/1042-SB ☐ Yes, on a form other than Form 1099-DIV/1042=S. ☐ Please explain

Did the Company and or Purchaser distribute qualified dividends (100% ordinary & 100% qualified) for this tax year on the Newco shares?

Yes ☐ \*No ☐

\*If no, please provide us with your worksheet to ensure all reportable income or reclassification income, paid by Computershare as agent, is reported correctly. Please note that up to five decimal points can be utilized in the reallocation process. If you choose to use less than five decimal points this could result in rounding issues. Due to time constraints inherent with tax season, we will not be able to re-run tax forms due to rounding issues. Please provide us with your worksheet reflecting all distributions for this applicable tax year.

**<u>3.C – Additional reporting</u>**

If 3.C is not applicable, please check here and move to Section 4 ☒

Does any of the following reporting need to be performed by Computershare for cash paid (i.e., principal, cash in lieu) if not to be tax reported on Form 1099-B?

1099-INT ☐ 1099-OID ☐ 1099-MISC ☐ 1099-DIV ☐ 1042-S ☐

If you selected 1099-INT, 1099-OID or 1099-MISC above, please complete the below. Specify which box on the Form should be used for reportable amounts:

Reporting Box for 1099-INT: ______________________________________________________________

Reporting Box for 1099-OID: _____________________________________________________________

Reporting Box for 1099-MISC: ____________________________________________________________

If you selected 1099-DIV and/or 1042-S above, please complete the below.

Reporting for merger consideration (other than accrued and unpaid dividends as outlined below), on Form 1099-DIV and/or 1042-S is as follows:

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

**Section 4 – Cost Basis** 

Please provide a copy of the completed Issuer Statement (IRS Form 8937) or link to where the Tax & Cost Basis information can be found. If you are unable to provide the link or information pertaining to the Issuer Statement or such IRS filing requirement does not apply, you must answer the questions below.

What are the Cost Basis implications due to this Corporate Action? Please include the details of any calculation that needs to be applied to existing cost basis, or provide an explanation if the IRS filing requirement for Form 8937 does not apply to this event.

______________________________________________________________________________

_____Will provide when available___________________________________________________

**Section 5 – Additional Information**

Did any of the following corporate changes occur during the same year in which this corporate action took place?

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) Name Change? | Yes | ☐ | No | ☒ |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) Tax Id Number Change? | Yes | ☐ | No | ☐ |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c) CUSIP Number Change? | Yes | ☐ | No | ☒ |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d) Cash Liquidating Distribution | Yes | ☐ | No | ☒ |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e) Non-Cash Liquidating Distribution | Yes | ☐ | No | ☒ |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;f) Sale of Rights payment | Yes | ☐ | No | ☒ |

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Is any additional tax reporting required, other than what has been stated in Section 3 above (specify below)?

______________________________________________________________________________

_____No_______________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

If you answered "No" in Section 2 above indicating that you do not require Computershare to perform tax reporting, please explain below.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

**Section 6 – Additional Information continued**

Is any additional tax withholding required other than what has been stated in Section 3 above (specify below)?

______________________________________________________________________________

_____No_______________________________________________________________________

<br> ______________________________________________________________________________

Section 7

**Fair Market Value (FMV) Tax Reporting Instructions** 

*Pursuant to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, financial intermediaries such as Computershare must report cost basis for certain types of securities acquired after January 1, 2011 to both security holders and the IRS. In preparation for the year-end tax reporting to be performed by Computershare under our service agreement for the corporate actions event described in Section 1 of this agreement, please (a) complete the below Tax and Cost Basis package and (b) provide us with the pertinent issuer statement (i.e., hard copy or website link requested in Section 8 below) as required of issuers under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045B and the underlying Treasury regulations.*

 

*In the event that you have not yet produced the issuer statement, kindly provide us with the requisite information at your earliest convenience when completed. You may find it helpful to refer to the below link on the IRS website for some background information regarding the issuer's obligation to produce the issuer statement.* 

 

 

<u>https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/form-8937-report-of-organizational-actions-affecting-basis-of-securities</u>

*Please review, complete, execute and return the below Tax Letter and either the Cost Basis word document or the Form 8937, attached documents via e-mail. By requesting cost basis information, Computershare has fulfilled its regulatory obligation. Failure to provide correct basis information may result in a liability to you as an issuer, but if we can provide additional details, please feel free to call upon us.* 

 

*Additional information may be required based on the completion of the information provided below.* 

 

**PLEASE NOTE:** If 302/304 Tax Reporting is requirements please reach out to the Corporate Actions Relationship Manager listed on the Wire Instruction Exhibit of this Agreement

**Year End Tax Reporting Package**

Computershare cannot provide tax advice for purposes of completing this worksheet. Please consult your tax counsel to determine your respective tax reporting requirements.

Shareholder accounts without certified TIN, or foreign status on our system of record will be subject to backup withholding tax at the applicable rate in accordance with IRS rules and regulations regarding 1099 tax reporting. The applicable backup withholding tax deducted from their payment will be remitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Holders will need to claim any refund of over withholding directly from the IRS and not Computershare. *Please note residents or holders that are uncertified, and reside in the state of CA will be withheld an additional 7% which will be remitted to the state of CA.*

 

**Important:** Computershare uses Constructive Receipt reporting for its standard tax reporting default. Deviations from our Standard Default Tax Terms, late submissions and subsequent corrections after the event is over will be subject to additional fees, by appraisal. If Computershare does not receive the completed tax letter by the expiration of the offer /effective date of the distribution or exchange, Computershare will use our Standard Default Tax Terms.

**Fair Market Value Reporting (FMV) is subject to additional fees, by appraisal.**

*<u>Computershare will perform form suppression on de minimis reporting for the following: on 1099-B tax forms less than $20 in proceeds and fractional share issuance if no withholding; 1099-DIV tax forms less than $10 in dividend income if no withholding.</u>*

 

*<u>Computershare will not be liable for any IRS penalties resulting from any client changes to this tax letter or client delay in any final tax instructions that will alter our initial tax reporting instructions. Should any withholding be remitted late to the IRS as a result of any changes to your initial tax reporting instructions. Company will be responsible for obligations related to penalties and interest as noted under the Section of the Agreement titled "Indemnification and Limitation of Liability."</u>*

**<u>Definitions:</u>**

**Constructive Receipt:** Constructive Receipt means that any corporate action exchange proceeds would be reported to the IRS in the year the merger is finalized, regardless of whether the shareholder has already processed the exchange or not.

**Standard Default Tax Terms:** The share distribution is considered a non-taxable event with no Fair Market Value Reporting (FMV) on shares. Principal and CIL are reported on form 1099B as constructive receipt. In the event of an exchange, dividends declared after the effective date, will accrue on the shares issuable to un-exchanged holders.

**Fair Market Value (FMV) tax reporting:** Refers to an exchange where the share consideration) is treated as fully taxable and reportable on Form 1099-B at the per share valuation provided by client.

**Section 8 – Client Information**

Client Name: _________________________________________________________________________

\*Tax ID/EIN: __________________________________________________________________________

\*If FMV reporting is required, the Issuer (Acquirer) will be deemed the payor and you must provide your EIN for reporting purposes. In addition, Client must provide Computershare with completed IRS Form 2678 in order for Computershare to remit any backup withholding tax to the IRS on client's behalf.

Issue Description/Type:________N/A______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

CUSIP Number(s):_____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

Will you require Computershare to perform FMV tax reporting services for this transaction? ☐ Yes ☒ No\*\*\*

<u>\*\*\*If you mark the above box "No" the value of all newly issued shares will NOT be tax reported to the holders and any cost basis and acquisition date of the surrendered target company shares will be carried over to the new shares. Please refer to Section 3.</u>

**Section 9** 

**<u>Fair Market Value reporting</u>**

**<u>We ask that you read each question below carefully and respond to each question accordingly as this questionnaire requires a great deal of attention.</u>**

**<u>Taxable Event Information</u>**

**<u>Please check one of the boxes below regarding the following statement.</u>**

**<u>This event requires Fair Market Value (FMV) reporting on Form 1099-B as the share consideration received in this transaction is a taxable event to former target holders and as such the basis of the new shares received will be the FMV rate and become covered shares (i.e., date of acquisition is the effective date).</u>**

True ☐ \*False ☒

**<u>\*If the above statement is "False", please provide an explanation as to why:</u>**

<u>This transaction is a cash subscription rights offering and not a taxable share consideration event.</u>

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

**<u>If the FMV share consideration is nontaxable, and not tax reportable, please confirm by checking a box below:</u>**

\*True ☒ \*\*False ☐

**<u>\*If you selected "True", please explain briefly why the FMV share consideration is nontaxable, and whether the "cash" (if any) is tax reportable on Form 1099-B:</u>**

<u>This transaction is a cash subscription rights offering and not a taxable share consideration event.</u><br>

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

**<u>\*\*If you selected "False" from the above, is the FMV of the share consideration treated as taxable and reportable on a 1099-B?</u>**

Yes ☐ \*No ☐

\*If you selected "No", please advise on the IRS Form & box number in which it should be reported:

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

**<u>Gross Proceeds Information</u>**

**If the transaction with a shareholder should be reported on a 1099-B, and the full amount of the consideration is treated as taxable, is the FMV of the stock consideration, as well as the cash (if any), reportable on Form 1099-B in Box 1d as "Proceeds"?** 

Yes ☐ \*No ☐

\*If you selected "No", please advise on the rationale as to why the cash and/or stock is not considered as " proceeds" for 1099-B reporting purposes:

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

**If Form 1099-B reporting is required, should Box 7 on the Form 1099-B ("Check if loss is not allowed based on amount in 1d") be checked?**

Yes ☐ \*No ☐

**<u>Backup Withholding Information</u>**

**<u>If you selected "Yes" and indicated that FMV of the share consideration is a taxable exchange and reportable on a 1099-B as "Proceeds",- please advise on the following questions:</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Is the share consideration subject to backup withholding? (Uncertified accounts
would be entitled to a lowered share amount upon exchange due to withholding of shares to satisfy remittance to the IRS.)

