Document:

EX-4.7

 Exhibit 4.7 

NUCANA PLC 
 Issuer 

AND 

[    ] Trustee 

INDENTURE 
 Dated as of
[     ] 
 Subordinated Debt Securities 

 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE (1) 

 

					
	 Section of Trust

Indenture Act of

1939, as Amended
	  	Section of
Indenture	 
	 310(a).
	  	 	7.09	 
	 310(b).
	  	 	7.08	 
		  	 	7.10	 
	 310(c).
	  	 	Inapplicable	 
	 311(a).
	  	 	7.13(a)	 
	 311(b).
	  	 	7.13(b)	 
	 311(c).
	  	 	Inapplicable	 
	 312(a).
	  	 	5.02(a)	 
	 312(b).
	  	 	5.02(b)	 
	 312(c).
	  	 	5.02(c)	 
	 313(a).
	  	 	5.04(a)	 
	 313(b).
	  	 	5.04(a)	 
	 313(c).
	  	 	5.04(a)	 
		  	 	5.04(b)	 
	 313(d).
	  	 	5.04(b)	 
	 314(a).
	  	 	5.03	 
	 314(b).
	  	 	Inapplicable	 
	 314(c).
	  	 	13.06	 
	 314(d).
	  	 	Inapplicable	 
	 314(e).
	  	 	13.06	 
	 314(f).
	  	 	Inapplicable	 
	 315(a).
	  	 	7.01(a)	 
		  	 	7.02	 
	 315(b).
	  	 	6.07	 
	 315(c).
	  	 	7.01	 
	 315(d).
	  	 	7.01(b)	 
		  	 	7.01(c)	 
	 315(e).
	  	 	6.07	 
	 316(a).
	  	 	6.06	 
		  	 	8.04	 
	 316(b).
	  	 	6.04	 
	 316(c).
	  	 	8.01	 
	 317(a).
	  	 	6.02	 
	 317(b).
	  	 	4.03	 
	 318(a)
	  	 	13.08	 

  

	(1)	 This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions. 

  
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS (2) 

 

							
	 	    	 	 	Page	 
		
	 ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
	 	 	1	 
			
	 SECTION 1.01
	    	Definitions of Terms	 	 	1	 
		
	 ARTICLE II ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
	 	 	4	 
			
	 SECTION 2.01
	    	Designation and Terms of Securities	 	 	4	 
	 SECTION 2.02
	    	Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate	 	 	5	 
	 SECTION 2.03
	    	Denominations: Provisions for Payment	 	 	6	 
	 SECTION 2.04
	    	Execution and Authentications	 	 	7	 
	 SECTION 2.05
	    	Registration of Transfer and Exchange	 	 	8	 
	 SECTION 2.06
	    	Temporary Securities	 	 	8	 
	 SECTION 2.07
	    	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	 	 	9	 
	 SECTION 2.08
	    	Cancellation	 	 	9	 
	 SECTION 2.09
	    	Benefits of Indenture	 	 	9	 
	 SECTION 2.10
	    	Authenticating Agent	 	 	10	 
	 SECTION 2.11
	    	Global Securities	 	 	10	 
		
	 ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
	 	 	11	 
			
	 SECTION 3.01
	    	Redemption	 	 	11	 
	 SECTION 3.02
	    	Notice of Redemption	 	 	11	 
	 SECTION 3.03
	    	Payment Upon Redemption	 	 	12	 
	 SECTION 3.04
	    	Sinking Fund	 	 	12	 
	 SECTION 3.05
	    	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	 	 	12	 
	 SECTION 3.06
	    	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	 	 	13	 
		
	 ARTICLE IV COVENANTS
	 	 	13	 
			
	 SECTION 4.01
	    	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	 	 	13	 
	 SECTION 4.02
	    	Maintenance of Office or Agency	 	 	13	 
	 SECTION 4.03
	    	Paying Agents	 	 	13	 
	 SECTION 4.04
	    	Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee	 	 	14	 
	 SECTION 4.05
	    	Compliance with Consolidation Provisions	 	 	14	 
		
	 ARTICLE V SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE
	 	 	14	 
			
	 SECTION 5.01
	    	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders	 	 	14	 
	 SECTION 5.02
	    	Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders	 	 	15	 
	 SECTION 5.03
	    	Reports by the Company	 	 	15	 
	 SECTION 5.04
	    	Reports by the Trustee	 	 	15	 
		
	 ARTICLE VI REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
	 	 	16	 
			
	 SECTION 6.01
	    	Events of Default	 	 	16	 
	 SECTION 6.02
	    	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	 	 	17	 
	 SECTION 6.03
	    	Application of Moneys Collected	 	 	18	 
	 SECTION 6.04
	    	Limitation on Suits	 	 	19	 
	 SECTION 6.05
	    	Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver	 	 	19	 

  
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	 SECTION 6.06
	    	Control by Securityholders	 	 	19	 
	 SECTION 6.07
	    	Undertaking to Pay Costs	 	 	20	 
		
	 ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	 	 	20	 
			
	 SECTION 7.01
	    	Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee	 	 	20	 
	 SECTION 7.02
	    	Certain Rights of Trustee	 	 	21	 
	 SECTION 7.03
	    	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	 	 	22	 
	 SECTION 7.04
	    	May Hold Securities	 	 	22	 
	 SECTION 7.05
	    	Moneys Held in Trust	 	 	22	 
	 SECTION 7.06
	    	Compensation and Reimbursement	 	 	23	 
	 SECTION 7.07
	    	Reliance on Officers’ Certificate	 	 	23	 
	 SECTION 7.08
	    	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests	 	 	23	 
	 SECTION 7.09
	    	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	 	 	23	 
	 SECTION 7.10
	    	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	 	 	24	 
	 SECTION 7.11
	    	Acceptance of Appointment By Successor	 	 	25	 
	 SECTION 7.12
	    	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	 	 	26	 
	 SECTION 7.13
	    	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company	 	 	26	 
		
	 ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	 	 	26	 
			
	 SECTION 8.01
	    	Evidence of Action by Securityholders	 	 	26	 
	 SECTION 8.02
	    	Proof of Execution by Securityholders	 	 	26	 
	 SECTION 8.03
	    	Who May be Deemed Owners	 	 	27	 
	 SECTION 8.04
	    	Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded	 	 	27	 
	 SECTION 8.05
	    	Actions Binding on Future Securityholders	 	 	27	 
	 SECTION 8.06
	    	Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called	 	 	27	 
	 SECTION 8.07
	    	Call Notice and Place of Meetings	 	 	28	 
	 SECTION 8.08
	    	Persons Entitled To Vote at Meetings	 	 	28	 
	 SECTION 8.09
	    	Quorum; Action	 	 	28	 
	 SECTION 8.10
	    	Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings	 	 	29	 
	 SECTION 8.11
	    	Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings	 	 	29	 
		
	 ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	 	 	30	 
			
	 SECTION 9.01
	    	Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders	 	 	30	 
	 SECTION 9.02
	    	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders	 	 	30	 
	 SECTION 9.03
	    	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	31	 
	 SECTION 9.04
	    	Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures	 	 	31	 
	 SECTION 9.05
	    	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	 	 	31	 
		
