Document:

EX-10.2

  Exhibit 10.2

   

  CLASS A-1 VFN NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  (SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 VFN NOTES)

  dated as of April 6, 2022

  among

   

  EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC, 

  as Master Issuer; 
 

  EWC HOLDING GUARANTOR LLC 

  EWC FRANCHISOR LLC 

  EWC DISTRIBUTOR LLC,

  each as a Guarantor;

  EWC VENTURES, LLC, 
as Manager;

  CERTAIN CONDUIT INVESTORS, 
each as a Conduit Investor;

  CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, 
each as a Committed Note Purchaser;

  CERTAIN FUNDING AGENTS;

  and

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as L/C Provider and as Administrative Agent

   

  
 

   

   

  

  
 

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

  			
	ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	2

	SECTION 1.01
	Definitions
	2

	SECTION 1.02
	Defined Terms
	2

	ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 NOTES
	11

	SECTION 2.01
	The Advance Notes
	11

	SECTION 2.02
	Advances
	12

	SECTION 2.03
	Borrowing Procedures
	13

	SECTION 2.04
	The Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes
	15

	SECTION 2.05
	Reduction in Commitments
	16

	SECTION 2.06
	Increase in Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Commitment.
	18

	SECTION 2.07
	L/C Commitment
	19

	SECTION 2.08
	L/C Reimbursement Obligations
	23

	SECTION 2.09
	L/C Participations
	25

	ARTICLE III INTEREST AND FEES
	26

	SECTION 3.01
	Interest
	26

	SECTION 3.02
	Fees
	27

	SECTION 3.03
	Term SOFR Lending Unlawful
	28

	SECTION 3.04
	Replacing of Term SOFR or Successor Rate
	28

	SECTION 3.05
	Increased Costs, etc
	29

	SECTION 3.06
	Funding Losses
	30

	SECTION 3.07
	Increased Capital or Liquidity Costs
	31

	SECTION 3.08
	Taxes
	31

	SECTION 3.09
	Change of Lending Office
	34

	ARTICLE IV OTHER PAYMENT TERMS
	35

	SECTION 4.01
	Time and Method of Payment
	35

	SECTION 4.02
	Order of Distributions
	35

	SECTION 4.03
	L/C Cash Collateral
	36

	SECTION 4.04
	Alternative Arrangements with Respect to Letters of Credit
	36

	ARTICLE V THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE FUNDING AGENTS
	37

	SECTION 5.01
	Authorization and Action of the Administrative Agent
	37

	SECTION 5.02
	Delegation of Duties
	37

	SECTION 5.03
	Exculpatory Provisions
	37

	SECTION 5.04
	Reliance
	38

	SECTION 5.05
	Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Purchasers
	38

	SECTION 5.06
	The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity
	38

	SECTION 5.07
	Successor Administrative Agent; Defaulting Administrative Agent
	38

	SECTION 5.08
	Authorization and Action of Funding Agents
	40

	SECTION 5.09
	Delegation of Duties
	40

	SECTION 5.10
	Exculpatory Provisions
	40

	SECTION 5.11
	Reliance
	40

	SECTION 5.12
	Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other Purchasers
	41

	SECTION 5.13
	The Funding Agent in its Individual Capacity
	41

	SECTION 5.14
	Successor Funding Agent
	41

	SECTION 5.15
	Erroneous Payments.
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	ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	44

	SECTION 6.01
	The Master Issuer and Guarantors
	44

	SECTION 6.02
	The Manager
	46

	SECTION 6.03
	Lender Parties
	47

	ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS
	48

	SECTION 7.01
	Conditions to Issuance and Effectiveness
	48

	SECTION 7.02
	Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit
	48

	SECTION 7.03
	Conditions to Each Extension of Credit
	49

	ARTICLE VIII COVENANTS
	50

	SECTION 8.01
	Covenants
	50

	ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	52

	SECTION 9.01
	Amendments
	52

	SECTION 9.02
	No Waiver; Remedies
	53

	SECTION 9.03
	Binding on Successors and Assigns
	54

	SECTION 9.04
	Termination; Survival of Agreement
	55

	SECTION 9.05
	Payment of Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
	55

	SECTION 9.06
	Characterization as Related Document; Entire Agreement
	57

	SECTION 9.07
	Notices
	57

	SECTION 9.08
	Severability of Provisions
	57

	SECTION 9.09
	Tax Characterization
	58

	SECTION 9.10
	No Proceedings; Limited Recourse
	58

	SECTION 9.11
	Confidentiality
	59

	SECTION 9.12
	GOVERNING LAW; CONFLICTS WITH INDENTURE
	60

	SECTION 9.13
	JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
	60

	SECTION 9.14
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	61

	SECTION 9.15
	Counterparts; Electronic Signatures
	61

	SECTION 9.16
	Third Party Beneficiary
	61

	SECTION 9.17
	Assignment
	61

	SECTION 9.18
	Defaulting Investors
	63

	SECTION 9.19
	No Fiduciary Duties
	65

	SECTION 9.20
	No Guarantee by Manager
	66

	SECTION 9.21
	[Reserved
	66

	SECTION 9.22
	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
	66

	SECTION 9.23
	Patriot Act
	67

	SECTION 9.24
	Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes
	68

	SECTION 9.25
	Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs.
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  SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS

   

  SCHEDULE I 	Investor Groups and Commitments

  SCHEDULE II 	Notice Addresses for Lender Parties and Agents

  SCHEDULE III 	Additional Closing Conditions

   

  EXHIBIT A	Form of Advance Request

  EXHIBIT B	Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

  EXHIBIT C	Form of Investor Group Supplement

  EXHIBIT D	Form of Purchaser’s Letter

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  CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  THIS CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 6, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is made by and among:

  (a)	EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Master Issuer”);

  (b)	EWC HOLDING GUARANTOR LLC, EWC FRANCHISOR LLC, and EWC DISTRIBUTOR LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”);

  (c)	EWC VENTURES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the manager (the “Manager”);

  (d)	the several commercial paper conduits listed on Schedule I as Conduit Investors and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Conduit Investor” and, collectively, the “Conduit Investors”);

  (e)	the several financial institutions listed on Schedule I as Committed Note Purchasers and their respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a “Committed Note Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Committed Note Purchasers”);

  (f)	for each Investor Group, the financial institution entitled to act on behalf of the Investor Group set forth opposite the name of such Investor Group on Schedule I as Funding Agent and its permitted successors and assigns (each, the “Funding Agent” with respect to such Investor Group and, collectively, the “Funding Agents”);

  (g)	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Provider and as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Funding Agents and the L/C Provider (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent” or the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent”); and

  (h)	the other L/C Providers from time to time party hereto.

  BACKGROUND

  1.	Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Master Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee and the Series 2022-1 Securities Intermediary, are entering into the Series 2022-1 Supplement, of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Series 2022-1 Supplement”), to the Base Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Base Indenture” and, together with the Series 2022-1 Supplement and any additional Supplements to the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Master Issuer and the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, pursuant to which the Master Issuer will issue the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Supplement), which may be issued in the form of Uncertificated Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture), in accordance with the Indenture.

  2.	The Master Issuer wishes to (a) issue the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes to each Funding Agent on behalf of the Investors in the related Investor Group and obtain the agreement of the applicable Investors to make loans from time to time (each, an “Advance” or a  “Series 2022-1 Class 

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  A-1 Advance” and, collectively, the “Advances” or the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advances”) that will constitute the purchase of Series 2022-1 Class A‐1 Outstanding Principal Amounts on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and (b) issue the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note to the L/C Provider and obtain the agreement of the L/C Provider to provide Letters of Credit on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note constitute Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes. The Manager has joined in this Agreement to confirm certain representations, warranties and covenants made by it in favor of the Trustee and the Noteholders in the Related Documents for the benefit of each Lender Party.

  ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

  SECTION 1.01	Definitions. As used in this Agreement and unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including the preamble and the recitals hereto) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms or incorporated by reference in the Series 2022-1 Supplemental Definitions List attached to the Series 2022-1 Supplement as Annex A or set forth or incorporated by reference in the Base Indenture Definitions List attached to the Base Indenture as Annex A, as applicable. Unless otherwise specified herein, all Article, Exhibit, Section or Subsection references herein shall refer to Articles, Exhibits, Sections or Subsections of this Agreement. 

  SECTION 1.02	Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement: 

  “Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a).

  “Acquiring Investor Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(c).

  “Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

  “Administrative Agent Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

  “Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c).

  “Advance” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

  “Advance Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(d).

  “Affected Financial Institution” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “Affected Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.

  “Aggregate Unpaids” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

  “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

  “Amendment Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(a)(ii).

  “Annual Inspection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(d).

  “Applicable Agent Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c).

  “Applicable Agent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c).

  “Application” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(c).

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  “Assignment and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(a).

  “Bail-In Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “Bail-In Legislation” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “Base Rate” means an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the highest of (a) the rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by a commercial bank mutually agreed upon by the Manager and the Administrative Agent (the “Prime Rate”), (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) Term SOFR plus 1.00% plus (ii) 1.125%. Each change in the Base Rate shall become effective without prior notice to any Credit Party automatically as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Base Rate.

  “Base Rate Advance” means a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance that bears interest at the Base Rate during such time as it bears interest at such rate.

  “Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Screen Rate; provided that if a replacement of the then-current Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 3.04(a) then “Benchmark” means the applicable Successor Rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.

  “Benchmark Replacement” means:

  (1)	For purposes of Section 3.04(a)(ii) of this Agreement, the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer as the replacement Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by a Relevant Governmental Body, for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time; 

  provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) above would be less than 0.00%, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be 0.00% for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Related Documents. 

  Any Benchmark Replacement shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Benchmark Replacement shall be applied in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer agree is reasonable.

  “Beneficial Ownership Certification” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(m) of this Agreement.

  “Beneficial Ownership Regulation” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(m).

  “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24(c) of this Agreement

  “Borrowing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c).

  “Breakage Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.06(c).

  “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by applicable law to close; provided that, in 

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  relation to any Advance bearing interest by reference to SOFR, and any interest rate settings thereof, any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

  “Change in Law” means (a) any law, rule or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof (whether or not having the force of law), in each case, adopted, issued or occurring after the Series 2022-1 Closing Date or (b) any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any government or political subdivision or agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, or any accounting board or authority (whether or not a Governmental Authority) which is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case, whether foreign or domestic (each, an “Official Body”) charged with the administration, interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance with any request or directive of any Official Body (whether or not having the force of law) made, issued or occurring after the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  “Class A-1 Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a).

  “CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.

  “Commercial Paper” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, the promissory notes issued in the commercial paper market by or for the benefit of such Conduit Investor.

  “Committed Note Purchaser” and “Committed Note Purchasers” have the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

  “Committed Note Purchaser Percentage” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Committed Note Purchaser in any Investor Group, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, which the Commitment Amount of such Committed Note Purchaser bears to such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on such date.

  “Commitment Amount” means, as to each Committed Note Purchaser, the amount set forth on Schedule I attached hereto opposite such Committed Note Purchaser’s name as its Commitment Amount or, in the case of a Committed Note Purchaser that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement, the amount set forth therein as such Committed Note Purchaser’s Commitment Amount, in each case, as such amount may be (i) reduced pursuant to Section 2.05 of this Agreement, (ii) increased pursuant to Section 2.06 of this Agreement or (iii) increased or reduced by any Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement entered into by such Committed Note Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

  “Commitment Percentage” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Investor Group, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, which such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount bears to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount on such date.

  “Commitment Term” means the period from and including the Series 2022-1 Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the Commitment Termination Date and (b) the date on which the Commitments are otherwise terminated or reduced to zero in accordance with this Agreement.

  “Commitment Termination Date” means the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date (as such date may be extended pursuant to the Series 2022-1 Supplement). 

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  “Commitments” means the obligation of each Committed Note Purchaser included in each Investor Group to fund Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advances and to participate in Letters of Credit pursuant this Agreement in an aggregate stated amount up to its Commitment Amount.

  “Conduit Assignee” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, any commercial paper conduit, whose Commercial Paper is rated by at least one of the Specified Rating Agencies and is rated at least “A” from S&P or KBRA and/or the equivalent rating of another “nationally-recognized statistical rating organization” registered with the SEC, that is administered by the Funding Agent (or for which the related Program Support Provider provides liquidity support) with respect to such Conduit Investor or any Affiliate of such Funding Agent, in each case, designated by such Funding Agent to accept an assignment from such Conduit Investor of the Investor Group Principal Amount or a portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor pursuant to Section 9.17(b) of this Agreement.

  “Conduit Investor Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.10(d).

  “Conduit Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

  “Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.11.

  “Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with Term SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, Term SOFR, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of Business Day and U.S. Government Securities Business Day, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Master Issuer, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate, and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer agree is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Related Document.

  “Conversion Date” means any Term SOFR Conversion Date or Base Rate Conversion Date, as applicable. 

  “Covered Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24(c).

  “Covered Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.25(a).

  “CP Advance” means a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance that bears interest at the CP Rate during such time as it bears interest at such rate, as provided in this Agreement.

  “CP Funding Rate” means, with respect to each Conduit Investor, for any day during any Interest Accrual Period, for any portion of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advances funded or maintained through the issuance of Commercial Paper by such Conduit Investor, the per annum rate equivalent to the weighted average cost (as determined by the related Funding Agent, and which shall include (without duplication) the fees and commissions of placement agents and dealers, incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to Commercial Paper maturing on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Investor, other borrowings by such Conduit Investor and any other costs associated with the issuance of Commercial Paper) of or related to the issuance of Commercial Paper that are allocated, in whole or in part, by such Conduit Investor or its related Funding Agent to fund or maintain such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advances for such Interest Accrual Period (and which may also be allocated in part to 

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  the funding of other assets of the Conduit Investor); provided, however, that if any component of any such rate is a discount rate, in calculating the “CP Funding Rate” for such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advances for such Interest Accrual Period, the related Funding Agent shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum.

  “CP Rate” means, on any day during any Interest Accrual Period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the CP Funding Rate for such Interest Accrual Period plus (ii) 2.125%.

  “Daily Simple SOFR” with respect to any applicable determination date means the secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) published on such date by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source). 

  “Default Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.24(c).

  “Defaulting Administrative Agent Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07(b).

  “Defaulting Investor” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.18(a).

  “EEA Financial Institution” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “EEA Member Country” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “EEA Resolution Authority” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “Eligible Conduit Investor” means, at any time, any Conduit Investor whose Commercial Paper at such time is rated by at least one of the Specified Rating Agencies and is rated at least “A” from S&P or KBRA and/or the equivalent rating of another “nationally-recognized statistical rating organization” registered with the SEC

  “Erroneous Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).

  “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(d)(i).

  “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(d)(i).

  “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(d)(i).

  “EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, 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.

  “FCPA” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(j).

  “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any specified period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the overnight federal funds rates as published in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day), or if, for any reason, such rate is not available on any day, the rate determined, in the reasonable opinion of 

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  the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which overnight federal funds are being offered in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

  “Federal Reserve System” means the central bank and monetary authority of the United States.

  “Foreign Affected Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a).

  “Funding Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

  “Funding Agent Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(c).

  “Increased Capital Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.

  “Increased Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(a).

  “Increased Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.

  “Increased Tax Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(b).

  “Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(b).

  “Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.05(b).

  “Investor” means any one of the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers (including the L/C Issuing Bank), and “Investors” means the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers (including the and L/C Issuing Bank) collectively.

  “Investor Group” means (i) for each Conduit Investor, collectively, such Conduit Investor, the related Committed Note Purchaser(s) set forth opposite the name of such Conduit Investor on Schedule I to this Note Purchase Agreement (or, if applicable, set forth for such Conduit Investor in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement pursuant to which such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser becomes a party thereto), any related Program Support Provider(s) and the related Funding Agent (which shall constitute the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder for such Investor Group) and (ii) for each other Committed Note Purchaser that is not related to a Conduit Investor, collectively, such Committed Note Purchaser, any related Program Support Provider(s) and the related Funding Agent (which shall constitute the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder for such Investor Group).

  “Investor Group Increase Amount” means, with respect to any Investor Group, for any Business Day, the portion of a Borrowing, if any, actually funded by such Investor Group on such Business Day.

  “Investor Group Principal Amount” means, with respect to any Investor Group, (a) when used with respect to the Closing Date, an amount equal to (i) such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amount plus (ii) such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount outstanding on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, and (b) when used with respect to any other date, an amount equal to (i) the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Investor Group on the immediately preceding Business Day (excluding any Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount included therein) plus (ii) the Investor Group Increase Amount with respect to such Investor Group on such date minus (iii) the amount of principal payments made to such Investor Group on the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes on such date plus (iv) such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount outstanding on such date.

  “Investor Group Supplement” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.17(c).

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  “Lender Party” means any Investor or an L/C Provider and “Lender Parties” means the Investors and each L/C Provider, collectively.

  “Letter of Credit” or “Letters of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

  “L/C Commitment” means the obligation of each L/C Provider directly or through an L/C Issuing Bank to provide Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.07(h) of this Agreement, in an aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount, together with any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings, at any one time outstanding not to exceed the face amount of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Notes held by such L/C Provider. As of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, the aggregate amount of L/C Commitments is $8,000,000, which amount may be reduced or increased pursuant to Section 2.07(g) hereof, or reduced pursuant to Section 2.05(b) hereof.

  “L/C Issuing Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(h).

  “L/C Issuing Bank Rating Test” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(h).

  “L/C Obligations” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts outstanding at such time and (ii) any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding at such time.

  “L/C Other Reimbursement Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(a).

  “L/C Provider” means each Person in whose name a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note is registered in the Note Register, and its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity. References to an L/C Provider shall apply independently to each L/C Provider in such capacity and solely with respect to such L/C Provider’s L/C Commitment or the Letters of Credit issued in respect hereof, unless otherwise required by the context.

  “L/C Quarterly Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).

  “L/C Reimbursement Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(a).

  “Margin Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(e).

  “Master Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

  “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount” means, as to each Investor Group existing on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, the amount set forth on Schedule I hereto as such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount or, in the case of any other Investor Group, the amount set forth as such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement by which the members of such Investor Group become parties hereto, in each case, as such amount may be (i) reduced pursuant to Section 2.05 of this Agreement, (ii) increased pursuant to Section 2.06 of this Agreement or (iii) increased or reduced by any Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement entered into by the members of such Investor Group in accordance with the terms hereof.

  “Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(h).

  “Non-Excluded Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.08(a).

  “Non-Funding Committed Note Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

  “OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(i).

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  “Other Class A-1 Transaction Expenses” means all amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.05(a) hereof, other than Amendment Expenses.

  “Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

  “Payment Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(b).

  “Payment Recipient” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).

  “Program Support Agreement” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, any agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider in respect of any Commercial Paper and/or Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note of such Conduit Investor providing for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of such Conduit Investor, the issuance of one or more insurance policies for which such Conduit Investor is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, the sale by such Conduit Investor to any Program Support Provider of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (or portions thereof or interests therein) and/or the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to such Conduit Investor in connection with such Conduit Investor’s securitization program, together with any letter of credit, insurance policy or other instrument issued thereunder or guaranty thereof (but excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by a Committed Note Purchaser).

  “Program Support Provider” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, any financial institutions and any other or additional Person now or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, and/or agreeing to make purchases from, such Investor in respect of such Conduit Investor’s Commercial Paper and/or Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note, and/or agreeing to issue a letter of credit or insurance policy or other instrument to support any obligations arising under or in connection with such Conduit Investor’s securitization program as it relates to any Commercial Paper issued by such Conduit Investor, and/or holding equity interests in such Investor, in each case pursuant to a Program Support Agreement, and any guarantor of any such Person.

  “QFC Credit Support” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.25(a).

  “Reference amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).

  “Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the Master Issuer to reimburse the L/C Provider pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.

  “Relevant Governmental Body” 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.

  “Required Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

  “Required Investor Groups” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01.

  “Resolution Authority” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “Sale Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.18(b).

  “Sanctions” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(i).

  “Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(ii).

  “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

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  “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(iv) this Agreement.

  “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Other Amounts” means, for any Weekly Allocation Date, the aggregate amount of any Breakage Amount, Indemnified Liabilities, Increased Capital Costs, Increased Costs, Increased Tax Costs, L/C Other Reimbursement Costs and Other Class A-1 Transaction Expenses then due and payable and not previously paid. For purposes of the Base Indenture, the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Other Amounts” shall be deemed to be “Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts.”

  “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.09(b).

  “Series 2022-1 Supplement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

  “SOFR Adjustment” means 0.10% (10 basis points).

  “SOFR” means the Secured Overnight Financing Rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator). 

  “SOFR Rate” means, for each interest period, an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent by reference to Term SOFR for a one-month tenor at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date that is two (2) business days prior to the first day of such interest period, provided, that, if such rate is below zero, such rate will be deemed to be 0.0%, plus (ii) 2.125%. 

  “Specified Rating Agencies” means any of S&P and KBRA.

  “Successor Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).

  “Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.25(a).

  “Term SOFR” means:

  (a)	 for any interest period with respect to a Term SOFR Advance, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such interest period with a term equivalent to such interest period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto, in each case, plus the SOFR Adjustment for such interest period; and 

  (b)	 for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Advance on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate plus the SOFR Adjustment with a term of one month commencing that day;

  provided that if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than zero, Term SOFR shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

  “Term SOFR Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR. 

  “Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period” means with respect to any Term SOFR Advance, the period commencing on and including the Business Day such Advance first becomes a Term SOFR Advance in accordance with Section 3.01(b) and ending on but excluding the date one (1) month subsequent 

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  to such date; provided, however, that no such interest accrual period may end subsequent to the second Business Day before the Quarterly Calculation Date occurring immediately prior to the then-current Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date and upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Rapid Amortization Period or any Event of Default, any Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period for any Investor Group may be terminated at the end of the then-current Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period (or, if the Class A-1 Notes have been accelerated in accordance with Section 9.2 or 9.3 of the Base Indenture, immediately), at the election of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent or Investor Groups holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the outstanding Term SOFR Advances, by notice to the Master Issuer, the Manager, the Control Party and the Funding Agents, and upon such election the Term SOFR Advances in respect of which interest was calculated by reference to such terminated Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period shall be converted to Base Rate Advances.

  “Term SOFR Replacement Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(ii).

  “Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time). 

  “UK Financial Institution” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “UK Resolution Authority” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.22(c).

  “Undrawn Commitment Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

  “Undrawn L/C Face Amounts” means, at any time, the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired face amount of any Letters of Credit outstanding at such time.

  “Unreimbursed L/C Drawings” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of any L/C Reimbursement Amounts that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.08 of this Agreement.

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

  ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 NOTES

  SECTION 2.01	The Advance Notes. On the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture and this Agreement, and in reliance on the covenants, representations and agreements set forth herein and therein, the Master Issuer shall issue and shall request the Trustee to authenticate and register (in the case of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes in the form of definitive notes) or register as described in Section 4.1(f) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement (in the case of Uncertificated Notes) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes, which (in the case of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes in the form of definitive notes) the Master Issuer shall deliver to each Funding Agent on behalf of the Investors in the related Investor Group on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date. Such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note for each Investor Group shall be dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, shall be registered in the name of the related Funding Agent or its nominee, as agent for the related Investors, or in such other name or nominee as such Funding Agent may request, shall have a maximum principal amount equal to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group, shall have an initial outstanding principal amount equal to such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 

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  Initial Advance Principal Amount, and (other than any Uncertificated Notes) shall be duly authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

  SECTION 2.02	Advances.

  (a)	Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Indenture, (i) each Eligible Conduit Investor, if any, may, in its sole discretion, (ii) if such Eligible Conduit Investor determines that it will not make (or it does not in fact make) an Advance or any portion of an Advance, its related Committed Note Purchaser(s) shall, or (iii) if there is no Eligible Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Investor Group shall, upon the Master Issuer’s request delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03 and the satisfaction of all conditions precedent thereto (or under the circumstances set forth in Section 2.05 or 2.08), make Advances from time to time during the Commitment Term; provided that such Advances shall be made ratably by each Investor Group based on their respective Commitment Percentages and the portion of any such Advance made by any Committed Note Purchaser in such Investor Group shall be its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the Advances to be made by such Investor Group (or the portion thereof not being made by any Conduit Investor in such Investor Group); provided, further, that if, as a result of any Committed Note Purchaser (a “Non-Funding Committed Note Purchaser”) failing to make any previous Advance that such Non-Funding Committed Note Purchaser was required to make, outstanding Advances are not held ratably by each Investor Group based on their respective Commitment Percentages and among the Committed Note Purchasers within each Investor Group based on their respective Committed Note Purchaser Percentages at the time a request for Advances is made, (x) such Non-Funding Committed Note Purchaser shall make all of such Advances until outstanding Advances are held ratably by each Investor Group based on their respective Commitment Percentages and among the Committed Note Purchasers within each Investor Group based on their respective Committed Note Purchaser Percentages and (y) further Advances shall be made ratably by each Investor Group based on their respective Commitment Percentages and the portion of any such Advance made by any Committed Note Purchaser in such Investor Group shall be its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the Advances to be made by such Investor Group (or the portion thereof not being made by any Conduit Investor in such Investor Group); provided, further, that the failure of a Non-Funding Committed Note Purchaser to make Advances pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso shall not, subject to the immediately following proviso, relieve any other Committed Note Purchaser of its obligation hereunder, if any, to make Advances in accordance with Section 2.03(b)(i); provided, further, that, subject, in the case of clause (i) below, to Section 2.03(b)(ii), no Advance shall be required or permitted to be made by any Investor on any date to the extent that, after giving effect to such Advance, (i) the related Investor Group Principal Amount would exceed the related Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount or (ii) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would exceed the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount.

  (b)	Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Related Document to the contrary, at no time will a Conduit Investor be obligated to make Advances hereunder. If at any time any Conduit Investor is not an Eligible Conduit Investor, such Conduit Investor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the related Funding Agent and the Master Issuer) thereof.

  (c)	Each of the Advances to be made on any date shall be made as part of a single borrowing (each such single borrowing being a “Borrowing”). The Advances made as part of the initial Borrowing on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, if any, will be evidenced by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes issued in connection herewith and will constitute purchases of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amounts corresponding to the amount of such Advances. All of the other Advances will constitute Borrowings evidenced by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes issued in connection herewith and will constitute purchases of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amounts corresponding to the amount of such Advances.

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  (d)	Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement specifies the procedures to be followed in connection with any Voluntary Decrease of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount. Each such Voluntary Decrease in respect of any Advances shall be either (i) in an aggregate minimum principal amount of $200,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof or (ii) in such other amount necessary to reduce the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount to zero.

  (e)	Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances evidenced by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes may be increased by Borrowings or decreased by Voluntary Decreases from time to time.

  (f)	At any time that the aggregate Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount attributable to each Investor Group is not held pro rata based on its respective Commitment Percentage (as a result of the issuance of any Letter of Credit or otherwise), the Investor Groups (and the Investors within each such Investor Group) may, in their sole discretion, agree amongst themselves to reallocate any outstanding Advances to ensure that the aggregate Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount attributable to each Investor Group is pro rata based on its respective Commitment Percentage; provided that the Master Issuer shall not be liable for any Breakage Amounts resulting solely from any such reallocations.

  (g)	The Administrative Agent shall provide the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Trustee timely written notice of non-ratable allocations pursuant to Section 2.02(a) and of any reallocations of Advances pursuant to Section 2.02(f) (which notice requirements may be satisfied through the delivery of the monthly invoice and Letter of Credit report delivered by the Administrative Agent from time to time); provided, that the failure to provide such notice shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Master Issuer under this Agreement or the Indenture with respect thereto. The Master Issuer and the Manager shall not be responsible for any failure to reflect such allocations or reallocations in any Weekly Manager’s Certificate or Quarterly Noteholders’ Report, or for any payments inconsistent with such allocations or reallocations, until such notice is provided as set forth in this clause (g), including in connection with any Mandatory Decrease, Voluntary Decrease or prepayment of any other Tranche, Class or Series of Notes under the Indenture.

  (h)	It is agreed that any Breakage Amounts shall occur with respect to the applicable Advance closest to maturity.

  SECTION 2.03	Borrowing Procedures.

  (a)	Whenever the Master Issuer wishes to make a Borrowing, the Master Issuer shall (or shall cause the Manager on its behalf to) notify the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly, and in any event by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same Business Day as its receipt of the same, notify each Funding Agent of its pro rata share thereof (or other required share, as required pursuant to Section 2.02(a)) and notify the Trustee, the Control Party and the L/C Provider in writing of such Borrowing) by written notice in the form of an Advance Request delivered to the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of an Advance accruing interest at the SOFR Rate, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such Borrowing (unless a shorter period is agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Provider, the L/C Issuing Bank or the Funding Agents, as applicable) and (ii) in the case of an Advance accruing interest at the Base Rate, on the date of such Borrowing by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time), which date of Borrowing shall be a Business Day during the Commitment Term. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each case refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the Borrowing date, (ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing to be made on such date, and (iii) sufficient instructions for application of the balance, if any, of the proceeds of such Borrowing on the Borrowing date (which proceeds shall be made available to the Master Issuer). Requests for any Borrowing may not be made in an aggregate principal amount of less than $100,000 or in an aggregate principal amount that is not an integral multiple of $50,000 in excess 

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  thereof (or in each case such other amount as agreed to by the Administrative Agent), except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Borrowings for the purpose of repaying then-outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings. The Master Issuer agrees that Borrowings shall be made automatically pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i), 2.05(b)(ii) or 2.07, without the requirement of providing an Advance Request (which shall be deemed to have been made pursuant to such Sections), but subject to the requirements set forth in Section 7.03, upon notice of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, in an amount at least sufficient to repay in full all Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding on the date of the applicable automatic Borrowing. Subject to the provisos to Section 2.02(a), each Borrowing shall be ratably allocated among the Investor Groups’ respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts. Each Funding Agent shall promptly advise its related Conduit Investor, if any, of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.03(a) and shall promptly thereafter (but in no event later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of Borrowing) notify the Administrative Agent, the Master Issuer and the related Committed Note Purchaser(s) whether such Conduit Investor has determined to make all or any portion of the Advances in such Borrowing that are to be made by its Investor Group. On the date of each Borrowing and subject to the other conditions set forth herein and in the Series 2022-1 Supplement (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, confirmation from the L/C Provider as to (x) the amount of outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings to be repaid with the proceeds of such Borrowing on the Borrowing date, (y) the Undrawn L/C Face Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding and (z) the principal amount of any other Unreimbursed L/C Drawings then outstanding), the applicable Investors in each Investor Group shall make available to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Advances in such Borrowing that are to be made by such Investor Group by wire transfer in U.S. Dollars of such amount in same day funds no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion on the date of any Borrowing) on the date of such Borrowing, and upon receipt thereof the Administrative Agent shall make such proceeds available to the Master Issuer (or the Manager, as directed by the Master Issuer) as instructed in the applicable Advance Request. 

  (b)	(i) The failure of any Committed Note Purchaser to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Committed Note Purchaser (whether or not in the same Investor Group) of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Committed Note Purchaser shall be responsible for the failure of any other Committed Note Purchaser to make the Advance to be made by such other Committed Note Purchaser on the date of any Borrowing and (ii) in the event that one or more Committed Note Purchasers fails to make its Advance by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion on the date of any Borrowing) on the date of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall notify each of the other Committed Note Purchasers on such date, and each of the other Committed Note Purchasers shall make available to the Administrative Agent a supplemental Advance in a principal amount (such amount, the “reference amount”) equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate principal Advance that was unfunded multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Commitment Amount of such Committed Note Purchaser and the denominator of which is the aggregate Commitment Amounts of all Committed Note Purchasers (less the aggregate Commitment Amount of the Committed Note Purchasers failing to make Advances on such date) and (b) the excess of (i) such Committed Note Purchaser’s Commitment Amount over (ii) the product of (1) such Committed Note Purchaser’s related Investor Group Principal Amount, multiplied by (2) such Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage (after giving effect to all prior Advances on such date of Borrowing) (provided that a Committed Note Purchaser may (but shall not be obligated to), on terms and conditions to be agreed upon by such Committed Note Purchaser and the Master Issuer, make available to the Administrative Agent a supplemental Advance in a principal amount in excess of the reference amount; provided, however, that no such supplemental Advance shall be permitted to be made to the extent that, after giving effect to such Advance, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would exceed the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount). Such supplemental Advances shall be made by wire transfer in U.S. Dollars in same day funds no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) one (1) Business Day following the date of such Borrowing, and upon receipt thereof the Administrative Agent shall immediately make such proceeds available to the Master Issuer (or the Manager, if directed by the Master Issuer), as instructed in the 

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  applicable Advance Request. If any Committed Note Purchaser which shall have so failed to fund its Advance shall subsequently pay such amount, the Administrative Agent shall apply such amount pro rata to repay any supplemental Advances made by the other Committed Note Purchasers pursuant to this Section 2.03(b).

  (c)	Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Funding Agent prior to the date of any Borrowing that an applicable Investor in the related Investor Group will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Investor’s share of the Advances to be made by such Investor Group as part of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) assume that such Investor has made such share available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02(a) and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the L/C Provider and/or the Master Issuer, as applicable, on such date a corresponding amount, and shall, if such corresponding amount has not been made available by the Administrative Agent, make available to the L/C Provider and/or the Master Issuer, as applicable, on such date a corresponding amount once such Investor has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent. If and to the extent that any Investor shall not have so made such amount available to the Administrative Agent, such Investor and the Master Issuer jointly and severally agree to repay (without duplication) to the Administrative Agent on the next Weekly Allocation Date such corresponding amount (in the case of the Master Issuer, in accordance with the Priority of Payments), together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Master Issuer until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Master Issuer, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Advances comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Investor, the Federal Funds Rate and without deduction by such Investor for any withholding taxes. If such Investor shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Investor’s Advance as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.

  SECTION 2.04	The Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes. On each date an Advance is made or a Letter of Credit is issued hereunder, and on each date the outstanding amount thereof is reduced, a duly authorized officer, employee or agent of the related Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder shall make appropriate notations in its books and records of the amount, evidenced by the related Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note or Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note, of such Advance or Letter of Credit, as applicable, and the amount of such reduction, as applicable. The Master Issuer hereby authorizes each duly authorized officer, employee and agent of such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder to make such notations on the books and records as aforesaid and, subject to the Registrar as provided for in Section 9.17(g), every such notation made in accordance with the foregoing authority shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded; provided, however, that in the event of a discrepancy between the books and records of such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder and the records maintained by the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, (x) such discrepancy shall be resolved by such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder and the Trustee, in consultation with the Master Issuer (provided that such consultation with the Master Issuer will not in any way limit or delay such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder’s and the Trustee’s ability to resolve such discrepancy), and such resolution shall control in the absence of manifest error, and the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Register shall be corrected as appropriate and (y) until any such discrepancy is resolved pursuant to clause (x), the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Register shall control; provided further that the failure of any such notation to be made, or any finding that a notation is incorrect, in any such records shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Master Issuer under this Agreement or the Indenture.

  SECTION 2.05	Reduction in Commitments.

  (a)	The Master Issuer may, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Control Party, each Funding Agent and each Investor), effect a permanent reduction in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction in each Commitment Amount and Maximum Investor 

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  Group Principal Amount on a pro rata basis; provided that (i) any such reduction will be limited to the undrawn portion of the Commitments, although any such reduction may be combined with a Voluntary Decrease effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement, (ii) any such reduction must be in a minimum amount of $500,000, (iii) after giving effect to such reduction, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount equals or exceeds $5,000,000, unless reduced to zero, and (iv) no such reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, (x) the aggregate Commitment Amounts would be less than the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount (excluding any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts with respect to which cash collateral is held by the L/C Provider pursuant to Section 4.03(b)) or (y) the aggregate Commitment Amounts would be less than the L/C Commitment. Any reduction made pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be made ratably among the Investor Groups on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts.