Yes ☐ \*No ☐

\*If you selected "No", please provide the basis for selecting "No" so that Tax can review this further.

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

**<u>If you selected "Yes" and indicated that shares are subject to backup withholding, please confirm the following statement by selecting "Issuer/Acquirer Agrees":</u>**

**<u>Computershare is hereby authorized by the Issuer/Acquirer to sell the appropriate number of shares from each shareholder's share entitlement to cover applicable tax withholding obligations. The withholding obligation arises on the date the reportable consideration is paid. The shares sold to fund any backup withholding will be based on the amount of withholding required. The current share price may not be exactly the FMV price and may result in a shortage or overage that will either need to be returned to the company or covered by the company.</u>**

Issuer/Acquirer Agrees

If you would prefer that Computershare does not fund the backup withholding obligation by selling the shares, the Issuer/Acquirer can fund the amount of backup withholding required to remit to the IRS in lieu of selling shares. Should you wish to proceed with this alternative, please select the box below:

Yes, we will fund the entire balance due in one single wire to Computershare for the backup withholding obligation ☐

If you checked the box above, to fund the backup withholding on FMV reporting, the funds you provided will be included in a "gross -up" calculation (to increase a net <u>amount</u> to include deductions, such as taxes, that would be <u>incurred</u> by the <u>receiver</u>) reported on a 1099-B as additional proceeds to the holder.

**<u>Fair Market Value (FMV)</u>**

Please provide the value per share associated with the FMV reporting of the share consideration:

___________________

**Form 8937**

Please provide a copy of the Issuer Statement (IRS Form 8937) or link to where the Tax & Cost Basis information can be found. If you are unable to provide the link or information pertaining to the Issuer Statement, you must answer the questions below.

What are the Tax & Cost Basis implications due to this Corporate Action? Please include the details of any calculation that needs to be applied to determine the per share basis of the share consideration received by the target's holders.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________<br>

______________________________________________________________________________

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**EXHIBIT C**

<u>SCHEDULE OF FEES</u>

**COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.**

**SUBSCRIPTION AGENT FEE SCHEDULE FOR**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORP**

**A. FEES FOR SERVICES \***

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|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Event Project Management | &nbsp;&nbsp; $30000.00 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;DTC CUSIP Fee (pass through charge from DTC), per CUSIP | &nbsp;&nbsp;$1500.00 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Per Sale of Rights or Subscription processed (registered and beneficial – VOI) | &nbsp;&nbsp; $25.00 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Per solicitation check, notice of guaranteed delivery, defective subscription or withdrawal of subscription processed | &nbsp;&nbsp; $50.00 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Proration - per account,- Per invoice mailed, if applicable | &nbsp;&nbsp; $15.00 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Per refund check issued and mailed, if applicable | &nbsp;&nbsp;$5.00 |

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\*The above fees exclude expenses and assume the use of Computershare's standard agency agreement and Rights Card. We agree that in the event that the transaction and/or your services are begun but not completed for any reason, the above Project Management fee will be charged, plus the expense(s) associated with work performed up to the point Computershare is notified. It is required that this Agreement be executed on or before the Expiration Time. Mailing and processing will not begin until this Agreement has been executed by Company and Computershare. This fee schedule is based upon information provided to date and may be subject to change. CRM# A-7CZ5KV

**B. SERVICES COVERED**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Designating an operational team to carry out subscription agent duties, including
document review and execution of legal agreement, review of subscription form and communication materials, project management, and on-going
project updates and reporting

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Converting [COMPANY NAME] shareholder file to Computershare's corporate
actions system

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinating the offering with the Depositary Trust Company

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Interfacing with the information agent

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Calculating the rights to be distributed to each shareholder

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Printing shareholder information on the subscription form

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinating the mailing of subscription materials to shareholders with the
information agent

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Tracking and reporting the number of subscriptions made, as required

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Processing the rights received and exercised

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Selling the rights as requested by shareholders

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Depositing participant checks daily

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Providing receipt summation of checks received

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prorating subscriptions as required

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Forwarding funds to [Name of Company] at the end of the offering period

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Calculating, issuing and mailing shares and refund checks

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Calculating, issuing, mailing and collecting invoices, if applicable

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Calculating, issuing and mailing of solicitation checks, if applicable

**C. ITEMS NOT COVERED**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Items not specified in the "Services Covered" section set forth
in this Agreement, including any services associated with new duties, legislation or regulatory fiat, which become effective after the
date of this Agreement (these will be provided on an appraisal basis)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Surcharge(s) for services, including, without limitation, Project Management
services, rendered outside of normal business hours (i.e. 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday, weekends, and U.S. holidays observed
by the New York Stock Exchange). Additional fees will be provided on an appraisal basis.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· All expenses, such as telephone line charges, overprinting, certificates,
checks, postage, stationery, wire transfers, and excess material disposal (these will be billed as incurred)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Reasonable legal review fees if referred to outside counsel

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Special reporting requests (including, but not limited to, escheatment, reconciliation
and audit reports) and requests to expedite processed items outside of our standard target of 7-10 day turnaround time

**D. ASSUMPTIONS**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Fee schedule based upon information known at this time about the transaction

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Significant changes made in the terms or requirements of this transaction
could require modifications to this fee schedule

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Fee schedule must be executed prior to the initial mailing

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Company responsible for printing of materials (rights card, prospectus and
ancillary documents)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Material to be mailed to shareholders must be received no less than five
(5) business days prior to the start of the mailing project

**E. Incidental Fees**

Relevant incidental fees from the chart below may apply to your program; charges would only be billed if incurred.

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Description** | **Amount** |
| File Upload, Per File (if Computershare standard form)<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· If file is not Computershare standard form<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· File is received less than 3 days prior to effective date | $1,000<br> Additional $500<br> Additional $500 |
| Per Underlying Exchange | $1250 |
| Per Additional Class | $1000 |
| Legal Fees for Changes to Standard T&Cs | $1500 |
| Midnight Expiration | $5000 |
| Extension (up to 10 business days per standard agreement) | $5000 |
| Special Reporting | By appraisal |
| Custom Web Enhancements | By appraisal |
| DTC Fee per New CUSIP (pass through expense) | $1500 |
| QuickCert Set-up Fee | $350 |
| Dedicated 1-800 Telephone Line Service | $500 |
| Set-up Automated Telephone Service | By appraisal |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Description** | **Amount** |
| Annual Facility Fee (billed annually)<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· 0 – 100 holders (at start of job)<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· 101 – 2,500 holders (at start of job)<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· 2,500 – 5,000 holders (at start of job)<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Over 5,000 holders (at start of job) | <br> $500<br> $1000<br> $1500<br> $2000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subsequent Distribution<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 100 accounts <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 250 accounts <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 500 accounts<br> \*501 +_accounts – contact Price Desk | <br> $1500<br> $2500<br> $5000 |
| Per Item – Special Handling (restricted, etc.) | By appraisal |
| Per INIGO (Item Not in Good Order) for Voluntary Offers | $50 |
| Per Withdrawal | $50 |
| Per Guarantee Delivery | $50 |
| Per Sale of Rights | $50 |
| Per Certificate Issued (handling) | $12 |
| Per QuickCert Issued (handling) | $8 |
| Additional Mailings – Set-up Fee (plus per item if new population) | By appraisal |
| Per File Download/Export | $1000 |
| Per Wire USD | $100 |
| Per Wire Non-USD | $200 |
| Per Wire Reject | $150 |
| Refund Checks | $5.50 |
| Sale of Fractional Shares in Open Market | $2500 |
| Onsite Support | $1,000/day + expenses |
| Requesting of Weekend/Holiday Processing | $200/hour |
| Expedited Program Support/Closing | $450/hour |
| DWAC, each | $110 |
| Wire Transfers (inbound & outbound), each | $100 |
| Per Item Rush Fee<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Same day<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Next day | <br> $200<br> $100 |
| Expediated Review and Set-up<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Less than 5 days<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Less than 3 days<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Less than 2 days<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Same day | <br> $2500<br> $5000<br> $6500<br> $8500 |
| Additional review cycles of the Website Content Document – Standard (First 3 are included) | $3000 |
| Additional review cycles of the Website Content Document – Simple<br> (First 3 are included) | $1200 |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| **Description** | **Amount** |
| Out of Hours Charge per person per hour (Minimum 4 hours) | $800 |
| Project Restart Fee (for events that go dormant after approval to start creating the web) | $3000 |
| PDF Generations Processing fee "per PDF" (includes converted attachments, tax forms, statements) | $1.25 |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Email Campaigns - The cost of setting up and running any outbound email campaigns, such as announcements, invitations, reminders, follow-up. |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 5,000 accounts | $2000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 5,001 – 15,000 accounts | $3000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 15,001 – 30,000 accounts | $3600 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\*30,001 +_accounts – By appraisal |  |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| Resend email/SMS Campaign, each (>20, no testing required) | $1200 |
| Ad hoc data exports – existing format<br> (Standard is 1 per day, + 1 end of project) - Requests for additional reports beyond those provided as standard. | $400 |
| Post-go-live DB updates/changes - This fee covers the importation of a replacement database of holders. This may occur if there is a requirement to omit previously transacted holders or are new holders, | $600 |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Short Notice Fee - Web Supported Programs= less than 4 full business days, ET (excludes afterhours surcharges) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;This fee applies to any project where the notice period is below the standard minimum of 4 full business days. |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 5,000 accounts | $3000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 5,001 – 15,000 accounts | $14400 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· < 15,001 – 30,000 accounts | $20000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\*30,001 +_accounts – By appraisal |  |

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| | |
|:---|:---|
| Extending a Web Event - per 30 days, up to 9 months  | $5400  |

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**F. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES**

The Project Management fee will be rendered and payable on the effective date of the transaction. An invoice for any expense and per item fees realized will be rendered and payable on a monthly basis, except for postage expenses in excess of $5,000. Funds for such mailing expenses must be received one (1) business day prior to the scheduled mailing date, provided, however, that Agent shall provide five (5) business days' notice of any such amount to be paid.