	 ARTICLE X SUCCESSOR ENTITY
	 	 	32	 
			
	 SECTION 10.01
	    	Company May Consolidate, Etc.	 	 	32	 
	 SECTION 10.02
	    	Successor Entity Substituted	 	 	32	 
	 SECTION 10.03
	    	Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee	 	 	32	 
		
	 ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	33	 
			
	 SECTION 11.01
	    	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	 	 	33	 
	 SECTION 11.02
	    	Discharge of Obligations	 	 	33	 
	 SECTION 11.03
	    	Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust	 	 	33	 
	 SECTION 11.04
	    	Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents	 	 	33	 
	 SECTION 11.05
	    	Repayment to Company	 	 	34	 
		
	 ARTICLE XII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
	 	 	34	 

  
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	 SECTION 12.01
	  	No Recourse	  	 	34	 
		
	 ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	  	 	34	 
			
	 SECTION 13.01
	  	Effect on Successors and Assigns	  	 	34	 
	 SECTION 13.02
	  	Actions by Successor	  	 	34	 
	 SECTION 13.03
	  	Surrender of Company Powers	  	 	34	 
	 SECTION 13.04
	  	Notices	  	 	35	 
	 SECTION 13.05
	  	Governing Law	  	 	35	 
	 SECTION 13.06
	  	Treatment of Securities as Debt	  	 	35	 
	 SECTION 13.07
	  	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	  	 	35	 
	 SECTION 13.08
	  	Payments on Business Days	  	 	35	 
	 SECTION 13.09
	  	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	  	 	36	 
	 SECTION 13.10
	  	Counterparts	  	 	36	 
	 SECTION 13.11
	  	Separability	  	 	36	 
	 SECTION 13.12
	  	Assignment	  	 	36	 
		
	 ARTICLE XIV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
	  	 	36	 
			
	 SECTION 14.01
	  	Subordination Terms	  	 	36	 

  

	(2)	 This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions. 

  
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 INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], by and between NuCana plc, a public limited company
incorporated in England and Wales (the “Company”), and [ ], as trustee (the “Trustee”): 
 WHEREAS, for its lawful
corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of subordinated debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee; 

WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly
authorized the execution of this Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with its terms, have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities: 

ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1.01 Definitions of Terms. 
 The
terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings
specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the
date of the execution of this instrument. 
 “Authenticating Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of
the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10. 

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board. 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Company Secretary or an Assistant Company Secretary of the Company
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification. 
 “Business
Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or
regulation to close. 
 “Certificate” means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer or
the chief accounting officer of the Company. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions of Section 13.07. 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Company” means the corporation named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person. 

  
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 “Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at [ ], except that whenever a provision herein refers to an office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City and State of New York, such office is located, at the date hereof, at [ ]. 
 “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee,
assignee, liquidator, or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 
 “Default” means an event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default. 
 “Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series, for which
the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, or other
applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.01 or Section 2.11. 

“Event of Default” means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for
the period of time, if any, therein designated. 
 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

“Global Security” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee
to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. 

“Governmental Obligations” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of
which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are non-callable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined
in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for
the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt. 

“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 
 “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or
as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof. 

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date
specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable. 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or a Vice President and by
the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Company Secretary or an Assistant Company Secretary of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee
in accordance with the terms hereof. Certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof. 

  
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 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the
Company (and may include directors or employees of the Company) and which opinion is acceptable to the Trustee which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

“Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of
any particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any
paying agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with
the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of such
Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article III provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07. 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited company, partnership, joint-venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. 
 “Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, company secretary, assistant company secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the managing director or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject. 
 “Securities” means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture. 
 “Security Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05. 

“Security Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05. 

“Securityholder,” “holder of Securities,” “registered holder,” or other similar term, means the Person or
Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered in the Security Register. 
 “Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person, (i) any corporation or limited company at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and
one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
 “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee. The
term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series. 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and
10.01, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as so amended, or any successor statute. 
  

  
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 “Voting Stock,” as applied to any Person, means shares, interests, participations
or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency. 
 ARTICLE II 

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, 

REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES 

SECTION 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities. 
  

	 	(a)	 The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited, subject at all times to compliance by the Company with any requirements under its articles of association. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to
time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of a given series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto: 

  

	 	(1)	 the title of the Security of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other
Securities); 

  

	 	(2)	 the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series initially to be issued and any limit upon the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of that series); 

  

	 	(3)	 the currency or units based on or relating to currencies in which debt securities of such series are
denominated and the currency or units in which principal or interest or both will or may be payable; 

  

	 	(4)	 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable and the place(s) of
payment; 

  

	 	(5)	 the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of
such rate or rates, if any; 

  

	 	(6)	 the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will
be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the method for determining
such dates; 

  

	 	(7)	 the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods or to defer the payment of interest and the duration
of such extension; 

  

	 	(8)	 the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which,
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; 

  
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	 	(9)	 the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions
upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 

  

	 	(10)	 whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt;

  

	 	(11)	 the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the Certificate of Authentication for such
series; 

  

	 	(12)	 if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable; 

  

	 	(13)	 any and all other terms with respect to such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of
this Indenture, as amended by any supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;

  

	 	(14)	 whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the identity of the Depositary for
such series; 

  

	 	(15)	 whether the Securities will be convertible into ordinary shares or other securities of the Company and, if so,
the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible, including the conversion price and the conversion period; 

  

	 	(16)	 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series
which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01; 

  

	 	(17)	 any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive covenants provided for with respect to the
Securities of the series; and 

  

	 	(18)	 the subordination terms of the Securities of the series. 

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or
pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental hereto. 
 If any of the terms of the series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Company Secretary or an Assistant Company Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series. 
 Securities of any particular series may
be issued at various times, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on
which such interest may be payable and with different redemption dates. 
 SECTION 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate. 

The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the
tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, 

  
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lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage. 

SECTION 2.03 Denominations: Provisions for Payment. 

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(12). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Securities of
any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. 
 The interest
installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular
record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03. 

Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of
the same series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the
Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below: 
  

	 	(1)	 The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee
in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment
and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date. 

  

	 	(2)	 The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 

  
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 Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution of the Company or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities with respect to any Interest
Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment
Date is the first day of a month, or the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the
fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day. 
 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
of a series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security. 

SECTION 2.04 Execution and Authentications. 

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, or its Chief Financial Officer, or its President, or
one of its Vice Presidents, or its Treasurer, or one of its Assistant Treasurers, or its Company Secretary, or one of its Assistant Company Secretaries, under its corporate seal attested by its Company Secretary or one of its Assistant Company
Secretaries. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been a Chief Executive Officer thereof, a Chief Financial Officer thereof, a President or Vice
President thereof, or of any Person who shall have been a Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer thereof, or of any Person who shall have been a Company Secretary or Assistant Company Secretary thereof, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the
Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer, President or a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Company
Secretary or an Assistant Company Secretary, of the Company. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities. The Securities may contain such
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 

A Security shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose and shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, in each case, until
authenticated with a certificate of authentication manually signed by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Security so authenticated has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Security is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any
series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by its Chief Executive Officer, or its Chief Financial Officer, or its
President or any Vice President and its Company Secretary or any Assistant Company Secretary, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. 