  (b)	If any of the following events shall occur, then the Commitment Amounts shall be automatically and permanently reduced on the dates and in the amounts set forth below with respect to the applicable event and the other consequences set forth below with respect to the applicable event shall ensue (and the Master Issuer shall give the Trustee, the Control Party, each Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent prompt written notice thereof):

  (i)	Upon the occurrence of a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Amortization Event, (A) on the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, (x) the principal amount of all then-outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings shall be repaid in full with proceeds of Advances made on such date (and the Master Issuer shall be deemed to have delivered such Advance Requests under Section 2.03 as may be necessary to cause such Advances to be made), and (y) the L/C Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero and (B) (x) all undrawn portions of the Commitments shall automatically and permanently terminate and the corresponding portions of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts shall be automatically and permanently reduced by a corresponding amount (with respect to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts, on a pro rata basis) and (y) any further payment of principal on the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount on or following the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date (excluding the repayment of any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings with proceeds of Advances pursuant to clause (A) above) shall result automatically and permanently in a dollar-for-dollar reduction of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction in each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on a pro rata basis;

  (ii)	if a Rapid Amortization Event (other than a Rapid Amortization Event triggered by an Event of Default) occurs and is continuing (and shall not have been waived or, in the case of clause (d) of the definition thereof, cured, as provided in the Base Indenture) prior to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date, then (A) on the date such Rapid Amortization Event occurs, all undrawn portions of the Commitments shall automatically and permanently terminate, which termination shall be deemed to have occurred immediately following the making of Advances pursuant to clause (B) below, and the corresponding portions of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts shall be automatically and permanently reduced by a corresponding amount (with respect to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts, on a pro rata basis), (B) no later than the second Business Day after the occurrence of such Rapid Amortization Event, the principal amount of all then-outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings shall be repaid in full with proceeds of Advances (and the Master Issuer shall be deemed to have delivered such Advance Requests under Section 2.03 as may be necessary to cause such Advances to be made) and the L/C Commitment shall be automatically reduced by the unused portion thereof and such amount of Unreimbursed L/C Drawings repaid by such Advances; and (C) any further payment of principal (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include cash collateralization of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts pursuant to Sections 4.02, 4.03(a), 4.03(b) and 9.18(c)(ii)) on the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding 

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  Principal Amount (excluding the repayment of any outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings with proceeds of Advances pursuant to clause (B) above) shall result automatically and permanently in a dollar-for-dollar reduction of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction in each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on a pro rata basis; provided that, in each case, if any Rapid Amortization Event occurring solely under clause (d) of the definition thereof shall cease to be in effect as a result of being cured in accordance with the terms of such clause (d) set forth in the Base Indenture, then in either such case the Commitments, L/C Commitment, Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts shall be restored to the amounts in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of such Rapid Amortization Event;

  (iii)	[Reserved];

  (iv)	if payments in connection with Indemnification Amounts, Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds or Asset Disposition Proceeds are allocated to and deposited in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Distribution Account in accordance with Section 5.13(i) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement at a time when (i) no Senior Notes other than Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes are Outstanding or (ii) a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Amortization Period is continuing, or (iii) if a Rapid Amortization Period has occurred and is continuing, then (x) the aggregate Commitment Amount shall be automatically and permanently reduced on the date of such deposit by an amount (the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction Amount”) equal to the amount of such deposit, and each Committed Note Purchaser’s Commitment Amount shall be reduced on a pro rata basis of such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction Amount based on each Committed Note Purchaser’s Commitment Amount, (y) the corresponding portions of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts shall be automatically and permanently reduced on a pro rata basis based on each Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount by a corresponding amount on such date (and, if after giving effect to such reduction the aggregate Commitment Amounts would be less than the L/C Commitment, then the aggregate amount of the L/C Commitment shall be reduced by the amount of such difference; provided that after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations do not exceed the L/C Commitment, as so reduced) and (z) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount shall be repaid or prepaid (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include cash collateralization of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts pursuant to Sections 4.02, 4.03(a), 4.03(b) and 9.18(c)(ii)) in an aggregate amount equal to such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction Amount on the date and in the order required by Section 3.6(j) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement; and

  (v)	if any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing (and shall not have been waived in accordance with the Base Indenture) and as a result the payment of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes is accelerated pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture (and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded in accordance with the Base Indenture), the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount, the Commitment Amounts, the L/C Commitment and the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts shall all be automatically and permanently reduced to zero upon such acceleration and the Master Issuer shall (in accordance with the Series 2022-1 Supplement) cause the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount to be paid in full (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include cash collateralization of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts pursuant to Sections 4.02, 4.03(a), 4.03(b) and 9.18(c)(ii)) together with accrued interest, Class A-1 Notes Accrued Quarterly Commitment Fee Amounts payable pursuant to the Series 2022-1 Supplement, Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts and all other amounts then due and payable to the Lender Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agents under this Agreement and the other Related Documents and any unreimbursed Debt Service Advance, Collateral Protection Advance and Manager Advance (as defined in the Management Agreement) (in each case, with interest thereon at the applicable rate), in each case subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Base Indenture, including the Priority of Payments.

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  SECTION 2.06	Increase in Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Commitment.  

  (a)	At any time prior to the Commitment Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of any Investor Group and the Commitment Amount of each Committed Note Purchaser within such Investor Group may be increased in connection with a corresponding increase in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount upon the written request of the Master Issuer delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to such requested increase with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agent and Committed Note Purchaser of each Investor Group that has agreed to such increase (and with notice to the Trustee and Rating Agencies specifying the date and amount of such increase) (an “Increased Commitment”); provided that, (i) the aggregate Increased Commitments during the term hereof shall not exceed $35,000,000, and following each such Increased Commitment, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount shall not exceed $75,000,000, and (ii) any Increased Commitment shall be in a minimum amount of $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $2,500,000 in excess thereof.  Except for upfront fees payable as set forth in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter, any such Increased Commitment shall be on the same terms (including the pricing and maturity date) as the then existing Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts and Commitment Amounts, and pursuant to the terms hereof.  Prior to the effectiveness of any such Increased Commitment, the Master Issuer shall issue and shall request the Trustee to authenticate and register (in the case of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes in the form of definitive notes) or register as described in Section 4.1(f) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement (in the case of Uncertificated Notes) Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes for such Increased Commitments. The Master Issuer confirms that each Investor Group and Committed Note Purchaser, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect not to increase its Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount and Commitment Amount, respectively. 

  (b)	The Master Issuer may, with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, add additional Persons as Funding Agents and Committed Note Purchasers in connection with any Increased Commitment, who shall become a party hereto by executing an Investor Group Supplement and Purchaser’s Letter.

  (c)	Upon the effectiveness of any Increased Commitment, Schedule I hereto shall be revised by the Administrative Agent to reflect such Increased Commitment. 

  (d)	Each Increased Commitment shall become effective only upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

  (i)	the representations and warranties of the Master Issuer set out in Section 6.01 of this Agreement and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Manager set out in Section 6.02 of this Agreement and in Section 4.1 of the Management Agreement, in each such case, shall be true and correct (i) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects and (ii) if not qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects, as of the date of effectiveness of such Increased Commitments, with the same effect as though made on the date of effectiveness thereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct (x) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, and (y) if not so qualified, in all material respects as of such earlier date);

  (ii)	no Default, Event of Default, Cash Trapping Period, Potential Rapid Amortization Event or Rapid Amortization Event shall be in existence at the time of, or after giving effect to, such Increased Commitments;

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  (iii)	no Manager Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a result of such Increased Commitments;

  (iv)	the Holdco Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 7.00x after giving pro forma effect to such Increased Commitments, the use of the proceeds thereof and any repayment of existing Indebtedness;

  (v)	the Senior ABS Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 6.50x after giving pro forma effect to such Increased Commitments, the use of the proceeds thereof and any repayment of existing Indebtedness;

  (vi)	the DSCR as calculated on a pro forma basis as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date shall be equal to or greater than 2.00x as of the most recent Quarterly Calculation Date prior to the effective date of the Increased Commitments; and

  (vii)	the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent shall have received all resolutions, certificates, opinions (consistent with those required to be delivered in connection with the issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to the Base Indenture), and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Increased Commitments.

  SECTION 2.07	L/C Commitment.

  (a)	Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Provider (or its permitted assigns pursuant to Section 9.17), in reliance on the agreements of the Committed Note Purchasers set forth in Sections 2.08 and 2.09, agrees to provide standby letters of credit, including Interest Reserve Letters of Credit (each, a “Letter of Credit” and, collectively, the “Letters of Credit”), for the account of the Master Issuer or its designee on any Business Day during the period commencing on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date and ending on the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date to be issued in accordance with Section 2.07(h) in such form as may be approved from time to time by the L/C Provider; provided that the L/C Provider shall have no obligation or right to provide any Letter of Credit on a requested issuance date if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment, or, (ii) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would exceed the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount.

  Each Letter of Credit shall (x) be denominated in Dollars, (y) have a face amount of at least $25,000 or, if less than $25,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the L/C Provider), shall bear a reasonable administrative fee to be agreed upon by the Master Issuer and the L/C Provider and (z) expire no later than the earlier of (A) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (B) the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date (the “Required Expiration Date”); provided that any Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic renewal thereof for additional periods, each individually not to exceed twelve (12) months (which shall in no event extend beyond the Required Expiration Date) unless the L/C Provider notifies each beneficiary of such Letter of Credit at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the then-applicable expiration date (or no later than the applicable notice date, if earlier, as specified in such Letter of Credit) that such Letter of Credit shall not be renewed; provided further that any Letter of Credit may have an expiration date that is later than the Required Expiration Date so long as either (x) the Undrawn L/C Face Amount with respect to such Letter of Credit has been fully cash collateralized by the Master Issuer in accordance with Section 4.02 or 4.03 as of the Required Expiration Date and there are no other outstanding L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit as of the Required Expiration Date or (y) other than with respect to Interest Reserve Letters of Credit, arrangements satisfactory to the L/C Provider in its sole and absolute discretion have been made with the L/C Provider (and, if the L/C Provider is not the L/C Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank) pursuant to Section 4.04 such 

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  that such Letter of Credit shall cease to be deemed outstanding or to be deemed a “Letter of Credit” for purposes of this Agreement as of the Commitment Termination Date.

  The L/C Provider shall not at any time be obligated to (I) provide any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would violate, or cause any L/C Issuing Bank to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law or (II) amend any Letter of Credit hereunder if (1) the L/C Provider would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof or (2) each beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

  (b)	On the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture and this Agreement, and in reliance on the covenants, representations and agreements set forth herein and therein, the Master Issuer shall issue and shall cause the Trustee to authenticate the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Notes, which the Master Issuer shall deliver to the L/C Provider on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date; provided that, if such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note is an Uncertificated Note, the Trustee shall instead register it as described in Section 4.1(e) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement. Such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note shall be dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, shall be registered in the name of the L/C Provider or in such other name or nominee as the L/C Provider may request, shall have a maximum principal amount equal to the L/C Commitment, shall have an initial outstanding principal amount equal to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate Undrawn L/C Face Amount, and (unless it is an Uncertificated Note) shall be duly authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Each issuance of a Letter of Credit after the Series 2022-1 Closing Date will constitute an Increase in the outstanding principal amount evidenced by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note in an amount corresponding to the Undrawn L/C Face Amount of such Letter of Credit. All L/C Obligations (whether in respect of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings) shall be deemed to be principal outstanding under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note and shall be deemed to be Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amounts for all purposes of this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Related Documents other than, in the case of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts, for purposes of accrual of interest. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Series 2022-1 Supplement, each issuance of a Letter of Credit will constitute a Subfacility Increase in the outstanding principal amount evidenced by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note and the expiration of any Letter of Credit or reimbursements of any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings thereunder or other circumstances resulting in the permanent reduction in any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts from time to time will constitute a Subfacility Decrease in the outstanding principal amount evidenced by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note. The L/C Provider and the Master Issuer agree to promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Trustee of any such decreases for which notice to the Administrative Agent is not otherwise provided hereunder. 

  (c)	The Master Issuer may (or shall cause the Manager on its behalf to) from time to time request that the L/C Provider provide a new Letter of Credit by delivering to the L/C Provider at its address for notices specified herein an application therefor (in the form required by the applicable L/C Issuing Bank as notified to the Master Issuer by the L/C Provider) (an “Application”), completed to the satisfaction of the L/C Provider, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the L/C Provider may reasonably request on behalf of the L/C Issuing Bank. Upon receipt of any completed Application, the L/C Provider will notify the Administrative Agent and the Trustee in writing of the amount, the beneficiary or beneficiaries and the requested expiration date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall comply with Section 2.07(a) and (i)) and, subject to the other conditions set forth herein and in the Series 2022-1 Supplement and upon receipt of written confirmation from the Administrative Agent (based, with respect to any portion of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount held by any Person other than the Administrative Agent, solely on written notices received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement) that after giving effect to the requested issuance, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would not exceed the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount (provided that the L/C Provider shall be entitled to rely upon any written statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons of the Administrative Agent for purposes of determining whether the L/C Provider received such prior written confirmation from the 

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  Administrative Agent with respect to any Letter of Credit), the L/C Provider will cause such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered in connection therewith to be processed in accordance with the L/C Issuing Bank’s customary procedures and shall promptly provide the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the L/C Provider be required to provide any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto, as provided in Section 2.07(a)) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the L/C Provider and the Master Issuer. The L/C Provider shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Manager (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) promptly following the issuance thereof. The L/C Provider shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the Funding Agents, the Investors, the Control Party and the Trustee, written notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof). 

  (d)	The Master Issuer shall pay to the L/C Provider the L/C Quarterly Fees (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter, the “L/C Quarterly Fees”) in accordance with the terms of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter and subject to the Priority of Payments.

  (e)	[Reserved].

  (f)	To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Article II, the provisions of this Article II shall apply.

  (g)	The Master Issuer may, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Provider, effect a permanent reduction in the L/C Commitment; provided that any such reduction will be limited to the undrawn portion of the L/C Commitment. If requested by the Master Issuer in writing and with the prior written consent of the L/C Provider and the Administrative Agent, the L/C Provider may (but shall not be obligated to) increase the amount of the L/C Commitment; provided that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of each of the Outstanding Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Advances and the L/C Commitment does not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments.

  (h)	The L/C Provider shall satisfy its obligations under this Section 2.07 with respect to providing any Letter of Credit hereunder by issuing such Letter of Credit itself or through an Affiliate if the L/C Issuing Bank Rating Test is satisfied with respect to such Affiliate, and the issuance of such Letter of Credit. If the L/C Issuing Bank Rating Test is not satisfied with respect to such Affiliate, and the issuance of such Letter of Credit, a Person selected by the Master Issuer (at the expense of the L/C Provider) shall issue such Letter of Credit; provided that such Person and issuance of such Letter of Credit satisfies the L/C Issuing Bank Rating Test (the L/C Provider (or such Affiliate of the L/C Provider) or such other Person selected by the Master Issuer (at the expense of the L/C Provider), in each case in its capacity as the issuer of such Letter of Credit being referred to as the “L/C Issuing Bank” with respect to such Letter of Credit). The “L/C Issuing Bank Rating Test” is a test that is satisfied with respect to a Person issuing a Letter of Credit if the Person is a U.S. commercial bank that has, at the time of the issuance of such Letter of Credit, (i) a short-term certificate of deposit rating of not less than “A-2” (or then equivalent grade) from S&P and (ii) a long-term unsecured debt rating of not less than “BBB” (or then equivalent grade) from S&P or such other minimum long-term unsecured debt rating as may be reasonably required by the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such proposed Letter of Credit.

  Each of the parties hereto shall execute any amendments to this Agreement reasonably requested by the Master Issuer in order to have any letter of credit issued by a Person selected by the Master Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.07(h) or Section 5.19 of the Base Indenture be a “Letter of Credit” that has been issued hereunder and such Person selected by the Master Issuer be an “L/C Issuing Bank”. 

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  provider’s criteria for an eligible or otherwise conforming letter of credit for its particular purpose, the Master Issuer may select an alternative Person to issue a replacement for such Letter of Credit; provided that such Person and issuance of such replacement Letter of Credit satisfies the L/C Issuing Bank Rating Test, and such L/C Provider shall reasonably cooperate with the Master Issuer in connection with the termination and replacement of such Letter of Credit.

  (i)	The L/C Provider and, if the L/C Provider is not the L/C Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if: (i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, from issuing the Letter of Credit, or (ii) any law applicable to the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, or any request or directive (which request or directive, in the reasonable judgment of the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, has the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall prohibit the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, from issuing of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular.

  (j)	Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, and the Master Issuer when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit issued hereunder.

  (k)	For the avoidance of doubt, the L/C Commitment shall be a sub-facility limit of the Commitment Amounts and aggregate outstanding L/C Obligations as of any date of determination shall be a component of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount on such date of determination, pursuant to the definition thereof.

  (l)	The Interest Reserve Letter of Credit (including all drawings thereunder) shall be subject to Section 5.19 of the Base Indenture in all respects.

  (m)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent there are two or more L/C Providers each holding a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note:

  (i)	the outstanding principal amount under each Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note may be more or less than its pro rata portion of the aggregate outstanding L/C Obligations based on each such L/C Provider’s respective L/C Commitment;

  (ii)	as between such L/C Providers in such capacity, any payments with respect to the L/C Obligations or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Notes hereunder shall be made pro rata based on the principal amount of their respective Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Notes outstanding as of the applicable time of determination; and

  (iii)	such L/C Providers shall have the right to determine between themselves which L/C Provider shall issue or renew each new or renewed Letter of Credit, subject to their respective L/C Commitments; provided that (i) if the L/C Providers do not so agree the Master Issuer may determine the identity of such L/C Provider, subject to its L/C Commitment and (ii) if at any time a beneficiary (or proposed beneficiary) under a Letter of Credit requests that such Letter of Credit be issued by a certain L/C Provider, the Master Issuer shall have the right to designate the L/C Provider that will issue such Letter of Credit, subject to its L/C Commitment.

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  SECTION 2.08	L/C Reimbursement Obligations.

  (a)	For the purpose of reimbursing the payment of any draft presented under any Letter of Credit, the Master Issuer agrees to pay the L/C Provider, for its own account or for the account of the L/C Issuing Bank, as applicable, not later than five (5) Business Days after the day on which the L/C Provider notifies the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent (and in each case the Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any event by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same Business Day as its receipt of the same, notify the Funding Agents) of the date and the amount of such draft, an amount in Dollars equal to the sum of (i) the amount of such draft so paid (such amount at any time, as reduced by repayments with respect thereto as described below and amounts repaid with respect thereto pursuant to Section 4.03(b) at or prior to such time, the “L/C Reimbursement Amount”) and (ii) any Non-Excluded Taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses, including amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.02(c) (such amounts at any time, as reduced by repayments with respect thereto as described below and amounts repaid with respect thereto pursuant to Section 4.03(b) at or prior to such time, the “L/C Other Reimbursement Costs”) incurred by the L/C Issuing Bank in connection with such payment. Outstanding L/C Reimbursement Amounts and outstanding L/C Other Reimbursement Costs may be repaid in accordance with the Priority of Payments, with the proceeds of any Advance or otherwise. Unless the entire outstanding L/C Reimbursement Amount and all L/C Other Reimbursement Costs with respect thereto has been repaid as set forth above, each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall (unless an Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Master Issuer or any Guarantor, in which cases the procedures specified in Section 2.09 for funding by Committed Note Purchasers shall apply) constitute a request by the Master Issuer to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent for a Base Rate Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 in the amount of the outstanding L/C Reimbursement Amount and outstanding L/C Other Reimbursement Costs at such time, and the Master Issuer shall be deemed to have made such request pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.03. The applicable L/C Other Reimbursement Amounts minus, without duplication, any such amounts repaid pursuant to Section 4.03(b), shall be paid as Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments. In the event such request for a Base Rate Borrowing is deemed to have been given, the applicable Investors in each Investor Group hereby agree to make Advances in an aggregate amount for each Investor Group equal to such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding L/C Reimbursement Amount at such time and outstanding L/C Other Reimbursement Costs at such time to pay the L/C Provider. The Borrowing date with respect to such Borrowing shall be the first date on which a Base Rate Borrowing could be made pursuant to Section 2.03 if the Administrative Agent had received a notice of such Borrowing at the time the Administrative Agent receives notice from the L/C Provider of such drawing under such Letter of Credit. Such Investors shall make the amount of such Advances available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Borrowing date and the proceeds of such Advances shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the L/C Provider for application to the reimbursement of such drawing.

  (b)	The Master Issuer’s obligations under Section 2.08(a) shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under any and all circumstances and irrespective of (i) any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Master Issuer may have or has had against the L/C Provider, the L/C Issuing Bank, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person, (ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (iii) payment by the L/C Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (iv) payment by the L/C Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of any jurisdictions or (v) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the 

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  provisions of this Section 2.08(b), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Master Issuer’s obligations hereunder. The Master Issuer also agrees that the L/C Provider and the L/C Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for, and the Master Issuer’s Reimbursement Obligations under Section 2.08(a) shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Master Issuer and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Master Issuer against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. Neither the L/C Provider nor the L/C Issuing Bank shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Master Issuer to the extent permitted by applicable law) caused by errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as the case may be. The Master Issuer agrees that any action taken or omitted by the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as the case may be, under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the UCC of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Master Issuer and shall not result in any liability of the L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank to the Master Issuer. As between the Master Issuer and the L/C Issuing Bank, the Master Issuer hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to such beneficiary’s or transferee’s use of any Letter of Credit. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the Master Issuer agrees with the L/C Issuing Bank that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit. In connection with each Interest Reserve Letter of Credit, the Trustee as beneficiary shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Base Indenture limiting the liability of or affording rights, benefits, protections, immunities or indemnities to the Trustee as if they were expressly set forth herein mutatis mutandis. 

  (c)	If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit for which the L/C Provider has Actual Knowledge, the L/C Provider shall promptly notify the Manager, the Control Party, the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the applicable L/C Issuing Bank to the Master Issuer in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit and, in paying such draft, such L/C Issuing Bank shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by such Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of any Person(s) executing or delivering any such document.

  SECTION 2.09	L/C Participations.

  (a)	The L/C Provider (on its behalf and on behalf of each L/C Issuing Bank) irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each Committed Note Purchaser, and, to induce the L/C Provider to provide (or cause each L/C Issuing Bank to provide) Letters of Credit hereunder, each Committed Note Purchaser irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the L/C Provider (on its behalf and on behalf of each L/C Issuing Bank), on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such Committed Note Purchaser’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group’s 

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  Commitment Percentage of the L/C Provider’s (or such L/C Issuing Bank’s) obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit provided hereunder and the L/C Reimbursement Amount with respect to each draft paid or reimbursed by the L/C Provider (or such L/C Issuing Bank) in connection therewith. Subject to Section 2.07(c), each Committed Note Purchaser unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the L/C Provider (on its behalf and on behalf of each L/C Issuing Bank) that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the L/C Provider (on its behalf and on behalf of each L/C Issuing Bank) is not paid in full by the Master Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Committed Note Purchaser shall pay to the Administrative Agent of the L/C Provider an amount equal to its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the L/C Reimbursement Amount with respect to such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so paid.

  (b)	If any amount required to be paid by any Committed Note Purchaser to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to the L/C Provider pursuant to Section 2.09(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made or reimbursed by the L/C Provider under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to the L/C Provider within three (3) Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Committed Note Purchaser shall pay to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to the L/C Provider on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Provider, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.09(a) is not made available to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to the L/C Provider by such Committed Note Purchaser within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the L/C Provider shall be entitled to recover from such Committed Note Purchaser, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the Base Rate. A certificate of the L/C Provider submitted to any Committed Note Purchaser with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.09(b), in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding on such Committed Note Purchaser. Such amounts payable under this Section 2.09(b) shall be paid without any deduction for any withholding taxes.

  (c)	Whenever, at any time after payment has been made under any Letter of Credit and the L/C Provider has received from any Committed Note Purchaser its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 2.09(a), the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Master Issuer or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by the L/C Provider), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider, as the case may be, will distribute to such Committed Note Purchaser its pro rata share thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider, as the case may be, shall be required to be returned by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider, such Committed Note Purchaser shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Provider the portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider, as the case may be, to it.

  (d)	Each Committed Note Purchaser’s obligation to make the Advances referred to in Section 2.08(a) and to pay its pro rata share of any unreimbursed draft pursuant to Section 2.09(a) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Committed Note Purchaser or the Master Issuer may have against the L/C Provider, any L/C Issuing Bank, the Master Issuer or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Article VII other than at the time the related Letter of Credit was issued; (iii) an adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Master Issuer; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Indenture Document by the Master Issuer or any other Person; (v) any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit in 

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  compliance with this Agreement or with the terms of such Letter of Credit, as applicable; or (vi) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

  ARTICLE III
INTEREST AND FEES

  SECTION 3.01	Interest.

  (a)	To the extent that an Advance is funded or maintained by a Conduit Investor through the issuance of Commercial Paper, such Advance shall bear interest at the CP Rate applicable to such Conduit Investor. To the extent that, and only for so long as, an Advance is funded or maintained by a Conduit Investor through means other than the issuance of Commercial Paper (based on its determination in good faith that it is unable to raise or is precluded or prohibited from raising, or that it is not advisable to raise, funds through the issuance of Commercial Paper in the commercial paper market of the United States to finance its purchase or maintenance of such Advance or any portion thereof (which determination may be based on any allocation method employed in good faith by such Conduit Investor), including by reason of market conditions or by reason of insufficient availability under any of its Program Support Agreement or the downgrading of any of its Program Support Providers), such Advance shall bear interest at (i) the Base Rate or (ii) if the required notice has been given pursuant to Section 3.01(b) with respect to such Advance, for any Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period, the SOFR Rate applicable to such Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period for such Advance, in each case except as otherwise provided in the definition of Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period or in Section 3.03 or 3.04. Each Advance funded or maintained by a Committed Note Purchaser or a Program Support Provider shall bear interest at (i) the Base Rate or (ii) if the required notice has been given pursuant to Section 3.01(b) with respect to such Advance, for any Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period, the SOFR Rate applicable to such Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period for such Advance, in each case except as otherwise provided in the definition of Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period or in Section 3.03 or 3.04. By (x) 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding each Quarterly Calculation Date, each Funding Agent shall notify the Administrative Agent of the applicable CP Rate for each Advance made by its Investor Group that was funded or maintained through the issuance of Commercial Paper and was outstanding during all or any portion of the Interest Accrual Period ending immediately prior to such Quarterly Calculation Date and (y) 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding each Quarterly Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Master Issuer, the Manager, the Trustee, the Control Party and the Funding Agents of such applicable CP Rate and of the applicable interest rate for each other Advance for such Interest Accrual Period and of the amount of interest accrued on Advances during such Interest Accrual Period.

  (b)	With respect to any Advance (other than one funded or maintained by a Conduit Investor through the issuance of Commercial Paper), so long as no Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Period or Event of Default has commenced and is continuing, the Master Issuer may elect that such Advance bear interest at the SOFR Rate for any Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period while such Advance is outstanding to the extent provided in Section 3.01(a) by giving notice thereof (including notice of the Master Issuer’s election of the term for the applicable Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period) to the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date which is two (2) Term SOFR Business Days prior to the commencement of such Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period. If such notice is not given in a timely manner, such Advance shall bear interest at the Base Rate. Each such conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Advances for a new Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period in accordance with this Section 3.01(b) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. 

  (c)	Any outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings shall bear interest at the Base Rate. By (x) 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding each Quarterly Calculation Date, the L/C Provider shall notify the Administrative Agent in reasonable detail of the amount of interest accrued on any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings during such Interest Accrual 

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  Period and the amount of fees accrued on any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts during such Interest Accrual Period and (y) 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Control Party, the Trustee, the Master Issuer and the Manager of the amount of such accrued interest and fees as set forth in such notices.

  (d)	All accrued interest pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or (c) shall be due and payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

  (e)	In addition, under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.4 of the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the Master Issuer shall pay quarterly interest in respect of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount in an amount equal to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Contingent Interest Amount payable pursuant to such Section 3.4 subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

  (f)	All computations of interest at the CP Rate and the SOFR Rate, all computations of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Contingent Interest Amount (other than any accruing on any Base Rate Advances) and all computations of fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed. All computations of interest at the Base Rate and all computations of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Post-Renewal Date Contingent Interest Amount accruing on any Base Rate Advances shall be made on the basis of a 365 (or 366, as applicable) day year and actual number of days elapsed. Whenever any payment of interest, principal or fees hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day unless specified otherwise in the Indenture and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest owed. Interest shall accrue on each Advance and Unreimbursed L/C Drawing from and including the day on which it is made to but excluding the date of repayment thereof.

  SECTION 3.02	Fees.

  (a)	The Master Issuer shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account the Administrative Agent Fees (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter, collectively, the “Administrative Agent Fees”) in accordance with the terms of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter and subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

  (b)	On each Quarterly Payment Date on or prior to the Commitment Termination Date, the Master Issuer shall, in accordance with Section 4.01, pay to each Funding Agent, for the account of the related Committed Note Purchaser(s), the Undrawn Commitment Fees (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter, the “Undrawn Commitment Fees”) in accordance with the terms of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter and subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

  (c)	The Master Issuer shall pay (i) the fees required pursuant to Section 2.07 in respect of Letters of Credit and (ii) any other fees set forth in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter (including, without limitation, the Class A-1 Notes Upfront Fee and any Extension Fees (in each case as defined in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter)) subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

  (d)	All fees payable pursuant to this Section 3.02 shall be calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(f) and paid on the date due in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture. Once paid, all fees shall be nonrefundable under all circumstances other than manifest error.

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  SECTION 3.03	Term SOFR Lending Unlawful. If any Investor or Program Support Provider shall determine that any Change in Law makes it unlawful, or any Official Body asserts that it is unlawful, for any such Person to fund or maintain any Advance as a Term SOFR Advance, the obligation of such Person to fund or maintain any such Advance as a Term SOFR Advance shall, upon such determination, forthwith be suspended until such Person shall notify the Administrative Agent, the related Funding Agent, the Manager and the Master Issuer that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and all then-outstanding Term SOFR Advances of such Person shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Advances (without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “Base Rate”) at the end of the then-current Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period with respect thereto or sooner, if required by such law or assertion. 

  SECTION 3.04	Replacing of Term SOFR or Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything contrary herein or in any other Related Document, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Master Issuer or Committed Note Purchasers notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Committed Note Purchasers, a copy to the Master Issuer) that the Master Issuer or Committed Note Purchasers (as applicable) have determined, that: 

  (i)	adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining a one month interest period of Term SOFR, including, without limitation, because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or

  (ii)	CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which one month interest period of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall or will no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of U.S. dollar denominated syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that will continue to provide such  interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date (the latest date on which one month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”);

  then, on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, the “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an interest period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any Related Document with Daily Simple SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Administrative Agent, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Related Document (the “Successor Rate”).

  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) if the Administrative Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date, or (ii) if the events or circumstances of the type described this Section 3.04 have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 3.04 at the end of any interest period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with a Benchmark Replacement.  For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed Benchmark Replacement shall constitute a “Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Committed Note Purchasers and the Master Issuer unless, prior to such time, the 

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  Committed Note Purchasers have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Committed Note Purchasers object to such amendment.

  The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Master Issuer and each Committed Note Purchaser of the implementation of any Successor Rate.

  Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in such other manner as the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer agree is reasonable.

  Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero (0)%, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero (0)% for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Related Documents.

  In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Related Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Master Issuer and the Committed Note Purchasers reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

  SECTION 3.05	Increased Costs, etc. The Master Issuer agrees to reimburse each Investor and any Program Support Provider (each, an “Affected Person”, which term, for purposes of Sections 3.07 and 3.08, shall also include the L/C Issuing Bank) for any increase in the cost of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by any such Affected Person, including reductions in the rate of return on such Affected Person’s capital, in respect of funding or maintaining (or of its obligation to fund or maintain) any Advances that arise in connection with any Change in Law which shall: 

  (i)	impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Affected Person (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the SOFR Rate); or

  (ii)	impose on any Affected Person or any condition affecting this Agreement or Term SOFR Advances made by such Affected Person or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

  except for such Changes in Law with respect to increased capital costs and Class A-1 Taxes which shall be governed by Sections 3.07 and 3.08, respectively (whether or not amounts are payable thereunder in respect thereof). For purposes of this Agreement, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all regulations, requests, guidelines or directives issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, are deemed to have gone into effect and been adopted subsequent to the date hereof. Each such demand shall be provided to the related Funding Agent and the Master Issuer in writing and shall state, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor and the additional amount required fully to compensate such Affected Person for such increased cost or reduced amount of return; provided that any such demand claiming reimbursement for increased costs resulting from a Change in Law described in clause (x) or (y) above shall, in addition, state the basis upon which such amount has been calculated and certify that such Affected Person’s method of allocating such costs is fair and reasonable and that such Affected Person’s demand for payment of such costs hereunder, and such method of allocation, is consistent with, or more favorable than, its treatment of other borrowers which, as a credit matter, are substantially similar to the Master Issuer and which are subject to similar provisions. Such additional amounts (“Increased Costs”) shall be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Issuer 

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  within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice to be payable as Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the Administrative Agent and by the Administrative Agent to such Funding Agent and by such Funding Agent directly to such Affected Person, and such notice shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Master Issuer; provided that with respect to any notice given to the Master Issuer under this Section 3.05 the Master Issuer shall not be under any obligation to pay any amount with respect to any period prior to the date that is nine (9) months prior to such demand; provided further that if the Change in Law giving rise to such Increased Costs is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

  SECTION 3.06	Funding Losses. In the event any Affected Person shall incur any loss or expense (including any loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Affected Person to fund or maintain any portion of the principal amount of any Advance as a Term SOFR Advance) as a result of:

  (a)	any conversion, repayment, prepayment or redemption (for any reason, including, without limitation, as a result of any Decrease or the acceleration of the maturity of such Term SOFR Advance) of the principal amount of any Term SOFR Advance on a date other than the scheduled last day of the Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period applicable thereto;

  (b)	any Advance not being funded or maintained as a Term SOFR Advance after a request therefor has been made in accordance with the terms contained herein (for a reason other than the failure of such Affected Person to make an Advance after all conditions thereto have been met); or

  (c)	any failure of the Master Issuer to make a Decrease, prepayment or redemption with respect to any Term SOFR Advance after giving notice thereof pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Series 2022-1 Supplement;

  then, upon the written notice of any Affected Person to the related Funding Agent and the Master Issuer, the Master Issuer shall deposit into the Collection Account, within seven (7) Business Days of receipt of such notice, in the form of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the Administrative Agent and by the Administrative Agent to such Funding Agent and such Funding Agent shall pay directly to such Affected Person such amount (“Breakage Amount”) as will (in the reasonable determination of such Affected Person) reimburse such Affected Person for such loss or expense. With respect to any notice given to the Master Issuer under this Section 3.06 the Master Issuer shall not be under any obligation to pay any amount with respect to any period prior to the date that is nine (9) months prior to such notice. Such written notice (which shall include calculations in reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Master Issuer.

  SECTION 3.07	Increased Capital or Liquidity Costs. If any Change in Law affects or would affect the amount of capital or liquidity required or reasonably expected to be maintained by any Affected Person or any Person controlling such Affected Person and such Affected Person determines in its sole and absolute discretion that the rate of return on its or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of its commitment hereunder or under a Program Support Agreement or the Advances or Letters of Credit made or issued by such Affected Person is reduced to a level below that which such Affected Person or such controlling Person would have achieved but for the occurrence of any such circumstance, then, in any such case after notice from time to time by such Affected Person (or in the case of an L/C Issuing Bank, by the L/C Provider) to the related Funding Agent and the Master Issuer (or, in the case of the L/C Provider, to the Master Issuer), the Master Issuer shall deposit into the Collection Account within ten (10) Business Days of the Master Issuer’s receipt of such notice, to be payable as Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the Administrative Agent and by the Administrative Agent to such Funding Agent (or, in the case of the L/C Provider, directly to such Person) and such Funding Agent shall pay to such Affected Person, such amounts 

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  (“Increased Capital Costs”) as will be sufficient to compensate such Affected Person or such controlling Person for such reduction in rate of return; provided that with respect to any notice given to the Master Issuer under this Section 3.07 the Master Issuer shall not be under any obligation to pay any amount with respect to any period prior to the date that is nine (9) months prior to such notice; provided, further, if the Change in Law giving rise to such Increased Capital Costs is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). A statement of such Affected Person as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail), in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Issuer. In determining such additional amount, such Affected Person may use any method of averaging and attribution that it (in its reasonable discretion) shall deem applicable so long as it applies such method to other similar transactions. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all regulations, requests, guidelines or directives issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, are deemed to have gone into effect and been adopted subsequent to the date hereof.

  SECTION 3.08	Taxes. 

  (a)	Except as otherwise required by law, all payments by the Master Issuer of principal of, and interest on, the Advances and the L/C Obligations and all other amounts payable hereunder (including fees) shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future income, excise, documentary, property, stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any taxing authority including all interest, penalties or additions to tax and other liabilities with respect thereto (all such taxes, fees, duties, withholdings and other charges, and including all interest, penalties or additions to tax and other liabilities with respect thereto, being called “Class A-1 Taxes”), but excluding in the case of any Affected Person (i) net income, franchise (imposed in lieu of net income) or similar Class A-1 Taxes (and including branch profits or alternative minimum Class A-1 Taxes) and any other Class A-1 Taxes imposed or levied on the Affected Person as a result of a present or former connection between the Affected Person and the jurisdiction of the governmental authority imposing such Class A-1 Taxes (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) (other than any such connection arising solely from such Affected Person having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Related Document), (ii) with respect to any Affected Person organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state of the United States (a “Foreign Affected Person”), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to the Foreign Affected Person at the time the Foreign Affected Person becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Affected Person (or its assignor, if any) was already entitled, at the time of the designation of the new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Master Issuer with respect to withholding tax, (iii) any taxes imposed under FATCA, (iv) any backup withholding tax, (v) any Class A-1 Taxes imposed as a result of such Affected Person’s failure to comply with Section 3.08(d) and (vi) taxes resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or the Affected Person as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment (such Class A-1 Taxes not excluded by (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) above being called “Non-Excluded Taxes”). If any Class A-1 Taxes are imposed and required by law to be withheld or deducted from any amount payable by the Master Issuer hereunder to an Affected Person, then, (x) the Master Issuer shall withhold the amount of such Class A-1 Taxes from such payment (as increased, if applicable, pursuant to the following clause (y)) and shall pay such amount, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, to the taxing authority imposing such Class A-1 Taxes in accordance with applicable law and (y) if such Class A-1 Taxes are Non-Excluded Taxes, the amount of the payment shall be increased so that such payment is made, after withholding or deduction for or on account of such Non-Excluded 

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  Taxes, in an amount that is not less than the amount equal to the sum that would have been received by the Affected Person had no such deduction or withholding been required.