## Ex-99.(K)(33)

**Exhibit (k)(33)**

![](ex99-k33_001.jpg)

April 30, 2026

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

5901Colleve Boulevard, Suite 400

Overland Park KS 66211

Attn: Sean Wickliffe

RE: Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (TYG) ***– Rights Offer***

This will serve as the Agreement between EQ Fund Solutions, LLC ("<u>EQ Fund Solutions</u>") and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (the "<u>Client</u>"), pursuant to which EQ Fund Solutions will serve the Client as Information Agent for a Rights Offer (the "<u>Offer</u>") for the Client.

**1.**  **<u>Services:</u>** 

As Information Agent, EQ Fund Solutions will handle the following services and they will be performed promptly and diligently in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. These services include, but are not limited to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Provide strategic counsel to the Client and its advisors on the execution of the steps to best ensure the success of the Offer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Develop a timeline, detailing the logistics and suggested methods for communications regarding the Offer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Coordinate the ordering and receipt of the Depository Trust Company participant list(s) and non-objecting beneficial owner (NOBO)
list(s).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Typeset and place any summary advertisement in publications selected by the Client.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Contact the reorganization departments at all banks and brokerage firms to determine the number of holders and quantity of materials
needed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Coordinate the printing of sufficient documents for the eligible universe of holders (if requested).

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Complete the mailing of needed Offer materials to any registered holders.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Distribute the Offer materials to banks and brokers in sufficient quantities for all their respective holders, and follow up to ensure
the correct processing of such by each firm.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Distribute the documents directly to the decision maker at each major institutional holder, if any, to avoid the delay associated
with the materials being filtered through the holders' custodian bank or brokerage firm.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Establish a dedicated toll-free number to answer questions, provide assistance and fulfill requests for Offer materials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ If requested, conduct an outbound phone campaign to the targeted universe of holders to confirm receipt and understanding of the Offer
materials.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Maintain contact with the bank and broker reorganization departments for ongoing monitoring of responses to the Offer.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;▪ Provide feedback to the Client and its advisors as to responses to the Offer.

**2.**  **<u>Fees and Expenses:</u>** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) EQ Fund Solutions agrees to complete the work described above for a base fee of **$14,500**.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by EQ Fund Solutions in providing the services described above shall be
reimbursed by the Client, and will include such charges as search notification, postage, messengers, warehouse charges and overnight couriers,
other expenses incurred by EQ Fund Solutions in obtaining or converting depository participant listings, transmissions from Broadridge
Financial Solutions (" <u>Broadridge</u> "), shareholder and/or NOBO's list processing. The estimated amount of such expenses
is $750. EQ Fund Solutions shall not incur more than $750. of such expenses without prior written approval by the Client.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c) If applicable, outgoing calls or received calls for record or beneficial owners of the Client, including
NOBO's, will be charged at a fee of $5.00 per successful contact. A charge of $0.15 per call will be charged for each unsuccessful
attempt to contact a shareholder. In addition, directory assistance will be charged at a rate of $0.60 per look-up. A charge of $0.07
per minute will be invoiced to cover telecommunications line charges incurred during the telephone solicitation campaign in connection
with the Offer. EQ Fund Solutions may require an advance to cover call center charges prior to the commencement of calls. EQ Fund Solutions
will notify the Client should such advance be required, and a separate invoice will be prepared and sent to the Client.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d) A data processing fee of $600 will be incurred for receiving, converting
and processing electronic lists of registered holders and or NOBO lists. If such lists are to be used for telephone solicitation efforts,
an additional $110 per hour will be invoiced for additional data processing time. The fee of $600 would also apply if a dedicated
toll free line is set-up to take incoming calls from shareholders. A toll-free number would not be assigned without prior consent from
the Client.

**3.**  **<u>Billing and Payment:</u>** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) An invoice for the agreed base fee of **$14,500** is attached and EQ Fund Solutions requires that the
signed contract and this base fee be received by our office upon execution of this agreement. Out-of-pocket expenses, fees for completed
phone calls, set-up and other fees relating to the toll-free number, and charges for telephone look-ups will be invoiced to the Client
after the completion of the project.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) Banks, brokers and proxy intermediaries will be directed to send their invoices directly to the Client
for payment. EQ Fund Solutions will, if requested, assist in reviewing and approving any or all these invoices.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c) EQ Fund Solutions reserves the right to receive advance payment for any individual out-of-pocket charge
anticipated to exceed $500 before incurring such expense. EQ Fund Solutions will advise the Client by e-mail or fax of any such request
for an out-of-pocket advance.

**4.**  **<u>Records:</u>** 

Copies of supplier invoices and other back-up material in support of EQ Fund Solutions' out-of-pocket expenses will be promptly provided to the Client upon request.

2<br>EQ Funds Solutions, LLC • 28 Liberty Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005 • Tel: 212.400.2610 • www.EQfundsolutions.com

**5.**  **<u>Confidentiality:</u>** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each party (the "<u>Receiving Party</u>") acknowledges that it may acquire or have access to Confidential Information (as defined below) of the other party (the "<u>Disclosing Party</u>") in connection with this Agreement. The Receiving Party shall not disclose Confidential Information to any other person, and shall not use Confidential Information for any purposes other than in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement; <u>provided</u> that the Receiving Party shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information pursuant to (i) the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process based on the advice of counsel (in which case the Receiving Party agrees, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, to inform the Disclosing Party promptly thereof prior to disclosure); or (ii) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Receiving Party (in which case the Receiving Party agrees, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, to inform the Disclosing Party promptly thereof prior to disclosure). The Receiving Party shall safeguard the Confidential Information to the same extent that it safeguards its own confidential information of a like nature and in any event with not less than a reasonable degree of care. "<u>Confidential Information</u>" means, as to the Disclosing Party (as defined below) and, if applicable, its affiliates: (i) information concerning the business of the Disclosing Party and, if applicable, its affiliates (including, without limitation, business, financial, technical, and other information marked or designated by such Party as "confidential" or "proprietary", historical financial statements, financial projections and budgets, audits, tax returns and accountants' materials, historical, current and projected sales, capital spending budgets and plans, business plans, strategic plans, marketing and advertising plans, publications, and customer agreements); (ii) information that, by the nature of the circumstances surrounding the disclosure, ought in good faith to be treated as confidential; (iii) information, including account information, relating to the shareholders of the Disclosing Party; and (iv) all notes, analyses, compilations, studies, summaries and other material prepared by the Receiving Party (as defined below), its affiliates, employees, agents, and representatives containing or based, in whole or in part, on any or all of the foregoing; <u>provided</u> that Confidential Information shall not include any information that (x) is or becomes (through no improper action or inaction of the Receiving Party) generally available to the public; (y) was rightfully disclosed to the Receiving Party by a third party without a breach of any confidentiality obligations hereunder; or (z) was independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to or use of any Confidential Information.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**(b) <u>Compliance With Privacy Laws and Regulations</u>**

EQ Fund Solutions agrees to take commercially reasonable steps to comply with the requirements of all applicable state and federal laws and regulations regarding the security, protection and confidentiality of personal information, as amended from time to time. EQ Fund Solutions further agrees to comply with Massachusetts General Law, c. 93H and implementing regulations thereunder, including 201 CMR 17.00 *et*. *seq*. (together with the laws and regulations referenced in the first sentence, collectively, the "Privacy Laws"). EQ Fund Solutions agrees to notify the Client promptly of any failure to comply with the Privacy Laws.

To the extent that the Client or Client affiliates (collectively, the "<u>Client Affiliates</u>") provide EQ Fund Solutions with or EQ Fund Solutions has access to (either orally, in hard copy, electronic format or otherwise) any personal information (as defined in the Privacy Laws) ("<u>PI</u>"), EQ Fund Solutions agrees not to disclose or use any such PI for any purpose except to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes for which Client Affiliates disclosed the PI or as permitted by law in the ordinary course of business to carry out those purposes. Unless pre-approved in writing by the Client, EQ Fund Solutions further agrees not to disclose PI to any third parties provided, however, that EQ Fund Solutions may disclose PI on a "need to know" basis to auditors and attorneys retained by EQ Fund Solutions (the "<u>Representatives</u>") that have agreed in writing to keep such information confidential on terms substantially similar to those set forth herein. EQ Fund Solutions agrees to cooperate with the Client's reasonable requests for information concerning EQ Fund Solutions' policies and procedures for the protection and safeguarding of PI.