In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture. 
 The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture
will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 

  
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 SECTION 2.05 Registration of Transfer and Exchange. 

 

	 	(a)	 Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company
designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for other Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange
therefor the Security or Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding. 

 

	 	(b)	 The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, or such other location designated by the Company a register or registers (herein referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the “Security Registrar”). 

Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the
Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount. 

All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so
required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such holder’s duly authorized
attorney in writing. 
  

	 	(c)	 No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new
Securities in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06,
Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer. 

  

	 	(d)	 The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during
a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor
(ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

 SECTION 2.06 Temporary Securities. 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions
and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary
Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive
Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series
authenticated and delivered hereunder. 

  
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 SECTION 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. 

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and
substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the
applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted
Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In
case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in
the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the
satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof. 
 Every
replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any
law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender. 

SECTION 2.08 Cancellation. 
 All Securities
surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by
it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled
Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire
any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 

SECTION 2.09 Benefits of Indenture. 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and the holders of the Securities (and, with respect to the provisions of Article XIV, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, as defined in any supplement to this Indenture pursuant to Article XIV) any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities (and,
with respect to the provisions of Article XIV, the holders of Senior Indebtedness). 

  
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 SECTION 2.10 Authenticating Agent. 

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities
which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities
so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee
shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or
determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. 

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of
any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto. 
 SECTION 2.11 Global Securities 

 

	 	(a)	 If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that some or all of the Securities of a particular
series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Securities of such series which are to be issued as a Global Security, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by
the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.” 

 

	 	(b)	 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of a series may be transferred, in
whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary. 

  

	 	(c)	 If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for
such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the
Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the
provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate evidencing such
determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized 

  
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denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global
Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security
pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. 

ARTICLE III 
 REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES AND 
 SINKING FUND PROVISIONS 

SECTION 3.01 Redemption. 
 The Company may
redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof. 

SECTION 3.02 Notice of Redemption. 
  

	 	(a)	 In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the
Securities of any series in accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage
prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register unless a shorter period
is specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to
give such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or
any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction. 

 Each such notice of redemption shall
specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date
interest will cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in
part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to
 such
Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. 
  

	 	(b)	 If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 30
days’ notice in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem appropriate and
fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000,

  
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the Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it
shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer, or its Chief Financial Officer, or its President or any Vice President, instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the
Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any
case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register,
transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section. 

SECTION 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption. 
  

	 	(a)	 If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions
of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption
and interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such
Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price
for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at
the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.03). 

  

	 	(b)	 Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented. 

 SECTION 3.04 Sinking Fund. 

The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series. 
 The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to
as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. 
 SECTION 3.05 Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. 
 The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any Securities
previously called for redemption) and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. 

  
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 SECTION 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. 

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series
pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers’ Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03. 

ARTICLE IV 
 COVENANTS 

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. 

The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that
series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities. 
 SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office
or Agency. 
 So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to maintain an office or agency in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, with respect to each such series and at such other location or locations as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, (ii) Securities of that series may be presented as herein above authorized for registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by its Chief Executive Officer, or its Chief Financial Officer, or its President or any
Vice President and delivered to the trustee, designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, notices and demands. 

SECTION 4.03 Paying Agents. 
  

	 	(a)	 If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all or any series of the Securities, other than the
Trustee, the Company will cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section: 

 

	 	(1)	 that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on the Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto; 

 

	 	(2)	 that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities)
to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable; 

  
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	 	(3)	 that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph
(a)(2) above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent; and 

  

	 	(4)	 that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set forth in this Indenture. 

 

	 	(b)	 If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient with monies held by all other paying
agents to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such
action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (an premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or interest, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act. 

 

	 	(c)	 Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as
provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any
paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent; and,
upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 

SECTION 4.04 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee. 

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10,
a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder. 
 SECTION 4.05 Compliance with Consolidation Provisions. 

The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the
Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other company unless the provisions of Article X hereof are complied with. 

ARTICLE V 

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 

SECTION 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders. 

If the Company is not the Security Register, the Company will furnish or use reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) on each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that
the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no
such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar. 

  
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 SECTION 5.02 Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders. 

 

	 	(a)	 The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names
and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar
(if acting in such capacity) and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

  

	 	(b)	 The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished. 

  

	 	(c)	 Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities. 

 SECTION 5.03 Reports by the Company.

  

	 	(a)	 The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file
the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that
the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections,
then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports that may be required
pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; provided, however, the Company shall not be
required to deliver to the Trustee any materials for which the Company has sought and received confidential treatment by the Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

  

	 	(b)	 The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed from to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations. 

  

	 	(c)	 The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, or reputable over-night
delivery service that provides for evidence of receipt, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 

SECTION 5.04 Reports by the Trustee. 
  

	 	(a)	 The Trustee shall transmit to holders as provided in Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided by the Trust Indenture Act. 

 

	 	(b)	 A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee
with the Company, with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed (if so listed) and, if required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when any Securities
become listed on any stock exchange. 

  
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 ARTICLE VI 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT 

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. 
  

	 	(a)	 Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “Event of Default” means any
one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing: 

  

	 	(1)	 the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that series,
as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; 

  

	 	(2)	 the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that
series as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that
a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any; 

 

	 	(3)	 the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with respect to that series
contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one
or more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall
have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;

  

	 	(4)	 the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors; or 

  

	 	(5)	 a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against
the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property, or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90
consecutive days. 

  

	 	(b)	 In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such
Securityholders), may declare the principal (or, if any Securities of that series are discount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(16)) of (and premium, if
any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the payment of such principal (or, if any Securities of that series are discount securities, that portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(16)) of (and premium, if any, on) and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities of such series shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIV. 

  
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	 	(c)	 At any time after the principal of the Securities of that series shall have been so declared due and payable,
and before a judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder (or,
by action at a meeting of holders of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 8.09, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding represented at such meeting), by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to
such series, other than the nonpayment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on Securities of that series that shall have become due solely because of such acceleration, shall have been remedied, cured or
waived as provided in Section 6.06. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

 

	 	(d)	 In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under
this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceedings, the Company, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken. 

 SECTION 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. 

 

	 	(a)	 The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on
any of the Securities of a series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90
Business Days, or (2) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a
series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due
and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the
amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06. 

  

	 	(b)	 If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as
trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree,
and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or
other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever situated. 

  
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	 	(c)	 In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement,
composition or judicial proceedings affected the Company, or its creditors or property, or any other analogous proceedings in a relevant jurisdiction, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may
be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders
of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such
date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or
trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06. 

  

	 	(d)	 All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with
respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the
Securities of such series. 

 In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture
or by law. 
 Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in
any such proceeding. 
 SECTION 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected. 

Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon the
payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 
 FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and
of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06; 
 SECOND: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if and to
the extent required by Article XIV; and 
 THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of
such series for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively. 