  (b)	Moreover, if any Non-Excluded Taxes are directly asserted against any Affected Person or its agent with respect to any payment received by such Affected Person or its agent from the Master Issuer or otherwise in respect of any Related Document or the transactions contemplated therein, such Affected Person or its agent may pay such Non-Excluded Taxes and the Master Issuer will, within fifteen (15) Business Days of the related Funding Agent’s and Master Issuer’s receipt of written notice stating the amount of such Non-Excluded Taxes (including the calculation thereof in reasonable detail), deposit into the Collection Account, to be distributed as Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Other Amounts, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, such additional amounts (collectively, “Increased Tax Costs,” which term shall include all amounts payable by or on behalf of the Master Issuer pursuant to this Section 3.08) as is necessary in order that the net amount received by such Affected Person or agent after the payment of such Non-Excluded Taxes (including any Non-Excluded Taxes on such Increased Tax Costs) shall equal the amount such Person would have retained had no such Non-Excluded Taxes been asserted. Any amount payable to an Affected Person under this Section 3.08 shall be reduced by, and Increased Tax Costs shall not include, the amount of incremental damages (including Class A-1 Taxes) due or payable by the Master Issuer as a direct result of such Affected Person’s failure to demand from the Master Issuer additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.08 within 180 days from the date on which the related Non-Excluded Taxes were incurred.

  (c)	As promptly as practicable after the payment of any Class A-1 Taxes by the Master Issuer, and in any event within thirty (30) days of any such payment being due, the Master Issuer shall furnish to each applicable Affected Person or its agents a certified copy of an official receipt (or other documentary evidence satisfactory to such Affected Person and agents) evidencing the payment of such Class A-1 Taxes. If the Master Issuer fails to pay any Class A-1 Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fail to remit to the Affected Persons or their agents the required receipts (or such other documentary evidence), the Master Issuer shall indemnify (by depositing such amounts into the Collection Account, to be distributed subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments) each Affected Person and its agents for any Non-Excluded Taxes that may become payable by any such Affected Person or its agents as a result of any such failure.

  (d)	Each Affected Person on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as soon as practicable after the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form or document previously delivered) or within a reasonable period of time following a written request by the Administrative Agent or the Master Issuer, shall timely deliver to the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IMY or Form W-9, as applicable, or applicable successor form, or such other forms or documents (or successor forms or documents), appropriately completed and executed, as may be applicable and as will permit the Master Issuer or the Administrative Agent, in their reasonable determination, to establish the extent to which a payment to such Affected Person is exempt from or eligible for a reduced rate of withholding or deduction of United States federal withholding taxes and to determine whether or not such Affected Person is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Promptly following the receipt of a written request by the Master Issuer or the Administrative Agent, each Affected Person shall deliver to the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent any other forms or documents (or successor forms or documents) appropriately completed and executed, as may be applicable to establish the extent to which a payment to such Affected Person is exempt from withholding or deduction of Non-Excluded Taxes other than United States federal withholding taxes, including but not limited to, (i) such information necessary to claim the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, and (ii) in the case of an Affected Person claiming the benefits of any income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, executed copies of a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the relevant article of such tax treaty.  The Master Issuer shall not be required to pay any increased amount 

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  under Section 3.08(a) or Section 3.08(b) to an Affected Person in respect of the withholding or deduction of United States federal withholding taxes or other Non-Excluded Taxes imposed as the result of the failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) of such Affected Person to comply with the requirements set forth in this Section 3.08(d). The Master Issuer may rely on any form or document provided pursuant to this Section 3.08(d) until notified otherwise by the Affected Person that delivered such form or document. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Affected Person shall be required to deliver any documentation that it is not legally eligible to deliver as a result of a change in applicable law after the time the Affected Person becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office).     

  (e)	If a payment made to an Affected Person pursuant to this Agreement would be subject to United States federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Affected Person were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Affected Person shall deliver to the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Master Issuer 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 Master Issuer or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Affected Person has complied with such Affected Person’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. 

  (f)	Prior to the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, the Administrative Agent will provide the Master Issuer with a properly executed and completed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY or W-9, as appropriate. At any time thereafter, the Administrative Agent shall provide updated documentation previously provided (or a successor form thereto) when any documentation previously delivered has expired or become obsolete or invalid or otherwise upon the reasonable request of the Master Issuer.

  (g)	If an Affected Person determines, in its sole reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.08 or as to which it has been paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.08, it shall promptly notify the Master Issuer and the Manager in writing of such refund and shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of a written request from the Master Issuer, pay over such refund to the Master Issuer (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made or additional amounts paid to such Affected Person under this Section 3.08 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including the net amount of Class A-1 Taxes, if any, imposed on or with respect to such refund or payment) of the Affected Person and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority that is directly attributable to such refund of such Non-Excluded Taxes); provided that the Master Issuer, immediately upon the request of the Affected Person (which request shall include a calculation in reasonable detail of the amount to be repaid), agrees to repay the amount of the refund (and any applicable interest) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such amount) to the Affected Person in the event the Affected Person or any other Person is required to repay such refund to such taxing authority. This Section 3.08 shall not be construed to require the Affected Person to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Class A-1 Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Master Issuer or any other Person.

  (h)	If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Master Issuer or the Administrative Agent or other withholding agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any Class A-1 Taxes from payments made to or for the account of any Affected Person, then to the extent such improper withholding or backup withholding was directly caused by such 

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  Affected Person’s actions or inactions, such Affected Person shall indemnify the Master Issuer, Trustee and the Administrative Agent for any Class A-1 Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.08, and costs and expenses (including attorney costs) of the Master Issuer, Trustee and the Administrative Agent. The obligation of the Affected Persons, severally, under this Section 3.08 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, an Affected Person or the termination of the aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

  (i)	The Administrative Agent, Trustee or any other withholding agent may deduct and withhold any Class A-1 Taxes required by any laws to be deducted and withheld from any payments. 

  SECTION 3.09	Change of Lending Office. Each Committed Note Purchaser agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.05 or 3.07 or the payment of additional amounts to it under Section 3.08(a) or (b), in each case with respect to an Affected Person in such Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group, it will, if requested by the Master Issuer, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Committed Note Purchaser) to designate, or cause the designation of, another lending office for any Advances affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Committed Note Purchaser, cause such Committed Note Purchaser and its lending office(s) or the related Affected Person to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided, further, that nothing in this Section 3.09 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Master Issuer or the rights of any Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.05, 3.07 and 3.08. If a Committed Note Purchaser notifies the Master Issuer in writing that such Committed Note Purchaser will be unable to designate, or cause the designation of, another lending office, the Master Issuer may replace every member (but not any subset thereof) of such Committed Note Purchaser’s entire Investor Group by giving written notice to each member of such Investor Group and the Administrative Agent designating one or more Persons that are willing and able to purchase each member of such Investor Group’s rights and obligations under this Agreement for a purchase price that with respect to each such member of such Investor Group will equal the amount owed to each such member of such Investor Group with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes (whether arising under the Indenture, this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes or otherwise). Upon receipt of such written notice, each member of such Investor Group shall assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 9.17(a), (b) and (c), as applicable, in consideration for such purchase price and at the reasonable expense of the Master Issuer (including, without limitation, the reasonable documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to each such member); provided, however, that no member of such Investor Group shall be obligated to assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement if the purchase price to be paid to such member is not at least equal to the amount owed to such member with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes (whether arising under the Indenture, this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes or otherwise).

  ARTICLE IV
OTHER PAYMENT TERMS

  SECTION 4.01	Time and Method of Payment. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.02, all amounts payable to any Funding Agent or Investor hereunder or with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Person, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due. The Administrative Agent will promptly, and in any event by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same Business Day as its receipt or deemed receipt of the same, distribute to the applicable Funding Agent for the benefit of the applicable Person, or upon the order of the applicable Funding Agent for the benefit of the applicable Person, its pro rata share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment by wire transfer in like funds as received. Except 

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  as otherwise provided in Section 2.07 and Section 4.02, all amounts payable to the L/C Provider hereunder or with respect to the L/C Obligations shall be made to or upon the order of the L/C Provider by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due. Any funds received after that time will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. The Master Issuer’s obligations hereunder in respect of any amounts payable to any Investor shall be discharged to the extent funds are disbursed by the Master Issuer to the Administrative Agent as provided herein or by the Trustee or Paying Agent in accordance with Section 4.02 whether or not such funds are properly applied by the Administrative Agent or by the Trustee or Paying Agent. The Administrative Agent’s obligations hereunder in respect of any amounts payable to any Investor shall be discharged to the extent funds are disbursed by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Funding Agent as provided herein whether or not such funds are properly applied by such Funding Agent.

  SECTION 4.02	Order of Distributions. Subject to Section 9.18(c)(ii), any amounts deposited into the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Distribution Account in respect of accrued interest, letter of credit fees or Undrawn Commitment Fees, but excluding amounts allocated for the purpose of reducing the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount, shall be distributed by the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, on the date due and payable under the Indenture and in the manner provided therein, to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholders of record on the applicable Record Date, ratably in proportion to the respective amounts due to such payees at each applicable level of the Priority of Payments in accordance with the applicable Quarterly Noteholders’ Report or Weekly Manager’s Certificate, as applicable. 

  Subject to Section 9.18(c)(ii), any amounts deposited into the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Distribution Account for the purpose of reducing the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount shall be distributed by the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, on the date due and payable under the Indenture and in the manner provided therein, to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholders of record on the applicable Record Date, in the following order of priority (which the Master Issuer shall cause to be set forth in the applicable Quarterly Noteholders’ Report or Weekly Manager’s Certificate, as applicable): first, to the L/C Provider in respect of outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings, to the extent Unreimbursed L/C Drawings cannot be reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.08, ratably in proportion to the respective amounts due to such payees; second, to the other Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholders in respect of their outstanding Advances, ratably in proportion thereto; and, third, any balance remaining of such amounts (up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts at such time) shall be paid to the L/C Provider, to be deposited by the L/C Provider into a cash collateral account in the name of the L/C Provider in accordance with Section 4.03(b). 

  Any amounts distributed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Priority of Payments in respect of any other amounts related to the Class A-1 Notes shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 4.01 on the date such amounts are due and payable hereunder to the applicable Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholders and/or the Administrative Agent for its own account, as applicable, ratably in proportion to the respective aggregate of such amounts due to such payees.

  SECTION 4.03	L/C Cash Collateral. 

  (a) If as of five (5) Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date, any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts remain in effect, the Master Issuer shall either (i) provide cash collateral (in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts at such time, to the extent that such amount of cash collateral has not been provided pursuant to Section 4.02 or 9.18(c)(ii)) to the L/C Provider, to be deposited by the L/C Provider into a cash collateral account in the name of the L/C Provider in accordance with Section 4.03(b) or (ii) other than with respect to Interest Reserve Letters of Credit, make arrangements satisfactory to the L/C Provider in its sole and absolute discretion with the L/C Provider (and, if the L/C Provider is not the L/C Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank) pursuant to Section 4.04 such that any Letters of Credit that 

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  remain outstanding as of the date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date shall cease to be deemed outstanding or to be deemed “Letters of Credit” for purposes of this Agreement as of the Commitment Termination Date.

  (b)	All amounts to be deposited in a cash collateral account pursuant to Section 4.02, Section 4.03(a) or Section 9.18(c)(ii) shall be held by the L/C Provider as collateral to secure the Master Issuer’s Reimbursement Obligations with respect to any outstanding Letters of Credit. The L/C Provider shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposit in Eligible Investments, which investments shall be made at the written direction, and at the risk and expense, of the Master Issuer (provided that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such investments shall be made solely at the option and sole discretion of the L/C Provider), such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account and all Class A-1 Taxes on such amounts shall be payable by the Master Issuer. Moneys in such account shall automatically be applied by such L/C Provider to reimburse it for any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings. Upon expiration of all then-outstanding Letters of Credit and payment in full of all Unreimbursed L/C Drawings, any balance remaining in such account shall promptly be paid over (i) if the Base Indenture and any Series Supplement remain in effect, to the Trustee to be deposited into the Collection Account and distributed in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture and (ii) otherwise to the Master Issuer; provided that, upon an Investor ceasing to be a Defaulting Investor in accordance with Section 9.18(d), any amounts of cash collateral provided pursuant to Section 9.18(c)(ii) upon such Investor becoming a Defaulting Investor shall be released and applied as such amounts would have been applied had such Investor not become a Defaulting Investor.

  SECTION 4.04	Alternative Arrangements with Respect to Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any Related Document, a Letter of Credit (other than an Interest Reserve Letter of Credit) shall cease to be deemed outstanding for all purposes of this Agreement and each other Related Document if and to the extent that provisions, in form and substance satisfactory to the L/C Provider (and, if the L/C Provider is not the L/C Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank) in its sole and absolute discretion, have been made with respect to such Letter of Credit such that the L/C Provider (and, if applicable, the L/C Issuing Bank) has agreed in writing, with a copy of such agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Control Party, the Trustee and the Master Issuer, that such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding hereunder, in which event such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a “Letter of Credit” as such term is used herein and in the Related Documents.

  ARTICLE V
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE FUNDING AGENTS

  SECTION 5.01	Authorization and Action of the Administrative Agent. Each of the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents hereby designates and appoints Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent hereunder, and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on their behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender Party or any Funding Agent, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of the Administrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist for the Administrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent for the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents and does not assume nor shall it be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Master Issuer or any of its successors or assigns. The provisions of this Article (other than the rights of the Master Issuer set forth in Section 5.07) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents, and the Master Issuer shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. The 

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  Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or any Requirement of Law. The appointment and authority of the Administrative Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes and all other amounts owed by the Master Issuer hereunder to the Administrative Agent, all members of the Investor Groups and the L/C Provider (the “Aggregate Unpaids”) and termination in full of all Commitments and the L/C Commitment.

  SECTION 5.02	Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall apply to each of their respective activities as the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith.

  SECTION 5.03	Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment), or (b) responsible in any manner to any Lender Party or any Funding Agent for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Master Issuer or any Guarantor contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement for the due execution, legality, value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of the Master Issuer or any Guarantor to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article VII. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Investor or any Funding Agent to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Master Issuer. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice in writing of such event from the Master Issuer, any Lender Party or any Funding Agent.

  SECTION 5.04	Reliance. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Master Issuer), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of any Lender Party or any Funding Agent as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by any Lender Party or any Funding Agent; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such advice, the Administrative Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Required Investor Groups and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents.

  SECTION 5.05	Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Purchasers. Each of the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter 

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  taken, including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of the Master Issuer, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent. Each of the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Master Issuer and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement.

  SECTION 5.06	The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and any of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Master Issuer or any Affiliate of the Master Issuer as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

  SECTION 5.07	Successor Administrative Agent; Defaulting Administrative Agent.

  (a)	The Administrative Agent may, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Master Issuer and each of the Lender Parties and the Funding Agents, and the Administrative Agent will, upon the direction of Investor Groups holding 100% of the Commitments (excluding any Commitments held by Defaulting Investors) and on the day that is thirty (30) days after its receipt of such direction, resign as Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent shall resign, then the Investor Groups holding more than (i) if no single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, 50% of the Commitments or (ii) if a single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, two thirds of the Commitments (excluding any Commitments held by the resigning Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, and if all Commitments are held by the resigning Administrative Agent or its Affiliates, then the Master Issuer), during such 30-day period, shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of the Investor Groups as a successor administrative agent, subject to the consent of the Master Issuer at all times other than while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (which consent of the Master Issuer shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the Commitment of any Defaulting Investor shall be disregarded in the determination of whether any threshold percentage of Commitments has been met under this Section 5.07(a). If for any reason no successor Administrative Agent is appointed by the Investor Groups during such 30-day period, then effective upon the expiration of such 30-day period, the Master Issuer shall make (or cause to be made) all payments in respect of the Aggregate Unpaids or under any fee letter delivered in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter) directly to the Funding Agents or the L/C Provider, as applicable, and the Master Issuer for all purposes shall deal directly with the Funding Agents or the L/C Provider, as applicable, until such time, if any, as a successor administrative agent is appointed as provided above, and the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee in writing accordingly. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of Section 9.05 and this Article V shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.

  (b)	The Master Issuer may, upon the occurrence of any of the following events (any such event, a “Defaulting Administrative Agent Event”) and with the consent of Investor Groups holding more than (i) if no single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, 50% of the Commitments or (ii) if a single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, two thirds of the Commitments, remove the Administrative Agent and, upon such removal, the Investor Groups holding more than 50% of the Commitments in the case of clause (i) above or two thirds of the Commitments in the case of clause (ii) above (provided that the Commitment of any Defaulting Investor shall be disregarded in the determination of whether any threshold percentage of Commitments has been met under this Section 5.07(b)) shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of the Investor Groups as a successor administrative agent, subject to the consent of the Master Issuer at all times other than while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (which consent of the Master Issuer shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed): (i) an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to the Administrative Agent; 

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  (ii) if the Person acting as Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof is also an Investor, any other event pursuant to which such Person becomes a Defaulting Investor; (iii) the failure by the Administrative Agent to pay or remit any funds required to be remitted when due (in each case, if amounts are available for payment or remittance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for application to the payment or remittance thereof) which continues for two (2) Business Days after such funds were required to be paid or remitted; (iv) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or in any agreement, certificate, report or other document furnished by the Administrative Agent proves to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made or deemed made, and if such representation, warranty, certification or statement is susceptible of remedy in all material respects, is not remedied within thirty (30) calendar days after knowledge thereof or notice by the Master Issuer to the Administrative Agent, and if not susceptible of remedy in all material respects, upon notice by the Master Issuer to the Administrative Agent or (v) any act constituting the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent.  If for any reason no successor Administrative Agent is appointed by the Investor Groups within thirty (30) days of the Administrative Agent’s removal pursuant to this clause (b), then effective upon the expiration of such 30-day period, the Master Issuer shall make all payments in respect of the Aggregate Unpaids or under any fee letter delivered in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter) directly to the Funding Agents or the L/C Provider, as applicable, and the Master Issuer for all purposes shall deal directly with the Funding Agents or the L/C Provider, as applicable, until such time, if any, as a successor administrative agent is appointed as provided above, and the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee in writing accordingly. After the Administrative Agent’s removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of Section 9.05 and this Article V shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Agreement.

  (c)	If a Defaulting Administrative Agent Event has occurred and is continuing, the Master Issuer may make (or cause to be made) all payments in respect of the Aggregate Unpaids or under any fee letter delivered in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 VFN Fee Letter) directly to the Funding Agents or the L/C Provider, as applicable, and the Master Issuer for all purposes may deal directly with the Funding Agents or the L/C Provider, as applicable.

  SECTION 5.08	Authorization and Action of Funding Agents. Each Investor is hereby deemed to have designated and appointed its related Funding Agent set forth next to such Investor’s name on Schedule I (or identified as such Investor’s Funding Agent pursuant to any applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement) as the agent of such Person hereunder, and hereby authorizes such Funding Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms of this Agreement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Funding Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with the related Investor Group, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of such Funding Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist for such Funding Agent. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Funding Agent shall act solely as agent for the related Investor Group and does not assume nor shall it be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Master Issuer, any of its successors or assigns or any other Person. Each Funding Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes such Funding Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or any Requirement of Law. The appointment and authority of the Funding Agents hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Aggregate Unpaids of the Investor Groups and the termination in full of all the Commitments.

  SECTION 5.09	Delegation of Duties. Each Funding Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Each Funding Agent shall not be 

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  responsible for the actions or any gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith.

  SECTION 5.10	Exculpatory Provisions. Each Funding Agent and its Affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, agents or employees shall not be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to the related Investor Group for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Master Issuer contained in this Agreement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of the Master Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article VII. Each Funding Agent shall not be under any obligation to the related Investor Group to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Master Issuer. Each Funding Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default unless such Funding Agent has received notice of such event from the Master Issuer or any member of the related Investor Group.

  SECTION 5.11	Reliance. Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of the Administrative Agent and legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Master Issuer), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Funding Agent. Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the related Investor Group as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the related Investor Group; provided that unless and until such Funding Agent shall have received such advice, such Funding Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as such Funding Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the related Investor Group. Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the related Investor Group and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the related Investor Group.

  SECTION 5.12	Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other Purchasers. The related Investor Group expressly acknowledges that its Funding Agent and any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has not made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by such Funding Agent hereafter taken, including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of the Master Issuer, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Funding Agent. The related Investor Group represents and warrants to such Funding Agent that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon such Funding Agent and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Master Issuer and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement.

  SECTION 5.13	The Funding Agent in its Individual Capacity. Each Funding Agent and any of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Master Issuer or any Affiliate of the Master Issuer as though such Funding Agent were not a Funding Agent hereunder.

  SECTION 5.14	Successor Funding Agent. Each Funding Agent will, upon the direction of the related Investor Group, resign as such Funding Agent. If such Funding Agent shall resign, then the related Investor Group shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of the related Investor 

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  Group as a successor funding agent (it being understood that such resignation shall not be effective until such successor is appointed). After any retiring Funding Agent’s resignation hereunder as Funding Agent, subject to the limitations set forth herein, the provisions of Section 9.05 and this Article V shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Funding Agent under this Agreement.

  SECTION 5.15	Erroneous Payments.

  (a)	If the Administrative Agent (x) notifies any Lender Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of any Lender Party (any such Lender Party or other recipient (and each of their respective successors and permitted assigns), a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its reasonable discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Administrative Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender Party or other Payment Recipient on its behalf)  (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 5.15 and such Lender Party shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), 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 (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) 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 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.

  (b)	Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient agrees that if it 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) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or 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 (a “Payment Notice”), (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:

  (i)	it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

  (ii)	such Payment Recipient shall (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one (1) Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof 

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  (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 5.15(b).

  For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this  Section 5.15(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to  Section 5.15(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made

  (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 Related Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender Party under any Related Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Administrative Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a).

  (d)	 

  (i)	In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Lender Party that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf)  (such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), upon the Administrative Agent’s notice to such Lender Party at any time, then effective immediately (with the consideration therefor being acknowledged by the parties hereto), (A) such Lender Party shall be deemed to have assigned its Advances (but not its Commitments) with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Advances (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) (on a cashless basis and such amount calculated at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the Administrative Agent in such instance)), and is hereby (together with the Master Issuer) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption Agreement  with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Lender Party shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Advances to the Master Issuer or the Administrative Agent (but the failure of such Person to deliver any such Notes shall not affect the effectiveness of the foregoing assignment), (B) the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender Party shall be deemed to have acquired the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (C) upon such deemed acquisition, the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender Party shall become a Lender Party, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender Party shall cease to be a Lender Party, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender Party, (D) the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer shall each be deemed to have waived any consents required under this Agreement to any such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and (E) the Administrative Agent will reflect in the Note Register its ownership interest in the Advances subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender Party and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

  (ii)	Subject to Section 9.17 (but excluding, in all events, any assignment consent or approval requirements (whether from the Master Issuer or otherwise)), the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Advances acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender Party shall be reduced by the net 

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  proceeds of the sale of such Advance (or portion thereof), and the Administrative Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender Party (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). In addition, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender Party (x) shall be reduced by the proceeds of prepayments or repayments of principal and interest, or other distribution in respect of principal and interest, received by the Administrative Agent on or with respect to any such Advances acquired from such Lender Party pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment (to the extent that any such Advances are then owned by the Administrative Agent) and (y) may, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, be reduced by any amount specified by the Administrative Agent in writing to the applicable Lender Party from time to time.

  (e)	Each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that the Administrative Agent has sold any Advances acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, the Administrative Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Payment Recipient with respect to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency.

  (f)	To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall 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 with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

  (g)	Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 5.15 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender Party, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Related Document.

  (h)	This Section 5.15 shall not apply to the disbursement of any proceeds of an Advance to or at the express direction of the Master Issuer, unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the Master Issuer, and no Erroneous Payment shall, constitute, create, increase or otherwise alter any Obligations of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors under the Related Documents or otherwise.

  (i)	In addition, (i) no payment of Obligations made in accordance with this Agreement with funds received by the Administrative Agent from, or on behalf of, the Master Issuer or any Guarantor, for the purpose of satisfying such Obligations shall constitute an Erroneous Payment, unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the Master Issuer and (ii) without limiting clause (e) above, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Related Document, neither the Master Issuer nor any Guarantor shall have any liability for any actions or inactions of any Payment Recipient, including any failure by any Payment Recipient to comply with the above provisions of this Section 5,15, and the Administrative Agent expressly agrees, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, that, notwithstanding anything in Sections  9.05(b) or (c) to the contrary, none of the Master Issuer nor any Guarantor shall have any liability for losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including attorney costs) arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any such actions or inactions of any Payment Recipient in respect of any Erroneous Payment.

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  ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  SECTION 6.01	The Master Issuer and Guarantors. The Master Issuer and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each Advance made hereunder, that:

  (a)	each of their representations and warranties made in favor of the Trustee or the Noteholders in the Indenture and the other Related Documents (other than a Related Document relating solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Notes) is true and correct (a) if not qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects and (b) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);

  (b)	no (i) Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) Cash Trapping Period is in effect;

  (c)	assuming the representations and warranties of each Lender Party set forth in Section 6.03 of this Agreement are true and correct, neither they nor or any of their Affiliates, have, directly or through an agent, engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the offering of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes under the 1933 Act or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act including, but not limited to, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising; provided that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the Lender Parties and their Affiliates; and none of the Master Issuer nor any of its Affiliates has entered into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, except for this Agreement and the other Related Documents, and the Master Issuer will not enter into any such arrangement;

  (d)	neither they nor any of their Affiliates have, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any “security” (as defined in the 1933 Act) that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes in a manner that would require the registration of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes under the 1933 Act;

  (e)	assuming the representations and warranties of each Lender Party set forth in Section 6.03 of this Agreement are true and correct, the offer and sale of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, and the Base Indenture is not required to be qualified under the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; 

  (f)	neither the Master Issuer nor any Guarantor is an “investment company” as defined in Section 3(a)(1) of the 1940 Act, and therefore (i) has no need (x) to rely solely on the exemption from the definition of “investment company” set forth in Section 3(c)(1) and/or Section 3(a)(7) of the 1940 Act or (y) to be entitled to the benefit of the exclusion for loan securitizations in the Volcker Rule under 10 C.F.R. 248.10(c)(8); (ii) does not constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, otherwise known as the “Volcker Rule”;

  (g)	the Master Issuer has furnished to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent true, accurate and complete copies of all other Related Documents (excluding Series Supplements and other Related Documents relating solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Notes) to which they are a party as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, all of which Related 

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  Documents are in full force and effect as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date and no terms of any such agreements or documents have been amended, modified or otherwise waived as of such date, other than such amendments, modifications or waivers about which the Master Issuer has informed each Funding Agent and the L/C Provider;

  (h)	to the knowledge of the Master Issuer and the Guarantors, the operations of the Master Issuer and the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in the past five years in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting 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 “Money Laundering Laws”) and no investigation, action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Master Issuer, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors, threatened;

  (i)	none of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors, any director, manager, member, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the U.S. Department of State, or the European Union (collectively, “Sanctions”); nor is such relevant entity located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is subject to or the target of any Sanctions; and the Master Issuer and the Guarantors will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Advances, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of making payments in violation of Sanctions and the Master Issuer and Guarantors (or the Manager on their behalf) maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, compliance with OFAC;

  (j)	none of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors, any Affiliate, director, officer, manager, member, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Master Issuer, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries, has: (i) made any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any domestic governmental official or “foreign official” (as defined in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “FCPA”)) or foreign government employee from corporate or company funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the FCPA, the Bribery Act of 2010 of the United Kingdom or any applicable anti-bribery statute or regulation of any other jurisdiction; or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment and the Master Issuer and Guarantors (or the Manager on their behalf) maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, compliance with the FCPA;

  (k)	if any Advance is then funded or maintained (or requested to be funded) by any Conduit Investor hereunder, the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.6 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and Section 7.13 of the Base Indenture are true and correct in all respects;

  (l)	the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and each Advance, in each case, funded or maintained (or requested to be funded) in whole or in part by a Conduit Investor hereunder, is an “eligible asset” as defined in Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act;

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  (m)	As of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects. 

  (n)	For purposes of Section 6.01(m) and Section 7.01(d):

  “Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

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

  SECTION 6.02	The Manager. The Manager represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender Party as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each Advance made hereunder that:

  (a)	no Manager Termination Event has occurred and is continuing as a result of any representation and warranty made by it in any Related Document (other than a Related Document relating solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Notes) to which it is a party (including any representations and warranties made by it as Manager) being inaccurate;

  (b)	to the knowledge of the Manager, the operations of the Master Issuer, the Manager, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in the past five years in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Money Laundering Laws and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Master Issuer, the Guarantors or the Manager with respect to the Money Laundering Laws has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Manager, is threatened or pending;

  (c)	neither the Manager nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Manager, any director, officer, manager, member, agent, employee or affiliate of any of the Master Issuer, the Manager or the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions; and the Manager will not directly or to its knowledge indirectly use the proceeds of any Advance, 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 the target of any sanctions; and

  (d)	none of the Manager or, to the knowledge of the Manager, any affiliate, director, officer, manager, member agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Manager, has: (i) used any corporate or company funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any domestic or “foreign official” (as defined in the FCPA) or foreign government employee from corporate or company funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions or any applicable provision of the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, or any other similar law or statute of any other jurisdiction in which it operates its business, including, in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder; or (iv) otherwise made any bribe, unlawful rebate, unlawful payoff, unlawful influence payment, unlawful kickback or other unlawful payment.

  SECTION 6.03	Lender Parties. Each of the Lender Parties represents and warrants to the Master Issuer and the Manager as of the date hereof (or, in the case of a successor or assign of an Investor, as of the subsequent date on which such successor or assign shall become or be deemed to become a party hereto) that:

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  the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, with the Master Issuer and the Manager and their respective representatives;

  (b)	it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes;

  (c)	it is purchasing the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act that meet the criteria described in clause (b) above and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to a distribution in violation of the 1933 Act, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control, and neither it nor its Affiliates has engaged in any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the 1933 Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes;

  (d)	it understands that (i) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the 1933 Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available and an opinion of counsel shall have been delivered in advance to the Master Issuer, (ii) the Master Issuer is not required to register the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, (iii) any permitted transferee hereunder must meet the criteria in clause (b) above and (iv) any transfer must comply with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, Section 4.3 of the Series 2022-1 Supplement and Section 9.03 or 9.17, as applicable, of this Agreement;

  (e)	it will comply with the requirements of Section 6.03(d), above, in connection with any transfer by it of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes;

  (f)	it understands that the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes attached to the Series 2022-1 Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;

  (g)	it will obtain for the benefit of the Master Issuer from any purchaser of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs; and

  (h)	it has executed a Purchaser’s Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

  ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS

  SECTION 7.01	Conditions to Issuance and Effectiveness. Each Lender Party will have no obligation to purchase the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes hereunder on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, and the Commitments and the L/C Commitment will not become effective, unless:

  (a)	the Base Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Related Documents shall be in full force and effect;

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  (b)	on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, from KBRA stating that the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes have received a rating of not less than BBB;

  (c)	there shall be no Event of Default or Rapid Amortization Event;

  (d)	all fees and expenses due and payable hereunder shall have been paid;

  (e)	at the time of such issuance, the additional conditions set forth in Schedule III and all other conditions to the issuance of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes under the Indenture shall have been satisfied or waived; and

  (f)	KYC Information. 

  (i)	Upon the reasonable request of any Lender Party made at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Master Issuer shall have provided to such Lender Party, and such Lender Party shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act. 

  (ii)	The Master Issuer, if it qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, shall have delivered to each Lender Party that so requests in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Master Issuer.

  SECTION 7.02	Conditions to Initial Extensions of Credit. The election of each Conduit Investor to fund, and the obligation of each Committed Note Purchaser to fund, the initial Borrowing hereunder, and the obligations of the L/C Provider to provide the initial Letters of Credit hereunder, respectively, shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent that (a) each Funding Agent shall have received a duly executed and authenticated Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note registered in its name or in such other name as shall have been directed by such Funding Agent and stating that the principal amount thereof shall not exceed the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of the related Investor Group (or, in the case of a Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note that is an Uncertificated Note, a Confirmation of Registration with respect thereto), (b) the L/C Provider shall have received a duly executed and authenticated Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note registered in its name or in such other name as shall have been directed by it and stating that the principal amount thereof shall not exceed the L/C Commitment (or, the initial Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Note is an Uncertificated Note, a Confirmation of Registration with respect thereto) and (c) the Master Issuer shall have paid all fees required to be paid by it under the Related Documents on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, including all fees required hereunder.

  SECTION 7.03	Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The election of each Conduit Investor to fund, and the obligation of each Committed Note Purchaser to fund, any Borrowing on any day (including the initial Borrowing but excluding any Borrowings to repay L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 2.05 or 2.08, as applicable), and the obligations of the L/C Provider to provide any Letter of Credit (including the initial Letters of Credit) shall be subject to the conditions precedent that on the date of such funding or provision, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of any proceeds therefrom, the following statements shall be true (without regard to any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Section 7.03 or any definitions used herein consented to by the Control Party unless Investors holding more than (i) if no single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, 50% of the Commitments or (ii) if a single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, two thirds of the Commitments (provided that the Commitment of any Defaulting Investor shall be disregarded in the determination of whether any threshold percentage of Commitments has been met under this Section 7.03) have consented to such waiver, amendment or other 

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  modification for purposes of this Section 7.03; provided, however, that if a Rapid Amortization Event has occurred and been declared by the Control Party pursuant to Section 9.1(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Base Indenture, or has occurred pursuant to Section 9.1(e) of the Base Indenture, then consent to such waiver, amendment or other modification from all Investors (provided that it shall not be the obligation of the Control Party to obtain such consent from the Investors) as well as the Control Party shall be required for purposes of this Section 7.03 (provided that if a Rapid Amortization Event under clause Section 9.1(e) of the Base Indenture has ceased to be in effect in accordance with the proviso thereto, then no consent of any Person shall be required for such Rapid Amortization Event to cease to be in effect for purposes of this Agreement); and provided further that if the second proviso to Section 9.01 is applicable to such waiver, amendment or other modification, then consent to such waiver, amendment or other modification from the Persons required by such proviso shall also be required for purposes of this Section 7.03):

  (a)	(i) the representations and warranties of the Master Issuer set out in Section 6.01 of this Agreement and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Manager set out in Section 6.02 of this Agreement, in each such case, shall be true and correct (i) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects and (ii) if not qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects, as of the date of such funding or issuance, with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct (x) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, and (y) if not so qualified, in all material respects as of such earlier date);

  (b)	no Default, Event of Default, Cash Trapping Period, Potential Rapid Amortization Event or Rapid Amortization Event shall be in existence at the time of, or after giving effect to, such funding or issuance;

  (c)	the DSCR as calculated as of the immediately preceding Quarterly Calculation Date shall not be less than 1.75x;

  (d)	in the case of any Borrowing, except to the extent an advance request is expressly deemed to have been delivered hereunder, the Master Issuer shall have delivered or have been deemed to have delivered to the Administrative Agent an executed advance request in the form of Exhibit A hereto with respect to such Borrowing (each such request, an “Advance Request”);

  (e)	no Manager Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and each representation and warranty made by the Manager in any Related Document (other than a Related Document relating solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Notes and the Notes of such Series) to which the Manager is a party (including any representations and warranties made by it in its capacity as Manager) is true and correct (a) if not qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects and (b) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects as of the date originally made, as of the date hereof and as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct (x) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, and (y) if not so qualified, in all material respects as of such earlier date); 

  (f)	each representation and warranty made by the Manager (in its capacity as the Manager) in the Management Agreement is true and correct (a) if not qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects and (b) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects as of the date originally made, as of the date hereof and as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct (x) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, and (y) if not so qualified, in all material respects as of such earlier date);

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  (g)	the Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount (including any Senior Notes Interest Reserve Account Deficiency Amount) shall be funded and/or an Interest Reserve Letter of Credit shall be maintained for such amount as of the date of such draw in the amounts required pursuant to the Indenture after giving effect to such draw; provided that a portion of the proceeds of such draw may be used to fund and/or maintain such Senior Notes Interest Reserve Amount;

  (h)	all Undrawn Commitment Fees, Administrative Agent Fees and L/C Quarterly Fees due and payable on or prior to the date of such funding or issuance shall have been paid in full; and

  (i)	all conditions to such extension of credit or provision specified in Section 2.02, 2.03 or 2.07 of this Agreement, as applicable, shall have been satisfied.

  The giving of any notice pursuant to Section 2.03 or 2.07, as applicable, shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Master Issuer and the Manager that all conditions precedent to such funding or provision have been satisfied or will be satisfied concurrently therewith.