3<br>EQ Funds Solutions, LLC • 28 Liberty Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005 • Tel: 212.400.2610 • www.EQfundsolutions.com

Any and all data provided to EQ Fund Solutions is, and shall remain at all times, the exclusive property of the Client. Subject to any federal, state or regulatory requirements concerning records retention or as otherwise directed by the Client, EQ Fund Solutions shall either return or destroy all PI (except for one copy as required by law, regulation or professional standards) once EQ Fund Solutions no longer requires the PI to provide the products and/or services hereunder and EQ Fund Solutions shall promptly retrieve, deliver, and destroy all data and copies thereof in its possession upon the earliest of the requirements of this Agreement, the Client's request, or the termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, EQ Fund Solutions shall not possess or assert any lien against or to the Client data.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**c. <u>Establishment of a Comprehensive Written Information Security Program</u>**

EQ Fund Solutions agrees that it has established and will maintain and comply with written policies and procedures which are reasonably designed to comply with Privacy Laws concerning the protection and safeguarding of PI. Without limiting any requirements under Privacy Laws, such policies and procedures shall address: (i) administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of the Client records and data that contain PI; (ii) detection of any unauthorized access to or use of PI for unauthorized purposes; and (iii) the proper destruction of such materials so that the information contained therein cannot be practicably read or reconstructed.

In order to aid the Client with its compliance with applicable Privacy Laws, EQ Fund Solutions agrees to: (i) upon written request, provide certifications of compliance with Privacy Laws, including without limitation, certification that EQ Fund Solutions maintains, monitors and complies with a written information security program which is reasonably designed to comply with applicable Privacy Laws; (ii) allow the Client Affiliates, at their expense, the right to audit EQ Fund Solutions' compliance; and (iii) cooperate with the Client' reasonable requests for information concerning EQ Fund Solutions' policies and procedures.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**d. <u>Notification of any Security Incident</u>**

EQ Fund Solutions agrees that it will notify the Client in writing in the most expedient time possible and without delay of any actual loss of, unauthorized disclosure, access or use of any data or any facilities associated therewith, or any other incident which may compromise the security, integrity or confidentiality of the PI or Confidential Information. EQ Fund Solutions shall reasonably cooperate with the Client's investigation and response to each actual threat to the security, confidentiality or integrity of PI or Confidential Information.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**e. <u>Restriction on Transferability of Data Furnished by the Client to EQ Fund Solutions</u>**

In the event the Client pre-approves EQ Fund Solutions disclosing PI to third parties, EQ Fund Solutions understands and agrees that this Agreement governs EQ Fund Solutions' right to subcontract, transfer, forward, or in by any means share PI received from the Client. EQ Fund Solutions agrees to (i) ensure any person to whom EQ Fund Solutions discloses PI is compliant with Privacy Laws, (ii) conduct a reasonable investigation of any person to whom EQ Fund Solutions discloses PI to verify that such person with access to PI has the capacity to protect such PI, and (iii) contractually require any person to whom EQ Fund Solutions discloses PI to comply with Privacy Laws and provide notification to EQ Fund Solutions of any failure to comply with Privacy Laws or any incident that may threaten the confidentiality, security or integrity of PI.

4<br>EQ Funds Solutions, LLC • 28 Liberty Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005 • Tel: 212.400.2610 • www.EQfundsolutions.com

**6.**  **<u>Indemnification:</u>** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Client agrees to indemnify and hold EQ Fund Solutions and all of its affiliates, agents, directors, officers and employees harmless against any loss, claim, demand, action, suit, damage, liability or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable legal and other related fees and expenses (collectively, "<u>Liabilities</u>") arising out of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any Liability arising directly from material misstatements or omissions in the applicable Client Prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information, proxy statements, proxy solicitation materials, reports to shareholders or other materials prepared by the Client or its agents (other than EQ Fund Solutions) for distribution to the shareholders of the Client or any negligent actions or inactions by the Client or any of its agents or contractors (other than EQ Fund Solutions); except to the extent that such Liabilities are the result of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence of EQ Fund Solutions, its officers, directors, employees or agents, in the performance of its duties or obligations under this Agreement or from the reckless disregard by EQ Fund Solutions, its officers, directors, employees or agents of its duties and obligations under this Agreement. At its election, the Client may assume the defense and settlement of any such action. EQ Fund Solutions hereby agrees to advise the Client of any such liability or claim promptly after receipt of the notice thereof; provided however, that EQ Fund Solutions' right to indemnification hereunder shall not be limited by its failure to promptly advise the Client of any such liability or claim, except to the extent that the Client is prejudiced by such failure. Any settlement, unless it is solely monetary in nature, shall be subject to EQ Fund Solutions' prior consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) EQ Fund Solutions agrees to indemnify and hold the Client and all of its affiliates, agents, trustees, officers and employees harmless against: (i) any Liabilities arising out of the performance of this Agreement, including any Liability arising directly from material misstatements or omissions in any and all offering or solicitation materials (including scripts) prepared by EQ Fund Solutions for distribution to the shareholders of the Client and utilized by EQ Fund Solutions without the written approval of the Client and any or all representations made by EQ Fund Solutions to the extent such representations differ from the offering or solicitation materials approved by the Client; and (ii) any Liabilities resulting from the willful misfeasance or gross negligence of EQ Fund Solutions, its officers, directors, employees or agents in the performance of their duties or obligations under this Agreement or from the reckless disregard by the Client, its officers, trustees, employees or agents of its duties and obligations under this Agreement. At its election, EQ Fund Solutions may assume the defense of any such action. The Client hereby agrees to advise EQ Fund Solutions of any such liability or claim promptly after receipt of the notice thereof; provided however, that the Client's right to indemnification hereunder shall not be limited by its failure to promptly advise EQ Fund Solutions of any such liability or claim, except to the extent that EQ Fund Solutions is prejudiced by such failure.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) This indemnity shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of EQ Fund Solutions hereunder.

**7.**  **<u>Termination:</u>** 

EQ Fund Solutions' appointment under this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of this letter and will continue thereafter until the termination or completion of the assignment, or until such date as EQ Fund Solutions may complete the duties requested by the Client or its counsel. To the extent the Offer does not occur, EQ Fund Solutions will return to the client the Base Fee less any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by EQ Fund Solutions hereunder through the date of the termination hereof.

**8.**  **<u>Governing Law:</u>** 

This Agreement will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York for contracts made and to be performed entirely in New York, and shall inure to the benefit of, and the obligations created hereby shall be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the parties hereto, except that EQ Fund Solutions may neither assign its rights nor delegate its duties without the Client's prior written consent.

5<br>EQ Funds Solutions, LLC • 28 Liberty Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005 • Tel: 212.400.2610 • www.EQfundsolutions.com

If you are in agreement with the above, kindly sign a copy of this agreement in the space provided for that purpose below and return copy to us. Additionally, an invoice for the base fee is attached and EQ Fund Solutions requires that the base fee be received by it upon execution of this agreement.

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| Sincerely, |
| EQ FUND SOLUTIONS, LLC |
| Name: Paul J. Torre |
| Title: President |

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Agreed to and accepted as of the date set forth on this agreement:

TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

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| By; |
| Print Authorized Name & Title |
| Authorized Signature |
| Date |

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6<br>EQ Funds Solutions, LLC • 28 Liberty Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005 • Tel: 212.400.2610 • www.EQfundsolutions.com

**BASE FEE INVOICE FOR INFORMATION AGENT SERVICES**

**Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;Date: | &nbsp;&nbsp;**April __, 2026** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Invoice Number | &nbsp;&nbsp;**17077** |

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TO: <u>Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation 5901 College Boulevard Suite 400 Overland Park, KS 66211 Attn: Sean Wickliffe</u>

Base Fee for Information Agent Services, an invoice for all out-of-pocket expenses covered by the Agreement will be sent after the expiration date.

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;*AMOUNT DUE UPON EXECUTION OF THE ABOVE AGREEMENT:* | &nbsp;&nbsp;**$14500.00** |

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If you choose to wire the money, our bank information is:

**Wells Fargo Bank**

**420 Montgomery Street**

**San Francisco, CA 94104**

**Account Name: EQ Fund Solutions, LLC**

**Account Number: 4696210467 ABA number: 121000248**

**SWIFT Code: WFBIUS6S**

¨ **EQ Fund Solutions, LLC Tax ID # is 26-23823678**

7<br>EQ Funds Solutions, LLC • 28 Liberty Street, 53rd Floor, New York, NY 10005 • Tel: 212.400.2610 • www.EQfundsolutions.com

## Ex-99.(K)(34)

**Exhibit (k)(34)**

**FEE AND SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR STOCK TRANSFER SERVICES**

***between***

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION**

***and***

**COMPUTERSHARE INC.**

***and***

**COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.**

This Fee and Service Schedule ("**Schedule**") is by and between Computershare Inc. ("**Computershare**") and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. ("**Trust Company**") (collectively, "**Agent**") and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation ("**Company**"), whereby Agent will perform the following services for Company. This Schedule is an attachment to the Agreement. Terms used, but not otherwise defined in this Schedule, shall have the same meaning as those terms in the Agreement.