  
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 SECTION 6.04 Limitation on Suits. 

No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit,
action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided; (ii) the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the
Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have
failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series (or such amount as shall have acted at a meeting of the holders of
Securities of such series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture) do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request; provided, however, that no one or more of such holders may use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another holder or to obtain preference or priority over another holder. 
 Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any
other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder
and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of
such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority
over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 

SECTION 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 
  

	 	(a)	 Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article to the
Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to
enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities. 

  

	 	(b)	 No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power
accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or on acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04,
every power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders. 

SECTION 6.06 Control by Securityholders. 

The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with
Section 8.01, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided,
however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of Securities of any other series at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with
Section 8.01. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the
proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

  
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 The holders either (a) through the written consent of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding or (b) by action at a meeting of holders of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 8.09, by the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding represented at such meeting, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein
or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall
become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in
accordance with Section 6.01(c)) and except in respect a provision hereof which, under Section 9.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each Outstanding Security affected; provided however that this
Section shall not limit the right of holders of Securities of a series to rescind and annul any acceleration as set forth in Section 6.01. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of
this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair
any right consequent thereon. The provisions which otherwise would be automatically deemed to be contained in this Indenture pursuant to Section 316(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, except
to the extent such provisions are expressly included herein. 
 SECTION 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs. 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed,
that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good
faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than
10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture. 
 ARTICLE VII 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 
 SECTION 7.01
Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. 
  

	 	(a)	 The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and
after the curing of all Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Securities of such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth
in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise
with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
own affairs. 

  

	 	(b)	 No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

  
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	 	(1)	 prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing
or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred: 

  

	 	(i)	 the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 

  

	 	(ii)	 in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may with respect to the Securities of such
series conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirement of this
Indenture; 

  

	 	(2)	 the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 

  

	 	(3)	 the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series; and 

  

	 	(4)	 None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably
assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it. 

SECTION 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee. 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01: 
  

	 	(a)	 The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

  

	 	(b)	 Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company, by the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Financial officer, or the President or any Vice President and by the Company Secretary or an Assistant Company Secretary or the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein); 

  

	 	(c)	 The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; 

  
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	 	(d)	 The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture
at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the Securities (that has not been cured or
waived) to exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs; 

  

	 	(e)	 The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by
it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; 

  

	 	(f)	 The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of the particular series affected thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be
incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such
costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; and 

 

	 	(g)	 The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly
or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. 

SECTION 7.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. 
  

	 	(a)	 The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. 

  

	 	(b)	 The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

  

	 	(c)	 The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of
the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any moneys
received by any paying agent other than the Trustee. 

 SECTION 7.04 May Hold Securities. 

The Trustee or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar. 
 SECTION 7.05 Moneys Held in Trust. 

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in
trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may
agree with the Company to pay thereon. 

  
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 SECTION 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement. 

 

	 	(a)	 The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable
compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), as the Company, and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the
execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request
for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all
Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. 

  

	 	(b)	 The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected
by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities. 

 SECTION 7.07 Reliance
on Officers’ Certificate. 
 Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. 

SECTION 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

SECTION 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. 

There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve
as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10. 

  
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 SECTION 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. 

 

	 	(a)	 The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with respect to the Securities of one
or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide holder of a
Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. 

  

	 	(b)	 In case at any time any one of the following shall occur: 

 

	 	(1)	 the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or 

  

	 	(2)	 the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or 

  

	 	(3)	 the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a
voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of
which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. 

  

	 	(c)	 The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the Company. 

 

	 	(d)	 Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities
of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11. 

  
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	 	(e)	 Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series. 

SECTION 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor. 
  

	 	(a)	 In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such
successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee
shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. 

  

	 	(b)	 In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but
not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates, (2) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall
be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that
no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to
the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for
the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, and each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor trustee relates. 

  

	 	(c)	 Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully
and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. 

 

	 	(d)	 No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee
shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. 

  

	 	(e)	 Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit
notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company. 

  
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 SECTION 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. 

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver
the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. 
 SECTION 7.13
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company. 
 The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein.

 ARTICLE VIII 

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 

SECTION 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders. 

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the
holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that series in Person or by agent or proxy
appointed in writing. 
 If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be
given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed
as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date. 
 SECTION 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders. 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require
notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner: 

  
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	 	(a)	 The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner
acceptable to the Trustee. 

  

	 	(b)	 The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of
the Security Registrar thereof. 

  

	 	(c)	 The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem
necessary. 

 SECTION 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners. 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security
Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership
or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes;
and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 

SECTION 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded. 

In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any
direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common
control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct
 or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right,
any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. 
 SECTION 8.05 Actions Binding on Future
Securityholders. 
 At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of
any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the
evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such
Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on
registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series. 

SECTION 8.06 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. 

A meeting of holders of any series of Securities may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or
take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by holders of such series of Securities. 

  
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 Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII, the Trustee may, during the
pendency of a Default or an Event of Default, call a meeting of holders of any series of Securities in accordance with its standard practices. 

SECTION 8.07 Call Notice and Place of Meetings. 
  

	 	(a)	 The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of holders of any series of Securities for any purpose specified in
Section 8.06 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York or Boston, Massachusetts. Notice of every meeting of holders of any series of Securities, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting, in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the percentage of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in
Section 13.04 hereof, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting to holders of Outstanding Securities of such series. 

 

	 	(b)	 In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 8.06 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be
held as provided herein, then the Company or the holders of Securities of such series in the amount specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York or Boston, Massachusetts for such meeting and may call
such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section. 

 SECTION 8.08 Persons
Entitled To Vote at Meetings. 
 To be entitled to vote at any meeting of holders of Securities of a given series, a Person shall be
(a) a holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a holder or holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such holder or holders. The
only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote
 at such meeting and their
counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. 
 SECTION 8.09 Quorum; Action.

 The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a given series shall constitute a
quorum with respect to a meeting of holders of Outstanding Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of holders of Securities of
such series, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned
meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall
be given as provided in Section 8.07(a) hereof, except that such notice need be given only once and not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. 

At a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters (except as
limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 9.02 hereof) shall be effectively passed and decided if passed or decided by the Persons entitled to vote not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of a series represented and voting at such meeting with respect to a meeting of holders of Outstanding Securities of such series. 
 Any
resolution passed or decisions taken at any meeting of holders of Securities duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the holders of Securities of such series, whether or not present or represented at the meeting. 

  
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 SECTION 8.10 Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. 

 

	 	(a)	 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it
may deem advisable for any meeting of holders of Securities in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of
proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. 

  

	 	(b)	 The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman (which may be the Trustee) of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by holders of Securities of a given series as provided in Section 8.07(b) hereof, in which case the Company or the holders of Securities of such series calling the
meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting. 

  

	 	(c)	 At any meeting, each holder of a Security of the series in respect of which such meeting is being held or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security of such series challenged as
not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a holder of a Security of such series or proxy. 

 

	 	(d)	 Any meeting of holders of Securities duly called pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof at which a quorum is
present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series in respect of which such meeting is being held represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held
as so adjourned without further notice. 