  ARTICLE VIII
COVENANTS

  SECTION 8.01	Covenants. Each of the Master Issuer and the Manager, severally, covenants and agrees that, until all Aggregate Unpaids have been paid in full and all Commitments and the L/C Commitment have been terminated, it will:

  (a)	unless waived in writing by the Control Party in accordance with Section 9.7 of the Base Indenture, duly and timely perform all of its covenants (both affirmative and negative) and obligations under each Related Document to which it is a party;

  (b)	not amend, modify, waive or give any approval, consent or permission under any provision of the Base Indenture or any other Related Document to which it is a party unless any such amendment, modification, waiver or other action is in writing and made in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture or such other Related Document, as applicable;

  (c)	reasonably concurrently with the time any report, notice or other document is provided to the Rating Agencies and/or the Trustee, or caused to be provided, by the Master Issuer or the Manager under the Base Indenture (including, without limitation, under Sections 8.8, 8.9 and/or 8.11 thereof) or under the Series 2022-1 Supplement, provide the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide a copy thereof to the Lender Parties) with a copy of such report, notice or other document; provided, however, that neither the Manager nor the Master Issuer shall have any obligation under this Section 8.01(c) to deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of any Quarterly Noteholders' Reports that relate solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes;

  (d)	once per calendar year, following reasonable prior written notice from the Administrative Agent (the “Annual Inspection Notice”), and during regular business hours and without unreasonable interference with the business and operation of the Manager, permit any one or more of the Administrative Agent, any Funding Agent or the L/C Provider, or any of their respective agents, representatives or permitted assigns, at the Master Issuer’s expense, access (as a group, and not individually unless only one such Person desires such access) to the offices of the Manager, the Master Issuer and the Guarantors, (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all documentation relating to the Collateral on the same terms as are provided to the Trustee under Section 8.6 of the Base Indenture, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of the Manager, the Master Issuer and the Guarantors for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to the Collateral, or the administration and performance of the Base Indenture, the Series 2022-1 

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  Supplement and the other Related Documents with one or more officers or managers of the Manager, the Master Issuer and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, having knowledge of such matters; provided, however, that upon the occurrence and continuation of a Potential Rapid Amortization Event, Rapid Amortization Event, Cash Trapping Period, Default or Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, any Funding Agent or the L/C Provider, or any of their respective agents, representatives or permitted assigns, at the Master Issuer’s expense may do any of the foregoing at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice; and provided, further, that the Funding Agents and the L/C Provider will be permitted to provide input to the Administrative Agent with respect to the timing of delivery, and content, of the Annual Inspection Notice;

  (e)	not take, or cause to be taken, any action, including, without limitation, acquiring any margin stock (as such term is defined under the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, “Margin Stock”), that could cause the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents to fail to comply with the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof;

  (f)	not permit any amounts owed with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes to be secured, directly or indirectly, by any Margin Stock in a manner that would violate the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof;

  (g)	promptly provide such additional financial and other information with respect to the Related Documents (other than Series Supplements and Related Documents relating solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Notes) of the Master Issuer, the Manager or the Guarantors as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that neither the Master Issuer nor the Manager shall be required to produce reports or other information that they do not currently produce and which, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, would be unreasonably expensive or burdensome to prepare or produce or for which the disclosure thereof would violate any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, confidentiality provision or court order; 

  (h)	deliver to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly provide a copy thereof to the Lender Parties), the financial statements prepared pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Base Indenture reasonably contemporaneously with the delivery of such statements under the Base Indenture;

  (i)	in addition to the conditions set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Base Indenture, for so long as the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes are Outstanding, obtain the consent of the Administrative Agent to the issuance of any additional Series of Class A-1 Notes (which consent shall be deemed to have been given unless an objection is delivered to the Master Issuer within ten (10) Business Days after written notice of such proposed issuance is delivered to the Administrative Agent);

  (j)	use the proceeds of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (including Letters of Credit) for general corporate purposes of the Securitization Entities and the Non-Securitization Entities (including, without limitation, the making of distributions and the funding of acquisitions by any Securitization Entities or Non-Securitization Entity, for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the benefit of any such Person and for the funding of Franchise Capital Accounts, in each case, to the extent permitted under, and in accordance with the terms of, the Base Indenture and the other Related Documents, including, without limitation, Sections 8.17 and 8.18 of the Base Indenture); provided that proceeds of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes shall not be used for the purpose of a Retained Collections Contribution; and provided, further, following the Closing Date, the Master Issuer may use the proceeds of any Borrowing under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (including Letters of Credit) to make distributions to EWC Holding Guarantor LLC, which shall be used, directly or indirectly, to fund any distribution or dividend on, pay any amounts to, or repurchase the Equity Interests issued by Parent or any direct or indirect parent company of Parent only if, both before and immediately after giving effect 

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  to any such distribution by the Master Issuer, the difference between (i) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and (ii) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount will be an amount equal to or greater than $10,000,000; and

  (k)	promptly following any written request therefor, provide information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

  ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  SECTION 9.01	Amendments. No amendment to or waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any departure therefrom by the Manager or the Master Issuer, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Master Issuer with the written consent of (A) the Administrative Agent and (B) other than in respect of amendments pursuant to Section 3.04, Investor Groups holding more than (i) if no single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, 50% of the Commitments or (ii) if a single Investor Group holds more than 50% of the Commitments, two thirds of the Commitments (“Required Investor Groups”); provided that the Commitment of any Defaulting Investor shall be disregarded in the determination of whether such threshold percentage of Commitments has been met; provided, however, that, in addition, (i) the prior written consent of each affected Investor shall be required in connection with any amendment, modification or waiver that (x) increases the amount of the Commitment of such Investor, extends the Commitment Termination Date or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Renewal Date for such Investor, modifies the conditions to funding the Commitment or otherwise subjects such Investor to any increased or additional duties or obligations hereunder or in connection herewith (it being understood and agreed that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Commitments shall not constitute an increase of the Commitments of any Lender Party), (y) reduces the amount or delays the timing of payment of any principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable to such Investor hereunder, or (z) would have an effect comparable to any of those set forth in Section 13.2(a) of the Base Indenture that require the consent of each Noteholder or each affected Noteholder; (ii) any amendment, modification or waiver that affects the rights or duties of any of the L/C Provider, the Administrative Agent or the Funding Agents shall require the prior written consent of such affected Person; and (iii) the prior written consent of each Investor, the L/C Provider, the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent shall be required in connection with any amendment, modification or waiver of this Section 9.01. For purposes of any provision of any other Indenture Document relating to any vote, consent, direction or the like to be given by the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholders, such vote, consent, direction or the like shall be given by the Holders of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes only and not by the Holders of any Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Notes except to the extent that such vote, consent, direction or the like is to be given by each affected Noteholder and the Holders of any Series 2022-1 Class A-1 L/C Notes would be affected thereby.  In addition, if any Advance is then funded or maintained (or requested to be funded) by a Conduit Investor hereunder, the provisions of Section 6.01(k) may not be amended or waived without confirmation from Standard & Poor’s that the rating of the commercial paper notes of each Conduit Investor then rated by it will not be reduced or withdrawn as a result thereof.  Subject to this Section 9.01, each Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to consent to any amendment pursuant to Section 13.2(b)(i) of the Base Indenture.

  Each Committed Note Purchaser will notify the Master Issuer in writing whether or not it will consent to a proposed amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement and, if applicable, any condition to such consent, waiver or other modification. If a Committed Note Purchaser notifies the Master Issuer in writing that such Committed Note Purchaser either (I) will not consent to an amendment to or waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or (II) conditions its consent to such an amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement upon the payment of an amendment fee, the Master Issuer may replace every member (but not any subset thereof) of such Committed Note 

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  Purchaser’s entire Investor Group by giving written notice to each member of such Investor Group and the Administrative Agent designating one or more Persons that are willing and able to purchase each member of such Investor Group’s rights and obligations under this Agreement for a purchase price that with respect to each such member of such Investor Group will equal the amount owed to each such member of such Investor Group with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes (whether arising under the Indenture, this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes or otherwise). Upon receipt of such written notice, each member of such Investor Group shall assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 9.17(a), (b) and (c), as applicable, in consideration for such purchase price and at the reasonable expense of the Master Issuer (including, without limitation, the reasonable documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to each such member); provided, however, that no member of such Investor Group shall be obligated to assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement if the purchase price to be paid to such member is not at least equal to the amount owed to such member with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes (whether arising under the Indenture, this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes or otherwise).  In addition, notwithstanding the terms of Section 2.05, the Master Issuer, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also effect a permanent reduction in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction in the Commitment Amount solely of such Committed Note Purchaser and Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount solely of such Investor Group on a non-ratable basis; provided that any such reduction will be limited to the undrawn portion of such Commitments, although any such reduction may be combined with a Voluntary Decrease effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2022-1 Supplement, applied solely with respect to such Committed Note Purchaser and such Investor Group.
 

  The Master Issuer and the Lender Parties shall negotiate any amendments, waivers, consents, supplements or other modifications to this Agreement or the other Related Documents that require the consent of the Lender Parties in good faith and any consent required to be given by the Lender Parties shall not be unreasonably denied, conditioned or delayed. Pursuant to Section 9.05(a), the Lender Parties shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Master Issuer for the reasonable expenses incurred by the Lender Parties in reviewing and approving any such amendment, waiver, consent, supplement or other modification to this Agreement or any Related Document. The Administrative Agent agrees to provide notice to each Investor Group of any amendment to this Agreement, regardless of whether the consent of such Investor is required for such amendment to become effective.

  SECTION 9.02	No Waiver; Remedies. Any waiver, consent or approval given by any party hereto shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given, and no waiver by a party of any breach or default under this Agreement shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default. No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder, or any abandonment or discontinuation of steps to enforce the right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. No notice to or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

  SECTION 9.03	Binding on Successors and Assigns.

  (a)	This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the Master Issuer, the Manager, the Lender Parties, the Funding Agents, the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that none of the Master Issuer nor the Manager may assign its rights or obligations hereunder or in connection herewith or any interest herein (voluntarily, by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of each Lender Party (other than any Defaulting Investor); provided further that nothing herein shall prevent the Master Issuer from assigning its rights (but none of its duties or liabilities) to the Trustee under the Base Indenture and the Series 2022-1 Supplement; and provided, further that none of the Lender Parties may transfer, 

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  pledge, assign, sell participations in or otherwise encumber its rights or obligations hereunder or in connection herewith or any interest herein except as permitted under Section 9.17 and this Section 9.03. Nothing expressed herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person other than the Persons referred to in the preceding sentence any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement except as provided in Section 9.16.

  (b)	Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Investor may at any time sell participations to any Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Program Support Provider) in all or a portion of such Investor’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes and the Advances made thereunder and, in connection therewith, any other Related Document to which it is a party, and such participant, with respect to its participating interest, shall be entitled to the benefits granted to such Investor under this Agreement; provided that (i) such Investor’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Investor shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Master Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Provider and each other Investor shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Investor in connection with such Investor’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that no participation pursuant to this Section 9.03 shall be made to a Competitor or a Tax-Restricted Affiliate.

  Each Investor that grants to one or more Persons including, without limitation, a Program Support Provider, a participating interest in such Investor’s interests in the Advances shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Master Issuer, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of such Person and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Person’s interest in the Advances (each, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Investor shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Person, or any information relating to a Person’s interest in the Advances) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such interest is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations (and any such successor United States Treasury Regulations). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Investor shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

  (c)	In addition to its rights under Section 9.17, each Conduit Investor may at any time assign its rights in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes (and its rights hereunder and under the Related Documents) to its related Committed Note Purchaser or, subject to Section 6.03 and Section 9.17(d), its related Program Support Provider or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, each Conduit Investor may at any time grant a security interest in and lien on, all or any portion of its interests under this Agreement, its Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note and all Related Documents to (i) its related Committed Note Purchaser, (ii) its Funding Agent, (iii) any Program Support Provider who, at any time now or in the future, provides program liquidity or credit enhancement, including, without limitation, an insurance policy for such Conduit Investor relating to the Commercial Paper or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes, (iv) any other Person who, at any time now or in the future, provides liquidity or credit enhancement for the Conduit Investors, including, without limitation, an insurance policy relating to the Commercial Paper or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes, (v) any collateral trustee or collateral agent for any of the foregoing or (vi) a trustee or collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the commercial paper notes or other senior indebtedness of such Conduit Investor appointed pursuant to such Conduit Investor’s program documents; provided, however, that any such security interest or lien shall be released upon assignment of its Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note to its related Committed Note Purchaser. Each Committed Note Purchaser may assign its Commitment, or all or any portion of its interest under its Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note, this Agreement and the Related Documents to any Person to the extent permitted by Section 9.17. Notwithstanding any other provisions 

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  set forth in this Agreement, each Committed Note Purchaser may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, its Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Note and the Related Documents in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors or any similar foreign entity.

  (d)	Any Lender Party may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender Party from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender Party as a party hereto.  

  SECTION 9.04	Termination; Survival of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate upon the payment in full of all interest on and principal of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, and all other amounts owed to the Lender Parties, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the expiration of all Letters of Credit hereunder (or the cash collateralization or rollover thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and the termination or permanent reduction to zero of the Commitments and the L/C Commitment.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes delivered pursuant hereto shall (i) survive the making and the repayment of the Advances, the Letters of Credit and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes and (ii) continue in full force and effect until this Agreement so terminates. In addition, the obligations of the Master Issuer and the Lender Parties under Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 9.05, 9.10 and 9.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent, on the reasonable request of the Master Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging confirmation of and termination of this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

  SECTION 9.05	Payment of Costs and Expenses; Indemnification.

  (a)	Payment of Costs and Expenses. The Master Issuer and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay (by depositing such amounts into the Collection Account to be distributed subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments), (A) on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (if invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to such date) or (B) on or before seven (7) Business Days after written demand (in all other cases), all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, each initial Funding Agent and each initial Lender Party (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one external counsel to each of the foregoing), if any (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, fees and expenses, whether allocated or otherwise, in respect of in-house counsel), as well as the fees and expenses of the Rating Agencies in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and of each other Related Document, including schedules and exhibits, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated (including, without limitation, such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses for the Committed Note Purchasers’ due diligence investigation, consultants’ fees and travel expenses and such fees incurred on or before the Series 2022-1 Closing Date to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to such date); and (ii) any amendments, waivers, consents, supplements or other modifications to this Agreement or any other Related Document as may from time to time hereafter be proposed by the Manager or the Securitization Entities (any amounts under this clause (ii), “Amendment Expenses”). The Master Issuer and the Guarantors further jointly and severally agree to pay, subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments, and to hold the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent and each Lender Party harmless from all liability for (x) any breach by the Master Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement, (y) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent or such Lender Party including the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to each of the foregoing (excluding fees and expenses of in-house counsel), if any, in enforcing this Agreement or in connection with the negotiation of any restructuring or “work-out”, whether or not consummated, of the Related Documents and (z) any Non-Excluded Taxes that may be payable in connection with (1) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, (2) the issuance 

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  of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, (3) any Letter of Credit hereunder or (4) any other Related Documents.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than in connection with a sale or assignment pursuant to Section 9.18(a), the Master Issuer and/or the Guarantors shall have no obligation to reimburse any Lender Party for any of the fees and/or expenses incurred by such Lender Party with respect to its sale or assignment of all or any part of its respective rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes pursuant to Section 9.03 or Section 9.17.

  (b)	Indemnification of the Lender Parties. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Lender Parties, the Securitization Entities hereby agree to jointly and severally indemnify and hold each Lender Party, each Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent (each in its capacity as such, and to the extent not reimbursed by a Securitization Entity and without limiting any obligation of the Master Issuer to do so) and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless (by depositing such amounts into the Collection Account to be distributed subject to and in accordance with the Priority of Payments) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, liabilities and damages, and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, without limitation, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes), including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by the Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to:

  (i)	any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of any Advance or Letter of Credit; or

  (ii)	the entering into and performance of this Agreement and any other Related Document by any of the Indemnified Parties;

  except for any such Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or breach of representations set forth herein as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, the Securitization Entities hereby jointly and severally agree to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set forth in this Section 9.05(b) shall in no event include indemnification for special, punitive, consequential or indirect damages of any kind or for any Class A-1 Taxes which shall be covered by (or expressly excluded from) the indemnification provided in Section 3.08 or for any transfer Class A-1 Taxes with respect to its sale or assignment of all or any part of its respective rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes pursuant to Section 9.17. The Master Issuer shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Indemnified Liabilities made under this Section 9.05(b). 

  (c)	Indemnification of the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Administrative Agent and the related Funding Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser, ratably according to its respective Commitment, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Administrative Agent and each of its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents (collectively, the “Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties”) and such Funding Agent and each of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Funding Agent Indemnified Parties,” and together with the Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties, the “Applicable Agent Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, liabilities and damages, and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (solely to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Master Issuer or the Guarantors) (irrespective of whether any such Applicable Agent Indemnified Party is a party to the 

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  action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, without limitation, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “Applicable Agent Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by the Applicable Agent Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to the entering into and performance of this Agreement and any other Related Document by any of the Applicable Agent Indemnified Parties, except for any such Applicable Agent Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Applicable Agent Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Applicable Agent Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, each Committed Note Purchaser, ratably according to its respective Commitment, hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Applicable Agent Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable law. The indemnity set forth in this Section 9.05(c) shall in no event include indemnification for consequential or indirect damages of any kind or for any Class A-1 Taxes which shall be covered by (or expressly excluded from) the indemnification provided in Section 3.08.

  SECTION 9.06	Characterization as Related Document; Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a Related Document for all purposes of the Base Indenture and the other Related Documents. This Agreement, together with the Base Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the documents delivered pursuant to Article VII and the other Related Documents, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all previous oral statements and other writings with respect thereto.

  SECTION 9.07	Notices. All notices, amendments, waivers, consents and other communications provided to any party hereto under this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed, delivered or transmitted to such party at its address, or e-mail address set forth below its signature hereto, in the case of the Master Issuer or the Manager, or on Schedule II, in the case of the Lender Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agents, or in each case at such other address or e-mail address as may be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Any notice, if mailed and properly addressed with postage prepaid or if properly addressed and sent by pre-paid courier service, shall be deemed given when received; any notice, if transmitted by e-mail, shall be deemed given when received.

  SECTION 9.08	Severability of Provisions. Any covenant, provision, agreement or term of this Agreement that is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of the prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

  SECTION 9.09	Tax Characterization. (a)  Each party to this Agreement (i) acknowledges that it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that, for accounting purposes and for all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax purposes, the Series 2022-1 Class A‐1 Notes will be treated as evidence of indebtedness, (ii) agrees to treat the Series 2022-1 Class A‐1 Notes for all such purposes as indebtedness and (iii) agrees that the provisions of the Related Documents shall be construed to further these intentions.

  (b)	Each Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Master Issuer, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each related Lender Party (and, if applicable, Program Support Provider) and the applicable portions of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount (and stated interest) with respect to such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder of each Lender Party (and, if applicable, Program Support Provider) that has an interest in such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder’s Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Register”), provided that no Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder shall 

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  have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes Register to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes are in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the U.S. Treasury regulations.

  SECTION 9.10	No Proceedings; Limited Recourse.

  (a)	The Securitization Entities. Each of the parties hereto (other than the Master Issuer) hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the last maturing Note issued by the Master Issuer pursuant to the Base Indenture, it will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting against, any Securitization Entity, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, all as more particularly set forth in Section 14.13 of the Base Indenture and subject to any retained rights set forth therein; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.10(a) shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Securitization Entities pursuant to this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the Base Indenture or any other Related Document.  In the event that a Lender Party (solely in its capacity as such) takes action in violation of this Section 9.10(a), each affected Securitization Entity shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest or cause to be contested the filing of such a petition by any such Person against such Securitization Entity or the commencement of such action and raise or cause to be raised the defense that such Person has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert.  The provisions of this Section 9.10(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by a Lender Party in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving any Securitization Entity. The obligations of the Master Issuer under this Agreement are solely the limited liability company or corporate, as the case may be, obligations of the Master Issuer.

  (b)	The Conduit Investors. Each of the parties hereto hereby covenants and agrees that it will not, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all Commercial Paper or other debt securities or instruments issued by a Conduit Investor, institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting against, such Conduit Investor, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, examination or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings under any federal or state (or any other jurisdiction with authority over such Conduit Investor) bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that, subject to Section 9.10(d), nothing in this Section 9.10(b) shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from such Conduit Investor pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that any such party takes action in violation of this Section 9.10(b), such related Conduit Investor may file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest or cause to be contested the filing of such a petition by any such party against such Conduit Investor or the commencement of such action and raise or cause to be raised the defense that such party has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert. Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by any of the Securitization Entities, the Manager or a Lender Party in assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving a Conduit Investor. Subject to Section 9.10(d), the obligations of the Conduit Investors under this Agreement are solely the corporate obligations of the Conduit Investors. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of this Agreement, including any obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Agreement, against any stockholder, employee, officer, agent, director, member, affiliate or incorporator (or Person similar to an incorporator under state business organization laws) of any Conduit Investor; provided, however, nothing in this Section 9.10(b) shall relieve any of the foregoing Persons from any liability that any such Person may otherwise have for its gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

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  (d)	Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Conduit Investor shall be obligated to pay any fees, costs, indemnified amounts or expenses due pursuant to this Agreement (“Conduit Investor Amounts”) other than in accordance with the order of priorities set out in such Conduit Investor’s commercial paper program documents and all payment obligations of each Conduit Investor hereunder are contingent on the availability of funds received pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes and in excess of the amounts necessary to pay its commercial paper notes; provided, however, that each Committed Note Purchaser shall pay any Conduit Investor Amounts, on behalf of any Conduit Investor in such Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group, as and when due hereunder, to the extent that such Conduit Investor is precluded by its commercial paper program documents from paying such Conduit Investor Amounts in accordance with this Agreement.  Any such amount which any Conduit Investor does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim against or corporate obligation of such Conduit Investor for any such insufficiency unless and until funds received pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes are available for the payment of such amounts as aforesaid.

  (e)	The provisions of this Section 9.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

  SECTION 9.11	Confidentiality. Each Lender Party, Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent agrees that it shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Manager and the Master Issuer, other than (a) to their Affiliates, and their Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, managers, administrators, trustees, agents and advisors, including, without limitation, legal counsel and accountants (it being understood that the Person to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and instructed to keep it confidential), (b) to actual or prospective assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis (after, in each case, obtaining such actual or prospective assignee’s or participant’s agreement to keep such Confidential Information confidential in a manner substantially similar to this Section 9.11), (c) as requested by a Governmental Authority or self-regulatory organization or required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial process of which the Master Issuer or the Manager, as the case may be, has knowledge; provided that each Lender Party, Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent may disclose Confidential Information as requested by a Governmental Authority or self-regulatory organization or required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial process of which the Master Issuer or the Manager, as the case may be, does not have knowledge if such Lender Party, Funding Agent or Administrative Agent is prohibited by law, rule or regulation from disclosing such requirement to the Master Issuer or the Manager, as the case may be, (d) to (x) Program Support Providers and (y) any trustee or collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the commercial paper notes or other senior indebtedness of a Conduit Investor appointed pursuant to such Conduit Investor’s program documents (after, in each case, obtaining such Person’s agreement to keep such Confidential Information confidential in a manner substantially similar to this Section 9.11), (e) to any rating agency providing a rating for any Series or Class of Notes or any Conduit Investor’s debt, (f) to any Person acting as a placement agent, dealer or investor with respect to any Conduit Investor’s commercial paper issued to fund or maintain any portion of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advances by such Conduit Investor (provided that any Confidential Information provided to any such placement agent, dealer or investor does not reveal the identity of the Master Issuer or any of its Affiliates and is confined to information of the type that is typically provided to such entities by asset-backed commercial paper conduits), or (g) in the course of litigation with the Master Issuer or the Manager; provided that (in the case of any disclosure under foregoing clause (c) the disclosing party will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, give reasonable notice of such disclosure requirement to the Master Issuer and the Manager prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information, and will disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information that is necessary to comply with such requirement in a manner reasonably designed to maintain the confidentiality thereof; and provided, further, that no such notice shall be required for any disclosure by 

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  the Administrative Agent and/or its affiliates to regulatory authorities asserting jurisdiction in connection with an examination of any such party in the normal course.

  “Confidential Information” means information that the Master Issuer, any Guarantor or the Manager furnishes to a Lender Party, but does not include (i) any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure in violation of this Section 9.11 or a disclosure by a Person to which a Lender Party, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent delivered such information, (ii) any such information that was in the possession of a Lender Party prior to its being furnished to such Lender Party by the Master Issuer or the Manager, or (iii) any such information that is or becomes available to a Lender Party from a source other than the Master Issuer or the Manager; provided that with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) herein, such source is not (x) known to a Lender Party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Master Issuer or the Manager, as the case may be, with respect to the information or (y) known to a Lender Party to be otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation.

  SECTION 9.12	GOVERNING LAW; CONFLICTS WITH INDENTURE. THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL MATTERS ARISING UNDER OR IN ANY MANNER RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICTS BETWEEN THIS AGREEMENT AND THE INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE SHALL GOVERN.

  SECTION 9.13	JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW) FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HEREUNDER ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION 9.13 ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

  SECTION 9.14	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ALL PARTIES HEREUNDER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. ALL PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FULL AND SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND 

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  THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR ALL PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

  SECTION 9.15	Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which may include electronic transmission of counterparts) and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

  For purposes of this Agreement, any reference to “written” or “in writing” means any form of written communication, including, without limitation, electronic signatures, and any such written communication may be transmitted by Electronic Transmission.  “Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. The Administrative Agent is authorized to accept written instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications delivered by Electronic Transmission and shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by Electronic Transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such Electronic Transmission, and the Administrative Agent shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, the risk of the Administrative Agent acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties (except to the extent such action results from gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud by the Administrative Agent as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). Any requirement in this Agreement that a document, including any Note, is to be signed or authenticated by “manual signature” or similar language shall not be deemed to prohibit signature to be by facsimile or electronic signature and shall not be deemed to prohibit delivery thereof by Electronic Transmission.

  SECTION 9.16	Third Party Beneficiary. The Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and the Control Party are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

  SECTION 9.17	Assignment.

  (a)	Subject to Sections 6.03 and 9.17(e), any Committed Note Purchaser may at any time sell or assign all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and, in connection therewith, any other Related Documents to which it is a party, with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Master Issuer and the L/C Provider, to one or more financial institutions (an “Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser”) pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), executed by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, such assigning Committed Note Purchaser, the Funding Agent with respect to such Committed Note Purchaser, the Master Issuer and the L/C Provider and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Master Issuer shall be required for an assignment to another Committed Note Purchaser or any Affiliate of a Committed Note Purchaser or if a Rapid Amortization Event or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that no assignment pursuant to this Section 9.17 shall be made to a Competitor or a Tax-Restricted Affiliate.

  (b)	Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Sections 6.03 and 9.17(e), each Conduit Investor may assign all or a portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor and its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and, in connection therewith, any other Related Documents to which it is a party to a 

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  Conduit Assignee with respect to such Conduit Investor, without the prior written consent of the Master Issuer. Upon such assignment by a Conduit Investor to a Conduit Assignee, (i) such Conduit Assignee shall be the owner of the Investor Group Principal Amount or such portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor, (ii) the related administrative or managing agent for such Conduit Assignee will act as the Funding Agent for such Conduit Assignee hereunder, with all corresponding rights and powers, express or implied, granted to the Funding Agent hereunder or under the other Related Documents, (iii) such Conduit Assignee and its liquidity support provider(s) and credit support provider(s) and other related parties, in each case relating to the Commercial Paper and/or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes, shall have the benefit of all the rights and protections provided to such Conduit Investor herein and in the other Related Documents (including, without limitation, any limitation on recourse against such Conduit Assignee as provided in this paragraph), (iv) such Conduit Assignee shall assume all of such Conduit Investor’s obligations, if any, hereunder or under the Base Indenture or under any other Related Document with respect to such portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount and such Conduit Investor shall be released from such obligations, (v) all distributions in respect of the Investor Group Principal Amount or such portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor shall be made to the applicable Funding Agent on behalf of such Conduit Assignee, (vi) the definition of the term “CP Funding Rate” with respect to the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor, as applicable, funded or maintained with commercial paper issued by such Conduit Assignee from time to time shall be determined in the manner set forth in the definition of “CP Funding Rate” applicable to such Conduit Assignee on the basis of the interest rate or discount applicable to Commercial Paper issued by or for the benefit of such Conduit Assignee (rather than any other Conduit Investor), (vii) the defined terms and other terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other Related Documents shall be interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, and (viii) if requested by the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Assignee, the parties will execute and deliver such further agreements and documents and take such other actions as the Funding Agent may reasonably request to evidence and give effect to the foregoing. No assignment by any Conduit Investor to a Conduit Assignee of all or any portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor shall in any way diminish the obligation of the Committed Note Purchasers in the same Investor Group as such Conduit Investor under Section 2.03 to fund any Borrowing not funded by such Conduit Investor or such Conduit Assignee.

  (c)	Subject to Sections 6.03 and 9.17(e), any Conduit Investor and the related Committed Note Purchaser(s) may at any time sell all or any part of their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and, in connection therewith, any other Related Documents to which it is a party, with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Master Issuer and the L/C Provider, to a multi-seller commercial paper conduit, whose commercial paper is rated at least “A‐1” (or then equivalent grade) from S&P, and one or more financial institutions providing support to such multi-seller commercial paper conduit (an “Acquiring Investor Group”) pursuant to a transfer supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C (the “Investor Group Supplement”), executed by such Acquiring Investor Group, the Funding Agent with respect to such Acquiring Investor Group (including the Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such Investor Group), such assigning Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such Conduit Investor, the Funding Agent with respect to such assigning Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchasers, the Master Issuer and the L/C Provider and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Master Issuer shall be required for an assignment to another Committed Note Purchaser or any Affiliate of a Committed Note Purchaser and its related Conduit Investor or if a Rapid Amortization Event or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 9.17(c) is intended to permit and provide for (i) assignments from a Committed Note Purchaser to a Conduit Investor in a different Investor Group and (ii) assignments from a Conduit Investor to a Committed Note Purchaser in a different Investor group, and, in each of (i) and (ii), Exhibit C shall be revised to reflect such assignments.

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  L/C Note with the prior written consent of the Master Issuer and the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to a financial institution pursuant to an agreement with, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer, whereupon the assignor shall be released from its obligations hereunder to the extent so assigned; provided that no consent of the Master Issuer shall be required if a Rapid Amortization Event or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

  (e)	Any assignment of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes shall be made in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including that the Master Issuer shall (i) maintain an office or agency where the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and (ii) appoint a paying agent at whose office or agency Notes may be presented for payment. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes (including the name and address of each such Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder) and of their transfer and exchange. The Trustee or Administrative Agent shall indicate in its books and records the commitment of each Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Noteholder, if applicable, and the principal (and stated interest) amount owing to each Series 2022-1 Noteholder from time to time, such that each Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note is at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2), and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related Treasury regulations (or any other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or such regulations)

  SECTION 9.18	Defaulting Investors.  

  (a)	The Master Issuer may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the Administrative Agent and any Investor that has (a) failed to make a payment required to be made by it under the terms of this Agreement within one Business Day of the day such payment is required to be made by such Investor thereunder, (b) notified the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to make any payment required to be made by it under the terms of this Agreement within one Business Day of the day such payment is required to be made by such Investor thereunder, (c) become the subject of an Event of Bankruptcy or (d) become the subject of a Bail-In Action (as such term is defined in Section 9.22 herein) (each, a “Defaulting Investor”), (i) require any Defaulting Investor to sell all of its rights, obligations and commitments under this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes and, in connection therewith, any other Related Documents to which it is a party, to an assignee; provided that (x) such assignment is made in compliance with Section 9.17 and (y) such Defaulting Investor shall have received from such assignee an amount equal to such Defaulting Investor’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group Principal Amount of such Defaulting Investor and all accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to such Defaulting Investor hereunder or (ii) remove any Defaulting Investor as an Investor by paying to such Defaulting Investor an amount equal to such Defaulting Investor’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group Principal Amount of such Defaulting Investor and all accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to such Defaulting Investor hereunder.

  (b)	In the event that a Defaulting Investor desires to sell all or any portion of it rights, obligations and commitments under this Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes and, in connection therewith, any other Related Documents to which it is a party, to an unaffiliated third party assignee for an amount less than 100% (or, if only a portion of such rights, obligations and commitments are proposed to be sold, such portion) of such Defaulting Investor’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group Principal Amount of such Defaulting Investor and all accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to such Defaulting Investor hereunder, such Defaulting Investor shall promptly notify the Master Issuer of the proposed sale (the “Sale Notice”). Each Sale Notice shall certify that such Defaulting Investor has received a firm offer from the prospective unaffiliated third party and shall contain the material terms of the proposed sale, including, without limitation, the purchase price of the proposed sale and the portion of such Defaulting Investor’s rights, obligations and commitments proposed to be sold. The Master Issuer and its Affiliates shall have an option for a period of three (3) Business Days from the date the Sale Notice is given to elect to 

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  purchase such rights, obligations and commitments at the same price and subject to the same material terms as described in the Sale Notice. The Master Issuer or any of its Affiliates may exercise such purchase option by notifying such Defaulting Investor before expiration of such three (3) Business Days period that it wishes to purchase all (but not a portion) of the rights, obligations and commitments of such Defaulting Investor proposed to be sold to such unaffiliated third party. If the Master Issuer or any of its Affiliates gives notice to such Defaulting Investor that it desires to purchase such, rights, obligations and commitments, the Master Issuer or such Affiliate shall promptly pay the purchase price to such Defaulting Investor. If the Master Issuer or any of its Affiliates does not respond to any Sale Notice within such three (3) Business Days period, the Master Issuer and its Affiliates shall be deemed not to have exercised such purchase option.

  (c)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Investor becomes a Defaulting Investor, then, until such time as such Investor is no longer a Defaulting Investor, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

  (i)	Such Defaulting Investor’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 9.01.

  (ii)	Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable to the account of such Defaulting Investor (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity or otherwise) shall be applied (and the Master Issuer shall instruct the Trustee to apply such amounts) as follows: first, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Investor to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Investor to the L/C Provider hereunder; third, to provide cash collateral to the L/C Provider in accordance with Section 4.03(b) in an amount equal to the amount of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts at such time multiplied by the Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Investor’s Investor Group multiplied by the Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Defaulting Investor; fourth, as the Master Issuer may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Advance in respect of which such Defaulting Investor has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Master Issuer, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Investor’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Advances under this Agreement and (y) to provide cash collateral to the L/C Provider in accordance with Section 4.03(b) in an amount equal to the amount of any future Undrawn L/C Face Amounts multiplied by the Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Investor’s Investor Group multiplied by the Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Defaulting Investor; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Investors or the L/C Provider as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Investor or the L/C Provider against such Defaulting Investor as a result of such Defaulting Investor’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Master Issuer as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Master Issuer against such Defaulting Investor as a result of such Defaulting Investor’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Investor or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances or any extensions of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed as an Advance pursuant to Section 2.08(a) in respect of which such Defaulting Investor has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Advances were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 7.03 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Advances of, and extensions of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed as an Advance pursuant to Section 2.08(a) owed to, all non-Defaulting Investors on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of, or participations required to be purchased pursuant to Section 2.09(a) owed to, such 

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  Defaulting Investor until such time as all Advances and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations are held by the Investors pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to Section 9.18(c)(iii). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Investor that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Investor or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section 9.18(c)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Investor, and each Investor irrevocably consents hereto.

  (iii)	All or any part of such Defaulting Investor’s participation in L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Investors pro rata based on their Commitments (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Investor’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 7.03 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Master Issuer shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Master Issuer shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the product of any non-Defaulting Investor’s related Investor Group Principal Amount multiplied by such non-Defaulting Investor’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage to exceed such non-Defaulting Investor’s Commitment Amount.  No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Investor arising from that Investor having become a Defaulting Investor, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Investor as a result of such non-Defaulting Investor’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

  (d)	If the Master Issuer, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Provider agree in writing that an Investor is no longer a Defaulting Investor, 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 Investor will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Advances of the other Investors or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Investors in accordance with their respective Commitments (without giving effect to Section 9.18(c)(iii)), whereupon such Investor will cease to be a Defaulting Investor; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Master Issuer while that Investor was a Defaulting Investor; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Investor to Investor will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Investor’s having been a Defaulting Investor.

  SECTION 9.19	No Fiduciary Duties.  Each of the Manager and the Securitization Entities acknowledge and agree that in connection with the transaction contemplated in this Agreement, or any other services the Lender Parties may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Lender Parties: (a) no fiduciary or agency relationship between any of the Manager, the Securitization Entities or any other person, on the one hand, and the Lender Parties, on the other, exists; (b) the Lender Parties are not acting as advisor, expert or otherwise, to the Manager or the Securitization Entities, and such relationship between any of the Manager or the Securitization Entities, on the one hand, and the Lender Parties, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (c) any duties and obligations that the Lender Parties may have to the Manager and any of the Securitization Entities shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; (d) the Lender Parties and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Manager or any of the Securitization Entities; and (e) the Manager and the Securitization Entities have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. Each of the Manager and the Securitization Entities hereby waive 

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  any claims that Manager or the Securitization Entities may have against the Lender Parties with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes.

  SECTION 9.20	No Guarantee by Manager.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Manager shall not be construed as a guarantee or other credit support by Manager of the obligations of the Securitization Entities hereunder.  The Manager shall not be liable in any respect for any obligation of the Securitization Entities hereunder or any violation by any Securitization Entity of its covenants, representations and warranties or other agreements and obligations hereunder.

  SECTION 9.21	[Reserved]. 

  SECTION 9.22	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Indenture 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 Indenture Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

  (a)	the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

  (b)	the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

  (i)	a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

  (ii)	a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent 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 Indenture Document; or 

  (iii)	the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

  (c)	For purposes of this Section 9.22:

  “Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

  “Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

  “Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).  

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  established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.  

  “EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

  “EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

  “EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time. 

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

  “UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

  “UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

  “Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

  SECTION 9.23	Patriot Act.  In accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, any Lender Party may obtain, verify and record information that identifies individuals or entities that establish a relationship with such Lender Party. Such Lender Party may ask for the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow it to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account. Such Lender Party may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation, or other identifying documents to be provided.

  SECTION 9.24	Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

  (a)	In the event that any Lender Party that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Lender Party of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States

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  (b)	In the event that any Lender Party that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Lender Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Lender 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 this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

  (c)	For purposes of this Section 9.24:

  “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

  “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

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

  “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder.

  SECTION 9.25	Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs.