**1.** **TERM** 

The fees set forth in this Schedule shall be effective for a period of **three (3) years**, commencing from the effective date of **September 1, 2015** ("**Initial Term**"). If no new fee schedule is agreed upon prior to a Renewal Term, provided that service mix and volumes remain constant, the fees listed in the Schedule shall be increased by the accumulated change in the National Employment Cost Index for Service Producing Industries (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate) for the preceding years of the expiring term, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Fees will be increased on this basis for each successive Renewal Term.

**2.** **FEES** 

**<u>Ongoing Account Management\*</u>**

This fee covers the administration of the services listed in Section 3, except as noted otherwise. Out-of-pocket expenses associated with providing these services will be charged separately.

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| **$875.00\*** | Per Month for the Common Stock |

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| **$416.66** | Per Month for the Series B Preferred Stock |

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| **$416.66** | Per Month for the Series C Preferred Stock |

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\* If the average volume of transactions or inquiries significantly increases during the term of this Agreement, as a result of outside factors or unforeseen circumstances for which Agent is not the proximate cause, Agent and Company shall negotiate an additional fee.

**<u>Direct Filing of Unclaimed Property</u>**

● Annual administration fee $500

● Due Diligence $3.00 per Account

● State report fee $125 per positive report ($25 nil report)

● Account processed $1.00 per Account escheated

**<u>Lost Shareholder Search Services</u>**

● SEC Electronic Database Search $2.00 per Account searched

**3.** **SERVICES** 

**<u>Administrative Services</u>**

● Annual administrative services as Agent and Registrar for the common and preferred stock of Company

● Assignment of relationship manager

**<u>Account Maintenance</u>**

● Maintain 500 registered Shareholder Accounts (additional Accounts to be billed at $6.00 each per year)

● Create new Shareholder Accounts

● Post and acknowledge address changes

● Process other routine file maintenance adjustments

● Post all transactions, including debit and credit certificates, to the Shareholder file

● Provide confirmation of authorized and issued capital amounts to Company, upon request

● Perform OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control) and Patriot Act reporting

● Obtain tax certifications for companies who are tax resident in the United States

● If Company is tax resident in a country other than the United States, Company shall advise Agent. Additional fees may apply under such circumstance.

**<u>Share Issuance</u>**

● Issue, cancel and register Shares

● Process all legal transfers as appropriate

● Replace lost, stolen or destroyed certificates in accordance with UCC guidelines and Agent policy (subject to Shareholder-paid fee and bond premium)

● Place, maintain and remove stop-transfer notations

**<u>Shareholder Communications</u>**

● Provide Company-specific Shareholder contact number

● Provide IVR 24/7 (subject to system maintenance)

● Respond to Shareholder inquiries (written, e-mail and web)

● Record Shareholder calls

● Scan and image incoming correspondence from Shareholders

**<u>Direct Registration System ("DRS")</u>**

● Register, issue and transfer DRS book-entry Shares

● Issue DRS statements of holding

● Provide Shareholders with the ability to sell Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions, including applicable fees, of the DRS Sales Facility

● Process sales requests within the appropriate timeframe based on the type of service requested, in accordance with the terms of the DRS sales facility

● Coordinate the issuance, payment and reconcilement for any proceeds stemming from the use of the DRS sales facility, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the facility

● Coordinate the mailing of advices to Shareholders

● Accept and cancel certificated Shares and credit such Shares into a DRS position

**<u>Online Access</u>**

● Provide availability to "Issuer Online," which provides access to Company and Shareholder information administered by Agent, which permits data management including accessing standard reports such as Top 10 - 200 Shareholder lists, submitting real-time inquiries such as an issued capital query, and reporting by holding range

● Provide availability to "Investor Centre," which provides Shareholder Account information, transaction capabilities, downloadable forms and FAQs

● Provide on-demand reporting to allow Company to generate non-standard reports at Agent's standard fee for such reports

**<u>Dividend Services</u>**

● Receive full funding one day prior to payable date by 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time via Federal Funds Wire.

● Coordinate the mailing of quarterly dividends with an additional enclosure with each dividend check Prepare and file federal information returns (Form 1099) of dividends paid in a year

● Prepare and file state information returns of dividends paid in a year to Shareholders resident within such state

● Prepare and file annual withholding return (Form 1042) and payments to the government of income taxes withheld from non-resident aliens

● Coordinate the mailing of Form 1099 to Shareholders

● Coordinate the email notification to Shareholders of the online availability of Form 1099 Replace lost dividend checks

● Reconcile paid and outstanding checks

● Code "undeliverable" Accounts to suppress mailing dividend checks to same Keep records of accumulated uncashed dividends

● Withhold tax from Shareholder Accounts as required by United States government regulations Reconcile and report taxes withheld, including additional Form 1099 reporting requirements, to the Internal Revenue Service

● Mail to new Accounts who have had taxes withheld, to inform them of procedures to be followed to curtail subsequent back-up withholding

● Perform Shareholder file adjustments to reflect certification of Accounts

● If Company is not tax resident in the United States, Company shall advise Agent. Dividend withholding tax services are subject to additional fees.

**<u>Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) Services</u>**

● Review data for accuracy and completeness

● Mail cure letter to Shareholders with incomplete information

● Code Accounts for ACH and performing pre-note test

● Identify rejected ACH transmissions, mail dividend check and explanation letter to Shareholders with rejected transmissions

● Respond to Shareholder inquiries concerning the ACH Program

● Calculate on a quarterly basis the Share breakdown for ACH vs. other dividend payments and notify Company of funding amount for ACH transmissions and other payable date funds

● Credit ACH designated bank accounts automatically on dividend payable date

● Maintenance of ACH participant file, including coding new ACH Accounts

● Process termination requests

● Keep adequate records including retention of ACH documents

**<u>International Currency Exchange Services</u>**

● Allow Shareholders to elect to receive sale proceeds, dividend payments and other payment types in foreign currencies (subject to certain geographic restrictions) by check or by electronic funds transfer in accordance with Agent's guidelines (fees paid by Shareholders)

**<u>Annual Meeting Services</u>**<u>*(includes one annual meeting per year, excludes annual meetings conducted through consent)*</u>

● Provide a proxy record date list through Issuer Online's FileShare; includes Shareholder name, address and Share amount (additional fees assessed for paper requests or other file delivery mechanisms)

● Address proxy cards for all registered Shareholders

● Coordinate the mailing of the proxy package

● Receive, open and examine returned paper proxies

● Tabulate returned paper proxies

● Provide Company with a vote status through Issuer Online's Proxy Watch

● Attend Annual Meeting as Inspector of Election when Agent is the proxy tabulator (travel expenses billed as incurred)

● Prepare a final voted/unvoted list through Issuer Online's Proxy Watch

● Coordinate the return/destruction of excess materials

**<u>Direct Filing of Unclaimed Property</u>**

● Coordinate the mailing of due diligence notices to all qualifying Shareholder Accounts as defined by the state filing matrix

● Process returned due diligence notices and remitting property to Shareholders prior to escheatment Prepare and file required preliminary and final unclaimed property reports

● Prepare and file checks/wires for each state covering unclaimed funds as per state requirements Issue and file stock/stock certificate(s) registered to the applicable state(s) representing returned (RPO) certificates and underlying Share positions

● Retain, as required by law or otherwise, records of property escheated to the states and responding, after appropriate research, to Shareholder inquiries relating to same

**<u>Lost Shareholder Search Services</u>**

● Identify Accounts eligible for SEC Mandated Searches

● Perform electronic database searches in accordance with SEC requirements Update new addresses provided by search firm

● Send verification form to Shareholder to validate address

● Reissue unclaimed property held to Shareholders upon receipt of signed verification form

4. Additional Services

Services not specifically listed in Section 3 in this Schedule ("**Additional Services**") are subject to additional fees. Additional Services include, but are not limited to: services associated with the payment of a stock dividend, a stock split, a corporate reorganization, mass issuance, or an unvested stock program; DWAC services provided to broker dealers; audit services; regulatory reports; services provided to a vendor of Company; services related to special meetings; Notice and Access Services; or any services associated with a special project.

Services required by legislation or regulatory fiat which become effective after the date of acceptance of this Schedule shall not be a part of the Services and may be subject to additional fees.

5. Billing Definition of Number of Accounts

For billing purposes, the number of Accounts will be based on open Accounts on file at the beginning of each billing period, plus any new Accounts added during that period. An open Account shall mean the Account of each Shareholder which Account shall hold any full or fractional Shares held by such Shareholder, outstanding funds, or reportable tax information.

6. Out-of-Pocket Expenses

In addition to the fees above, Company agrees to reimburse Agent for out-of-pocket expenses, including but not limited to postage, forms, envelopes, printing, enclosing, fulfillment, NCOA searches, telephone, taxes, records storage, exchange and broker fees. In addition, any other expenses incurred by Agent at the request or with the consent of Company, will be reimbursed by Company.

Postage expenses in excess of $5,000 for Shareholder mailings must be received in full by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the scheduled mailing date. Postage expenses less than $5,000 will be billed as incurred.

Company will be responsible for overtime charges assessed in the event of a late delivery to Agent of Company material for mailings to Shareholders, unless the mail date is rescheduled. Such material includes, but is not limited to, proxy statements, quarterly and annual reports and news releases.