 SECTION 8.11 Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. 

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of Securities of a given series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent
chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of
all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of holders of Securities of such series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in
Section 8.07 hereof and, if applicable, Section 8.09 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. 

  
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 ARTICLE IX 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
 SECTION 9.01
Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders. 
 In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this
Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the
Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes: 
  

	 	(a)	 cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other
provision herein or which is otherwise defective, or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which the Company and the Trustee may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture; 

  

	 	(b)	 to comply with Article X; 

 

	 	(c)	 to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

  

	 	(d)	 to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any Series of Securities
(and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; 

  

	 	(e)	 to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount,
terms, or purposes of issue, authentication, and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; 

  

	 	(f)	 to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;

  

	 	(g)	 to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series
as provided in Section 2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of Securities; or

  

	 	(h)	 comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. 

 The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 
 Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02. 

SECTION 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders. 

With the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or by
action at a meeting of holders of the Securities of such series in accordance with Section 8.09, by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding represented at such meeting, the
Company, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for
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to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of
the holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (i) extend the fixed
maturity of any Securities of any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, (ii) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or any consent or waiver, (iii) reduce the principal amount of discount securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity of any
Securities of any series or (iv) make the principal of or premium or interest on any Security of a series payable in currency or currency units other than that stated in the Securities of such series. 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 
 SECTION 9.03
Effect of Supplemental Indentures. 
 Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of
the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of
any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 

SECTION 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures. 

Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided
for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such
supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding. 

SECTION 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. 

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon
the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article and that it is
proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article to join in the execution thereof; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture that establishes the
terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof. 
 Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all
series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
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 ARTICLE X 

SUCCESSOR ENTITY 
 SECTION 10.01 Company
May Consolidate, Etc. 
 Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger
of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors)
authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with the terms of each series, according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.01 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental
indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall
have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property. 
 SECTION 10.02 Successor Entity Substituted. 

 

	 	(a)	 In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the
assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of the Securities
of all series Outstanding and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture or established with respect to each series of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 to be performed by the Company with
respect to each series, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 

  

	 	(b)	 In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. 

  

	 	(c)	 Nothing contained in this Article shall require any action by the Company in the case of a consolidation
or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the
Company). 

 SECTION 10.03 Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee. 

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article. 

  
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 ARTICLE XI 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
 SECTION 11.01
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 
 If at any time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) and Securities for whose payment money or
Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company (and thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.05); or (b) all such Securities
of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations sufficient or a combination thereof,
sufficient (assuming that no tax liability will be imposed on the Trustee) in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or
upon redemption all Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case
may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except for the
provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee,
on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series. 

SECTION 11.02 Discharge of Obligations. 
 If
at any time all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably
with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal (and
premium, if any) and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such
series, then after the date such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect except for
the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4,01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.05 shall survive. 

SECTION 11.03 Deposited Moneys to be Held in Trust. 

Subject to Section 11.05, all moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.02 shall be
held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which
such moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee. 
 SECTION 11.04 Payment of Moneys Held by Paying Agents. 

In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions
of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations. 

  
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 SECTION 11.05 Repayment to Company. 

Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of
principal of or premium or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust in each case, promptly after the end of any such
two-year period or, at the request of the Company, on a later date specified by the Company; and thereupon the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof. 

ARTICLE XII 
 IMMUNITY OF
INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 
 SECTION 12.01 No Recourse. 

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, either directly or through the Company or any such
predecessor or successor Person, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued
hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or
successor Person, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that
any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director as such,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released
as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities. 
 ARTICLE XIII 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 SECTION 13.01
Effect on Successors and Assigns. 
 All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or on behalf of
the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 SECTION 13.02 Actions by Successor. 

Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of
the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company. 

SECTION 13.03 Surrender of Company Powers. 

The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the
powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor Person. 

  
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 SECTION 13.04 Notices. 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given
or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited first class postage prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with
the Trustee), as follows: NuCana plc, Attn: [ ], 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh, EH12 9DT, United Kingdom. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Any notice or communication to a holder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the Security Register
kept by the Security Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a holder or any defect in such notice or communication shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or
sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given as of the date it is mailed, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notice to the Trustee or the Company shall only be effective upon receipt thereof by
the Trustee or the Company, respectively. If the Company mails a notice or communication to holders of Securities, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time. 

SECTION 13.05 Governing Law. 
 This
Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State. 

SECTION 13.06 Treatment of Securities as Debt. 

It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The provisions
of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention. 
 SECTION 13.07 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. 

 

	 	(a)	 Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of
this Indenture, the Company, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating
that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 

  

	 	(b)	 Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 SECTION 13.08 Payments on Business Days. 

Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date. 

  
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 SECTION 13.09 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. 

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. 
 SECTION 13.10 Counterparts. 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 SECTION 13.11 Separability. 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such
invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 
 SECTION 13.12 Assignment. 

The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company, will remain liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties
thereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto. 
 ARTICLE XIV

 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES 

SECTION 14.01 Subordination Terms. 
 The
payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any series of Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto relating to the Securities of such series. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as
of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	NUCANA PLC.
		
	By:	 	
                     
               

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	[                                ],
	As Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  
 37Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1

Published CUSIP Numbers 
Deal: 29443BAM1 
Revolving Facility: 29443BAN9 

CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 27, 2018
among
EQUIFAX INC., 
as a Borrower and as a Guarantor,
EQUIFAX LIMITED, 
EQUIFAX CANADA CO. 
and 
EQUIFAX AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED 
as Designated Borrowers,
Certain Other Subsidiaries of EQUIFAX INC. From Time To Time Party Hereto,
SUNTRUST BANK, 
as Administrative Agent
and
The Other Lenders From Time To Time Party Hereto
___________________________________________________________________________

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC., 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, 
MIZUHO BANK, LTD. 
and 
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
MIZUHO BANK, LTD. 
and 
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 
as Co-Syndication Agents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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	ARTICLE I.
	DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
	1
	

	1.01
	Defined Terms
	1
	

	1.02
	Other Interpretive Provisions
	31
	

	1.03
	Accounting Terms
	32
	

	1.04
	Rounding
	33
	

	1.05
	Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents
	33
	

	1.06
	Additional Alternative Currencies
	33
	

	1.07
	Change of Currency
	34
	

	1.08
	Times of Day
	35
	

	1.09
	Letter of Credit Amounts
	35
	

	1.10
	Classifications of Loans and Borrowings
	35
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE II.
	THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	35
	

	2.01
	Revolving Loans
	35
	

	2.02
	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Loans
	35
	

	2.03
	Bid Loans
	38
	

	2.04
	Letters of Credit
	41
	

	2.05
	Swing Line Loans
	50
	

	2.06
	Intentionally Omitted
	53
	

	2.07
	Prepayments
	53
	

	2.08
	Termination or Reduction of Commitments
	54
	

	2.09
	Repayment of Loans
	55
	

	2.10
	Interest
	55
	

	2.11
	Fees
	56
	

	2.12
	Computation of Interest and Fees
	57
	

	2.13
	Evidence of Debt
	57
	

	2.14
	Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
	58
	

	2.15
	Sharing of Payments by Lenders
	60
	

	2.16
	Designated Borrowers
	60
	

	2.17
	Extension of Maturity Date
	62
	

	2.18
	Increase in Commitments
	64
	

	2.19
	Cash Collateral
	66
	

	2.20
	Defaulting Lenders
	68
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE III.
	TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
	70
	