  (a)	To the extent that the Related Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Contracts or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Related Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

  In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.  In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Related 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 Related 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 Investor shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

  (b)	For purposes of this Section 9.25:

  “BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

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  “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

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

  “QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

   

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

  					EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC,

  as the Master Issuer

   

   

  
By:	/s/ Gavin O’Connor		
	Name: Gavin O’Connor
	Title: Chief Legal Officer
 

  Address:

  5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor

  Plano, Texas 75024

  Attention: General Counsel

   

   

   

   

   

    

  

   

  EWC VENTURES, LLC, 

  as Manager

  

By:	/s/ Gavin O’Connor		
	Name: Gavin O’Connor
	Title: Chief Legal Officer

Address:

  5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor

  Plano, Texas 75024

  Attention: General Counsel

   

   

    

  

   

  EWC HOLDING GUARANTOR LLC 

  EWC FRANCHISOR LLC

  EWC DISTRIBUTOR LLC,

  each as a Guarantor

   

   

  
By:	/s/ Gavin O’Connor		
	Name: Gavin O’Connor
	Title: Chief Legal Officer

   

   

  Each Guarantor at the following address:

   

  Address:

  5830 Granite Parkway, 3rd Floor

  Plano, Texas 75024

  Attention: General Counsel

   

   

    

  

   

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent

By:	/s/ Carl W. Anderson		
	Name: Carl W. Anderson
	Title: Managing Director

   

   

    

  

   

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Provider

By:	/s/ Carl W. Anderson		
	Name: Carl W. Anderson
	Title: Managing Director

   

   

    

  

   

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Committed Note Purchaser

By:	/s/ Carl W. Anderson		
	Name: Carl W. Anderson
	Title: Managing Director

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as related Funding Agent

By:	/s/ Carl W. Anderson		
	Name: Carl W. Anderson
	Title: Managing Director

   

   

   

    

  

   

  TRUIST BANK,
as Committed Note Purchaser

By:	/s/ Vivek Saraswat		
	Name: Vivek Saraswat
	Title: Senior Vice President

  TRUIST BANK,
as related Funding Agent

By:	/s/ Vivek Saraswat		
	Name: Vivek Saraswat
	Title: Senior Vice President

   

   

    

  

   

  NYCB SPECIALTY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC,
as Committed Note Purchaser

By:	/s/ Mark C. Mazmanian	
	Name: Mark C. Mazmanian
	Title: First Senior Vice President

  NYCB SPECIALTY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC,
as related Funding Agent

By:	/s/ Mark C. Mazmanian	
	Name: Mark C. Mazmanian
	Title: First Senior Vice President

   

   

   

    

  

   

  SCHEDULE I TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

   

  INVESTOR GROUPS AND COMMITMENTS

  					
	Investor Group/Funding Agent
	Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount
	Conduit Lender (if any)
 
	Committed Note Purchaser(s)
	Commitment Amount

	Bank of America, N.A.
	$20,000,000
	N/A
	Bank of America, N.A.
	$20,000,000

	Truist Bank
	$10,000,000
	N/A
	Truist Bank
	$10,000,000

	NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC
	$10,000,000
	N/A
	NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC
	$10,000,000

   

   

    

  

   

  SCHEDULE II TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  NOTICE ADDRESSES FOR LENDER PARTIES AND AGENTS

  Committed Note Purchasers

  Bank of America, N.A.

    

  Bank of America, N.A.

  One Bryant Park, 11th Floor

  New York, NY 10036

  Attention: Carl Anderson

  Telephone: 646-855-4242

  Email: carl.w.anderson@bofa.com

   

  and

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

  620 S Tryon Street

  Charlotte, NC 28255

  Attention: Sean Walsh 

  Telephone: 980-386-0159

  Email: sean.c.walsh@bofa.com

   

   

  Truist Bank 

  Truist Bank

  3333 Peachtree Rd NE, 7th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30326

  Attention: Vivek Saraswat 

  Telephone: (404) 926-5957

  Email: Vivek.Saraswat@truist.com 

   

   

  NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC

  NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC

  16 Chestnut Street

  Foxboro, MA 02035

  Attention:  Mark C. Mazmanian

  Telephone:  508.698.4343

  Email: mark.mazmanian@mynycb.com

   

  Schedule II-1

    

  

   

  Funding Agents

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

  One Bryant Park, 11th Floor

  New York, NY 10036

  Attention: Carl Anderson

  Telephone: 646-855-4242

  Email: carl.w.anderson@bofa.com

   

  and

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

  620 S Tryon Street

  Charlotte, NC 28255

  Attention: Sean Walsh 

  Telephone: 980-386-0159

  Email: sean.c.walsh@bofa.com

   

   

  Truist Bank 

  Truist Bank

  3333 Peachtree Rd NE, 7th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30326

  Attention: Vivek Saraswat 

  Telephone: (404) 926-5957

  Email: Vivek.Saraswat@truist.com 

   

   

  NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC

  NYCB Specialty Finance Company, LLC

  16 Chestnut Street

  Foxboro, MA 02035

  Attention:  Mark C. Mazmanian

  Telephone:  508.698.4343

  Email: mark.mazmanian@mynycb.com

   

   

   

  Schedule II-2

    

  

   

  Administrative Agent

   

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

    

  Bank of America, N.A.

  One Bryant Park, 11th Floor

  New York, NY 10036

  Attention: Carl Anderson

  Telephone: 646-855-4242

  Email: carl.w.anderson@bofa.com

   

  and

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

  620 S Tryon Street

  Charlotte, NC 28255

  Attention: Sean Walsh 

  Telephone: 980-386-0159

  Email: sean.c.walsh@bofa.com

   

   

   

  Schedule II-3

    

  

   

  L/C Provider

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

  One Bryant Park, 11th Floor

  New York, NY 10036

  Attention: Carl Anderson

  Telephone: 646-855-4242

  Email: carl.w.anderson@bofa.com

   

  and

   

  Bank of America, N.A.

  620 S Tryon St

  Charlotte, NC 28255

  Attention: Sean Walsh 

  Telephone: 980-386-0159

  Email: sean.c.walsh@bofa.com

   

   

   

  Schedule II-4

    

  

   

  SCHEDULE III TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  ADDITIONAL CLOSING CONDITIONS

  The following are the additional conditions to initial issuance and effectiveness referred to in Section 7.01(d):

  (a)	All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of each of the Related Documents, and all other legal matters relating to the Related Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the Administrative Agent, and the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent all documents and information that the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

  (b)	Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, as Delaware counsel to the Manager, the Master Issuer and the Guarantors, shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties written opinions that are customary for transactions of this type and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lender Parties and dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  (c)	Ropes & Gray LLP, as counsel to the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors, shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties written opinions that are customary for transactions of this type, including in respect of corporate, securities and investment company act matters, security interest matters, “true contribution” and “non-consolidation” matters and tax matters, in each case reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lender Parties and dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  (d)	McGuire Woods LLP, as franchise counsel to the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors, shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties written opinions that are customary for transactions of this type, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lender Parties and dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  (e)	Dentons US LLP, as counsel to the Trustee, shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties written opinions that are customary for transactions of this type, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lender Parties and dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  (f)	Seward & Kissel LLP, as counsel to the Control Party, shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties written opinions that are customary for transactions of this type, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and Lender Parties and dated the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  (g)	The Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties shall have received an opinion letter of Andrascik & Tita LLC, counsel to the Back-Up Manager, dated as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Administrative Agent.

  (h)	Each of the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors, as applicable, shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer or other financial officer of the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors, as applicable, or other officers reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, dated as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, as 

  Schedule II-1

    

  

   

  to such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that: 

  (i)	the representations, warranties and agreements of the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors, as applicable, in any other Related Document to which any of the Master Issuer, the Manager and the Guarantors, as applicable, is a party are true and correct (A) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, and (B) if not so qualified, in all material respects, on and as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct (x) if qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects, and (y) if not so qualified, in all material respects, as of such earlier date), and the Master Issuer, the Manager, and each Guarantor, as applicable, has complied in all material respects with all its agreements contained herein and in any other Related Document to which it is a party and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder or thereunder at or prior to the Series 2022-1 Closing Date; 

  (ii)	there shall exist at and as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date no condition that would constitute an “Event of Default” (or an event that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an “Event of Default”) under, and as defined in, the Indenture or a material breach under any of the Related Documents as in effect at the Series 2022-1 Closing Date (or an event that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a material breach); and

  (iii)	subsequent to the date as of which information is given in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Class A-2 Note Purchase Agreement), there has not been any development in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation, stockholders’ equity, properties or prospects of any of the Master Issuer, the Manager or the Guarantors, as applicable, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum.

  (i)	The Manager, the Securitization Entities and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Management Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed copy thereof.

  (j)	The Master Issuer, the Securities Intermediary and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Base Indenture, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed copy thereof. 

  (k)	The Series 2022-1 Supplement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Master Issuer, the 2022-1 Securities Intermediary and the Trustee, the Notes shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Master Issuer and duly authenticated by the Trustee (or registered in the case of Uncertificated Notes), and the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed copies thereof.

  (l)	The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors and the Trustee, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed copy thereof.

  (m)	Each other Related Document (excluding any Series Supplements and other Related Documents relating solely to a Series of Notes other than the Series 2022-1 Notes) shall have been duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, and the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed copies thereof.

  Schedule II-2

    

  

   

  (n)	On the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, each of the Related Documents shall be in full force and effect.

  (o)	The Manager, each Guarantor and the Master Issuer shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and dated as of the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, of the Chief Financial Officer or other financial officer of such entity (or other officers reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that such entity will be Solvent (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Class A-2 Note Purchase Agreement) immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

  (p)	None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to an injunction (temporary or permanent) and no restraining order or other injunctive order shall have been issued; and there shall not have been any legal action, order, decree or other administrative proceeding instituted or (to the knowledge of the Master Issuer or the Manager) overtly threatened against the Master Issuer, the Manager, any Guarantor, any Lender Party or the Administrative Agent that would reasonably be expected to adversely impact the issuance of the Series 2022-1 Notes and the Guarantee or any Lender Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s activities in connection therewith or any other transactions contemplated by the Related Documents.

  (q)	The Master Issuer shall have delivered $400,000,000 of the Series 2022-1 Class A-2 Notes to the Initial Purchasers on the Series 2022-1 Closing Date.

  (r)	On or prior to the Series 2022-1 Closing Date, the Manager, the Guarantors and the Master Issuer shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties such further certificates and documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party may reasonably request.

  All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Administrative Agent. 

   

   

   

  Schedule II-3

    

  

   

  EXHIBIT A TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  ADVANCE REQUEST

EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC

  SERIES 2022-1 SENIOR NOTES, CLASS A-1

  TO:

Bank of America, N.A.

  One Bryant Park, 11th Floor

  New York, NY 10036

  Attention: Carl Anderson

  Telephone: 646-855-4242

  Email: carl.w.anderson@bofa.com

   

  Ladies and Gentlemen:

  This Advance Request is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.03 of that certain Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement”) among EWC Master Issuer LLC, as Master Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, EWC Ventures, LLC, as the Manager, the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers for each Investor Group, the Funding Agents and Bank of America, N.A., as L/C Provider and Administrative Agent.

  Unless otherwise defined herein or as the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the meaning assigned thereto in the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.

  The undersigned hereby requests that Advances be made in the aggregate principal amount of $[   ] on [   ], 20[   ].

  [IF MASTER ISSUER IS ELECTING THE SOFR RATE FOR THESE ADVANCES ON THE DATE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3.01(b) OF THE CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, ADD THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: The undersigned hereby elects that the Advances that are not funded at the CP Rate by an Eligible Conduit Investor shall be Term SOFR Advances and the related Term SOFR Interest Accrual Period shall commence on the date of such Term SOFR Advances and end on but exclude the date one month subsequent to such date.

  The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the delivery of this Advance Request and the acceptance by the undersigned of the proceeds of the Advances requested hereby constitute a representation and warranty by the undersigned that, on the date of such Advances, and before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all conditions set forth in Section 7.03 of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement have been satisfied and all statements set forth in Section 6.01 of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct.

  The undersigned agrees that if prior to the time of the Advances requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and correct at such time as if then made, it will immediately so notify both you and each Investor. Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the time of the Advances requested hereby you and each Investor shall receive written notice to the contrary from the undersigned, each matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified as true and correct at the date of such Advances as if then made.

  A-1-1

    

  

   

  Please wire transfer the proceeds of the Advances, [first, $[	] to the L/C Provider for application to repayment of outstanding Unreimbursed L/C Drawings and, second], to the Master Issuer pursuant to the following instructions:

  [insert payment instruction for payment to Master Issuer]

   

  A-1-2

    

  

   

  The undersigned has caused this Advance Request to be executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by its duly Authorized Officer this ____ day of __________, 20___.

 

  EWC VENTURES, LLC, as Manager on behalf of the Master Issuer
 

  By:				

  Name:

  	Title:

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  EXHIBIT B TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of [  ], among [	] (the “Transferor”), each purchaser listed as an Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser on the signature pages hereof (each, an “Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser”), the Funding Agent with respect to such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser listed on the signature pages hereof (each, a “Funding Agent”), and the Master Issuer and L/C Provider listed on the signature pages hereof.

  W I T N E S S E T H:

  WHEREAS, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement is being executed and delivered in accordance with Section 9.17(a) of that certain Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among EWC Master Issuer LLC, as Master Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, EWC Ventures, LLC, as the Manager, the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers for each Investor Group, the Funding Agents and Bank of America, N.A., as L/C Provider and Administrative Agent; 

  WHEREAS, each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (if it is not already an existing Committed Note Purchaser) wishes to become a Committed Note Purchaser party to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; and

  WHEREAS, the Transferor is selling and assigning to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, [all] [a portion of] its rights, obligations and commitments under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and each other Related Document to which it is a party with respect to the percentage of its Commitment Amount specified on Schedule I attached hereto;

  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

  Upon the execution and delivery of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement by each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, each related Funding Agent, the Transferor, the L/C Provider and, to the extent required by Section 9.17(a) of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Master Issuer (the date of such execution and delivery, the “Transfer Issuance Date”), each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser shall be a Committed Note Purchaser party to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement for all purposes thereof.

  The Transferor acknowledges receipt from each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor and such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (the “Purchase Price”), of the portion being purchased by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser’s “Purchased Percentage”) of (i) the Transferor’s Commitment under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Transferor’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group Principal Amount. The Transferor hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor, such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser’s Purchased Percentage of (x) the Transferor’s Commitment under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and (y) the Transferor’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor Group Principal Amount.

  The Transferor has made arrangements with each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser with respect to [(i)] the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by the Transferor to such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser of any program fees, undrawn facility fee, structuring and 

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  commitment fees or other fees (collectively, the “Fees”) [heretofore received] by the Transferor pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement prior to the Transfer Issuance Date [and (ii) the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser to the Transferor of Fees or [                   ] received by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to the Series 2022-1 Supplement from and after the Transfer Issuance Date].

  From and after the Transfer Issuance Date, amounts that would otherwise be payable to or for the account of the Transferor pursuant to the Series 2022-1 Supplement or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor and the Acquiring Committed Note Purchasers, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Transfer Issuance Date or accrue subsequent to the Transfer Issuance Date.

  Each of the parties to this Assignment and Assumption Agreement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

  By executing and delivering this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as follows: (i) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, the Related Documents or any instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Transferor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Master Issuer or the performance or observance by the Master Issuer of any of the Master Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Related Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser confirms that it has received a copy of the Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and such other Related Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption Agreement; (iv) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Transferor, the Funding Agent or any other Investor Group 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 Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (v) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article V of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (vi) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser appoints and authorizes its related Funding Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article V of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (vii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser; and (viii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Master Issuer and the Manager that: (A) it has had an opportunity to discuss the Master Issuer’s and the Manager’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with the Master Issuer, and the Manager and their respective representatives; (B) it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 

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  Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes; (C) it is purchasing the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act that meet the criteria described in clause (viii)(B) above and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control, and neither it nor its Affiliates has engaged in any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the 1933 Act with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes; (D) it understands that (I) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the 1933 Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available and an opinion of counsel shall have been delivered in advance to the Master Issuer, (II) the Master Issuer is not required to register the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, (III) any permitted transferee hereunder must meet the criteria described under clause (viii)(B) above and (IV) any transfer must comply with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, Section 4.3 of the Series 2022-1 Supplement and Section 9.03 or 9.17, as applicable, of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (E) it will comply with the requirements of clause (viii)(D) above in connection with any transfer by it of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes; (F) it understands that the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes attached to the Series 2022-1 Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend; (G) it will obtain for the benefit of the Master Issuer from any purchaser of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs; and (H) it has executed a Purchaser’s Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.

  Schedule I hereto sets forth (i) the Purchased Percentage for each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, (ii) the revised Commitment Amounts of the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, (iii) the revised Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts for the Investor Groups of the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (it being understood that if the Transferor was part of a Conduit Investor’s Investor Group and the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser is intended to be part of the same Investor Group, there will not be any change to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for that Investor Group) and (iv) administrative information with respect to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser and its related Funding Agent.

  This Assignment and Assumption Agreement and all matters arising under or in any manner relating to this Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

  ALL PARTIES HEREUNDER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON OR ON THE SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT OR THE SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. ALL PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FULL AND SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR ALL PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT.

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

  [			], as Transferor

By:				

  Name: 
Title:

 

  By:				
Name: 
Title:

 

  [			], as Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser

By:				

  Name: 
Title:
 

   

  [	], as Funding Agent
 

  By:				

  	Name: 

  	Title:

   

   

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  CONSENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE MASTER ISSUER:

 

  EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC,

  as the Master Issuer

   

   

  
By:						
	Name: 
	Title: 

 

   

   

   

   

   

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  CONSENTED BY:
 

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Provider

 

  By:				

  	Name:

  	Title:

   

   

   

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  SCHEDULE I TO

  ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

  LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
AND OF COMMITMENT AMOUNTS

  			
	 
[____________________], as Transferor
 
Prior Commitment Amount: $[
	]
	 

	Revised Commitment Amount:
	$[
	]

	Prior Maximum Investor Group
	 
	 

	Principal Amount:	$[
	]
	 

	Revised Maximum Investor
	 
	 

	Group Principal Amount:	$[
	]
	 

	Related Conduit Investor
(if applicable)	[
	]
	 

	[
	], as
	 

   

  Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser Address:

Attention:

  
Telephone:
 

  Email:

  
Purchased Percentage of Transferor’s Commitment: [	   ]%

  
Prior Commitment Amount: $[	]

  
Revised Commitment Amount:	$[	]

  
Prior Maximum Investor Group

  
Principal Amount:	$[	]

   

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  Revised Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:	$[	]

  
Related Conduit Investor (if applicable)	[	]

   

   

  [_____________________], as related Funding Agent

  
 

  Address:  

  
Attention:

  
Telephone:  

  
Email:

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT C TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

  INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT, dated as of [	], among (i) [	] (the “Transferor Investor Group”), (ii) [	] (the “Acquiring Investor Group”), (iii) the Funding Agent with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group listed on the signature pages hereof (each, a “Funding Agent”), and (iv) the Master Issuer and the L/C Provider listed on the signature pages hereof.

  W I T N E S S E T H:

  WHEREAS, this Investor Group Supplement is being executed and delivered in accordance with Section 9.17(c) of that certain Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2022 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) among EWC Master Issuer LLC, as Master Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, EWC Ventures, LLC, as the Manager, the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers for each Investor Group, the Funding Agents and Bank of America, N.A., as L/C Provider and Administrative Agent;

  WHEREAS, the Acquiring Investor Group wishes to become a Conduit Investor and [a] Committed Note Purchaser[s] with respect to such Conduit Investor under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; and

  WHEREAS, the Transferor Investor Group is selling and assigning to the Acquiring Investor Group [all] [a portion of] its respective rights, obligations and commitments under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes and each other Related Document to which it is a party with respect to the percentage of its Commitment Amount specified on Schedule I attached hereto;

  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

  Upon the execution and delivery of this Investor Group Supplement by the Acquiring Investor Group, each related Funding Agent with respect thereto, the Transferor Investor Group, the L/C Provider and, to the extent required by Section 9.17(c) of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement (the date of such execution and delivery, the “Transfer Issuance Date”) the Master Issuer, the Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchaser[s] with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group shall be parties to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement for all purposes thereof.

  The Transferor Investor Group acknowledges receipt from the Acquiring Investor Group of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group (the “Purchase Price”), of the portion being purchased by the Acquiring Investor Group (the Acquiring Investor Group’s “Purchased Percentage”) of (i) the aggregate Commitment[s] of the Committed Note Purchaser[s] included in the Transferor Investor Group under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) the aggregate related Committed Note Purchaser Percentage[s] of the related Investor Group Principal Amount. The Transferor Investor Group hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to the Acquiring Investor Group, without recourse, representation or warranty, and the Acquiring Investor Group hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor Investor Group, such Acquiring Investor Group’s Purchased Percentage of (x) the aggregate Commitment[s] of the Committed Note Purchaser[s] included in the Transferor Investor Group under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and (y) the aggregate related Committed Note Purchaser Percentage[s] of the related Investor Group Principal Amount.

  The Transferor Investor Group has made arrangements with the Acquiring Investor Group with respect to (i) the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by the Transferor Investor Group to such Acquiring Investor Group of any program fees, undrawn facility fee, structuring and 

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  commitment fees or other fees (collectively, the “Fees”) [heretofore received] by the Transferor Investor Group pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement prior to the Transfer Issuance Date [and (ii) the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by such Acquiring Investor Group to the Transferor Investor Group of Fees or [	] received by such Acquiring Investor Group pursuant to the Series 2022-1 Supplement from and after the Transfer Issuance Date].

  From and after the Transfer Issuance Date, amounts that would otherwise be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Investor Group pursuant to the Series 2022-1 Supplement or the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Investor Group Supplement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Transfer Issuance Date or accrue subsequent to the Transfer Issuance Date.

  Each of the parties to this Investor Group Supplement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Investor Group Supplement.

  The Acquiring Investor Group has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Purchaser’s Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.

  By executing and delivering this Investor Group Supplement, the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as follows: (i) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor Investor Group makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Series 2022-1 Supplement, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, the Related Documents or any instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Transferor Investor Group makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Master Issuer or the performance or observance by the Master Issuer of the Master Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, the Related Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (iii) the Acquiring Investor Group confirms that it has received a copy of the Indenture, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement and such other Related Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Investor Group Supplement; (iv) the Acquiring Investor Group will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Transferor Investor Group, the Funding Agents or any other Person 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 Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (v) the Acquiring Investor Group appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article V of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (vi) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group appoints and authorizes its related Funding Agent, listed on Schedule I hereto, to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article V of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (vii) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement are required to be performed by it as a member of the Acquiring Investor Group; and (viii) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group hereby represents and 

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  warrants to the Master Issuer and the Manager that: (A) it has had an opportunity to discuss the Master Issuer’s and the Manager’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with the Master Issuer and the Manager and their respective representatives; (B) it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes; (C) it is purchasing the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act that meet the criteria described in clause (viii)(B) above and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control, and neither it nor its Affiliates has engaged in any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the 1933 Act with respect to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes; (D) it understands that (I) the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the 1933 Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available and an opinion of counsel shall have been delivered in advance to the Master Issuer, (II) the Master Issuer is not required to register the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes, (III) any permitted transferee hereunder must meet the criteria described under clause (viii)(B) above and (IV) any transfer must comply with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, Section 4.3 of the Series 2022-1 Supplement and Section 9.03 or 9.17, as applicable, of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement; (E) it will comply with the requirements of clause (viii)(D) above in connection with any transfer by it of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes; (F) it understands that the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes attached to the Series 2022-1 Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend; (G) it will obtain for the benefit of the Master Issuer from any purchaser of the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs; and (H) it has executed a Purchaser’s Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Series 2022-1 Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement.

  Schedule I hereto sets forth (i) the Purchased Percentage for the Acquiring Investor Group, (ii) the revised Commitment Amounts of the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group, (iii) the revised Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts for the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group and (iv) administrative information with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group and its related Funding Agent.

  This Investor Group Supplement and all matters arising under or in any manner relating to this Investor Group Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

  ALL PARTIES HEREUNDER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON OR ON THE SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT OR THE SERIES 2022-1 CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. ALL PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FULL AND SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A 

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  MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR ALL PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT.

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investor Group Supplement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

  [	        ], as Transferor Investor Group

By:				

  	Name: 

  	Title

  

[	], as Acquiring Investor Group

  

By:				

  	Name: 

  	Title:

  

[	           ], as Funding Agent

  

By:				

  	Name: 

  	Title

   

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  CONSENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED

  BY THE MASTER ISSUER:
 

  EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC,

  as the Master Issuer

   

   

  
By:						
	Name: 
	Title: 

 

   

   

   

   

   

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  CONSENTED BY:

 

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Provider

   

   

  By:				

  	Name:

  	Title:

   

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  SCHEDULE I TO

  INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT

  
LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

  AND OF COMMITMENT AMOUNTS

  [____________________], as Transferor Investor Group

  
Prior Commitment Amount: $[	]

  
Revised Commitment Amount:	$[	]

  
Prior Maximum Investor Group

  Principal Amount:	$[	]

  
Revised Maximum Investor

  Group Principal Amount:	$[	]

  

[_______________________], as Acquiring Investor Group

  
Address:

  
Attention:

  
Telephone:

  Email:

  

Purchased Percentage of

  Transferor Investor Group’s Commitment: [_______]%

  
Prior Commitment Amount: $[________]

  
Revised Commitment Amount:	$[______]

  
Prior Maximum Investor Group

  Principal Amount:	$[________]

  Revised Maximum Investor

  Group Principal Amount:	$[_______]

  

[_________________________________], as related Funding Agent

  
Address:  

  Attention:
Telephone:

  Email:

   

   

   

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  EXHIBIT D TO CLASS A-1

  NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 

  [FORM OF PURCHASER’S LETTER]

  [PURCHASER]

  [PURCHASER ADDRESS]

  Attention: [PURCHASER CONTACT]			[Date]

  
Ladies and Gentlemen:

  Reference is hereby made to the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 6, 2022 (the “NPA”) relating to the purchase and sale (the “Transaction”) of up to $40,000,000 of Series 2022-1 Variable Funding Senior Notes, Class A-1 (the “VFN Notes”) of EWC Master Issuer LLC (the “Master Issuer”). The Transaction will not be required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Bank of America, N.A. is acting as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) in connection with the Transaction.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms have the definitions ascribed to them in the NPA. Please confirm with us your acknowledgement and agreement with the following:

  (a)	You are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act (an “Accredited Investor”) and have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing, and are able and prepared to bear the economic risk of purchasing, the VFN Notes.

  (b)	Neither the Administrative Agent nor its Affiliates (i) has provided you with any information with respect to the Master Issuer, the VFN Notes or the Transaction other than the information contained in the NPA, which was prepared by the Master Issuer, or (ii) makes any representation as to the credit quality of the Master Issuer or the merits of a purchase of the VFN Notes. The Administrative Agent has not provided you with any legal, business, tax or other advice in connection with the Transaction or your possible purchase of the VFN Notes.

  (c)	You acknowledge that you have completed your own diligence investigation of the Master Issuer and the VFN Notes and have had sufficient access to the agreements, documents, records, officers and directors of the Master Issuer to make your investment decision related to the VFN Notes. You further acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to discuss the Master Issuer’s and the Manager’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with the Master Issuer and the Manager and their respective representatives.

  (d)	The Administrative Agent may currently or in the future own securities issued by, or have business relationships (including, among others, lending, depository, risk management, advisory and banking relationships) with, the Master Issuer and its affiliates, and the Administrative Agent will manage such security positions and business relationships as it determines to be in its best interests, without regard to the interests of the holders of the VFN Notes.

  (e)	You are purchasing the VFN Notes for your own account, or for the account of one or more Persons who are Accredited Investors and who meet the criteria described in paragraph (a) above and for whom you are acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to a distribution (but without prejudice to our right at all 

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  times to sell or otherwise dispose of the VFN Notes in accordance with clause (f) below), subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of your property shall at all times be and remain within your control, and neither you nor your Affiliates has engaged in any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the 1933 Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the VFN Notes. You confirm that, to the extent you are purchasing the VFN Notes for the account of one or more other Persons, (i) you have been duly authorized to make the representations, warranties, acknowledgements and agreements set forth herein on their behalf and (ii) the provisions of this letter constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of you and any other Person for whose account you are acting; 

  (f)	You understand that (i) the VFN Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the 1933 Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available and an opinion of counsel shall have been delivered in advance to the Master Issuer, (ii) the Master Issuer is not required to register the VFN Notes, (iii) any permitted transferee under the NPA must be an Accredited Investor and (iv) any transfer must comply with the provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, Section 4.3 of the Series 2022-1 Supplement and Section 9.03 or 9.17 of the NPA, as applicable; 

  (g)	You will comply with the requirements of paragraph (f) above in connection with any transfer by you of the VFN Notes;

  (h)	You understand that the VFN Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of VFN Notes attached to the Series 2022-1 Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;

  (i)	Either (i) you are not acquiring or holding the VFN Notes for or on behalf of, or with the assets of, any plan, account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or provisions under any Similar Law (as defined in the Series 2022-1 Supplemental Definitions List attached to the Series 2022-1 Supplement as Annex A) or (ii) your purchase and holding of the VFN Notes will not constitute or result in  a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a violation of any applicable Similar Law; and

  (j)	You will obtain for the benefit of the Master Issuer from any purchaser of the VFN Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

  This letter agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

   

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  You understand that the Administrative Agent will rely upon this letter agreement in acting as an Administrative Agent in connection with the Transaction. You agree to notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing if any of your representations, acknowledgements or agreements herein cease to be accurate and complete. You irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to produce this letter to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters set forth herein.

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
 

  By: 			

  	Name:

  	Title:

   

  

Agreed and Acknowledged: 

[PURCHASER]

  

By: 			

  	Name:

  	Title:

   

   

  D-3EX-10.3

   

  Exhibit 10.3

  Management agreement

  Dated as of April 6, 2022

  among 

  EWC Master Issuer LLC,

EWC Holding Guarantor LLC,

certain Subsidiaries of EWC Master Issuer LLC
party hereto,

  
EWC Ventures, LLC,
as the Manager,

  
and

Citibank, N.A.,
as the Trustee

   

   

  

   

  table of contents

  Page

  		
	Article 1 DEFINITIONS
	2

	Section 1.1 Certain Definitions
	2

	Section 1.2 Other Defined Terms
	14

	Section 1.3 Other Terms
	14

	Section 1.4 Computation of Time Periods
	14

	Article 2 ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF SECURITIZED ASSETS
	14

	Section 2.1 EWC Ventures, LLC to Act as the Manager
	14

	Section 2.2 Advances
	17

	Section 2.3 Deposit Accounts
	18

	Section 2.4 Records
	18

	Section 2.5 Administrative Duties of Manager
	18

	Section 2.6 No Offset
	19

	Section 2.7 Compensation
	19

	Section 2.8 Indemnification
	19

	Section 2.9 Nonpetition Covenant
	22

	Section 2.10 Marketing Funds
	22

	Section 2.11 Franchisor Consent
	22

	Section 2.12 Appointment of Sub-Managers
	22

	Section 2.13 Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement
	23

	Article 3 STATEMENTS AND REPORTS
	23

	Section 3.1 Reporting by the Manager
	23

	Section 3.2 Appointment of Independent Auditors
	25

	Section 3.3 Annual Accountants’ Reports
	25

	Section 3.4 Available Information
	26

	Article 4 THE MANAGER
	26

	Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties Concerning the Manager
	26

	Section 4.2 Existence; Status as Manager
	29

	Section 4.3 Performance of Obligations
	29

	Section 4.4 Merger; Resignation and Assignment
	32

	Section 4.5 Taxes
	33

	Section 4.6 Notice of Certain Events
	33

	Section 4.7 Capitalization
	34

   

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	Section 4.8 Franchise Law Determination
	34

	Section 4.9 Maintenance of Separateness
	34

	Section 4.10 Non-Securitization Debt Cap
	35

	Section 4.11 Special Provisions as to Securitization IP
	36

	Section 4.12 Restrictions on Dispositions and Liens
	36

	Section 4.13 No Competition
	36

	Article 5 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS AS TO NEW ASSETS
	37

	Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties Made in Respect of New Assets
	37

	Section 5.2 Covenants in Respect of New Collateral
	39

	Section 5.3 Securitization IP
	40

	Article 6 [RESERVED]
	40

	Article 7 DEFAULT
	40

	Section 7.1 Manager Termination Events
	40

	Section 7.2 Disentanglement
	43

	Section 7.3 Intellectual Property
	45

	Section 7.4 No Effect on Other Parties
	45

	Section 7.5 Rights Cumulative
	45

	Article 8 CONFIDENTIALITY
	45

	Section 8.1 Confidentiality
	45

	Article 9 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	47

	Section 9.1 Termination of Agreement
	47

	Section 9.2 Amendment
	47

	Section 9.3 Amendments to Other Agreements
	48

	Section 9.4 Acknowledgement
	48

	Section 9.5 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction
	48

	Section 9.6 Notices
	49

	Section 9.7 Severability of Provisions
	49

	Section 9.8 Delivery Dates
	50

	Section 9.9 Limited Recourse
	50

	Section 9.10 Binding Effect; Limited Rights of Others
	50

	Section 9.11 Article and Section Headings
	50

	Section 9.12 Counterparts
	50

	Section 9.13 Entire Agreement
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	Section 9.14 Concerning the Trustee
	51

	Section 9.15 Joinder of Additional Securitization Entities
	51

   

   

   

  EXHIBIT A – JOINDER AGREEMENT

  EXHIBIT B-1 – POWER OF ATTORNEY (FRANCHISOR)

  EXHIBIT B-2 – POWER OF ATTORNEY (SECURITIZATION ENTITY)

   

   

   

   

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  management agreement

  This MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 6, 2022 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among EWC Master Issuer LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Master Issuer”), EWC Franchisor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Franchisor”), EWC Distributor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor” XE “Distributor” ), EWC Holding Guarantor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Holding Company Guarantor”), EWC Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“EWC Ventures”), as Manager (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Manager”), and Citibank, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (together with its successors and assigns, the “Trustee”), together with any other Securitization Entity that becomes party to this Agreement by execution of a joinder substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. For all purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A to the Base Indenture (as defined below).

  RECITALS

  WHEREAS, the Master Issuer has entered into a Base Indenture (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, exclusive of any Series Supplements, the “Base Indenture” and, together with all Series Supplements, the “Indenture”), dated as of the date of this Agreement, with the Trustee, pursuant to which the Master Issuer shall issue Series of Notes from time to time, on the terms described therein;

  WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Securitization Entities other than the Master Issuer will be guaranteeing the obligations of the Master Issuer under the Notes;

  WHEREAS, pursuant to the Base Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as security for the indebtedness represented by the Notes, the Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities are and will be granting to the Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Collateral;

  WHEREAS, pursuant to the EWC Marketing Fund Servicing Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Manager and the EWC Marketing Subsidiaries (the “EWC Marketing Fund Servicing Agreement”), the Manager has agreed to manage the Marketing Fund Contributions received by the EWC Marketing Subsidiaries in accordance with the advertising provisions of the Franchise Agreements or otherwise;

  WHEREAS, each of the Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities desires to have the Manager enforce its rights and powers and perform its duties and obligations under the Managed Documents to which it is party in accordance with the Managing Standard;

  WHEREAS, each of the Securitization Entities desires to have the Manager enter into certain agreements and acquire certain assets from time to time on its behalf, in each case in accordance with the Managing Standard;

   

   

   

  

   

  WHEREAS, the Franchisor desires to appoint the Manager as its agent for providing intellectual property development, enforcement, management, licensing, contract administration Services, and any other duties or Services in connection with the maintenance of the Securitization IP in accordance with the Managing Standard;

  WHEREAS, the Franchisor desires to appoint the Manager as its agent to enforce its rights and powers and perform its duties and obligations under the Franchise Agreements, the Multi-Unit Development Agreements, the IP License Agreements, and any other licenses of Securitization IP, in each case, to which the Franchisor is a party;

  WHEREAS, the Distributor desires to appoint the Manager as its agent to perform the Distribution Services;

  WHEREAS, the Manager desires to enforce such rights and powers and perform such obligations and duties, all in accordance with the Managing Standard; and

  WHEREAS, each of the Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities desires to enter into this Agreement to provide for, among other things, the managing of the respective rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Master Issuer and the other Securitization Entities, as applicable, under or in connection with the Securitized Assets by the Manager, all in accordance with the Managing Standard.

  NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

  Article 1

DEFINITIONS

  Section 1.1  Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein or in Annex A to the Base Indenture shall have the following meanings:

  “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

  “Base Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

  “Change in Management” means more than 50% of the Leadership Team is terminated and/or resigns within twelve (12) months after the date of the occurrence of a Change of Control; provided, in each case, that termination and/or resignation of such officer will not include (i) a change in such officer’s status in the ordinary course of succession so long as such officer remains affiliated with European Wax Center, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdco”) or its Subsidiaries as an officer or director, or in a similar capacity, (ii) retirement of any officer, (iii) death or incapacitation of any officer or (iv) the replacement of any such officer with the prior written consent of the Controlling Class Representative, or if there is no Controlling Class Representative, the Control Party.

  “Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

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  (a)	individuals who on the Closing Date constituted the Board of Directors of Holdco, together with any new directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the equity holders of Holdco was approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdco then in office; or

  (b)	any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdco.

  For purposes of this definition, a Person will not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of voting power of Voting Stock subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

  “Confidential Information” means trade secrets and other information (including, without limitation, with respect to including with respect to technology, unpatented inventions, operating procedures, know how, data, procedures and formulas, specifications, inventory methods, customer service methods, financial control methods, algorithms and training techniques) that is confidential and proprietary to its owner, or that is personal information, and that is disclosed to any party to this Agreement whether in writing or disclosed orally, and whether or not designated as confidential.