7. Bank Accounts

All funds received by Computershare under this Agreement that are to be distributed or applied by Computershare in the performance of Services (the "**Funds**") shall be held by Computershare as agent for the Company and deposited in one or more bank accounts to be maintained by Computershare in its name as agent for the Company. Until paid pursuant to this Agreement, Computershare may hold or invest the Funds through such accounts in: (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America; (ii) commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Standard & Poor's Corporation ("**S&P**") or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("**Moody's**"), respectively; (iii) money market funds that comply with Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or (iv) demand deposit accounts, short term certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers' acceptances, of commercial banks with Tier 1 capital exceeding $1 billion or with an average rating above investment grade by S&P (LT Local Issuer Credit Rating), Moody's (Long Term Rating) and Fitch Ratings, Inc. (LT Issuer Default Rating) (each as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P.). Computershare shall have no responsibility or liability for any diminution of the Funds that may result from any deposit or investment made by Computershare in accordance with this paragraph, including any losses resulting from a default by any bank, financial institution or other third party. Computershare may from time to time receive interest, dividends or other earnings in connection with such deposits or investments. Computershare shall not be obligated to pay such interest, dividends or earnings to the Company, any Shareholder or any other party.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Schedule to be executed by one of its officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the effective date hereof.

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| **Computershare Inc.** | **Computershare Inc.** | | |
| **Computershare Trust Company, N.A.** | **Computershare Trust Company, N.A.** | **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation** | **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation** |
| ***On Behalf of Both Entities:*** | ***On Behalf of Both Entities:*** | | |
| By: | /s/ Dennis V. Moccia | By: | /s/ Brent Behrens |
| Name: | Dennis V. Moccia | Name: | Brent Behrens |
| Title: | Manager, Contract Administration | Title: | Prinicipal Financial Officer |

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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FEE AND SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR STOCK TRANSFER SERVICES]

## Ex-99.(K)(35)

**Exhibit (k)(35)**

**FEE AND SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR STOCK TRANSFER SERVICES**

**between**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION**

**and**

**COMPUTERSHARE INC.**

**and**

**COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, Ν.Α.**

This Fee and Service Schedule ("**Schedule**") is by and between Computershare Inc. ("**Computershare**") and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. ("**Trust Company**") (collectively, "**Agent**") and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation ("**Company**"), whereby Agent, Computershare, or Trust Company, as applicable, will perform the following services for Company. This Schedule is an attachment to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Agent and Company effective as of July 31, 2012 ("**Agreement**"). Terms used, but not otherwise defined in this Schedule, shall have the same meaning as those terms in the Agreement.

**1.** **TERM** 

The fees set forth in this Schedule shall be effective for a period of **three (3) years**, commencing from the effective date of **October 1, 2018 ("Initial Term")**. If no new fee schedule is agreed upon prior to a Renewal Term, provided that service mix and volumes remain constant, the fees listed in the Schedule shall be increased by the accumulated change in the National Employment Cost Index for Service Producing Industries (Finance and Insurance) for the preceding years of the expiring term, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Fees will be increased on this basis for each successive Renewal Term.

**2.** **FEES** 

**<u>Ongoing Account Management\*</u>**

This fee covers the administration of the services listed in Section 3, except as noted otherwise. Expenses associated with providing these services will be charged separately.

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| **$905.00\*** | **Per Month** |

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\* If the average volume of transactions or inquiries significantly increases during the term of this Agreement, as a result of outside factors or unforeseen circumstances for which Agent is not the proximate cause, Agent and Company shall negotiate an additional fee.

**<u>Direct Filing of Unclaimed Property</u>**

● Annual administration fee $500

● Due Diligence $3.00 per Account

● State report fee $125 per positive report

● Account processed $1.00 per Account escheated

**<u>Lost Shareholder Search Services</u>**

● SEC Electronic Database Search $2.00 per Account searched

**3.** **SERVICES** 

**<u>Administrative Services</u>**

● Assign relationship manager

**<u>Account Maintenance</u>**

● Maintain 500 registered Shareholder Accounts (additional Accounts to be billed at $6.00 each per year)

● Create new Shareholder Accounts

● Post and acknowledge address changes

● Process other routine file maintenance adjustments

● Post all transactions to the Shareholder file

● Provide confirmation of authorized and issued capital amounts to Company, upon request

● Perform OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control) and Patriot Act reporting

● Obtain tax certifications for companies who are tax resident in the United States

● If Company is tax resident in a country other than the United States, Company shall advise Agent. Additional fees may apply under such circumstance.

**<u>Share Issuance</u>**

● Issue, cancel and register Shares (certificate issuances, if applicable, may be subject to Shareholder-paid additional fees)

● Process transfers as appropriate

● Replace lost, stolen or destroyed certificates in accordance with UCC guidelines and Agent policy (subject to Shareholder-paid fee and bond premium)

● Place, maintain and remove stop-transfer notations

**<u>Shareholder Communications</u>**

● Provide Company-specific Shareholder contact number

● Provide Interactive Voice Response (IVR) 24/7 (subject to system maintenance)

● Respond to Shareholder inquiries (written, e-mail and web)

● Record Shareholder calls

● Scan and image incoming correspondence from Shareholders

● Solicit, collect and record consents and U.S mobile telephone numbers from Shareholders for Agent to send text messages. Such consents and information may be collected via IVR, Investor Center, Shareholder calls, or in writing.

● For consented Accounts, provide text message notifications for:

● various transactions (not to replace legally required notifications)

● action to be taken on an Account (e.g., uncashed checks, uncertified TIN)

● Receive and record requests to stop text messages

● Administer text message campaigns (as agreed upon between Company and Agent, and which may be subject to additional fees)

**<u>Direct Registration System ("DRS")</u>**

● Register, issue and transfer DRS book-entry Shares

● Issue DRS statements of holding

● Provide Shareholders with the ability to sell Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions, including applicable fees, of the DRS Sales Facility

● Process sales requests within the appropriate timeframe based on the type of service requested, in accordance with the terms of the DRS Sales Facility

● Coordinate the issuance, payment and reconcilement for any proceeds stemming from the use of the DRS Sales Facility, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the facility

● Coordinate the mailing of advices to Shareholders

● Accept and cancel certificated Shares and credit such Shares into a DRS position

**<u>Online Access</u>**

● Provide availability to "Issuer Online," which provides access to Company and Shareholder information administered by Agent and permits data management including accessing standard reports such as Top 10 - 200 Shareholder lists, submitting real-time inquiries such as an issued capital query, and reporting by holding range

● Provide availability to "Investor Center," which provides Shareholder Account information, transaction capabilities, downloadable forms and FAQs

● Provide on-demand reporting to allow Company to generate non-standard reports at Agent's standard fee for such reports

**<u>Dividend Services</u>**

● Receive full funding on payable date by 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time via Federal Funds Wire

● Coordinate the mailing of quarterly dividends with an additional enclosure with each dividend check

● Prepare and file federal information returns (Form 1099) of dividends paid in a year

● Prepare and file state information returns of dividends paid in a year to Shareholders resident within such state

● Prepare and file annual withholding return (Form 1042) and payments to the government of income taxes withheld from non-resident aliens

● Coordinate the mailing of Form 1099 to Shareholders

● Coordinate the email notification to Shareholders of the online availability of Form 1099

● Replace lost dividend checks

● Reconcile paid and outstanding checks

● Code "undeliverable" Accounts to suppress mailing dividend checks to same

● Keep records of accumulated uncashed dividends

● Withhold tax from Shareholder Accounts as required by United States government regulations

● Reconcile and report taxes withheld, including additional Form 1099 reporting requirements, to the Internal Revenue Service

● Mail to new Accounts who have had taxes withheld, to inform them of procedures to be followed to curtail subsequent back-up withholding

● Perform Shareholder file adjustments to reflect certification of Accounts

● If Company is not tax resident in the United States, Company shall advise Agent. Dividend withholding tax services are subject to additional fees

● Track and mail notices to "unresponsive payees" as required by SEC Rule l7Ad-17, and replace checks as requested by unresponsive payees

**<u>Automated Clearing House (ACH) Services</u>**

● Review data for accuracy and completeness

● Mail cure letter to Shareholders with incomplete information

● Code Accounts for ACH and perform pre-note test

● Identify rejected ACH transmissions, mail dividend check and explanation letter to Shareholders with rejected transmissions

● Respond to Shareholder inquiries concerning the ACH Program

● Calculate on a quarterly basis the Share breakdown for ACH vs. other dividend payments and notify Company of funding amount for ACH transmissions and other payable date funds

● Credit ACH designated bank accounts automatically on dividend payable date

● Maintain ACH participant file, including coding new ACH Accounts

● Process termination requests

● Keep adequate records including retention of ACH documents

**<u>International Currency Exchange</u>**

● Computershare may, at its option, offer a currency conversion service ()"**ICE Service**") to certain Shareholders whereby any such Shareholder can elect to receive payments in a currency other than U.S. Dollars. The ICE Service is voluntary and will only be provided to a Shareholder who selects such ICE Service and who agrees to the ICE Service terms and conditions. Agent shall charge a processing fee to the Shareholder and may receive compensation from the currency conversion service provider. Company will not incur fees resulting from the ICE Service.