	3.01
	Taxes
	70
	

	3.02
	Illegality
	76
	

	3.03
	Inability to Determine Rates
	76
	

	3.04
	Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans
	78
	

	3.05
	Compensation for Losses
	80
	

	3.06
	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	81
	

	3.07
	Survival
	81
	

	3.08
	Additional Interest Costs
	82
	

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	ARTICLE IV.
	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
	82
	

	4.01
	Conditions of Initial Credit Extension
	82
	

	4.02
	Intentionally Omitted
	85
	

	4.03
	Conditions to all Credit Extensions
	85
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE V.
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	86
	

	5.01
	Representations and Warranties
	86
	

	5.02
	Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.
	93
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE VI.
	FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES
	93
	

	6.01
	Financial Statements, Etc.
	94
	

	6.02
	Officer’s Compliance Certificate
	95
	

	6.03
	Intentionally Omitted
	95
	

	6.04
	Other Reports
	95
	

	6.05
	Notice of Litigation and Other Matters
	96
	

	6.06
	Ratings Information
	96
	

	6.07
	Accuracy of Information
	96
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE VII.
	AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	96
	

	7.01
	Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters
	97
	

	7.02
	Maintenance of Property
	97
	

	7.03
	Insurance
	97
	

	7.04
	Accounting Methods and Financial Records
	97
	

	7.05
	Payment and Performance of Obligations
	97
	

	7.06
	Compliance With Laws and Approvals
	98
	

	7.07
	Environmental Laws
	98
	

	7.08
	Compliance with ERISA; ERISA Notices
	99
	

	7.09
	Conduct of Business
	99
	

	7.10
	Visits and Inspections
	99
	

	7.11
	Use of Proceeds
	100
	

	7.12
	Delivery of Tax Forms
	100
	

	7.13
	Subsidiary Guarantees
	100
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE VIII.
	NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	100
	

	8.01
	Maximum Leverage Ratio
	100
	

	8.02
	Liens
	101
	

	8.03
	Limitations on Subsidiary Debt
	103
	

	8.04
	Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation
	104
	

	8.05
	Limitation on Asset Dispositions
	104
	

	8.06
	Limitations on Acquisitions
	105
	

	8.07
	Intentionally Omitted
	105
	

	8.08
	Limitation on Restricted Payments
	105
	

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	8.09
	Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
	105
	

	8.10
	Limitation on Certain Accounting Changes
	105
	

	8.11
	Limitation of Restricting Subsidiary Dividends and Distributions
	105
	

	8.12
	Hedging Agreements
	106
	

	8.13
	Governmental Regulations
	106
	

	8.14
	Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws
	106
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE IX.
	EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
	106
	

	9.01
	Events of Default
	106
	

	9.02
	Remedies Upon Event of Default
	110
	

	9.03
	Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc.
	110
	

	9.04
	Application of Funds
	111
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE X.
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	112
	

	10.01
	Appointment and Authority
	112
	

	10.02
	Rights as a Lender
	112
	

	10.03
	Exculpatory Provisions
	112
	

	10.04
	Reliance by Administrative Agent
	113
	

	10.05
	Delegation of Duties
	114
	

	10.06
	Replacement of Administrative Agent
	114
	

	10.07
	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	115
	

	10.08
	No Other Duties, Etc.
	115
	

	10.09
	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	116
	

	10.10
	Arrangers; Co-Syndication Agents
	117
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE XI.
	GUARANTY OF THE COMPANY
	117
	

	11.01
	Guaranty of Payment
	117
	

	11.02
	Obligations Unconditional; Waivers
	117
	

	11.03
	Modifications
	118
	

	11.04
	Additional Waiver of Rights
	118
	

	11.05
	Reinstatement
	119
	

	11.06
	Remedies
	119
	

	11.07
	Limitation of Guaranty
	119
	

	 
	 
	 

	ARTICLE XII.
	MISCELLANEOUS
	119
	

	12.01
	Amendments, Etc.
	120
	

	12.02
	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
	121
	

	12.03
	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement
	123
	

	12.04
	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	123
	

	12.05
	Payments Set Aside
	126
	

	12.06
	Successors and Assigns
	127
	

	12.07
	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
	132
	

	12.08
	Right of Setoff
	132
	

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	12.09
	Interest Rate Limitation
	133
	

	12.10
	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	133
	

	12.11
	Survival of Representations and Warranties
	134
	

	12.12
	Severability
	134
	

	12.13
	Replacement of Lenders
	134
	

	12.14
	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc
	135
	

	12.15
	Waiver of Jury Trial
	135
	

	12.16
	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	136
	

	12.17
	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
	136
	

	12.18
	USA PATRIOT Act
	136
	

	12.19
	Judgment Currency
	137
	

	12.20
	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
	137
	

	12.21
	Certain ERISA Matters
	137
	

SCHEDULES
1.01(a)        Existing Letters of Credit
1.01(b)        Borrower DTTP Filing 
2.01        Revolving Commitments and Applicable Revolving Percentages 
5.01(b)        Subsidiaries of the Borrowers  
8.02        Liens as of Closing Date 
8.03        Debt of Subsidiaries on the Closing Date 
12.02        Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS
Form of
A    Revolving Loan Notice 
B-1    Bid Request 
B-2    Competitive Bid 
C    Swing Line Loan Notice 
D    Note 
E    Officer’s Compliance Certificate 
F-1    Assignment and Assumption 
F-2    Administrative Questionnaire 
G    Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement 
H    Designated Borrower Notice 
I-L    Tax Certificates

CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 27, 2018, among EQUIFAX INC., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), EQUIFAX LIMITED, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales with registered number 02425920 (“Equifax Limited”), EQUIFAX CANADA CO., a company organized under the laws of Nova Scotia (“Equifax Canada”), EQUIFAX AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED, a company organized under the laws of Australia with ACN 609 497 494 (“Equifax Australia”), certain other Eligible Subsidiaries of the Company that from time to time become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.16 (each of Equifax Canada, Equifax Limited, Equifax Australia and each such Eligible Subsidiary, a “Designated Borrower” and, together with the Company, the “Borrowers”, and each a “Borrower”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Revolving Lenders establish a $1,100,000,000 revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrowers;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Revolving Lenders, to the extent of their respective Revolving Commitments, are willing severally to establish the revolving credit facility in favor of the Borrowers;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01    Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Absolute Rate” means a fixed rate of interest expressed in multiples of 1/100th of one basis point.
“Absolute Rate Loan” means a Bid Loan that bears interest at a rate determined with reference to an Absolute Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means SunTrust Bank in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 12.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company and the Lenders.