  “Continuity of Services” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 7.2(a) hereof.

  “Current Practice” means, in respect of any action or inaction, the practices, standards and procedures of the Non-Securitization Entities as performed on or that would have been performed immediately prior to the Closing Date.

  “Discloser” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 8.1(a) hereof.

  “Disentanglement” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 7.2(a) hereof.

  “Disentanglement Period” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 7.2(c) hereof.

  “Disentanglement Services” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 7.2(a) hereof.

  “Distribution Services” means performing all of the duties and obligations of the Distributor in connection with the Securitized Supply Agreements and the acquisition, storage and distribution of Wax Supplies and Branded Products to Franchisees and Non-Securitization Entities for use in the Retained Corporate-Owned Centers, including, among other things:

  (a)	collecting the Product Revenue Payments;

  (b)	coordinating the sale and distribution of Branded Products to retail consumers through e-commerce channels;

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  (c)	negotiating supply agreements with third-party manufacturers and/or vendors to purchase Wax Supplies and Branded Products;

  (d)	granting licenses (or sublicenses) under the applicable Securitization IP to third-party manufacturers and/or vendors;

  (e)	setting standards and appropriate safety measures for Wax Supplies and Branded Products and any other activities necessary or desirable to cause the acquisition of Wax Supplies and Branded Products;

  (f)	causing all Product Revenue Payments to be deposited into the applicable Distributor Operating Account in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

  (g)	on and after the Closing Date, withdrawing available amounts on deposit in the applicable Distributor Operating Account to pay the Product Costs that are incurred or committed to be paid by the Distributor relating to the performance of the Distributor’s obligations under the Securitized Supply Agreements and the acquisition, storage and distribution of Wax Supplies and Branded Products to Franchisees and Non-Securitization Entities for use in the Retained Corporate-Owned Centers, such as cost of goods sold (including all payments for the purchase of Wax Supplies and Branded Products under Supply Agreements or otherwise), freight costs, insurance (including self-insurance), any advertising expenses, rebates payable in connection with purchases of Wax Supplies and Branded Products, litigation and settlement costs relating to the Securitized Assets and other operating costs included in cost of sales. 

  “Electronic Transmission” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.12 hereof.

  “ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Plan (other than those events as to which the thirty (30) day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any Single-Employer Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430 of the Code and Section 302(e) of ERISA with respect to any Single-Employer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Single-Employer Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a written notice of intent to terminate such Single-Employer Plan in a standard termination described in Section 4041(b) of ERISA or a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the complete or partial withdrawal by the Manager, or any company in the Controlled Group of the Manager, from any Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Plan, in each case, which results in liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) formal written notice from the PBGC of its intent to commence proceedings to terminate any Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on the Manager, or any company in the Controlled Group of the Manager, pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) the filing of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Manager or any company in the Controlled Group of the Manager, in connection with any Plan; (h) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Plan to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code 

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  or the failure of any trust forming part of any Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code; (i) the imposition of a lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to Section 302(f) of ERISA with respect to any Plan or (j) the complete or partial withdrawal by the Manager or any member of its Controlled Group from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Manager under ERISA.

  “EWC Marketing Fund Servicing Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

  “EWC Marketing Subsidiaries” means each of EWC MFund, LLC, a Florida limited liability company and EWC Co-Op Fund, LLC, a Florida limited liability company.

  “Holding Company Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

  “Indemnification Amounts Threshold Amount” means, for any date of determination, (i) if the Threshold DSCR is greater than or equal to 2.75x, $1,000,000 and (ii) otherwise, $500,000.

   

  “Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.8 hereof.

  “Independent Auditors” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 3.2 hereof.

  “Interim Successor Manager” means, upon the resignation or termination of the Manager pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement and prior to the appointment of any successor to the Manager by the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), the Back-Up Manager.

  “IP Services” means performing the Franchisor’s obligations and exercising the Franchisor’s rights under the IP License Agreements (and under any other agreements pursuant to which the Franchisor licenses the use of any Securitization IP, such as Contributed Franchise Agreements) and acquiring, developing, managing, maintaining, protecting, enforcing, defending, licensing, sublicensing and undertaking such other duties and services as may be necessary in connection with the Securitization IP, on behalf of the Franchisor, in each case in accordance with and subject to the standards imposed by the IP License Agreements (and/or other applicable license agreements), this Agreement (including the Managing Standard, unless the Franchisor determines, in its sole discretion, that additional action is necessary or desirable in furtherance of the protection of the Securitization IP, in which case the Manager will perform such IP Services and additional related services as are reasonably requested by the Franchisor), the Indenture, the other Related Documents and the Managed Documents. The IP Services may include, among other things:

  (a)	conceiving, developing, creating and/or acquiring After-Acquired Securitization IP on behalf of the Franchisor and ensuring all future After-Acquired Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) otherwise created, developed or acquired is assigned to and inures to the benefit of the Franchisor; 

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  (b)	maintaining, enforcing and defending the Franchisor’s rights in and to the Securitization IP, including filing, prosecuting, defending and maintaining applications and registrations therefor, or withdrawing or abandoning such applications or registrations;

  (c)	monitoring third party use and registration of Securitization IP (or other Intellectual Property which may infringe, misappropriate or dilute the Securitization IP); 

  (d)	confirming and enforcing the Franchisor’s legal title in and to the Securitization IP, and exercising the Franchisor’s rights and performing its obligations under each IP License Agreement and any other licenses of Securitization IP;

  (e)	taking actions necessary to protect, police and enforce the Securitization IP from potential imitation, infringement, dilution, misappropriation and/or unauthorized use of the Securitization IP;

  (f)	to the extent required under the Related Documents, establishing arm’s length royalties or other compensation to the Franchisor under any licenses of Securitization IP by Franchisor (or sublicenses thereof) as reasonably determined in accordance with the Managing Standard;

  (g)	performing such functions and duties, and preparing and filing such documents, as are required under the Indenture or the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be performed, prepared and/or filed by the Franchisor (including with respect to the Franchisor’s rights and obligations under the IP License Agreements and any Related Documents, monitoring the licensee’s use of each licensed Trademark and the quality of its goods and services offered in connection with such Trademarks, rendering any approvals (or disapprovals) that are required under the applicable license agreement(s), and employing reasonable means to ensure that any use of any such Trademarks by any such licensee satisfies the quality control standards and usage provisions of the applicable license agreement); 

  (h)	taking such actions on behalf of the Franchisor as the Franchisor may reasonably request, or a licensee under an IP License Agreement or other license of Securitization IP may request, that are expressly required by the IP License Agreements; 

  (i)	paying or arranging for payment or discharge on behalf of Franchisor of all registration and maintenance fees, taxes and Liens levied on or threatened against the Securitization IP;

  (j)	entering, or causing the Franchisor to enter, into license or sublicense agreements with any Securitization Entity or Non-Securitization Entity, and granting such Securitization Entity or Non-Securitization Entity, as applicable, the right to use, exploit or sublicense the Securitization IP, which agreements will also include that all After-Acquired Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) created thereby will be assigned and inure to the benefit of the Franchisor, and, where applicable, the Manager will use commercially reasonable efforts to list the Franchisor as a third-party beneficiary (without any duties, obligations or liabilities) under such license or sublicense agreements;

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  (k)	entering, or causing the Franchisor to enter, into non-exclusive licenses, ordinary course licenses, or similar arrangements with third parties other than Securitization Entities and Non-Securitization Entities for the exploitation of Securitization IP (including any such licenses to joint ventures or collaboration partnerships in which any Securitization Entity or Non-Securitization Entity holds an interest) that would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely impact the Securitization IP (taken as a whole); provided that to the extent such activities generate revenue for a Non-Securitization Entity or third party licensee, the Franchisor will receive arm’s length consideration, whether in the form or royalties or other proceeds (or fee adjustments) in connection with such exploitation, reasonably determined by the Manager in accordance with the Managing Standard;

  (l)	obtaining licenses (including software-as-a-service and similar agreements) of third-party Intellectual Property for use and sublicense in connection with the Franchised Center Business and the other assets of the Securitization Entities; 

  (m)	sublicensing the Securitization IP to suppliers, manufacturers, advertisers and other service providers in connection with the provision of products and services for use in the Franchised Center Business; 

  (n)	with respect to Trade Secrets and other confidential information of the Franchisor, taking reasonable measures to maintain confidentiality and to prevent non-confidential or unauthorized disclosures; and 

  (o)	preparing for execution by the Franchisor or any other appropriate Person all documents, certificates and other filings as the Franchisor is required to prepare and/or file under the terms of the IP License Agreements or other licenses of Securitization IP or the Indenture (including (i) confirming the Franchisor’s legal title in and to any or all of the Securitization IP, including obtaining written assignments of Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) to the Franchisor and recording transfers of title in the appropriate intellectual property registry in the United States, and, in the Manager’s discretion, elsewhere in accordance with the Managing Standard and (ii) preparing, executing and delivering grants of security interests or any similar instruments as the Securitization Entities or the Control Party may, from time to time, reasonably request (consistent with the obligations of the Franchisor to perfect the Trustee’s Lien on the Securitization IP solely with respect to U.S. federal applications and registrations of Trademarks, Patents, and Copyrights included in the Securitization IP, excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) that are intended to evidence such security interests in the Securitization IP in the United States and recording such grants or other instruments with the PTO or the United States Copyright Office. One or more filings will have been made (within the time periods specified in the Indenture) as of the Closing Date to perfect the Trustee’s security interest in the U.S. registered Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights included in the Securitization IP, as more fully addressed in the Indenture).

  “Leadership Team” means the “executive officers” (as defined in Rule 3b-7 of the 1934 Act) of Holdco immediately prior to the date of the occurrence of a Change of Control.

  “Managed Document” XE “Managed Document” means any contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking relating to any of the Securitized Assets, including the Contribution 

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  Agreements, the Franchise Documents, the Securitized Supply Agreements and the IP License Agreements.

  “Management Fee” means with respect to each Weekly Allocation Date, the amount determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the sum of (A) a $10,000,000 base fee, plus (B)  (1) for the first through 1,000th Center, $25,000 for each such Center, (2) for the 1,001st through 2,000th Center, $20,000 for each such Center and (3) for any Center  above the 2,000th Center, $15,000 for each such Center; by (ii) 52; provided that the Management Fee will be adjusted on each Weekly Allocation Date to reflect any change to the number of Centers, as set forth in the related Weekly Manager’s Certificate (which change will be effective with respect to the Management Fee payable on the Weekly Allocation Date immediately succeeding the delivery of such Weekly Manager’s Certificate, it being agreed that the Manager will update the number of Centers as often as reasonably practicable but at least once in each fiscal quarter); provided, further, that (X) each of the amounts set forth in clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B) above will be subject to successive 2.0% annual increases on the first day of the Quarterly Collection Period that commences immediately following each anniversary of the Closing Date and that the incremental increased portion of such fees will be payable only to the extent that the sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B) above as so increased will not exceed 35% of the aggregate Retained Collections over the preceding four (4) Quarterly Collection Periods or (Y) a new formula may be designated by the Master Issuer in writing to the Control Party, so long as (a) the Master Issuer certifies in writing to the Control Party that (i) the formula was determined in consultation with the Back-Up Manager, and (ii) the Master Issuer discloses the formula in each Quarterly Noteholders’ Report and (b) the Control Party has received written confirmation from the Master Issuer that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding has been satisfied with respect to such new formula.

  “Manager” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

  “Manager Advances” means any advance of funds made by the Manager to, or on behalf of, a Securitization Entity in connection with the operation of the Franchised Center Business and other Securitized Assets.

  “Manager Advance Reimbursement Amount” means, as of any date, the amount of any unreimbursed Manager Advances and any accrued interest thereon.

  “Manager Omitted Payable Sums” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f).

  “Managing Standard” means standards that (a) are consistent with Current Practice or, to the extent of changed circumstances, practices, technologies, strategies or implementation methods, consistent with the standards as the Manager would implement or observe if the Securitized Assets were owned by the Manager at such time; (b) are consistent with Ongoing Practice; (c) will enable the Manager to comply in all material respects with all of the duties and obligations of the Securitization Entities under the Related Documents and the Managed Documents; (d) are in material compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law; and (e) with respect to the use and maintenance of the Securitization Entities’ rights in and to the Securitization IP, are consistent with the standards imposed by the IP License Agreements for the Franchisor.

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  “Marketing Fund Account” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.10 hereof.

  “Marketing Fund Contributions” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.10 hereof.

  “Marketing Fund Manager Advances” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.10 hereof.

  “Master Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

  “Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

  “New Asset” means a New Franchise Agreement, a New Multi-Unit Development Agreement or any other Securitized Asset contributed to, or otherwise entered into or acquired by, the Securitization Entities after the Closing Date.

  “New Asset Addition Date” means, with respect to any New Asset, the earliest of (i) the date on which such New Asset is acquired by the applicable Securitization Entity, (ii) the later of (a) the date upon which the closing occurs under the applicable contract giving rise to such New Asset and (b) the date upon which all of the diligence contingencies, if any, in the contract for purchase of the applicable New Asset expire and the Securitization Entity acquiring such New Asset no longer has the right to cancel such contract and (iii) if such New Asset is a New Franchise Agreement or New Multi-Unit Development Agreement, the date on which the related Securitization Entity begins receiving payments from the applicable Franchisee in respect of such New Asset.

  “Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

  “Offering Memorandum” means the final private placement memorandum, dated as of March 28, 2022, relating to the Notes.

  “Omitted Payable Sums Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f).

  “Ongoing Practice XE "Ongoing Practice" ” means, in respect of any action or inaction, practices, standards and procedures that are at least as favorable or beneficial to the Securitization Entities as the practices, standards and procedures of any Non-Securitization Entities as performed with respect to any new or changed circumstances arising after the Closing Date, such as any additional center concept or any other new asset, including Intellectual Property assets, similar to those owned by a Securitization Entity that is owned or operated by such Non-Securitization Entity.

  “Other Assets” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 5.1(a)(i) hereof.

  “Plan” means (i) any “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) any “plan” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code and (iii) any entity whose underlying assets are deemed to include assets of a plan described in (i) or (ii) for purposes of Title I of ERISA and/or Section 

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  4975 of the Code, in each case which is maintained by or contributed to the Manager or any member of its Controlled Group.

  “Post-Opening Services” means the services required to be performed under the applicable Franchise Documents by the applicable Securitization Entities after the opening of a Franchised Center, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Managing Standard), the Indenture, the other Related Documents and the Managed Documents, including, as may be required under the applicable Franchise Document, (a) providing the applicable Franchisee with the standards established or approved by the Franchisor for use by Franchisees; (b) maintaining a system-wide advertising program and administering the development of all national advertising and promotional programs for the European Wax Center Brand; (c) inspecting such Franchised Center; (d) providing such Franchisee with the Manager’s ongoing operating standards and materials designed for use in the Franchised Centers; and (e) such other Post-Opening Services as are required to be or may be performed under applicable Franchise Documents.

  “Power of Attorney” means the authority granted by the Franchisor or Securitization Entity (other than the Franchisor), respectively, to the Manager pursuant to a Power of Attorney in substantially the forms set forth hereto as Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2, respectively.

  “Pre-Opening Services” means the services required to be performed under the applicable Franchise Documents by the applicable Securitization Entities prior to the opening of a Franchised Center, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Managing Standard), the Indenture, the other Related Documents and the Managed Documents, including, as required under the applicable Franchise Document, (a) providing the applicable Franchisee with standards for the dimensions, design, image, interior layout, decor, fixtures, equipment, signs, furnishings and color scheme and other suggestions for such Franchised Center and the approval of locations meeting such standards; (b) providing such Franchisee with the Manager’s lists of the start-up inventory, furniture, fixtures, software, equipment and supplies for use in the Franchised Centers; and (c) providing such Franchisee with such other assistance in the pre-opening, opening and initial operation of such Franchised Center, as is required to be provided under applicable Franchise Documents.

  “Recipient” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 8.1(a) hereof.

  “Services” means the servicing and administration by the Manager of the Securitized Assets, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement (including the Managing Standard), the Indenture, the other Related Documents and the Managed Documents, for the applicable Securitization Entity, including, without limitation:

  (a)	calculating and compiling information required in connection with any report or certificate to be delivered pursuant to the Related Documents;

  (b)	preparing and filing all tax returns and tax reports required to be prepared by any Securitization Entity;

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  (c)	paying or causing to be paid or discharged, in each case from funds of the Securitization Entities, any and all taxes, charges and assessments attributable to and required to be paid under applicable Requirements of Law by any Securitization Entity;

  (d)	performing the duties and obligations of, and exercising and enforcing the rights of, the Securitization Entities under the Related Documents, including performing the duties and obligations of each applicable Securitization Entity under the IP License Agreements;

  (e)	taking those actions that are required under the Related Documents and Requirements of Law to maintain continuous perfection (where applicable) and priority (subject to Permitted Liens and the exclusions from perfection requirements under the Indenture, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Related Documents) of any Securitization Entity’s and the Trustee’s respective interests in the Collateral;

  (f)	making or causing the collection of amounts owing under the terms and provisions of each Managed Document and the Related Documents, including managing (i) the applicable Securitization Entities’ rights and obligations under the Contributed Franchise Agreements, the New Franchise Agreements, the Contributed Multi-Unit Development Agreements, the New Multi-Unit Development Agreements and the Securitized Supply Agreements (including performing Pre-Opening Services and Post-Opening Services) and (ii) the right to approve amendments, waivers, modifications and terminations of (including extensions, modifications, write-downs and write-offs of obligations owing under) Franchise Documents and other Managed Documents (which amendments to any Franchise Agreements may be effected by replacing such Franchise Agreement with a New Franchise Agreement on the then-current form of the applicable Franchise Agreement  (which New Franchise Agreement may be executed by a different Securitization Entity than is party to such existing Franchise Agreement)) and to exercise all rights of the applicable Securitization Entities under such Franchise Documents and other Managed Documents;

  (g)	performing due diligence with respect to, selecting and approving new Franchisees and providing personnel to manage the due diligence, selection and approval process;

  (h)	preparing New Franchise Agreements, New Multi-Unit Development Agreements and New Securitized Supply Agreements, including, among other things, adopting variations to the forms of agreements used in documenting such agreements and preparing and executing documentation of assignments, transfers, terminations, renewals, site relocations and ownership changes, in all cases, subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Related Documents;

  (i)	evaluating and approving assignments of Franchise Agreements and Multi-Unit Development Agreements (and related documents) to third-party franchisee candidates or existing Franchisees and, in accordance with the Managing Standard, arranging for the assignment of Reacquired Centers to a Non-Securitization Entity until such time as the applicable center is re-franchised to a third-party Franchisee;

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  (j)	preparing and filing franchise disclosure documents with respect to New Multi-Unit Development Agreements and New Franchise Agreements to comply, in all material respects, with applicable Requirements of Law;

  (k)	complying with franchise industry-specific government regulation and applicable Requirements of Law;

  (l)	making Manager Advances in its sole discretion;

  (m)	 administering the Marketing Fund Account and the Management Accounts;

  (n)	performing the duties and obligations and enforcing the rights of the Securitization Entities under the Managed Documents, including entering into new Managed Documents from time to time;

  (o)	arranging for legal services with respect to the Securitized Assets, including with respect to the enforcement of the Managed Documents;

  (p)	arranging for or providing accounting and financial reporting services;

  (q)	[reserved]; 

  (r)	performing the Distribution Services, including enforcing and performing the rights and obligations of the Securitization Entities under the Securitized Supply Agreements;

  (s)	establishing and/or providing quality control services and standards for suppliers and vendors in connection with the Retained Corporate-Owned Center Business and the Franchised Center Business and monitoring compliance with such standards;  

  (t)	developing new products and services (or modifying any existing products and services) to be offered in connection with the Retained Corporate-Owned Center Business and the Franchised Center Business and the other assets of the Securitization Entities;

  (u)	in connection with the Retained Corporate-Owned Center Business and the Franchised Center Business, developing, modifying, amending and disseminating specifications and design for center operations;

  (v)	[reserved];

  (w)	[reserved];

  (x)	performing the IP Services;

  (y)	monitoring industry conditions and adapting accordingly to meet changing consumer needs;

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  Development Agreements, New Securitized Supply Agreements and/or new joint venture, strategic partnership and licensing arrangements;

  (aa)	developing and administering advertising, marketing and promotional programs relating to the European Wax Center Brand

  (bb)	cooperating with all reasonable requests of the Control Party and/or Back-Up Manager in connection with the performance of their respective obligations as and when required under the Related Documents (including, without limitation, any duty by any such parties, as and to the extent required under the applicable Related Documents, to obtain an appraisal of the Collateral, or perform an in-depth situation analysis of the Manager and its financial position and/or of the Collateral and/or of the Securitization Entities during a Warm Back-Up Management Trigger Event or a Hot Back-Up Management Trigger Event); and

  (cc)	performing such other services as may be necessary or appropriate from time to time and consistent with the Managing Standard and the Related Documents in connection with the Securitized Assets.

  “Single Employer Plan” means any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.

  “Specified Non-Securitization Debt” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4.10 hereof.

  “Specified Non-Securitization Debt Cap” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 4.10 hereof. 

  “Sub-Management Arrangement” means an arrangement whereby the Manager engages any other Person to perform certain of its duties under this Agreement; provided that any agreement between the Manager and third-party vendors pursuant to which the Manager purchases a specific product or service shall not be considered to be a Sub-Management Arrangement.

  “Sub-Manager” means any person engaged to act as a sub-manager pursuant to a Sub-Management Arrangement.

  “Successor Manager” means any successor to the Manager selected by the Control Party (at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) upon the termination, removal, resignation or replacement of the Manager pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

  “Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 7.1(b) hereof.

  “Threshold DSCR” means, with respect to any Indemnification Amount or any Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, the DSCR as of the Quarterly Payment Date occurring in the month of December immediately preceding the date on which (i) in the case of any Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, a Securitization Entity receives the Net Cash Proceeds with respect to the applicable Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, or (ii) in the case of an Indemnification Amount, the Manager would be required to pay such Indemnification Amount to the applicable Securitization Entity but for the potential application of the materiality thresholds 

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  set forth in the definition of “Indemnification Amounts Threshold Amount;” provided that for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the first Quarterly Payment Date occurring in the month of December thereafter, the Threshold DSCR shall be deemed to be greater than 2.75x.

  “Trustee” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

  “Trustee Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in SECTION 2.8 hereof.

  “Voting Stock” means Equity Interests of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time Equity Interests of any other class or classes will have or might have voting power by reason or the happening of any contingency).

  Section 1.2  Other Defined Terms.

  (a)	Each term defined in the singular form in SECTION 1.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall mean the plural thereof when the plural form of such term is used in this Agreement and each term defined in the plural form in SECTION 1.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall mean the singular thereof when the singular form of such term is used herein.

  (b)	The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar terms when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and article, section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references herein are references to articles, sections, subsections, schedules and exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

  (c)	Unless as otherwise provided herein, the word “including” as used in this Agreement shall mean “including without limitation”.

  (d)	The rules of construction set forth in Section 1.4 of the Base Indenture shall apply for all purposes under this Agreement.

  Section 1.3  Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.

  Section 1.4  Computation of Time Periods. Unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.

  Article 2

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF SECURITIZED ASSETS

  Section 2.1  EWC Ventures, LLC to Act as the Manager.  

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  (a)	Engagement of the Manager. The Securitization Entities hereby engage and authorize the Manager and the Manager hereby accepts such engagement to perform the Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and, except as otherwise provided herein, the Managing Standard. With respect to the IP Services, the Manager shall perform such IP Services in accordance with the Managing Standard and the IP License Agreements, unless the Franchisor determines, in its sole discretion, that additional action is necessary or desirable in furtherance of the protection of the Securitization IP, in which case the Manager shall perform such IP Services and additional related services as are reasonably requested by the Franchisor. The Manager, on behalf of the Securitization Entities, shall have full power and authority, acting alone and subject only to the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Managing Standard, the Indenture and the other Related Documents, to take or refrain from taking any actions, and to do any and all things in connection with performing the Services which the Manager may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Related Documents, including, without limitation, SECTION 2.9, the Manager, in connection with performing the Services, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, in the Manager’s own name (in its capacity as Manager) or in the name of any Securitization Entity (pursuant to the applicable Power of Attorney), on behalf of any Securitization Entity, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Securitized Assets, including, without limitation, consents to sales, transfers or encumbrances of a franchise by any Franchisee or consents to assignments and assumptions of the Franchise Agreements by any Franchisee in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) the Manager is providing Services directly to each Securitization Entity party hereto and (ii) the Master Issuer is not providing, and is under no obligation to provide, any Services to its Subsidiaries party hereto. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Securitization Entities from performing the Services or any other act on their own behalf at any time and from time to time.

  (b)	Actions to Perfect Security Interests. Subject to the terms of the Base Indenture, any applicable Series Supplement and the Related Documents, the Manager shall take those actions that are required to be performed by the Manager under the Related Documents and Requirements of Law with respect to the perfection and maintenance of security interests. Without limiting the foregoing, the Manager shall file or cause to be filed the financing statements on Form UCC-1 and assignments and/or amendments of financing statements on Form UCC-3 and other filings required to be filed in connection with the Base Indenture, the other Related Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  

  (c)	Ownership of Manager-Developed Securitization IP. All Manager-Developed Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) shall be assigned to and thereafter owned exclusively by the Franchisor. The Manager agrees to assign and transfer, and hereby does irrevocably assign and transfer, to the Franchisor all right, title and interest to any Manager-Developed IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) that the Manager may acquire and will take all measures necessary or appropriate to record any such assignments at the Manager’s sole cost and expense. The Franchisor and Manager expressly agree that, to the fullest extent allowed by law, any copyrightable material contained in the Manager-Developed Securitization IP shall be considered a “work made for hire,” as that term is defined in Section 

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  101 of the United States Copyright Act, as amended. All use of the Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) hereunder, and any goodwill related thereto or that otherwise may arise from the provision of the Services by the Manager, shall inure solely to the benefit of the Franchisor.

  (d)	Grant of Power of Attorney. In order to provide the Manager with the authority to perform and execute its duties and obligations as set forth herein, each Securitization Entity hereby agrees to execute, upon request of the Manager, a Power of Attorney in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit B-1 (with respect to the Franchisor) and Exhibit B-2 (with respect to each Securitization Entity other than the Franchisor) hereto, which Powers of Attorney shall terminate in the event that the Manager’s rights under this Agreement are terminated as provided herein.

  (e)	Franchisee Insurance. Subject to Section 5.12(g) of the Base Indenture, the Manager acknowledges that, to the extent that it is named as a “loss payee” or “additional insured” under any Franchisee Insurance Policies, except for business interruption Franchisee Insurance Policies, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause it to be so named in its capacity as the Manager, and the Manager shall promptly remit to the Trustee for deposit in the Insurance Proceeds Account any Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received by it or by the Master Issuer or the Franchisor under the Franchisee Insurance Policies, to the extent such Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds relate to any Franchise Agreements held by the Franchisor. The Manager shall take or cause to be taken all actions in respect of the Franchisee insurance required by the Base Indenture, the other Related Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.  

  (f)	Manager Insurance. The Manager agrees to maintain adequate insurance in accordance with industry standards and consistent with the type and amount maintained by the Manager on the Closing Date. Such insurance will cover each of the Securitization Entities, as an additional insured or loss payee, to the extent that such Securitization Entity has an insurable interest therein. Within a reasonable period of time following the Closing Date, the Manager shall deliver to the Trustee a schedule listing the policy numbers of its existing insurance policies. 

  (g)	Maintenance of Accounts; Investment of Funds. The Manager shall maintain and manage the Management Accounts (and certain other accounts from time to time) in the name of, and for the benefit of, the Securitization Entities. The Manager shall have the right to invest funds deposited in any Management Account in Eligible Investments in accordance with SECTION 5.2(b) of the Base Indenture. The Manager, on behalf of the applicable Securitization Entities, shall have the authority to close or otherwise terminate any Management Account and to amend or terminate any related Account Control Agreement without the consent of the Control Party, subject to the delivery by the Manager of an Officer’s Certificate to the Control Party and the Trustee (a) stating that such account has been closed or is dormant, (b) there are no remaining Collections or other Collateral credited thereto and (c) the Manager has taken reasonable best efforts (including, if applicable, notifying third parties) to ensure that no Collections or other Collateral will be deposited to such account thereafter. To the extent any Collections or other Collateral are deposited in any such account thereafter, the Manager shall 

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  cause such Collections or other Collateral to be transferred within three (3) Business Days to an account that is subject to an Account Control Agreement or established with the Trustee.

  (h)	Collection of Payments; Remittances. The Manager shall (i) cause the collection of all amounts owing under the terms and provisions of each Managed Document and the Related Documents in accordance with the Managing Standard and (ii) make all deposits to and withdrawals from the Management Accounts in accordance with this Agreement (including the Managing Standard), the Indenture and the applicable Managed Documents.

  (i)	Collections. The Manager shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Collections due and to become due to any Securitization Entity to be deposited into the applicable Management Account(s) in accordance with Section 5.12 of the Base Indenture.

  (j)	[Reserved].

  (k)	Deposit of Misdirected Funds; No Commingling; Misdirected Payments. The Manager shall promptly deposit into an applicable Management Account or a Marketing Fund Account, as applicable, as determined by the Manager, within three (3) Business Days following Actual Knowledge of the receipt thereof by the Manager or any of its Affiliates and in the form received or in cash, all payments received by the Manager or any of its Affiliates in respect of the Securitized Assets incorrectly sent to the Manager or any of its Affiliates. In the event that any funds not constituting Collections are incorrectly deposited in any Management Account or any Marketing Fund Account, the Manager shall promptly withdraw such amounts after obtaining Actual Knowledge thereof and shall pay such amounts to the Person legally entitled to such funds. The Manager shall not commingle with its own assets and shall keep separate, segregated and appropriately marked and identified all Securitized Assets and any other property comprising any part of the Collateral, and for such time, if any, as such Securitized Assets or such other property are in the possession or control of the Manager to the extent such Securitized Assets or such other property is Collateral, the Manager shall hold the same in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Secured Parties (or, following termination of the Indenture, the applicable Securitization Entity). Additionally, the Manager shall notify the Trustee in the Weekly Manager’s Certificate of any amounts incorrectly deposited into the any Indenture Trust Account and arrange for the prompt remittance by the Trustee of such funds from the applicable Indenture Trust Account to the Manager. The Trustee shall have no obligation to verify any information provided to it by the Manager hereunder or contained in any Weekly Manager’s Certificate and shall remit such funds to the Manager based solely on such Weekly Manager’s Certificate.

  (l)	Other Amounts Received from Franchisees. The Manager shall cause all amounts received, other than Collections, to be deposited directly into an account maintained by the Manager or its Affiliates (other than the Securitization Entities) and not subject to the Lien of the Trustee pursuant to the Related Documents.

  Section 2.2  Advances.

  (a)	Manager Advances. The Manager may, if in its sole discretion it deems such advance recoverable, but shall not be obligated to, make Manager Advances to, or on behalf of, 

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  any Securitization Entity in connection with the operation of the Securitized Assets. Manager Advances will accrue interest at the Advance Interest Rate and shall be reimbursable on each Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments.

  (b)	Repayment of Manager Advances. The Master Issuer shall pay Manager Advance Reimbursement Amounts to the Manager in accordance with Section 5.13 of the Base Indenture.

  Section 2.3  Deposit Accounts. The Manager shall maintain the Management Accounts in accordance with the Indenture.

  Section 2.4  Records. The Manager shall retain all material data (including, without limitation, computerized records) relating directly to, or maintained in connection with, the servicing of the Securitized Assets at its address indicated in SECTION 9.6 (or at an off-site storage facility reasonably acceptable to the Master Issuer and the Control Party) or, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Master Issuer, the Franchisor, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager, each Rating Agency and the Trustee, at such other place where the servicing office of the Manager is located, and it shall give the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party access to all such data in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 8.6 of the Base Indenture; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be obligated to verify, recalculate or review any such data. If the rights of the Manager shall have been terminated in accordance with SECTION 7.1 or if this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to SECTION 9.1, the Manager shall, upon demand of the Trustee (based upon the written direction of the Control Party), in the case of a termination pursuant to SECTION 7.1, or upon the demand of the Master Issuer, in the case of a termination pursuant to SECTION 9.1, deliver to the demanding party or its designee, or destroy at the request of the demanding party or its designee, all data in its possession or under its control (including, without limitation, computerized records) necessary for the servicing of the Securitized Assets; provided, however, that the Manager may retain a single set of copies of any books and records that the Manager reasonably believes will be required by it for the purpose of performing any of the Manager’s accounting, public reporting or other administrative functions that are performed in the ordinary course of the Manager’s business; and provided, further, that the Manager shall have access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to all books and records that the Manager reasonably believes would be necessary or desirable for the Manager in connection with the preparation of any tax or other governmental reports and filings and other uses; and provided, further, that if the Master Issuer shall desire to dispose of any of such books and records at any time within five (5) years of the Manager’s termination, the Master Issuer shall, prior to such disposition, give the Manager a reasonable opportunity, at the Manager’s expense, to segregate and remove such books and records as the Manager may select. The provisions of this SECTION 2.4 shall not require the Manager to transfer any proprietary material or computer programs unrelated to the servicing of the Securitized Assets.

  Section 2.5  Administrative Duties of Manager.

  (a)	Duties with Respect to the Related Documents. The Manager, in accordance with the Managing Standard, shall perform the duties of the applicable Securitization Entity under the Related Documents except for those duties that are required to be performed by the equity holders or the managers of a limited liability company or the stockholders or directors of a 

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  corporation pursuant to applicable law. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Manager shall consult the managers or the directors, as the case may be, of the Securitization Entities as the Manager deems appropriate regarding the duties of the Securitization Entities under the Related Documents. The Manager shall monitor the performance of the Securitization Entities and, promptly upon obtaining Actual Knowledge thereof, shall advise the applicable Securitization Entity when action is necessary to comply with such Securitization Entity’s duties under the Related Documents. The Manager shall prepare for execution by the Securitization Entities or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Securitization Entities to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Related Documents.

  (b)	Duties with Respect to the Securitization Entities. In addition to the duties of the Manager set forth in this Agreement or any of the Related Documents, the Manager, in accordance with the Managing Standard, shall perform such calculations and shall prepare for execution by the Securitization Entities or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate Persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates, notices and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Securitization Entities to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to securities laws and franchise laws. Pursuant to the directions of the Securitization Entities and in accordance with the Managing Standard, the Manager shall administer, perform or supervise the performance of such other activities in connection with the Securitization Entities as are not covered by any of the foregoing provisions and as are expressly requested by any Securitization Entity and are reasonably within the capability of the Manager.  

  (c)	Records. The Manager shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to the Services performed under this Agreement, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Master Issuer, the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice.

  (d)	Election of the Controlling Class Representative. Pursuant to Section 11.1(d) of the Base Indenture, if two CCR Candidates both receive votes from Controlling Class Members owning (or owning any beneficial interest in) exactly 50% of the CCR Voting Amount, the Manager (on behalf of the Master Issuer) shall have the right to select the Controlling Class Representative from among such CCR Candidates receiving votes from Controlling Class Members owning (or owning any beneficial interest in) exactly 50% of the CCR Voting Amount.

  Section 2.6  No Offset. The payment obligations of the Manager under this Agreement shall not be subject to, and the Manager hereby waives, any defense, counterclaim or right of offset which the Manager has or may have against the Trustee, the Control Party or the Securitization Entities, whether in respect of this Agreement, any Related Document, any document governing any Securitized Asset or otherwise.

  Section 2.7  Compensation. As compensation for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the Manager shall be entitled to receive (i) the Management Fee, which shall be an arm’s length fee, and (ii) if applicable, the Supplemental Management Fee, in each case, on each Weekly Allocation Date out of amounts available therefor under the Indenture on such Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments. The Manager is 

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  required to pay from its own funds all expenses it may incur in performing its obligations hereunder.

  Section 2.8  Indemnification.

  (a)	The Manager agrees to indemnify each of the Master Issuer, each other Securitization Entity, the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party and their respective members, officers, directors, managers, employees and agents (each an “Indemnitee”) for all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, liabilities, obligations, damages, actions, suits and related costs and judgments and other costs, fees and reasonable expenses, including reasonable and documented fees, out-of-pocket charges and disbursements of counsel (other than the allocated costs of in-house counsel), that any of them may incur as a result of  (i) the failure of the Manager to perform or observe its obligations under this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party in its capacity as Manager, (ii) the breach by the Manager of any representation, warranty or covenant under this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party in its capacity as Manager, or (iii) the Manager’s bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under this Agreement and under the other Related Documents; provided, however, that there shall be no indemnification under this SECTION 2.8(a) in respect of losses in the value of any Securitized Assets for a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant relating to any New Asset provided in ARTICLE 5 hereof; and provided, further, that the Manager will have no obligation of indemnity to an Indemnitee to the extent any such claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, liabilities, obligations, damages, actions, suits and related costs and judgments and other costs, fees and reasonable expenses are caused by the bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach of this Agreement by the related Indemnitee (unless caused by the Manager with respect to a Securitization Entity). In the event the Manager is required to make an indemnification payment pursuant to this SECTION 2.8(a), the Manager shall promptly pay such indemnification payment directly to the applicable Indemnitee (or, if due to a Securitization Entity, shall deposit such indemnification payment directly to the Collection Account).