**<u>Annual Meeting Services</u>**<u>*(includes one annual meeting per year, excludes annual meetings conducted through consent)*</u>**

● Provide a proxy record date list through Issuer Online's FileShare; includes Shareholder name, address and Share amount (additional fees assessed for paper requests or other file delivery mechanisms)

● Address proxy cards for all registered Shareholders

● Coordinate the mailing of the proxy package

● Receive, open and examine returned paper proxies

● Tabulate returned paper proxies

● Provide Company with a vote status through Issuer Online's Proxy Watch

● Attend Annual Meeting as Inspector of Election when Agent is the proxy tabulator (travel expenses billed as incurred)

● Prepare a final voted/unvoted list through Issuer Online's Proxy Watch

● Coordinate the return/destruction of excess materials

**<u>Direct Filing of Unclaimed Property</u>**

● Coordinate the mailing of due diligence notices to all qualifying Shareholder Accounts as defined by the state filing matrix

● Process responses to due diligence notices and re-issue uncashed checks to Shareholders as applicable

● Prepare and file required preliminary and final unclaimed property reports

● Prepare and file checks/wires for each state covering unclaimed funds as per state requirements

● Issue and file stock/stock certificate(s) registered to the applicable state(s) representing returned (RPO) certificates and underlying Share positions

● Retain, as required by law or otherwise, records of property escheated to the states and respond, after appropriate research, to Shareholder inquiries relating to same

**<u>Lost Shareholder Search Services</u>**

● Identify Accounts eligible for SEC Mandated Searches

● Perform electronic database searches in accordance with SEC requirements

● Update new addresses provided by search firm

● Send verification form to Shareholder to validate address

● Reissue unclaimed property held to Shareholders upon receipt of signed verification form

**4.** **Expenses** 

Company will be responsible for expenses associated with the Services listed in Section 3 of this Schedule, as applicable, including but not limited to, charges for print/mail (paper, imaging, enclosing, envelopes, sorting, delivery/postage), eDelivery, and DTC transactions.

Postage expenses in excess of $5,000 for Shareholder mailings must be received in full by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the scheduled mailing date. Postage expenses less than $5,000 will be billed as incurred.

**5.** **Billing Definition of Number of Accounts** 

For billing purposes, the number of Accounts will be based on open Accounts on file at the beginning of each billing period, plus any new Accounts added during that period. An open Account shall mean the Account of each Shareholder which Account shall hold any full or fractional Shares held by such Shareholder, outstanding funds, or reportable tax information.

**6.** **Additional Services and Fees** 

Company will be responsible for payment for services not specifically listed in Section 3 but related to the services listed in Section 3 of this Schedule or in the Agreement, as applicable based on usage, including but not limited to, record retention, telephone line charges, RPO re-mails, courier services, freight, NCOA searches, exchange and broker fees, online knowledge-based authentication for Investor Center users, Investor Center PIN letters, certificate mailing, and responses to subpoenas.

Services such as the payment of a stock dividend, a stock split, a corporate reorganization, mass issuance, or an unvested stock program; audit services; regulatory reports; services provided to a vendor of Company; services related to special meetings; Notice and Access Services; or any services associated with a special project are subject to additional fees.

Services required by legislation or regulatory fiat which become effective after the date of acceptance of this Schedule shall not be a part of the Services and may be subject to additional fees.

Company will be responsible for overtime charges assessed in the event of a late delivery to Agent of Company material for mailings to Shareholders, unless the mail date is rescheduled. Such material includes, but is not limited to, proxy statements, quarterly and annual reports and news releases.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Schedule to be executed by one of its officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the effective date hereof.

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Computershare Inc;** | **Computershare Inc;** | | |
| **Computershare Trust Company, N, A,** | **Computershare Trust Company, N, A,** | **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation** | **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation** |
| *On Behalf of Both Entities:* | *On Behalf of Both Entities:* |  |  |
| By: | /s/ Amy E. Walden | By: | /s/ P. Bradly Adams |
| Name: | Amy E. Walden | Name: | P. Bradly Adams |
| Title: | Manager, Contract Renewals | Title: | CEO |

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## Ex-99.(K)(36)

**Exhibit (k)(36)**

**FEE AND SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR STOCK TRANSFER SERVICES**

**between**

**TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION**

**and <br> COMPUTERSHARE INC.**

**and**

**COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.**

This Fee and Service Schedule ("**Schedule**") is by and between Computershare Inc. ("**Computershare**") and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. ("**Trust Company**") (collectively, "**Agent**") and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation ("**Company**"), whereby Agent, Computershare, or Trust Company, as applicable, will perform the following services for Company. This Schedule is an attachment to the Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Agent and Company effective as of July 31, 2012 ("**Agreement**"). Terms used, but not otherwise defined in this Schedule, shall have the same meaning as those terms in the Agreement.

1. TERM

The fees set forth in this Schedule shall be effective for a period of **three (3) years**, commencing from the effective date of **<u>May 1, 2025</u>** ("**Initial Term**"). If no new fee schedule is agreed upon prior to a Renewal Term, provided that service mix and volumes remain constant, the fees listed in the Schedule shall be increased by the accumulated change in the National Employment Cost Index for Service Producing Industries (Finance and Insurance) for the preceding years of the expiring term, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. Fees will be increased on this basis for each successive Renewal Term.

2. FEES

**<u>Ongoing Account Management\*</u>**

This fee covers the administration of the services listed in Section 3, except as noted otherwise. Expenses associated with providing these services will be charged separately.

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|:---|:---|
| $1,127.90\* | Per Month |

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\*If the average volume of transactions or inquiries significantly increases during the term of this Agreement, as a result of outside factors or unforeseen circumstances for which Agent is not the proximate cause, Agent and Company shall negotiate an additional fee.

**<u>Automated Clearing House (ACH)</u>**

· ACH Validation Request $1.95 per validation request (whether approved or rejected)

· ACH Payment (Debit or Credit) Failure $1.95 per failed remittance

**<u>Direct Filing of Unclaimed Property</u>**

· Annual administration fee $500

· Due Diligence $3.00 per Account

· State report fee $125 per positive report

· Account processed $1.25 per Account escheated

**<u>Lost Shareholder Search Services</u>**

· SEC Electronic Database Search $2.00 per Account searched

3. SERVICES

**<u>Administrative Services</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Assign relationship manager

**<u>Account Maintenance</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Maintain 500 registered Shareholder Accounts (additional Accounts to be billed at $6.00 each per year)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Create new Shareholder Accounts

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Post and acknowledge address changes

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Process other routine file maintenance adjustments

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Post all transactions to the Shareholder file

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide confirmation of authorized and issued capital amounts to Company, upon request

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Perform OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control) and Patriot Act reporting

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Obtain from Company a tax certification of Company's U.S. (Form W-9) or non-U.S. (Form W-8) status. If Company is tax resident
in a country other than the United States, additional fees may apply. Company will notify Agent of any changes to its country of tax residence.

**<u>Share Issuance</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Issue, cancel and register Shares (certificate issuances, if applicable, may be subject to Shareholder-paid additional fees)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Process transfers as appropriate

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Replace lost, stolen or destroyed certificates in accordance with UCC guidelines and Agent policy (subject to Shareholder-paid fee
and bond premium)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Place, maintain and remove stop-transfer notations

**<u>Shareholder Communications</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide Company-specific Shareholder contact number

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide Interactive Voice Response (IVR) 24/7 (subject to system maintenance)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Respond to Shareholder inquiries (written, e-mail and web)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Record Shareholder calls

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Scan and image incoming correspondence from Shareholders

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Solicit, collect and record consents and email addresses for eDelivery of various communications

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Solicit, collect and record consents and U.S mobile telephone numbers from Shareholders for Agent to send
text messages. Such consents and information may be collected via IVR, the **Investor Center**™ website, Shareholder calls, or
in writing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· For consented Accounts, provide text message notifications for:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· various transactions (not to replace legally required notifications)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· action to be taken on an Account (e.g., uncashed checks, uncertified TIN)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Receive and record requests to stop text messages

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Administer text message campaigns (as agreed upon between Company and Agent, and which may be subject
to additional fees)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Agent may, from time to time, conduct surveys of Shareholders regarding the Services they receive from
Agent under the Agreement

**<u>Direct Registration System ("DRS")</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Register, issue and transfer DRS book-entry Shares

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Issue DRS statements of holding

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide Shareholders with the ability to sell Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions, including applicable fees, of the
DRS Sales Facility

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Process sales requests within the appropriate timeframe based on the type of service requested, in accordance with the terms of the
DRS Sales Facility

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the issuance, payment and reconcilement for any proceeds stemming from the use of the DRS Sales Facility, in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the facility

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the mailing of advices to Shareholders

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Accept and cancel certificated Shares and credit such Shares into a DRS position

**<u>Online Access</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide availability to Agent's **Issuer Online**™ website, which provides access to Company and Shareholder information
administered by Agent and permits data management including accessing standard reports such as Top 10 - 200 Shareholder lists, submitting
real-time inquiries such as an issued capital query, and reporting by holding range

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide availability to Agent's **Investor Center**™ website, which provides Shareholder Account information, transaction
capabilities, downloadable forms and FAQs

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide on-demand reporting to allow Company to generate non-standard reports at Agent's standard fee for such reports

**<u>Dividend Services (Monthly)</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Initiate dividend payments (check, wire, ACH, etc.) following receipt of sufficient funds from Company

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the mailing of dividend checks

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prepare and file federal information returns (Form 1099) of dividends paid in a year

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prepare and file state information returns of dividends paid in a year to Shareholders resident within such state