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“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit F-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (a) controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) owns or holds ten percent (10%) or more of the Capital Stock in such first Person or any of its Subsidiaries.  The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of any power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders.  The Aggregate Revolving Commitments on the Closing Date shall be One Billion One Hundred Million Dollars ($1,100,000,000).
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Alternative Currency” means each of Euro, Australian Dollars, New Zealand Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Japanese Yen, Sterling, Swiss Franc and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.06.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and $300,000,000.  The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.01(y)(i).
“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:

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	Applicable Rate

	Pricing Level
	Debt Ratings 
S&P/Moody’s
	Commitment Fee
	Eurodollar Rate Loans and
Letter of Credit Fees
	Base Rate Loans

	1
	A/A2 or better
	0.070%
	0.875%
	0.000%

	2
	A-/A3
	0.100%
	1.000%
	0.000%

	3
	BBB+/Baa1
	0.125%
	1.125%
	0.125%

	4
	BBB/Baa2
	0.150%
	1.250%
	0.250%

	5
	BBB-/Baa3 or worse
	0.200%
	1.500%
	0.500%

“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P or Moody’s of the Company’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided that (a) if the respective Debt Ratings issued by the foregoing rating agencies differ by one level, then the Pricing Level for the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest); (b) if there is a split in Debt Ratings of more than one level, then the Pricing Level that is one level lower than the Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply; (c) if the Company has only one Debt Rating (i) as a result of either S&P or Moody’s failure to continue to rate any issuer’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt, then the Pricing Level shall be based on such Debt Rating that remains available (e.g., if Moody’s Debt Rating corresponds to Pricing Level 1 and S&P is no longer in the business of rating any issuer’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply) or (ii) for any other reason, then the Pricing Level that is one level lower than that of such Debt Rating shall apply; and (d) if the Company does not have any Debt Rating, Pricing Level 5 shall apply until the earlier of (A) such time as S&P and/or Moody’s provides another Debt Rating or (B) the Required Lenders have agreed to an alternative pricing grid or other method for determining Pricing Levels pursuant to an effective amendment to this Agreement.
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 3.  Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period commencing on the date of delivery by the Company to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof pursuant to Section 6.06 and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change.
“Applicable Revolving Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.20.  If the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have 

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been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Revolving Percentage of each Revolving Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Revolving Percentage of such Revolving Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments.  The initial Applicable Revolving Percentage of each Revolving Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Revolving Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Applicant Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means STRH, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MLPFSI and WFSL in their capacities as joint lead arrangers under the Agreement.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or another electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Australian Borrower” means any Borrower organized under the laws of Australia.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(iii).
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.08, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

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“Bail-In Legislation” means, 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 for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Bankruptcy Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 9.01(i), (j) or (k) or any of those events which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition would constitute such an event, in respect of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries.
“Base Rate” shall mean the highest of (i) the rate which the Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum and (iii) the Eurodollar Rate determined on a daily basis for an Interest Period of one (1) month, plus one percent (1.00%) per annum (any changes in such rates to be effective as of the date of any change in such rate).  The Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer.  The Administrative Agent may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above, or below the Administrative Agent’s prime lending rate.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.  All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Base Rate Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Bid Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Bid Loans of the same Type from each of the Lenders whose offer to make one or more Bid Loans as part of such borrowing has been accepted under the auction bidding procedures described in Section 2.03.
“Bid Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).
“Bid Loan Lender” means, in respect of any Bid Loan, the Lender making such Bid Loan to the Company.
“Bid Loan Sublimit” means an amount equal to $200,000,000. The Bid Loan Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Bid Request” means a written request for one or more Bid Loans substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” each has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

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“Borrower DTTP Filing” means an HMRC Form DTTP2 duly completed and filed by a Borrower that is a UK Person with HMRC, which:
		
	(1)
	where it relates to a Treaty Lender that is a Lender at the date of this Agreement, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence stated opposite that Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01(b), and

		
	(a)
	where that UK Person is a Borrower at the date of this Agreement, is filed with HMRC within 30 days of the date of this Agreement; or

		
	(b)
	where that UK Person becomes a Borrower after the date of this Agreement, is filed with HMRC within 30 days of the date on which that UK Person becomes a Borrower; or

		
	(2)
	where it relates to a Treaty Lender that is a new Lender, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence stated in respect of that Lender in the relevant Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement, and

		
	(a)
	where that UK Person is a Borrower as at the relevant Transfer Date, is filed with HMRC within 30 days of that Transfer Date; or

		
	(b)
	where that UK Person is not a Borrower as at the relevant Transfer Date, is filed with HMRC within 30 days of the date on which that UK Person becomes a Borrower.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(c).
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of (i) Loans of the same Class and Type, in the same currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (ii) a Swing Line Loan.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
(a)    if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurodollar Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(b)    if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurodollar Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out 

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pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c)    if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurodollar Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and
(d)    if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurodollar Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock; (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock; (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited); (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests; and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case to the extent required pursuant to this Agreement and pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable).  “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Change in Control” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01(h).
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 

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Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or 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, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans or Bid Loans, and when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or a Swing Line Commitment.
“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 12.01.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment” means a Revolving Commitment or a Swing Line Commitment, or any combination thereof (as the context shall permit or require). 
“Company” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Competitive Bid” means a written offer by a Lender to make one or more Bid Loans, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, duly completed and signed by a Lender.
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of a Person and its Subsidiaries, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, as applied to the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries without duplication, the sum of the amounts for such period of: (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) an amount which, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income has been deducted for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) all federal and state income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) all other non-cash charges (including, without limitation, non-cash compensation expense) (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the creation of a reserve or non-cash accrual shall not itself constitute a cash charge in the same period accrued, but the payment of any amounts shall constitute cash charges in the same period paid), (v) for any period ending on or prior to December 31, 2020, out-of-pocket expenses incurred as a result of the September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident consisting of incremental costs to transform the Company’s information technology infrastructure and data security, legal fees and professional services costs to investigate and respond to legal, government and regulatory claims, and costs to provide free product and related support to consumers (less any insurance proceeds related to the September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident actually received for such items), (for the avoidance of 