  (b)	In the event of a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant provided in ARTICLE 5 hereof relating to any New Franchise Agreement, New Multi-Unit Development Agreement, New Securitized Supply Agreement or After-Acquired Securitization IP, the Manager shall (x) either (i) repurchase such New Franchise Agreement, New Multi-Unit Development Agreement, New Securitized Supply Agreement or After-Acquired Securitization IP for an amount equal to the related Indemnification Amount or (ii) pay the Indemnification Amount to the applicable Securitization Entity or (y) reimburse the applicable Securitization Entity for the expenses related to defending or enforcing its rights in any such After-Acquired Securitization IP; provided, that if the applicable breach affects only a portion of such New Franchise Agreement, New Multi-Unit Development Agreement, New Securitized Supply Agreement or After-Acquired Securitization IP without a Material Adverse Effect on the cash flow generated by the unaffected portion, the Manager will only be required to repurchase or pay the Indemnification Amount with respect to the affected portion of such New Franchise Agreement, New Multi-Unit Development Agreement, New Securitized Supply Agreement or After-Acquired Securitization IP; provided, further, that the Manager will not be obligated to pay the Indemnification Amount (I) with respect to any assets related to Centers located outside of the United States, which assets were contributed to any Securitization Entity at the option of the 

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  Manager or (II) if the aggregate of all Indemnification Amounts (excluding any Indemnification Amounts that would be required to be paid by the Manager but for the application of clause (I) above) during the fiscal year in which such Indemnification Amounts would be payable is less than the Indemnification Amounts Threshold Amount. Following the payment by the Manager of the related Indemnification Amount and all other applicable amounts under this Agreement, the applicable Securitization Entity will assign the repurchased assets to, or at the direction of the Manager. Any assignment by a Securitization Entity in such manner will be made without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the applicable Securitization Entity, except that the ownership of the reacquired asset must be conveyed free and clear of any Liens created under the Related Documents. Any assignment by a Securitization Entity of a reacquired asset shall, to the extent applicable, include a master franchise or license agreement permitting the Manager and its Affiliates the right to sub-franchise or sub-license such reacquired Asset. The Manager will be required to pay all costs and expenses associated with the assignment of the reacquired asset in such manner. The Manager, acting in its sole discretion, may subsequently contribute the reacquired asset to the Securitization Entities, if such reacquired asset subsequently satisfies the eligibility criteria applicable to such reacquired asset under this Agreement.

  (c)	In addition to the rights provided in SECTION 2.8(b) above, the Manager agrees to indemnify and hold each Indemnitee harmless if any action or proceeding (including any governmental investigation and/or the assessment of any fines or similar items) shall be brought or asserted against such Indemnitee in respect of a material breach of any representation, warranty or covenant relating to any New Asset provided in ARTICLE 5 hereof to the extent provided in SECTION 2.8(a).

  (d)	Any Indemnitee that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under SECTION 2.8 will promptly, after receipt of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against the Manager under such sections, notify the Manager of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served. In the event that any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any Indemnitee (other than the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents), such Indemnitee shall notify the Manager of the commencement thereof and the Manager shall be entitled to participate in, and to the extent that it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee (which, in the case of a Securitization Entity, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Control Party, as well), and after notice from the Manager to such Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense thereof, the Manager shall not be liable to such Indemnitee for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof; provided that the Manager shall not enter into any settlement with respect to any claim or proceeding unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such settlement; and provided, further, that the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action the defense of which is assumed by the Manager in accordance with this SECTION 2.8, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnitee unless the employment of counsel by such Indemnitee has been specifically authorized by the Manager, or unless the Manager is advised in writing by counsel that joint representation would give rise to a conflict between the Indemnitee’s position and the position of the Manager and its Affiliates in respect of the defense of the claim. In the event that any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any Trustee or any of its officers, 

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  directors, employees or agents (each, a “Trustee Indemnitee”), it shall notify the Manager of the commencement thereof and the Trustee Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action at the expense of the Manager. No Indemnitee shall settle or compromise any claim covered pursuant to this SECTION 2.8 without the prior written consent of the Manager, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The provisions of this SECTION 2.8 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of any party hereto.

  Section 2.9  Nonpetition Covenant. The Manager shall not, prior to the date that is one year plus one day, after the payment in full of the Outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes of each Series (and the Related Documents have been terminated), petition or otherwise invoke the process of any court or governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against any Securitization Entity under any insolvency law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of such Securitization Entity or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of such Securitization Entity.

  Section 2.10  Marketing Funds. The Manager will maintain one or more accounts designated as a “Marketing Fund Accountxe "Marketing Fund Account"” in the name of the EWC Marketing Subsidiaries for fees payable in respect of Franchised Centers and Retained Corporate-Owned Centers to fund the national marketing and advertising activities with respect to the European Wax Center Brand (including, with respect to EWC MFund, LLC, search engine optimization fees) (the “Marketing Fund Contributions” XE “Marketing Fund Contributions” ). To the extent not paid directly to the EWC Marketing Subsidiaries, Marketing Fund Contributions will be transferred by the Manager to a Marketing Fund Account. Franchisees and Retained Corporate-Owned Centers will make payments to a Marketing Fund Account directly or through a third-party payment processor; such funds will not pass through any Securitization Entity. The Manager shall not make or permit or cause any other Person to make or permit any borrowings to be made or Liens to be levied against the Marketing Fund Account or the funds therein. The Manager shall apply the amount on deposit in each Marketing Fund Account solely to cover (a) the costs and expenses (including costs and expenses incurred prior to the Closing Date) associated with the administration of such account, (b) costs and expenses related to the national marketing and advertising programs with respect to the European Wax Center Brand and (c) reimbursements to the Manager for Marketing Fund Manager Advances. The Manager may make advances to fund deficits in the Marketing Fund Account (“Marketing Fund Manager Advances”) from time to time to the extent that it reasonably expects to be reimbursed for such advances from the proceeds of future Marketing Fund Contributions, it being agreed that any such advances will not constitute Manager Advances. The Manager, acting on behalf of the Securitization Entities, may pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, increase or reduce the Marketing Fund Contributions required to be paid by the Franchisees and Retained Corporate-Owned Centers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and in accordance with the Managing Standard. The Manager may appoint any Sub-Manager to maintain and administer a Marketing Fund Account.

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  withhold consents of the “franchisor” required under the Franchise Agreements and Multi-Unit Development Agreements held by the Franchisor. 

  Section 2.12  Appointment of Sub-Managers. The Manager may enter into Sub-Management Arrangements; provided that the Manager will be required to remain primarily and directly liable for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding any such Sub-Management Arrangement; provided, further, that other than with respect to a Sub-Management Arrangement with an Affiliate of the Manager, no Sub-Management Arrangement shall be effective unless and until: (i) the Manager receives the consent of the Control Party; (ii) such Sub-Manager executes and delivers an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Control Party to perform and observe, or in the case of an assignment, an assumption by such successor entity of the due and punctual performance and observance of, the applicable covenants and conditions to be performed or observed by the Manager under this Agreement; provided that such Sub-Management Arrangement shall be terminable by the Control Party upon a Manager Termination Event and shall contain disentanglement provisions substantially similar to those provided in SECTION 7.2 herein; (iii) written notice has been provided to the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party; and (iv) each Rating Agency has confirmed that such Sub-Management Arrangement, or assignment and assumption by such Sub-Manager, meets the Rating Agency Condition. All Sub-Management Arrangements with an Affiliate of the Manager shall automatically terminate upon the termination of the Manager pursuant to SECTION 7.1(b).

  Section 2.13  Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement. In the event that Holdco has deposited cash collateral as security for its obligations under the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement into a bank account maintained in the name of the Master Issuer, (i) if Holdco fails to make any payment to the Master Issuer when due under the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the Manager shall withdraw the amount of such delinquent payment from such bank account within one Business Day of the due date of such payment under the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement and deposit such amount into the Collection Account, and (ii) if the amount on deposit in such account exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the sum of (x) the aggregate exposure under all outstanding letters of credit under the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement plus (y) the aggregate amount then due to the Master Issuer under Section 4 or Section 5 of the Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the Manager shall withdraw the amount of such excess from such account and pay such excess to Holdco.

  Article 3

STATEMENTS AND REPORTS

  Section 3.1  Reporting by the Manager.

  (a)	Reports Required Pursuant to the Indenture. The Manager, on behalf of the Master Issuer, will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trustee, the Control Party and such other parties as expressly required under Section 4.1 of the Base Indenture, all reports, instructions and notices required to be delivered by the Manager on behalf of any Securitization Entity pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Base Indenture.

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  (b)	[Reserved].

  (c)	Instructions as to Withdrawals and Payments. The Manager, on behalf of the Master Issuer, will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, written instructions to make withdrawals and payments from the Collection Account and any other Base Indenture Accounts or any Series Account, as contemplated herein, in the Base Indenture and in any Series Supplement. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall follow any such written instructions in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture and any applicable Series Supplement.

  (d)	Additional Information; Access to Books and Records. The Manager shall furnish from time to time such additional information regarding the Collateral or compliance with the covenants and other agreements of the Manager and any Securitization Entity under the Related Documents as the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager or the Control Party may reasonably request, subject at all times to compliance with the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act and any other applicable law. The Manager shall, and shall cause each Securitization Entity to, permit, at reasonable times upon reasonable notice, the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Back-Up Manager and the Trustee or any Person appointed by any of them as its agent to visit and inspect any of its properties, examine its books and records and discuss its affairs with its officers, directors, managers, employees and independent certified public accountants, and up to one such visit and inspection by each of the Control Party, the Controlling Class Representative and the Trustee, or any Person appointed by them shall be reimbursable as a Securitization Operating Expense per calendar year, with any additional visit or inspection by any such Person being at such Person’s sole cost and expense; provided, however that during the continuance of a Warm Back-Up Management Trigger Event, a Rapid Amortization Event, an A-1 Notes Amortization Event, a Default, or an Event of Default, or to the extent expressly required without the instruction of any other party under the terms of any Related Documents, any such Person may visit and conduct such activities at any time and all such visits and activities will constitute a Securitization Operating Expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager shall not be required to disclose or make available communications protected by the attorney- client privilege.

  (e)	Leadership Team Changes. The Manager shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager, the Control Party and each Rating Agency of any termination or resignation of any persons included in the Leadership Team that occurs within twelve (12) months following a Change of Control.

  (f)	Manager Omitted Payable Sums. If the Manager fails or refuses to include in a Weekly Manager’s Certificate the reimbursement or payment of (i) Control Party Fees, (ii) fees, expenses and indemnities payable to the Trustee or the Control Party, (iii) Back-Up Manager Fees and, to the extent not paid as and when due in connection with any Consent Request or proposed Advance, Back-Up Manager Consent Consultation Fees or (iv) other expenses then due and reimbursable to such parties pursuant to the Related Documents, in each case due and payable on the related Weekly Allocation Date in accordance with the Priority of Payments, all as set forth in a notice prepared by the Control Party in good faith, based solely on, with conclusive reliance upon (without investigation or inquiry), written notice regarding such reimbursements or payments by the applicable party to the Related Documents to the Control 

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  Party, and delivered by the Control Party to the Manager, the Trustee and the Back-Up Manager, accompanied by supporting back-up documentation in reasonable detail provided by such other applicable party to the Control Party (“Manager Omitted Payable Sums”), and such failure is not timely cured, the Control Party shall have the right to submit to the Trustee, with a copy to the Manager and the Back-Up Manager, a written notice (an “Omitted Payable Sums Notice”), based upon the Weekly Manager’s Certificate delivered by the Manager for the next Weekly Allocation Date and reflecting solely such changes as are necessary to reflect the inclusion of such Manager Omitted Payable Sums then due in their proper priorities in the Priority of Payments, and upon which the Trustee may conclusively rely, whereupon the Trustee shall allocate amounts pursuant to the Priority of Payments in accordance with such Omitted Payable Sums Notice on such next Weekly Allocation Date. The delivery by the Control Party of an Omitted Payable Sums Notice to the Trustee shall be deemed to satisfy any requirements set forth in the Indenture for the Master Issuer (or the Manager on its behalf) to provide written direction to the Trustee with respect to the movement of funds on the related Weekly Allocation Date.

  Section 3.2  Appointment of Independent Auditors. On or before the Closing Date, the Master Issuer shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants of recognized national reputation that is reasonably acceptable to the Control Party to serve as the independent auditors (the “Independent Auditors”) for purposes of preparing and delivering the reports required by SECTION 3.3. It is hereby acknowledged that the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP is acceptable for purposes of serving as the Independent Auditors. The Master Issuer may not remove the Independent Auditors without first giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Independent Auditors, with a copy of such notice given concurrently to the Trustee, each Rating Agency, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager and the Manager. Upon any resignation by such firm or removal of such firm, the Master Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor thereto that shall also be a firm of independent public accountants of recognized national reputation to serve as the Independent Auditors hereunder. If the Master Issuer shall fail to appoint a successor firm of Independent Auditors within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such resignation or removal, the Control Party shall promptly appoint a successor firm of independent public accountants of recognized national reputation that is reasonably satisfactory to the Manager to serve as the Independent Auditors hereunder. The fees of any Independent Auditors shall be payable by the Master Issuer.

  Section 3.3  Annual Accountants’ Reports. On or before one-hundred and fifty (150) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Manager, commencing with the fiscal year ending on or around December 31, 2022, the Manager shall deliver to the Master Issuer, the Trustee, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager (to the extent that the Back-Up Manager is not providing such report) and each Rating Agency (i) a report of the Independent Auditors (who may also render other services to the Manager), Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) or the Back-Up Manager summarizing the findings of a set of agreed-upon procedures performed by the Independent Auditors, Grant Thornton or the Back-Up Manager with respect to compliance with the Quarterly Noteholders’ Reports for such fiscal year (or, in the case of the fiscal year ending on or around December 31, 2022, other period) with the standards set forth in this Agreement and (ii) a report of the Independent Auditors, Grant Thornton or the Back-Up Manager to the effect that: (A) such firm has examined the assertion of the Manager’s management as to its compliance with its management requirements for such fiscal year (or other period); (B) in the 

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  case of the Independent Auditors, such examination was made in accordance with the standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; and (C) except as described in the report, management’s assertion is fairly stated in all material respects. If such report is prepared by the Independent Auditors, the report will also indicate that the firm is independent of the Manager within the meaning of the Code of Professional Ethics of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. In the event such Independent Auditors require the Trustee to agree to the procedures to be performed by such firm in any of the reports required to be prepared pursuant to this SECTION 3.3, the Manager shall direct the Trustee in writing to so agree as to the procedures described therein; it being understood and agreed that the Trustee shall deliver such letter of agreement (which shall be in a form satisfactory to the Trustee) in conclusive reliance upon the direction of the Manager, and the Trustee has not made any independent inquiry or investigation as to, and shall have no obligation or liability in respect of, the sufficiency, validity or correctness of such procedures. 

  Section 3.4  Available Information. The Manager, on behalf of the Master Issuer, shall make available to the Holders or prospective purchasers, on a confidential basis, the information required to be provided to such Persons pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager shall not make available any information referred to in this SECTION 3.4 to Persons who are Competitors.

  Article 4

THE MANAGER

  Section 4.1  Representations and Warranties Concerning the Manager. The Manager represents and warrants to the Master Issuer, the other Securitization Entities party hereto, the Control Party and the Trustee, as of the Closing Date, as follows:

  (a)	Organization and Good Standing. The Manager (i) is a limited liability company, duly formed and organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations under the Related Documents make such qualification necessary and (iii) has the power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is currently conducted and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, except in each case referred to in clause (ii) or (iii) to the extent that the failure to do so is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Manager.

  (b)	Power and Authority; No Conflicts. The execution and delivery by the Manager of this Agreement and its performance of, and compliance with, the terms hereof are within the power of the Manager and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Manager. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated to be consummated by the Manager, nor compliance with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, any of the provisions of any law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order 

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  binding on the Manager or its properties, except to the extent that such conflict, breach or default would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or any of the provisions of any material indenture, mortgage, lease, contract or other instrument to which the Manager is a party or by which it or its property is bound or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its property pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, mortgage, leases, contract or other instrument except to the extent such creation or imposition would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (c)	Consents. Except for registrations as a franchise broker or franchise sales agent as may be required under state franchise statutes and regulations, the Manager is not required to obtain the consent of any other party or the consent, license, approval or authorization of, or registration or declaration with, any Governmental Authority in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Manager of this Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement against the Manager, except to the extent that a state or foreign franchise law requires filing and other compliance actions by virtue of considering the Manager as a “subfranchisor”.

  (d)	Due Execution and Delivery. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Manager and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Manager in accordance with its terms (except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing).

  (e)	No Litigation. There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, threatened in writing against or affecting the Manager, before or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Manager or any of its properties or with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (i) asserting the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability, or seeking any determination or ruling that would affect the legality, binding effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or (ii) which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Manager is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (f)	Due Qualification. Except for registrations as a franchise broker or franchise sales agent as may be required under state or foreign franchise statutes and regulations and except to the extent that a state or foreign franchise law requires filing and other compliance actions by virtue of considering the Manager as an “subfranchisor”, the Manager has obtained or made all material licenses, registrations, consents, approvals, waivers and notifications of creditors, lessors and other Persons, in each case, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Manager, and the consummation by the Manager of all the transactions herein contemplated to be consummated by the Manager and the performance of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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  bound, or with respect to any order of any Governmental Authority, which would have a Material Adverse Effect; and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default with respect to any such agreement, contract, instrument or indenture, or with respect to any such order of any Governmental Authority, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (h)	Taxes. The Manager has filed or caused to be filed all federal tax returns and all material state and other tax returns which, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, are required to be filed by it, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Manager has paid or made adequate provisions for the payment of all taxes shown as due on such returns, and all assessments made against it or any of its property (other than any amount of tax the validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Manager).

  (i)	Accuracy of Information. As of the date thereof, the information contained in the Offering Memorandum regarding (i) the Manager, (ii) the servicing of the Securitized Assets by the Manager and (iii) the description of this Agreement therein does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not materially misleading in each case when taken as a whole and in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and with respect to its projected financial information, the Manager represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

  (j)	Financial Statements. As of the Closing Date, (i) the audited balance sheet of Holdco as of December 25, 2021 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the year ended December 25, 2021 incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum, reported on and accompanied by an unqualified report from Deloitte & Touche LLP, present fairly the financial condition of Holdco as at such date, and the results of income or operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the period then ended and (ii) the audited consolidated balance sheets of EWC Ventures as of December 26, 2020 and December 28, 2019 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in mezzanine equity and member’s equity and cash flows for the years ended December 26, 2020 and December 28, 2019 incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum, reported on and accompanied by an unqualified report from Deloitte & Touche LLP, present fairly the financial condition of EWC Ventures as at such date, and the results of operations and comprehensive loss, mezzanine equity and member’s equity and cash flows for the respective periods then ended. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise stated therein) applied consistently through the periods involved, subject, in the case of such quarterly financial statements, to the absence of all required footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

  (k)	No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 25, 2021, there has been no development or event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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  (l)	Pension and Welfare Plans. During the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, no ERISA Event has occurred which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Manager nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability with respect to any post-retirement medical benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or other applicable similar continuation of coverage laws. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization (as defined in Section 4241 of ERISA) or is insolvent (as defined in Section 4245 of ERISA) and (ii) no non-exempt prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred involving any Plan.

  (m)	 Environmental Matters. There are no material costs or liabilities associated with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations, and directives of any Governmental Authority relating to the protection of human health and safety, natural resources, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”) (including, without limitation, any capital operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties), except for costs or liabilities which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  (n)	No Manager Termination Event. No Manager Termination Event has occurred or is continuing, and, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, there is no event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Manager Termination Event.

  (o)	Location of Records. The offices at which the Manager keeps its records concerning the Securitized Assets are located at the Manager’s address set forth in the Indenture.

  Section 4.2  Existence; Status as Manager. The Manager shall keep in full effect its existence under the laws of the state of its incorporation, and maintain its rights and privileges necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and the performance of its obligations hereunder, and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify either individually or in the aggregate would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  Section 4.3  Performance of Obligations.

  (a)	Punctual Performance. The Manager shall punctually perform and observe all of its obligations and agreements contained in this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and as contemplated by the Managing Standard.

  (b)	Limitations of Responsibility of the Manager. The Manager will have no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the Services called for hereunder in good faith and consistent with the Managing Standard.

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  action, or is unsure as to the application of any provision of this Agreement or any Related Document, or any such provision is, in the good faith judgment of the Manager, ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this Agreement or any Related Document permits any determination by the Manager or is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action which the Manager is required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Manager may make a Consent Request to the Control Party requesting instructions in accordance with the Base Indenture and, to the extent that the Manager shall have acted or refrained from acting in good faith in accordance with any such instructions received from the Control Party with respect to such Consent Request, the Manager shall not be liable on account of such action or inaction to any Person; provided, that the Control Party shall be under no obligation to provide any such instruction if it is unable to decide between alternative courses of action. Subject to the Managing Standard, if the Manager shall not have received appropriate instructions from the Control Party within ten (10) days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as may be specified in such notice) the Manager may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or the Related Documents, as the Manager shall deem to be in the best interests of the Noteholders and the Securitization Entities. The Manager shall have no liability to any Person for such action or inaction taken in reliance on the preceding sentence except for the Manager’s own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct.

  (d)	No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in Instructions. The Manager shall not have any duty or obligation to manage, make any payment in respect of, register, record, sell, reinvest, dispose of, create, perfect or maintain title to, or any security interest in, or otherwise deal with the Collateral, to prepare or file any report or other document or to otherwise take or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document contemplated hereby to which the Manager is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this Agreement or the other Related Documents and consistent with the Managing Standard, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Manager. The Manager nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on any part of the Securitized Assets which result from valid claims against the Manager personally whether or not related to the ownership or administration of the Securitized Assets or the transactions contemplated by the Related Documents.

  (e)	No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions. The Manager shall not manage, control, use, sell, reinvest, dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Collateral except in accordance with the powers granted to, and the authority conferred upon, the Manager pursuant to this Agreement or the Related Documents.

  (f)	Limitations on the Manager’s Liability. Subject to SECTION 2.8, and except for any loss, liability, expense, damage, action, suit or injury arising out of, or resulting from:  (i) any breach or default by the Manager in the observance or performance of any of its agreements contained in this Agreement or the other Related Document to which it is a party in its capacity as Manager; (ii) the breach by the Manager of any representation, warranty or covenant made by it in this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party in its capacity as Manager or (iii) acts or omissions constituting the Manager’s own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties hereunder or under any other Related 

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  Document to which it is a party in its capacity as Manager, neither the Manager nor any of its Affiliates (other than any Securitization Entity), managers, officers, members or employees will be liable to any Securitization Entity, the Holders or any other Person under any circumstances, including, without limitation:

  (i)	for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Manager in good faith in accordance with the instructions of the Trustee or the Control Party;

  (ii)	for any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or Indebtedness of any Securitization Entity under the Notes, any other Related Document or the Managed Documents, or for any other liability or obligation of any Securitization Entity;

  (iii)	for the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due execution hereof by any party hereto other than the Manager, or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any part of the Securitized Assets (including, without limitation, the creditworthiness of any Franchisee, lessee or other obligor thereunder), or for, or in respect of, the validity or sufficiency of the Related Documents; 

  (iv)	for any action or inaction of the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager or the Control Party, or for the performance of, or the supervision of the performance of, any obligation under this Agreement or any other Related Document that is required to be performed by the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager or the Control Party; and

  (v)	for any error of judgment made in good faith that does not violate the Managing Standard.

  (g)	No Financial Liability. No provision of this Agreement (other than (i) the last sentence of paragraph (d) above and (ii) SECTION 2.8) shall require the Manager to expend or risk its funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder, if the Manager has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not compensated by the payment of the Management Fees and is otherwise not reasonably assured or provided to the Manager. Further, the Manager will not be obligated to perform any services not enumerated or otherwise contemplated hereunder, unless the Manager determines that it is more likely than not that it will be reimbursed for all of its expenses incurred in connection with such performance. The Manager shall not be liable under the Notes and shall not be responsible for any amounts required to be paid by the Securitization Entities under or pursuant to the Indenture.

  (h)	Reliance. The Manager may, reasonably and in good faith, conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting when doing so, in each case in accordance with any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper reasonably believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The Manager may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any entity as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the manner or ascertainment of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Manager may in good faith for all purposes hereof reasonably rely on a 

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  certificate, signed by any Authorized Officer of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate reasonably relied upon in good faith shall constitute full protection to the Manager for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

  (i)	Consultations with Third Parties; Advice of Counsel. In the exercise and performance of its duties and obligations hereunder or under any of the Related Documents, the Manager (i) may act directly or through agents (in compliance with SECTION 8.1(a)) or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them; provided that the Manager shall remain primarily liable hereunder for the acts or omissions of such agents or attorneys and (ii) may, at the expense of the Manager, consult with counsel, accountants and other professionals or experts selected and monitored by the Manager in good faith and in the absence of negligence, and the Manager shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other professionals or experts.

  (j)	Independent Contractor. In performing its obligations as manager hereunder the Manager acts solely as an independent contractor of each Securitization Entity, except to the extent the Manager is deemed to be an agent of a Securitization Entity by virtue of engaging in franchise sales activities, as a broker, or receiving payments on behalf of the Securitization Entities, as applicable. Nothing in this Agreement shall, or shall be deemed to, create or constitute any joint venture, partnership, employment, or any other relationship between any Securitization Entity and the Manager other than the independent contractor contractual relationship established hereby. Nothing herein shall be deemed to vest in the Manager title or any other right or interest in or to any Securitization IP included in the Collateral. The Manager shall not be, nor shall be deemed to be, liable for any acts or obligations of the Securitization Entities, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager or the Trustee (except as set forth in SECTION 4.3(f) hereof) and, without limiting the foregoing, the Manager shall not be liable under or in connection with the Notes. The Manager shall not be responsible for any amounts required to be paid by the Master Issuer under or pursuant to the Indenture.

  Section 4.4  Merger; Resignation and Assignment.

  (a)	Preservation of Existence. The Manager shall not merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease substantially all of its assets; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent (i) the merger into the Manager of another Person, (ii) the consolidation of the Manager and another Person, (iii) the merger of the Manager into another Person or (iv) the sale of all or substantially all the property or assets of the Manager to another Person, so long as (A) the surviving Person of the merger or the purchaser of the assets of the Manager shall continue to be engaged in the same line of business as the Manager and shall have the capacity to perform its obligations hereunder with at least the same degree of care, skill and diligence as measured by customary practices with which the Manager is required to perform such obligations hereunder, (B) in the case of a merger or sale, the surviving Person of the merger or the purchaser of the assets of the Manager shall expressly assume the obligations of the Manager under this Agreement and expressly agree to be bound by all other provisions applicable to the Manager under this Agreement in a supplement to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Control Party and the Trustee and (C) with respect to such event, in and of itself, the Rating Agency Condition has been met. Notwithstanding 

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  anything to the contrary contained in this SECTION 4.4(a), the Manager shall be permitted to reorganize into a Delaware corporation without having to satisfy any of the requirements of the preceding sentence.

  (b)	Resignation. The Manager shall not resign from the rights, powers, obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that (A) the performance of its duties hereunder is no longer permissible under applicable law and (B) there is no reasonable action which the Manager could take to make the performance of its duties hereunder permissible under applicable law or (ii) if the Manager is terminated as the Manager pursuant to SECTION 7.1(b). As to clause (i)(A) above, any such determination permitting the resignation of the Manager shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect delivered to the Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party. No such resignation shall become effective until a successor shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the Manager in accordance with SECTION 7.1(b). The Trustee, the Securitization Entities, the Back-Up Manager, the Control Party and each Rating Agency shall be notified of such resignation in writing by the Manager. From and after such effectiveness, the Successor Manager shall be, to the extent of the assignment, the “Manager” hereunder. Except as provided above in this SECTION 4.4(b), the Manager may not assign this Agreement or any of its rights, powers, duties or obligations hereunder.

  (c)	Term of Agreement. Except as provided in SECTION 4.4(a) and SECTION 4.4(b), the duties and obligations of the Manager under this Agreement shall continue until this Agreement shall have been terminated as provided in SECTION 9.1, and shall survive the exercise by the Master Issuer, the Trustee or the Control Party of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or the enforcement by the Master Issuer, the Trustee, the Control Party or any Noteholder of any provision of the Indenture, the other Related Documents, the Notes or this Agreement.

  Section 4.5  Taxes. The Manager shall file or cause to be filed all federal tax returns and all material state and other tax returns which, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, are required to be filed by the Manager, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Manager shall pay or make adequate provisions for the payment of all taxes shown as due on such returns, and all assessments made against it or any of its property (other than any amount of tax the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Manager).

  Section 4.6  Notice of Certain Events. Upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) an ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, threatened in writing against or affecting the Manager, before or by any court, administrative agency, arbitrator or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Manager or any of its properties either asserting the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any of the Related Documents, seeking any determination or ruling that would affect the legality, binding effect, validity or enforceability of any of the Related Documents or which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (c) any material breach of violation of the provisions of SECTION 4.9 hereof, the Manager shall provide written notice to the Trustee, the 

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  Control Party, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency of the same promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days of obtaining Actual Knowledge of the same.

  Section 4.7  Capitalization. The Manager shall have sufficient capital to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement at all times from the Closing Date and until the Indenture has been terminated in accordance with the terms thereof.

  Section 4.8  Franchise Law Determination. Upon final determination by any state franchising authority that the Manager is required under state franchise statutes or regulations to register as a franchise broker or franchise sales agent in such state, the Manager within sixty (60) days of such determination shall arrange for the filing of such documents on behalf of the Franchisor as are necessary to register the Manager as a franchise broker, franchise seller or franchise sales agent as required by such state franchising authority. Upon final determination by any state franchising authority that the Manager is considered by such state franchising authority to be a “subfranchisor”, the Manager within one-hundred twenty (120) days of such determination shall file such documents and take such other compliance actions as are required by such state franchising authority or under such state’s franchise laws.

  Section 4.9  Maintenance of Separateness. The Manager covenants that, except as contemplated by the Related Documents:

  (a)	the books and records of each Securitization Entity will be maintained separately from those of the Manager and each of its Affiliates that is not a Securitization Entity;

  (b)	all financial statements of the Manager that are consolidated to include any Securitization Entity and that are distributed to any party will contain detailed notes clearly stating that (i) all of such Securitization Entity’s assets are owned by such Securitization Entity, and (ii) such Securitization Entity is a separate entity and, as may be applicable, has creditors who have received interests in the Securitization Entity’s assets;

  (c)	the Manager will observe (and will cause each of its Affiliates that is not a Securitization Entity to observe) corporate or limited liability company formalities in its dealing with any Securitization Entity;

  (d)	except as contemplated under this Agreement, the Manager shall not (and shall not permit any of its Affiliates that is not a Securitization Entity to) commingle its funds with any funds of any Securitization Entity; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Manager or any successor to or assignee of the Manager from holding funds of the Securitization Entity in its capacity as manager for such entity in a segregated account identified for such purpose;

  (e)	the Manager will (and shall cause each of its Affiliates that is not a Securitization Entity to) maintain arm’s length relationships with each Securitization Entity and each of the Manager and its Affiliates that are not Securitization Entities will be compensated at market rates for any Services it renders or otherwise furnishes to such Securitization Entity, it being understood that the Management Fee, the Supplemental Management Fee and the amounts paid pursuant the Collateral Transaction Documents (other than any Charter Document) are representative of such arm’s length relationship between any Securitization Entity, on the one hand, and any Non-Securitization Entity, on the other hand;

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  (f)	the Manager will not be, and will not hold itself out to be, responsible for the debts of any Securitization Entity or the decisions or actions in respect of the daily business and affairs of any Securitization Entity and the Manager will not knowingly permit any Securitization Entity to hold the Manager out to be responsible for the debts of such Securitization Entity or the decisions or actions in respect of the daily business and affairs of such Securitization Entity; and

  (g)	upon an officer of the Manager obtaining Actual Knowledge that any of the foregoing provisions in this SECTION 4.9 hereof has been breached or violated in any material respect, the Manager will take such actions as may be reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to correct and remedy such breach or violation as soon as reasonably practicable under such circumstances.

  Section 4.10  Non-Securitization Debt Cap. Following the Closing Date, the Manager shall not and shall not permit the other Non-Securitization Entities to incur any additional Indebtedness for borrowed money (“Specified Non-Securitization Debt”) if, after giving effect to such incurrence (and any repayment of Specified Non-Securitization Debt on such date), such incurrence would cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Specified Non-Securitization Debt of the Non-Securitization Entities as of such date to exceed the greater of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) thirty-three percent (33%) of the sum of the Covenant Adjusted EBITDA of the Non-Securitization Entities and the Securitization Entities for the four (4) preceding Quarterly Fiscal Periods most recently ended as of such date (the “Specified Non-Securitization Debt Cap”); provided that the Specified Non-Securitization Debt Cap shall not be applicable to Specified Non-Securitization Debt that is (i) issued or incurred to refinance the Notes in whole, (ii) in excess of the Specified Non-Securitization Debt Cap if (a) the creditors (excluding (x) any creditor with respect to an aggregate amount of outstanding Indebtedness less than $100,000 and (y) any Indebtedness incurred by any Person prior to such Person becoming a Non-Securitization Entity) under and with respect to such Indebtedness execute a non-disturbance agreement with the Trustee, as directed by the Manager and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, that acknowledges the terms of the securitization transaction including the bankruptcy remote status of the Securitization Entities and their assets and (b) after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (and any repayment of existing Indebtedness and any related acquisition or other transaction occurring prior to or substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such Indebtedness), the Holdco Leverage Ratio (as calculated without regard to any Indebtedness that is subject to the Specified Non-Securitization Debt Cap) is less than or equal to 7.00x (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that any Notes defeased, satisfied or discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture shall not be included in the calculation of the Holdco Leverage Ratio under this clause (b)), (iii) considered Indebtedness due solely to a change in accounting rules that takes effect subsequent to the Closing Date but that was not (or, if such obligations were not outstanding at the time of such change in accounting rules, would not have been) considered Indebtedness prior to such date, (iv) in respect of any obligation of any Non-Securitization Entity to reimburse the Master Issuer for any draws under any one or more letters of credit or (v) with respect to any Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit.

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  Section 4.11  Special Provisions as to Securitization IP.

  (a)	  The Manager acknowledges and agrees that the Franchisor has the right and duty to control the quality of the goods and services offered under such Franchisor’s Trademarks included in the Securitization IP and the manner in which such Trademarks are used in order to maintain the validity and enforceability of and its ownership of the Trademarks included in the Securitization IP. The Manager shall not take any action contrary to the express written instruction of the Franchisor with respect to:  (A) the promulgation of quality control standards with respect to the operation of the Centers, including cleanliness, atmosphere, level of service, and appearance (or the making of material changes to the existing standards), (B) the promulgation of quality control standards with respect to new businesses, products and services which the Franchisor approves for inclusion in the license granted under any IP License Agreement (or other license agreement or sublicense agreement for which the Manager is performing IP Services), (C) the nature and implementation of means of monitoring and controlling adherence to the quality control standards, (D) the terms of any Franchise Agreements and Multi-Unit Development Agreements to which the Franchisor is a party or of other license or sublicense agreements relating to the quality control standards which licensees must follow with respect to businesses, products, and services offered under the Trademarks included in the Securitization IP and the usage of such Trademarks, (E) the commencement and prosecution of enforcement actions with respect to the Trademarks included in the Securitization IP and the terms of any settlements thereof, (F) the adoption of any variations on the European Wax Center Brand in the United States which are not in use on the date hereof, or other new Trademarks to be included in the Securitization IP, (G) the abandonment of any Securitization IP and (H) any uses of the Securitization IP that are not consistent with the Managing Standard. The Franchisor shall have the right to monitor the Manager’s compliance with the foregoing and its performance of the IP Services and, in furtherance thereof, Manager shall provide the Franchisor, at the Franchisor’s written request from time to time, with copies of Franchise Documents, IP License Agreements and other licenses and sublicenses of Securitization IP, samples of products and materials bearing the Trademarks included in the Securitization IP used by Franchisees, any manufacturer or distributor of proprietary products and other licensees and sublicensees. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the Franchisor’s rights or the licensees’ obligations under the IP License Agreements or any other agreement with respect to which the Manager is performing IP Services.

  Section 4.12  Restrictions on Dispositions and Liens. The Manager shall not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose, in whole or in part, of any Equity Interest in the Holding Company Guarantor. In addition, the Manager shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume, permit or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Liens in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties and any Permitted Lien set forth in clauses (a), (g), (j) or (m) of the definition thereof) upon the Equity Interests of any Securitization Entity.

  Section 4.13  No Competition. The Manager shall not, and shall not permit the other Non-Securitization Entities to, purchase Centers or other assets similar to the Contributed Assets with the intention of competing with the Securitization Entities; provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Manager or any other Non-Securitization Entities from (i) operating the Retained Corporate-Owned Centers, (ii) operating Reacquired Centers, (iii) acquiring or developing any 

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  other asset that is intended at the time of acquisition or development of such asset to be contributed the Securitization Entities or (iv) acquiring or developing any asset that the Manager is not required to contribute to the Securitization Entities pursuant to SECTION 5.2(a)(i); provided, further, that the foregoing shall not limit the Manager or any other Non-Securitization Entity from operating any brand prior to such brand becoming a Future Brand.