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prepare and file annual withholding return (Form 1042) and payments to the government of income taxes withheld from non-resident aliens

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the mailing of Form 1099 to Shareholders

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the email notification to Shareholders of the online availability of Form 1099

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Replace lost dividend checks

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Reconcile paid and outstanding checks

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Code "undeliverable" Accounts to suppress mailing dividend checks to same

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Keep records of accumulated uncashed dividends

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Withhold tax from Shareholder Accounts as required by United States government regulations

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Reconcile and report taxes withheld, including additional Form 1099 reporting requirements, to the Internal Revenue Service

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Mail to new Accounts who have had taxes withheld, to inform them of procedures to be followed to curtail subsequent back-up withholding

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Perform Shareholder file adjustments to reflect certification of Accounts

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Track and mail notices to "unresponsive payees" as required by SEC Rule 17Ad-17, and replace checks as requested by unresponsive
payees

**<u>Automated Clearing House (ACH) Services</u>**

Company authorizes Agent to originate ACH debits (for Plan purchases, if applicable) and credits (dividends and other payments under the Agreement) at the request of Shareholders. ACH transactions will be subject to NACHA (National Automated Clearing House Association) Operating Rules. Agent will not provide notice to Company of each ACH item processed. Payments made by ACH credit that are rejected will be deemed paid when a check is issued to the Shareholder.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Review data for accuracy and completeness

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Code Accounts for ACH and perform bank account validation or pre-note, as applicable

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Mail reject notification letter to Shareholders who have failed ACH account validation

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Identify rejected ACH transmissions, and mail check and explanation letter to Shareholders with rejected transmissions

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Make or receive payments via ACH as requested by Shareholders for all valid ACH Accounts

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Respond to Shareholder inquiries concerning the ACH Program, including failed ACH account validation

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Maintain ACH participant file, including coding new ACH Accounts

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Process termination requests

**<u>International Currency Exchange</u>**

Computershare may, at its option, offer a currency conversion service ("**ICE Service**") to certain Shareholders whereby any such Shareholder can elect to receive payments in a currency other than U.S. Dollars. The ICE Service is voluntary and will only be provided to a Shareholder who selects such ICE Service and who agrees to the ICE Service terms and conditions. Agent shall charge a processing fee to the Shareholder and may receive compensation from the currency conversion service provider. Company will not incur fees resulting from the ICE Service.

**<u>Annual Meeting Services</u>** <u>*(includes one annual meeting per year, excludes annual meetings conducted through consent)*</u>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide a proxy record date list through the **Issuer Online**™ website's FileShare; includes Shareholder name, address
and Share amount (additional fees assessed for paper requests or other file delivery mechanisms)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Address proxy cards for all registered Shareholders

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the mailing of the proxy package

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Receive, open and examine returned paper proxies

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Tabulate returned paper proxies

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Provide Company with a vote status through the **Issuer Online**™ **Proxy Watch**™ feature

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Attend Annual Meeting as Inspector of Election when Agent is the proxy tabulator (travel expenses billed as incurred)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prepare a final voted/unvoted list through the **Issuer Online**™ **Proxy Watch**™ feature

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the return/destruction of excess materials

**<u>Direct Filing of Unclaimed Property</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Coordinate the mailing of due diligence notices to all qualifying Shareholder Accounts as defined by the state filing matrix

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Process responses to due diligence notices and re-issue uncashed checks to Shareholders as applicable

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prepare and file required preliminary and final unclaimed property reports

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Prepare and file checks/wires for each state covering unclaimed funds as per state requirements

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Issue and file stock/stock certificate(s) registered to the applicable state(s) representing returned (RPO) certificates and underlying
Share positions

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Retain, as required by law or otherwise, records of property escheated to the states and respond, after appropriate research, to Shareholder
inquiries relating to same

**<u>Lost Shareholder Search Services</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Identify Accounts eligible for SEC mandated searches

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Perform electronic database searches in accordance with SEC requirements

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Update new addresses provided by search firm

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Send verification form to Shareholder to validate address

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Reissue unclaimed property held to Shareholders upon receipt of signed verification form

**<u>OTC Reporting</u>**

If Company is listed on the OTCQX, OTCQB, or OTC Pink Open Market at any time while the Agreement is in effect, Company authorizes and instructs Agent to provide the following information to the OTC Markets Group Inc. on a daily basis electronically through the Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· CUSIP

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Number of Outstanding Shares (and as-of date for such number)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Number of authorized Shares or "unlimited" (and as-of date for such number)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Number of Shares held with Cede & Co. (and as-of date for such number), plus all other Shares without a restricted legend

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· Number of restricted Shares (and as-of date for such number)

4. Expenses

Company will be responsible for expenses associated with the Services listed in Section 3 of this Schedule, as applicable, including but not limited to, charges for print/mail (paper, imaging, enclosing, envelopes, sorting, delivery/postage), eDelivery, and DTC transactions.

Postage expenses in excess of $5,000 for Shareholder mailings must be received in full by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the scheduled mailing date. Postage expenses less than $5,000 will be billed as incurred.

5. Billing Definition of Number of Accounts

For billing purposes, the number of Accounts will be based on open Accounts on file at the beginning of each billing period, plus any new Accounts added during that period. An open Account shall mean the Account of each Shareholder which Account shall hold any full or fractional Shares held by such Shareholder, outstanding funds, or reportable tax information.

6. Additional Services and Fees

Company will be responsible for payment for services not specifically listed in Section 3 but related to the services listed in Section 3 of this Schedule or in the Agreement, as applicable based on usage, including but not limited to, record retention, telephone line charges, RPO re-mails, courier services, freight, National Change of Address (NCOA) searches, exchange and broker fees, online knowledge-based authentication for users of the **Investor Center**™ website, PIN letters for users of the **Investor Center**™ website, certificate mailing, responses to Company in relation to Shareholder or other living individual requests under data privacy laws, and responses to subpoenas. Company acknowledges and agrees that Agent may charge additional fees to third parties for transactions or services requested by such third parties (e.g., brokerage firms, Shareholders) that are related to the Services.

Services such as the payment of a stock dividend, a stock split, a corporate reorganization, mass issuance, or an unvested stock program; audit services; regulatory reports; services provided to a vendor of Company; services related to special meetings; Notice and Access Services; or any services associated with a special project are subject to additional fees.

Services required by legislation or regulatory fiat which become effective after the date of acceptance of this Schedule shall not be a part of the Services and may be subject to additional fees.

Company will be responsible for overtime charges assessed in the event of a late delivery to Agent of Company material for mailings to Shareholders, unless the mail date is rescheduled. Such material includes, but is not limited to, proxy statements, quarterly and annual reports and news releases.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Schedule to be executed by one of its officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the effective date hereof.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **Computershare Inc.** | | |
| **Computershare Trust Company, N. A.** | **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation** | **Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation** |
| ***On Behalf of Both Entities:*** | | |
| By: | By: | /s/ Sean Wickliffe |
| Name: | Name: | Sean Wickliffe |
| Title: | Title: | Principal Financial Officer |

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## Ex-99.(L)

**Exhibit (l)**

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| ![](ex99i_001.jpg) | 750 E. PRATT STREET SUITE 900 BALTIMORE, MD 21202<br> **T** 410.244.7400 **F** 410.244.7742 www.Venable.com |

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May 20, 2026

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

5901 College Boulevard, Suite 400

Overland Park, Kansas 66211

Re: Registration Statement on Form N-2: <br> 1933 Act File No. 333-295680 <br> <u>1940 Act File No. 811-21462</u>

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have served as Maryland counsel to Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation, a Maryland corporation registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), as a closed-end management investment company (the "Company"), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of (a) the issuance of up to 21,129,594 transferable subscription rights (the "Rights") to holders of record of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and (b) the offering and sale of up to 7,043,198 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights. Each Share is issuable upon the exercise of three Rights. The issuance of the Rights and the Shares is covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Investment Company Act.

In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (collectively, the "Documents"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Registration Statement, in the form filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The Prospectus, dated May 8, 2026 (the "Base Prospectus"), included as part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, dated May 20, 2026 (the "Prospectus Supplement" and, together with the Base Prospectus, the "Prospectus"), relating to the issuance of the Rights and the Shares, in substantially the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The charter of the Company (the "Charter"), certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the "SDAT");

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. The Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

![](ex99i_001.jpg)

Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

May 20, 2026

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, and a duly authorized committee thereof, relating to the issuance of the Rights and the Shares (the "Resolutions"), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. The Subscription Agent Agreement, dated as of dated as of May 18, 2026 (the "Subscription Agent Agreement"), by and between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. The form of Subscription Rights Certificate to subscribe for the Shares (the "Rights Certificate"), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9. A certificate as of a recent date of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.

In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or any other person, is legally competent to do so.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party's obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.

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Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

May 20, 2026

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. Upon any issuance of the Shares, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the Charter.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The issuance of the Rights has been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery of the Rights Certificate in accordance with the Subscription Agent Agreement, the Rights will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The sale and issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and, when and if issued and paid for upon exercise of the Rights pursuant to the Resolutions, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

In addition to the assumptions and qualifications set forth above, and without limiting the generality of such assumptions and qualifications, the opinion expressed in paragraph 2 above is also subject to (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, (b) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought and (c) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy.

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Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation

May 20, 2026

The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland, and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any federal law or the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of the Investment Company Act or other federal securities laws, or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.

The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.

This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Venable LLP