  Article 5

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS AS TO NEW ASSETS

  Section 5.1  Representations and Warranties Made in Respect of New Assets. The Manager represents and warrants to the Master Issuer, the other Securitization Entities, the Trustee and the Control Party, as of the dates set forth below (except if otherwise expressly noted) as follows:

  (a)	New Franchise Agreements. As of the applicable New Asset Addition Date with respect to any New Franchise Agreement acquired or entered into on such New Asset Addition Date:

  (i)	Such New Franchise Agreement does not contain terms and conditions that are reasonably expected to result in (A) a material decrease in the amount of Collections or Retained Collections, taken as a whole, (B) a material adverse change in the nature, quality or timing of Collections, taken as a whole, (C) a material adverse change in the types of underlying assets generating Collections, taken as a whole, in each case when compared to the amount, nature or quality of, or types of assets generating Collections that would have been reasonably expected to result had such New Franchise Agreement been entered into in accordance with the then-current Franchise Documents or (D) any requirement to license Intellectual Property unless one of the Securitization Entities possesses the full rights to license such Intellectual Property;

  (ii)	Such New Franchise Agreement is genuine, and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto and is enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy or insolvency laws and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

  (iii)	Such New Franchise Agreement complies in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law;

  (iv)	The Franchisee related to such New Franchise Agreement is not, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding;

  (v)	Royalty Payments payable pursuant to such New Franchise Agreement are payable by the related Franchisee at least monthly;

  (vi)	Except as required by applicable Requirements of Law, such New Franchise Agreement contains no contractual rights of set-off; and

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  (vii)	 Except as required by applicable Requirements of Law, such New Franchise Agreement is freely assignable by the applicable Securitization Entities.

  (b)	New Multi-Unit Development Agreements. As of the applicable New Asset Addition Date with respect to any New Multi-Unit Development Agreement acquired or entered into on such New Asset Addition Date:

  (i)	Such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement does not contain terms and conditions that are reasonably expected to result in (A) a material decrease in the amount of Collections or Retained Collections, taken as a whole, (B) a material adverse change in the nature, quality or timing of Collections, taken as a whole, or (C) a material adverse change in the types of underlying assets generating Collections, taken as a whole, in each case when compared to the amount, nature or quality of, or types of assets generating Collections that would have been reasonably expected to result had such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement been entered into in accordance with the then-current Franchise Documents; 

  (ii)	Such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement is genuine, and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto and is enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy or insolvency laws and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); 

  (iii)	Such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement complies in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law; 

  (iv)	The Franchisee related to such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement is not, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding; 

  (v)	Except as required by applicable Requirements of Law, such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement contains no contractual rights of set-off; and

  (vi)	Except as required by applicable Requirements of Law, such New Multi-Unit Development Agreement is freely assignable by the applicable Securitization Entities.    

  (c)	New Securitized Supply Agreements. As of the applicable New Asset Addition Date with respect to any New Securitized Supply Agreements, entered into or acquired on such New Asset Addition Date:

  (i)	Such New Securitized Supply Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, has been fully and properly executed by the Securitization Entities party thereto and is enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy or insolvency laws and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); 

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  (iii)	No party to such New Securitized Supply Agreement is, to the Actual Knowledge of the Manager, the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding; 

  (iv)	Such New Securitized Supply Agreement complies in all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law; and 

  (v)	Except as required by applicable Requirements of Law, such agreement is freely assignable by the applicable Securitization Entities.

  (d)	[Reserved]. 

  (e)	After-Acquired Securitization IP. With respect to any After-Acquired Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) contributed by the Manager (indirectly, through the Holding Company Guarantor and the Master Issuer) to the Franchisor on the applicable New Asset Addition Date, as of such New Asset Addition Date the Manager has all necessary rights, title and interest in such After-Acquired Securitization IP to make such contribution.

  Section 5.2  Covenants in Respect of New Collateral.  

  (a)	New Assets.

  (i)	The Manager shall cause the applicable Securitization Entity to enter into or acquire each of the following, to the extent entered into or acquired after the Closing Date:  (a) all New Franchise Agreements and New Multi-Unit Development Agreements, (b) all After-Acquired Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) and (c) all New Securitized Supply Agreements; provided, that the Manager shall not be required to cause any Securitization Entity to enter into any agreements or acquire any other assets relating to the Franchised Center Business in any country other than the United States. The Manager may, but will not be obligated to, contribute to the Master Issuer or its applicable Subsidiary, or otherwise cause the Master Issuer or its applicable Subsidiary to enter into, develop or acquire other assets and liabilities of a type and nature similar to the Securitized Assets held by the Securitization Entities on the Closing Date (“Other Assets”).

  (ii)	 (A) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Control Party, any contribution to, or development or acquisition by, the Master Issuer or any other Securitization Entity of any New Franchise Agreements, New Multi-Unit Development Agreements and New Securitized Supply Agreements shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the Indenture, this Agreement (including the applicable representations and covenants in ARTICLE 2 and ARTICLE 5 of this Agreement), the IP License Agreements and any other relevant Related Documents.

  (B)	Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Control Party, any contribution to, or development or acquisition by, the Master Issuer of Other Assets shall be subject to applicable provisions of the Indenture, this Agreement, the IP License Agreements and any other relevant Related Documents. The Control Party shall have the right (but not the obligation) to determine the Securitization Entity that shall hold any such Other Assets (including the right to direct that such Other Assets be held by one or more newly formed 

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  Additional Securitization Entities if the Control Party reasonably believes such Other Assets could impair the Collateral).

  (iii)	The Manager shall have the right to form an Additional Securitization Entity for the purpose of holding Other Assets until such time as the Control Party shall direct the Manager as to which Securitization Entity should hold such Other Asset.

  (iv)	Without the consent of the Control Party, the Manager or its Affiliates shall not have the right to contribute any assets (other than cash or Notes) or assign any liabilities to the Master Issuer, or cause the Master Issuer or its Subsidiaries to enter into any arrangements, except as provided in this SECTION 5.2(a) or as otherwise permitted under the Related Documents.

  Section 5.3  Securitization IP. All Securitization IP (excluding Excepted Securitization IP Assets) shall be owned solely by the Franchisor and shall not be assigned, transferred or licensed out by the Franchisor to any other entity other than as permitted or provided under the Related Documents.

  Article 6

[RESERVED]

  Article 7

DEFAULT

  Section 7.1  Manager Termination Events.

  (a)	Manager Termination Events. Any of the following acts or occurrences shall constitute a Manager Termination Event under this Agreement, the assertion as to the occurrence of which may be made, and notice of which may be given, by the Master Issuer, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager or the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Control Party):

  (i)	any failure by the Manager to remit a payment required to be deposited from a Concentration Account to the Collection Account or any other Indenture Trust Account, within three (3) Business Days of the later of (a) its Actual Knowledge of its receipt thereof and (b) the date such deposit is required to be made pursuant to the Related Documents; provided that any inadvertent failure to remit such a payment shall not be a breach of this clause (i) if in an amount less than $5,000,000 and cured within three (3) Business Days of a Manager Termination Event under this clause (i) after the Manager obtains Actual Knowledge thereof (it being understood that the Manager shall not be responsible for the failure of the Trustee to remit funds that were received by the Trustee from or on behalf of the Manager in accordance with the applicable Related Documents);

  (ii)	the Interest-Only DSCR as calculated as of any Quarterly Calculation Date is less than 1.20x;

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  (iii)	any failure by the Manager to provide any required certificate or report set forth in SECTIONS 4.1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of the Base Indenture within three (3) Business Days of its due date;

  (iv)	a material default by the Manager in the due performance and observance of any provisions of this Agreement or any other Related Document to which it is a party (other than as described above) and the continuation of such default for a period of thirty (30) days after the Manager has been notified thereof in writing by any Securitization Entity or the Control Party; provided, that if any such default is capable of being remedied within thirty (30) days after the Manager has obtained Actual Knowledge of such breach or the Manager’s receipt of written notice thereof, then a Manager Termination Event shall only occur under this clause (iv) as a result of such breach if it is not cured in all material respects by the end of such thirty (30) day period; provided, further, that no Manager Termination Event shall occur pursuant to this clause (iv) due to the breach of any covenant relating to any New Asset set forth in ARTICLE 5 so long as the Manager has complied with SECTION 2.8(b) and SECTION 2.8(c) if such damages are required to be paid with respect to such breach;

  (v)	any material breach by the Manager of any representation, warranty or statement of the Manager made in this Agreement or any other Related Document or in any certificate, report or other writing delivered pursuant thereto that is not qualified by materiality or the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” as of the time when the same was made or deemed to have been made or as of any other date specified in such document or agreement; provided that if any such breach is capable of being remedied within thirty (30) days after the Manager has obtained Actual Knowledge of such breach or the Manager’s receipt of written notice thereof, then a Manager Termination Event shall only occur under this clause (v) as a result of such breach if it is not cured in all material respects by the end of such 30-day period; provided, further, that no Manager Termination Event shall occur pursuant to this clause (v) due to the breach of any representation, warranty or statement relating to any New Asset set forth in ARTICLE 5 so long as the Manager has complied with SECTION 2.8(b) and SECTION 2.8(c) if such damages are required to be paid with respect to such breach;

  (vi)	any breach by the Manager of any representation, warranty or statement of the Manager made in this Agreement or any other Related Document or in any certificate, report or other writing delivered pursuant thereto that is qualified by materiality or the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” as of the time when the same was made or deemed to have been made or as of any other date specified in such document or agreement; provided that if any such breach is capable of being remedied within thirty (30) days after the Manager has obtained Actual Knowledge of such breach or the Manager’s receipt of written notice thereof, then a Manager Termination Event shall only occur under this clause (vi) as a result of such breach if it is not cured in all material respects by the end of such 30-day period; provided, further, that no Manager Termination Event shall occur under this clause (vi) due to the breach of a representation or warranty relating to any New Asset set forth in ARTICLE 5 so long as the Manager has complied with SECTION 2.8(b) and SECTION 2.8(c) with respect to such breach by taking any action required to be taken;

  (vii)	an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to the Manager shall have occurred;

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  (viii)	any final, non-appealable order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against the Manager by a court of competent jurisdiction decreeing the dissolution of the Manager and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than ten (10) days;

  (ix)	a final, non-appealable judgment for an amount in excess of $50,000,000 (exclusive of any portion thereof which is insured) is rendered against the Manager by a court of competent jurisdiction and is not paid, discharged or stayed within sixty (60) days of the date when due;

  (x)	an acceleration of more than $50,000,000 of the Indebtedness of the Manager which Indebtedness has not been discharged or which acceleration has not been rescinded and annulled; 

  (xi)	this Agreement or a material portion thereof ceases to be in full force and effect or enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than in accordance with the express termination provisions hereof) or the Manager asserts as much in writing;

  (xii)	 a failure by any Non-Securitization Entity to comply with the Specified Non-Securitization Debt Cap, and such failure has continued for a period of forty-five (45) days after the Manager has been notified in writing by any Securitization Entity, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager or the Trustee, or otherwise has obtained Actual Knowledge of such non-compliance; and

  (xiii)	the occurrence of a Change in Management with respect to the Manager following the occurrence of a Change of Control.

  (b)	Remedies. If a Manager Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative) may (i) waive such Manager Termination Event (except for a Manager Termination Event described in clauses (vii) or (viii) of SECTION 7.1(a) which termination will be automatic) or (ii) direct the Trustee to terminate the Manager in its capacity as such by the delivery of a termination notice (the “Termination Notice”) to the Manager (with a copy to each of the Securitization Entities, the Back-Up Manager and the Rating Agency); provided that the delivery of a Termination Notice to the Manager shall not be required in respect of any Manager Termination Event described in clauses (vii) or (viii) of SECTION 7.1(a). If the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), delivers a Termination Notice to the Manager pursuant to this Agreement (or automatically upon the occurrence of any Manager Termination Event relating to any Manager Termination Event described in clauses (vii) or (viii) of SECTION 7.1(a)) all rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the Manager under this Agreement and the other Related Documents (other than with respect to the payment of Indemnification Amounts or its obligations with respect to Disentanglement and Continuity of Services), including with respect to the Accounts or otherwise, will vest in and be assumed by the Successor Manager appointed by the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative). If no Successor Manager has been appointed by the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative), the Back-Up Manager will serve as the Interim Successor Manager and will work with the Control Party (unless the 

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  Majority of Controlling Class Members is then serving as Transition Control Party) to implement the Transition Plan (as defined in the Back-Up Management Agreement) until a Successor Manager (other than the Back-Up Manager) has been appointed by the Control Party (acting at the direction of the Controlling Class Representative).

  (c)	From and during the continuation of a Manager Termination Event where the rights and powers of the Manager have been terminated, each Securitization Entity and the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Control Party) are hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Manager, as attorney in fact or otherwise, all documents and other instruments (including any notices to Franchisees deemed necessary or advisable by the applicable Securitization Entity or the Control Party), and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate, to effect such vesting and assumption.

  (d)	Notice of Manager Termination Event. Promptly after the occurrence of any Manager Termination Event pursuant to SECTION 7.1(a), the Manager shall transmit notice of such Manager Termination Event to the Control Party and the Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency and the Back-Up Manager.

  Section 7.2  Disentanglement.

  (a)	Obligations. Upon termination of the Manager pursuant to a Termination Notice following a Manager Termination Event (or the automatic termination of the Manager as a result of the occurrence of a Manager Termination Event described in clause (vii) or clause (viii) of SECTION 7.1(a)) or resignation of the Manager pursuant to SECTION 4.4(b), the Manager will cooperate with the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party in connection with the implementation of the Transition Plan (as defined in the Back-Up Management Agreement) and the complete transition to a Successor Manager (including in connection with any resignation of the Manager), without interruption or adverse impact on the provision of Services (the “Disentanglement”). To the extent that the Manager’s staff and resources are necessary for the implementation of such Transition Plan and the completion of such Transition Plan with respect to a Successor Manager, the Manager shall use its commercially reasonable efforts during the Disentanglement Period to not materially reduce its existing staff and resources that were devoted to or shared with the provision of the Services prior to the date of such Termination Notice (such activities being referred to as “Continuity of Services”) and will allow reasonable access to the Manager’s premises, systems and offices during the Disentanglement Period. The Manager will cooperate fully with the Successor Manager (or the Interim Successor Manager, as the case may be) and otherwise promptly take all actions required to assist in effecting a complete Disentanglement (including the prompt completion of all work) and shall follow any directions that may be provided by the Back-Up Manager and the Control Party. The Manager will provide all information and assistance regarding the terminated Services required for Disentanglement, including data conversion and migration, interface specifications, and related professional services. All services relating to Disentanglement (“Disentanglement Services”), including all reasonable training for personnel of the Back-Up Manager (including in its capacity as Interim Successor Manager, as may be applicable), the Successor Manager or the Successor Manager’s designated alternate service provider in the performance of the Services, will be deemed a part of the Services to be performed by the Manager. The Manager will use 

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  commercially reasonable efforts to utilize existing resources to perform the Disentanglement Services.

  (b)	Charges for Disentanglement Services. So long as the Manager continues to provide the Services (whether or not the Manager has been terminated as Manager) during the Disentanglement Period, the Manager shall continue to be paid the Management Fee. Upon the Successor Manager’s assumption of the obligation to perform the Services, the Manager shall be entitled to reimbursement of its actual costs for the provision of any Disentanglement Services.

  (c)	Duration of Disentanglement Obligations. The Manager’s obligation to provide Disentanglement Services will not cease until the Disentanglement Period expires. The “Disentanglement Period” means the period of time commencing on (A) delivery of the Termination Notice to the Manager or (B) delivery of a resignation notice by the Manager and ending on the date on which a Successor Manager or the re-engaged Manager assumes all of the obligations of the Manager under this Agreement.

  (d)	Sub-Management Arrangements; Authorizations.

  (i)	With respect to any Sub-Management Arrangement, unless the Control Party elects to terminate such Sub-Management Arrangement, or such Sub-Management Arrangement is automatically terminated, in accordance with SECTION 2.12 hereof, the Manager will:

  (A)	assign to the Successor Manager or its designated alternate service provider all of the Manager’s rights under such Sub-Management Arrangement to which it is party used by the Manager in performance of the transitioned Services; and

  (B)	procure any third party authorizations necessary to grant the Successor Manager or its designated alternate service provider the use and benefit of such Sub-Management Arrangement to which it is party used by the Manager in performing the transitioned Services, pending their assignment to the Successor Manager under this Agreement.

  (ii)	If the Control Party elects to terminate such Sub-Management Arrangement, or such Sub-Management Arrangement is automatically terminated, in accordance with SECTION 2.12 hereof, the Manager will take all reasonable actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Control Party to accomplish a complete transition of the Services performed by such Sub-Manager to the Successor Manager, or to any alternate service provider designated by the Control Party, without interruption or adverse impact on the provision of Services.

  (e)	Confidential Information. The Manager will comply with the terms of ARTICLE 8 relating to the return and destruction of Confidential Information.

  (f)	Third Party Intellectual Property. The Manager will assist the Successor Manager or its designated alternate service provider in obtaining any necessary licenses or consents to any third-party Intellectual Property then being used by the Manager or any Sub-Manager. The Manager will assign any such license or sublicense directly to the Successor Manager or its designated alternate service provider to the extent the Manager has the necessary rights to assign such agreements to the Successor Manager without incurring any additional cost.

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  Section 7.3  Intellectual Property. Within ninety (90) days of termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Manager shall deliver and surrender up to the Securitization Entities (with a copy to the Successor Manager and the Control Party) any and all products, materials, or other physical objects bearing, containing, or embodying any Securitization IP or Confidential Information of the Securitization Entities, including any materials bearing Trademarks included in the Securitization IP and any copies of copyrighted works included in the Securitization IP in the Manager’s possession or control, and shall terminate all use of all Securitization IP, including Trade Secrets; provided that (for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the foregoing) any rights granted to EWC Ventures and the other Non-Securitization Entities as licensees pursuant to the IP License Agreements shall continue pursuant to the terms thereof notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement and/or EWC Ventures’ role as Manager (except to the extent that such license pertains to the performance of Services under this Agreement); and provided further that (for the avoidance of doubt), Manager shall continue to maintain the confidentiality and secrecy of all Trade Secrets and other Confidential Information included in the Securitization IP in perpetuity.

  Section 7.4  No Effect on Other Parties. Upon any termination of the rights and powers of the Manager from time to time pursuant to SECTION 7.1 or upon any appointment of a Successor Manager, all the rights, powers, duties, obligations and responsibilities of the Securitization Entities or the Trustee under this Agreement, the Indenture and the other Related Documents shall remain unaffected by such termination or appointment and shall remain in full force and effect thereafter, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in the Indenture.

  Section 7.5  Rights Cumulative. All rights and remedies from time to time conferred upon or reserved to the Securitization Entities, the Trustee, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager or the Noteholders or to any or all of the foregoing are cumulative, and none is intended to be exclusive of another or any other right or remedy which they may have at law or in equity. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no delay or omission in insisting upon the strict observance or performance of any provision of this Agreement, or in exercising any right or remedy, shall be construed as a course of dealing, waiver or relinquishment of such provision, nor shall it impair such right or remedy. Every right and remedy may be exercised from time to time and as often as deemed expedient.

  Article 8

CONFIDENTIALITY

  Section 8.1  Confidentiality.

  (a)	Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that during the term of this Agreement each party (the “Recipient”) may receive Confidential Information from the other party (the “Discloser”). Each party agrees to maintain the Confidential Information in the strictest of confidence and will not, at any time, use, disseminate or disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity other than those of (i) its officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (including legal counsel or accountants) or (ii) in the case of the Manager and the Securitization Entities, Franchisees and prospective Franchisees, suppliers or 

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  other service providers under written confidentiality agreements that contain provisions at least as protective as those set forth in this Agreement. Recipient shall be liable for any breach of this ARTICLE 8 by any of its officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives, Franchisees and prospective Franchisees, suppliers or other service providers and shall immediately notify Discloser in the event of any loss or disclosure of any Confidential Information of Discloser and shall reasonably assist and cooperate, at the expense of the Master Issuer, with Discloser with respect to any investigation, disclosures to affected parties, and other remedial measures as requested by Discloser. Each party agrees to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Confidential Information it receives, and shall not use any less than the same degree of care that it uses to protect its own Confidential Information. Upon termination of this Agreement, Recipient will return to Discloser, or at Discloser’s request, destroy all documents and records in its possession containing the Confidential Information of Discloser. Confidential Information shall not include information that: (i) is already known to Recipient without restriction on use or disclosure prior to receipt of such information from Discloser; (ii) is or becomes part of the public domain other than by breach of this Agreement by, or other wrongful act of, Recipient; (iii) is developed by Recipient independently of and without reference to any Confidential Information; (iv) is received by Recipient from a third party who is not under any obligation to Discloser to maintain the confidentiality of such information; or (v) is required to be disclosed by the Indenture, the Related Documents, applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, subpoena, court order or legal process; provided that the Recipient shall promptly inform the Discloser of any such requirement and cooperate with any attempt by the Discloser to obtain a protective order or other similar treatment. It shall be the obligation of Recipient to prove that such an exception to the definition of Confidential Information exists.

  (b)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in SECTION 8.1(a), the Securitization Entities, the Trustee, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager or the Noteholders may use, disseminate or disclose any Confidential Information to any person or entity in connection with the enforcement of rights of the Securitization Entities, the Trustee, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager or the Noteholders under the Indenture or the Related Documents; provided, however, that prior to disclosing any such Confidential Information:

  (i)	to any such person or entity other than in connection with any judicial or regulatory proceeding, such person or entity shall agree in writing to maintain such Confidential Information in a manner at least as protective of the Confidential Information as the terms of SECTION 8.1(a); or

  (ii)	to any such person or entity in connection with any judicial or regulatory proceeding, the Recipient will (x) promptly notify Discloser of each such requirement and identify the documents so required thereby, so that Discloser may seek an appropriate protective order or similar treatment and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement; (y) use reasonable efforts to assist Discloser in obtaining such protective order or other similar treatment protecting such Confidential Information prior to any such disclosure; and (z) consult with Discloser on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow the scope of such requirement. If, in the absence of such a protective order or similar treatment, the Recipient is nonetheless required by Requirements of Law to disclose any part of Discloser’s Confidential Information which is disclosed to it under this Agreement, the Recipient may disclose such 

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  Confidential Information without liability under this Agreement, except that the Recipient will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which is legally required.

  Article 9

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  Section 9.1  Termination of Agreement. The respective duties and obligations of the Manager and the Securitization Entities created by this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (x) the final payment or other liquidation of the last Securitized Asset and (y) the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to ARTICLE Twelve of the Base Indenture. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to this SECTION 9.1, the Manager shall pay over to the applicable Securitization Entity or any other Person entitled thereto all proceeds of the Securitized Assets held by the Manager. The provisions of SECTIONS 2.8 and 2.9 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

  Section 9.2  Amendment.

  (a)	This Agreement may only be amended, from time to time, in writing, upon the written consent of the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Control Party) the Securitization Entities, and the Manager; provided that no consent of the Trustee or the Control Party shall be required in connection with any amendment to accomplish any of the following:

  (i)	to correct or amplify the description of any required activities of the Manager;

  (ii)	to add to the duties or covenants of the Manager for the benefit of any Noteholders or any other Secured Parties, or to add provisions to this Agreement so long as such action does not modify the Managing Standard, materially adversely affect the enforceability of the Securitization IP or materially adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders;

  (iii)	to correct any manifest error or to cure any ambiguity, defect or provision that may be inconsistent with the terms of the Base Indenture or any other Related Document, or to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with the terms of the Base Indenture or each offering memorandum for the Notes;

  (iv)	to evidence the succession of another Person to any party to this Agreement;

  (v)	to comply with Requirements of Law; 

  (vi)	to allow any Future Brand to be contributed to, or acquired by, the Securitization Entities in a manner that does not violate the Managing Standard and to provide for any applicable provisions with respect thereto; provided that any amendment, modification or supplement that alters the manner in which Net Cash Flow or DSCR is calculated (including by any amendment, modification or supplement of any defined terms contained therein) may not be effected unless the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect thereto;

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  (vii)	to take any action necessary and appropriate to facilitate the origination of Managed Documents or the management and preservation of the Managed Documents, in each case, in accordance with the Managing Standard; or

  (viii)	to provide for additional Services to be provided by the Manager.

  (b)	Promptly after the execution of any such amendment set forth in clauses (a)(i) through (a)(viii) above, the Manager shall send to the Trustee, the Control Party, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency a copy of such amendment, but the failure to do so will not impair or affect its validity.

  (c)	Any amendment or modification effected contrary to the provisions of this SECTION 9.2 shall be null and void.

  Section 9.3  Amendments to Other Agreements. The Master Issuer and the Trustee each agree not to amend the Indenture or the Related Documents to which it is a party without the Manager’s consent if such amendment would materially increase the Manager’s obligations or liabilities, or materially decrease the Manager’s rights or remedies under this Agreement, the Indenture or any other Related Document.

  Section 9.4  Acknowledgement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Manager hereby acknowledges that, on the date hereof, certain of the Securitization Entities will pledge to the Trustee under the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, all of such Securitization Entities’ right and title to, and interest in, this Agreement and the Collateral; and such pledge includes all of such Securitization Entities’ rights, remedies, powers and privileges, and all claims of such Securitization Entities’ against the Manager, under or with respect to this Agreement (whether arising pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity), including (i) the rights of such Securitization Entities and the obligations of the Manager hereunder and (ii) the right, at any time, to give or withhold consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, demands, extensions or waivers under or with respect to this Agreement or the obligations in respect of the Manager hereunder to the same extent as such Securitization Entities may do. The Manager hereby consents to such pledges described above, acknowledges and agrees that the Control Party shall be third-party beneficiaries of the rights of such Securitization Entities arising hereunder and agrees that the Trustee or the Control Party may, to the extent provided in the Indenture and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, enforce the provisions of this Agreement, exercise the rights of such Securitization Entities and enforce the obligations of the Manager hereunder without the consent of the such Securitization Entities.

  Section 9.5  Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction.

  (a)	THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

  (b)	The parties hereto each hereby IRREVOCABLy waive TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS Agreement OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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  (c)	The parties hereto each hereby irrevocably and unconditionally 

  (i)	submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Related Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

  (ii)	consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

  (iii)	agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the applicable party at its address set forth in Section 14.1 of the Base Indenture or at such other address of which the other parties hereto shall have been notified pursuant to SECTION 9.6; 

  (iv)	agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and 

  (v)	waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this SECTION 9.4 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

  Section 9.6  Notices. All notices, requests or other communications desired or required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by (a) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (b) national prepaid overnight delivery service, (c) telecopy or other facsimile or electronic mail transmission of a .pdf or similar file, (d) personal delivery with receipt acknowledged in writing, to the address set forth in the Indenture or (e) email (which email may contain a link to a password-protected website containing such notice for which the recipient has been granted access). If the Indenture or this Agreement permits reports to be posted to a password-protected website, such reports shall be deemed delivered when posted on such website. Any party hereto may change its address for notices hereunder by giving notice of such change to the other parties hereto, with a copy to the Control Party. The Manager shall notify the other parties hereto of any change of the identity or address of the Controlling Class Representative. All notices and demands to any Person hereunder shall be deemed to have been given either at the time of the delivery thereof at the address of such Person for notices hereunder, or on the third (3rd) day after the mailing thereof to such address, as the case may be.

  Section 9.7  Severability of Provisions. If one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatever held invalid or unenforceable, such provisions shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements and provisions of this Agreement and such invalidity or unenforceability shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of such remaining provisions, or the rights of any parties hereto. To the extent 

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  permitted by law, the parties hereto waive any provision of law which renders any provision of this Agreement invalid or unenforceable in any respect.

  Section 9.8  Delivery Dates. If the due date of any notice, certificate or report required to be delivered by the Manager hereunder falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such notice, certificate or report shall be automatically extended to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

  Section 9.9  Limited Recourse. The obligations of the Securitization Entities under this Agreement are solely the limited liability company obligations of the Securitization Entities. The Manager agrees that the Securitization Entities shall be liable for any claims that it may have against the Securitization Entities only to the extent that funds or assets are available to pay such claims pursuant to the Indenture and that, to the extent that any such claims remain unpaid after the application of such funds and assets in accordance with the Indenture, such claims shall be extinguished.  

  Section 9.10  Binding Effect; Limited Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied, shall be construed to give any Person other than the parties hereto and the Control Party any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, agreements, representations or provisions contained herein. The Control Party shall be third party beneficiary to this Agreement.

  Section 9.11  Article and Section Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

  Section 9.12  Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. For purposes of this Agreement, any reference to “written” or “in writing” means any form of written communication, including, without limitation, electronic signatures, and any such written communication may be transmitted by Electronic Transmission. The words “executed,” “execution,” “sign,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Agreement shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif”, “tiff”, “jpeg” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, Orbit, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code. “Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or 

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  databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. The Trustee is authorized to accept written instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications delivered by Electronic Transmission and shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by Electronic Transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such Electronic Transmission, and the Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties (except to the extent such action results from gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud by the Trustee). Any requirement in this Agreement that is to be signed or authenticated by “manual signature” or similar language shall not be deemed to prohibit signature to be by facsimile or electronic signature and shall not be deemed to prohibit delivery thereof by Electronic Transmission. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any and all communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Trustee that the Trustee in its sole discretion deems to contain confidential, proprietary and/or sensitive information and sent by Electronic Transmission will be encrypted. The recipient of the Electronic Transmission will be required to complete a one-time registration process.

  Section 9.13  Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Indenture and the other Related Documents and the Managed Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement, the Indenture, the other Related Documents and the Managed Documents.

  Section 9.14  Concerning the Trustee. In acting under this Agreement, the Trustee shall be afforded the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and indemnities set forth in the Indenture as if fully set forth herein.

  Section 9.15  Joinder of Additional Securitization Entities. In the event the Master Issuer shall form an Additional Securitization Entity pursuant to Section 8.34 of the Base Indenture, such Additional Securitization Entity shall execute and deliver to the Manager and the Trustee (i) a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A and (ii) a Power of Attorney in the form of Exhibit B-2, and such Additional Securitization Entity shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Securitization Entity party hereto on the Closing Date.

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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Management Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

   

  EWC VENTURES, LLC, as Manager

  By: /s/ Gavin O’Connor

        Name: Gavin O’Connor

        Title: Chief Legal Officer

  EWC HOLDING GUARANTOR LLC

  By: /s/ Gavin O’Connor

        Name: Gavin O’Connor

        Title: Chief Legal Officer

  EWC MASTER ISSUER LLC

  By: /s/ Gavin O’Connor

        Name: Gavin O’Connor

        Title: Chief Legal Officer

  EWC FRANCHISOR LLC

  By: /s/ Gavin O’Connor

        Name: Gavin O’Connor

        Title: Chief Legal Officer

  EWC DISTRIBUTOR LLC

  By: /s/ Gavin O’Connor

        Name: Gavin O’Connor

        Title: Chief Legal Officer 

   

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  CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee

  By: /s/ Anthony Bausa

        Name: Anthony Bausa

        Title: Senior Trust Officer

   

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  Exhibit A
JOINDER AGREEMENT

  This Joinder Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of [insert date], is between [insert name] (the “Additional Securitization Entity”), EWC Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

  Section 1.  Reference to Management Agreement; Definitions. Reference is made to the Management Agreement dated as of April 6, 2022, as now in effect (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Management Agreement”), among EWC Master Issuer LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Master Issuer”), certain of its subsidiaries party thereto, the Manager and the Trustee. For all purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A to the Base Indenture dated as of April 6, 2022, as now in effect (the “Base Indenture”), between the Master Issuer and the Trustee.

  Section 2.  Joinder. Effective as of the date on which all the conditions in Section 3 below are satisfied (the “Joinder Date”), the Additional Securitization Entity joins in and becomes party (as fully as if the Additional Securitization Entity had been an original signatory thereto) to the Management Agreement as a party thereunder for all purposes thereof.

  Section 3.  Conditions. The effectiveness of the joinder in Section 2 above shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or prior to the Joinder Date:

  (a)	Proper Proceedings. This Agreement shall have been authorized by all necessary corporate or other proceedings. All necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of any governmental or administrative agency or any other Person of any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect.

  (b)	General. All legal and corporate proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Control Party and the Control Party shall have received copies of all documents, including certified copies of the formation documents of the Additional Securitization Entity, records of limited liability company proceedings, certificates as to signatures and incumbency of officers and opinions of counsel, which the Control Party may have reasonably requested in connection therewith, such documents where appropriate to be certified by proper corporate or governmental authorities.

  Section 4.  Further Assurances. The Additional Securitization Entity will, upon the request of the Control Party from time to time, execute, acknowledge and deliver, and file and record, all such instruments, and take all such action, as the Control Party may reasonably request to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement and any other Related Document.

  Section 5.  Notices. Any notice or other communication to the Additional Securitization Entity in connection with this Agreement or any other Related Document may be given as provided in Section 9.6 of the Management Agreement and shall be deemed to be delivered if in writing and addressed to:

   

  

  
 

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  Section 6.  General. This Agreement, the Management Agreement and the other Related Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and current understandings and agreements, whether written or oral. Except to the extent specifically supplemented hereby, the provisions of the Related Documents shall remain unmodified. The Management Agreement and the Related Documents, each as supplemented hereby, are each confirmed as being in full force and effect. This Agreement shall constitute a Related Document. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument, and shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, including as such successors and assigns all holders of any obligations evidenced by the Notes. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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  Each of the parties has executed this Agreement under seal by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.

  [NAME OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIZATION ENTITY]

  By:						

  Name:

  Title:

  EWC VENTURES, LLC, as Manager

  By:						

  Name:

  Title:

  CITIBANK, N.A. as Trustee

  By:						

  Name:

  Title:

   

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  EXHIBIT B-1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

  KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that EWC Franchisor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Franchisor”), hereby appoints EWC Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any and all officers thereof as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in connection with the Services ascribed below with respect to the Securitization IP, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place of the Franchisor and in the name of the Franchisor or in its own name as nominee for the Franchisor, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the foregoing, subject to the Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Franchisor, certain of its affiliates and Citibank, N.A. (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Management Agreement”), including, without limitation, the full power to:

  (i)	sign its name upon all filings and to do all things necessary to maintain, register and renew Trademarks included in the Securitization IP with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, any state trademark registry, and/or any applicable domain registry;

  (ii)	sign its name upon all filings and to do all things necessary to maintain and prosecute Patents included in the Securitization IP with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;

  (iii)	sign its name upon all filings and to do all things necessary to maintain, register and renew Copyrights among the Securitization IP with the United States Copyright Office;

  (iv)	perform such functions and duties, and prepare and file such documents, as are required under the Base Indenture to be performed, prepared and/or filed by the Franchisor, including: (i) executing and recording such financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Trustee and the Master Issuer may from time to time reasonably request (to the extent required under the Related Documents) in order to perfect and maintain the security interests in the Securitization IP granted by the Franchisor to the Trustee under the Related Documents in accordance with the UCC; and (ii) executing grants of security interests or any similar instruments required under the Related Documents to evidence such security interests in the Securitization IP and recording such grants or other instruments with the relevant authority including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office;

  (v)	take such actions on behalf of the Franchisor as the Master Issuer or the Manager may reasonably request that are expressly required by the terms, provisions and purposes of the IP License Agreements or any other license of Securitization IP; or cause the preparation by other appropriate persons, of all documents, certificates and other filings as the Franchisor shall be required to prepare and/or file under the terms of the IP License Agreements or other licenses of Securitization IP; and

   

  

  
 

  (vi)	pay or arrange for payment or discharge taxes and liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Securitization IP.

  	This Power of Attorney is coupled with an interest. Capitalized terms used herein, and not defined herein shall have the meanings applicable to such terms in the Management Agreement.

   

  

  
 

  This Power of Attorney is governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to powers of attorney made and to be exercised wholly within such State.

  Dated: This [__________], 20[____]

  EWC FRANCHISOR LLC

  By:						

  Name:

  Title:

   

   

  

  
 

  STATE OF NEW YORK	)
:	ss.

  COUNTY OF NEW YORK	)

  On the [____] day of [__________], 20[__], before me the undersigned, personally appeared ____________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

  						 

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  EXHIBIT B-2

  POWER OF ATTORNEY

  KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that [_____], a Delaware limited liability company (the “Securitization Entity”), hereby appoints EWC Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any and all officers thereof as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in connection with the Services, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place of the Securitization Entity and in the name of the Securitization Entity or in its own name as nominee for the Securitization Entity, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the foregoing, subject to the Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Securitization Entity, certain of its affiliates and Citibank, N.A. (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Management Agreement”), including, without limitation, the full power to:

  (i)	perform such functions and duties, and prepare and file such documents, as are required under the Base Indenture to be performed, prepared and/or filed by the Securitization Entity, including: (i) executing and recording such financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Trustee and the Master Issuer may from time to time reasonably request (to the extent required under the Related Documents) in order to perfect and maintain the Lien in the Collateral granted by the Securitization Entity to the Trustee under the Related Documents in accordance with the UCC; and (ii) executing grants of security interests or any similar instruments required under the Related Documents to evidence such Lien in the Collateral; and

  (ii)	take such actions on behalf of the Securitization Entity as the Master Issuer or the Manager may reasonably request that are expressly required by the terms, provisions and purposes of the Management Agreement; or cause the preparation by other appropriate persons, of all documents, certificates and other filings as the Securitization Entity shall be required to prepare and/or file under the terms of the Management Agreement.

  This Power of Attorney is coupled with an interest. Capitalized terms used herein, and not defined herein shall have the meanings applicable to such terms in the Management Agreement.

   

   

  

  
 

  This Power of Attorney is governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to powers of attorney made and to be exercised wholly within such State.

  Dated: This [__________], 20[____]

  [__________]

  By:						

  Name:

  Title:

   

   

  

  
 

  STATE OF NEW YORK	)
:	ss.

  COUNTY OF NEW YORK	)

  On the [____] day of [__________], 20[__], before me the undersigned, personally appeared ____________________, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

  						 

  Notary Public

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