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doubt, the amounts shall match the amounts released as part of earnings reported on a quarterly basis, as filed in the 8-K of the Company) in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, and (vi) fines, penalties, restitution, settlement payments, charges and similar costs (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, expenses of the type contemplated by clause (v) above) related to any litigation or governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding related to the September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident to the extent actually paid in cash (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, addbacks for items pursuant to this clause (vi) shall not be duplicative of any addbacks for reserves for such items pursuant to clause (iv) above), all of the foregoing as determined and computed on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Reference Period”) pursuant to any determination of the Leverage Ratio, (A) the Consolidated EBITDA of (or attributable to) (1) any other Person, (2) all or substantially all of the business or assets of any other Person or (3) operating division or business unit of any other Person, acquired by, or merged into or consolidated with, the Company or one of its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such Reference Period, in each case under this clause (A), shall be included on a pro forma basis for such Reference Period as if such acquisition, merger or consolidation in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Reference Period and (B) the Consolidated EBITDA of (or attributable to) (1) any Consolidated Subsidiary whose Capital Stock is sold or otherwise transferred to any Person other than to the Company or to a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Company during such Reference Period such that as a result of such sale or transfer such Consolidated Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company, (2) assets (whether all or substantially all) of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary sold, leased or otherwise transferred to any Person other than to the Company or to a Subsidiary of the Company during such Reference Period or (3) an operating division or business unit of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary sold, leased or otherwise transferred to any Person other than to the Company or to a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Company during such Reference Period, in each case under this clause (B), shall be excluded on a pro forma basis for such Reference Period as if the consummation of such sale, lease or other transfer occurred on the first day of such Reference Period so long as the Consolidated EBITDA of (or attributable to) such Capital Stock, asset, operating division or business unit sold or otherwise transferred, exceeds 5% of Consolidated Operating Profit for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year.
“Consolidated Funded Debt” means, as of any date, without duplication, all Debt of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), (f), (g) (but only with respect to obligations otherwise included in this definition of Consolidated Funded Debt), (h), (i) (but only to the extent then due and owing), (j) (but in the case of clause (j), only to the extent of any drawn and unreimbursed amount of such letters of credit) and (l) and (m) of the definition of “Debt” set forth in this Section 1.01, all of the foregoing as determined and computed on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.  Any Debt described in clauses (l) and (m) of the definition of Debt shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Funded Debt even if the applicable Subsidiary is not consolidated under GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, as applied to the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (a) total interest expense, including without limitation the interest component of 

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any payments in respect of capital leases capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (b) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) under Hedging Agreements during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period) and any upfront fees and expenses in connection with a Hedging Agreement plus (c) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance fees plus (d) any fees (including underwriting fees and expenses paid in connection with the Loan Documents and any acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of a Person), in connection with any amendment or waiver of any debt issuance plus (e) any administration fees payable to the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents and the agent with respect to any other Debt, in each case as determined and computed on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income, after taxes, of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period as determined and computed on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, as of any date, Consolidated Total Assets, less the sum of the value, as set forth or reflected in the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with GAAP of:
(a)    All assets which would be treated as intangible assets for balance sheet presentation purposes under GAAP, excluding “Purchased Data Files,” but including, without limitation, goodwill (as determined by the Company in a manner consistent with its past accounting practices and in accordance with GAAP), trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and technologies, and unamortized debt discount and expense;
(b)    To the extent not included in clause (a) of this definition, any amount at which shares of Capital Stock of the Company appear as an asset on the balance sheet of its Consolidated Subsidiaries; and
(c)    To the extent not included in clause (a) of this definition, deferred expenses.
“Consolidated Operating Profit” means, for any period, the Operating Profit of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, all of the foregoing as determined and computed on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, at any date, any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which, in accordance with GAAP, are Consolidated with those of the Company in its Consolidated financial statements as of such date.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the assets and properties of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as determined and computed on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

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“Debt” of any Person means at any date, without duplication:
(a)    all obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
(b)    all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments;
(c)    all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(d)    all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property or services purchased by such Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) which would appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person;
(e)    all obligations of such Person under take or pay or similar arrangements or under commodities agreements;
(f)    all Debt of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed; provided that for purposes hereof the amount of such Debt shall be limited to the greater of (i) the amount of such Debt as to which there is recourse to such Person and (ii) the fair market value of the property which is subject to the Lien;
(g)    all Support Obligations of such Person with respect to a Debt of another Person;
(h)    the principal portion of all obligations of such Person under Capital Leases;
(i)    all net obligations of such Person in respect of Hedging Agreements;
(j)    the maximum amount of all standby letters of credit issued or bankers’ acceptances facilities created for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed or not cash collateralized);
(k)    all preferred stock issued by such Person and required by the terms thereof to be redeemed, or for which mandatory sinking fund payments are due, by a fixed date;
(l)    the outstanding attributed principal amount under any asset securitization program of such Person (including without limitation any Permitted Receivables Financing Debt); and

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(m)    the principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product to which such Person is a party, where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
The Debt of any Person shall include the Debt of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, but only to the extent to which there is recourse to the assets (other than the ownership interest in such partnership or joint venture) of such Person for payment of such Debt.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any of the events specified in Section 9.01 which, with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.20(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such Lender has delivered written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Company indicating that such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute as to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent to funding (which notice shall specifically identify the particular Default, if any), (b) has notified the Company, the Administrative Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-in Action (provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental 

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Authority), in each case, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine based solely on the foregoing. 
“Designated Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto, and shall include each additional Eligible Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a “Designated Borrower” hereunder pursuant to Section 2.16.
“Designated Borrower Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency. 
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. 
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean 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.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.06(b)(iii), and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 12.06(b)(iii)).
“Eligible Subsidiary” means any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company organized in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or such other jurisdiction as all Revolving Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall approve in writing.

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“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, binding interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human health or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law; (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials; (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials; (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment; or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equifax Australia” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Equifax Canada” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Equifax Limited” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Equity Issuance” means any issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of (a) shares of its Capital Stock, (b) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or (c) any shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that for purposes of Title I or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code would be deemed to be a “single employer” with the Company under Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA 

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Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate or, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“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.
“Euro” and “EUR” mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurodollar Bid Margin” means the margin above or below the Eurodollar Rate to be added to or subtracted from the Eurodollar Rate, which margin shall be expressed in multiples of 1/100th of one basis point.
“Eurodollar Margin Bid Loan” means a Bid Loan that bears interest at a rate based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to each Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (i) the rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate for deposits in the relevant currency appearing on Reuters screen page LIBOR 01 (or on any successor or substitute page of such service or any successor to such service, or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period, divided by (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the then stated maximum rate of all reserve requirements (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves and without benefit of credits for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time) applicable to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System in respect of Eurocurrency liabilities as defined in Regulation D (or any successor category of liabilities under Regulation D); provided, that (x) if the rate referred to in clause (i) above is not available at any such time for any reason (including if there is no published LIBOR in respect of any particular Alternative Currency), then the rate referred to in clause (i) shall instead be the interest rate per annum, as determined by the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency in an amount equal to the approximate amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan are offered by major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency to the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) or such other time as may be customary with respect to any such other offshore interbank market, two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for contracts that would be entered into at the commencement of such Interest Period for the same duration as such Interest Period and (y) if the 

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interest rate for any Eurodollar Rate Loan determined pursuant to this definition is less than zero, then the Eurodollar Rate for such Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to equal zero.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan or a Eurodollar Margin Bid Loan.
“Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan” means a Revolving Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.  Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.  All Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans.
“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 9.01, provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company under Section 12.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(g), (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA and (e) in respect of a Borrower which is a UK Person, any Excluded UK Taxes.   
“Excluded UK Taxes” means any withholding Taxes imposed by the United Kingdom on any amounts payable in respect of interest under any Loan Document to or for the account of a Recipient (being beneficially entitled to that payment) in circumstances where (i) the Recipient is not a Treaty Lender; or (ii) the Recipient is a Treaty Lender and the relevant Borrower is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to or for the account of the Recipient without any withholding, had that Lender complied with its obligations under Sections 3.01(g)(iii)(A) or (C)(III).   
“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2015, among the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as “Designated Borrowers,” the various lenders party thereto, and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means those certain letters of credit, described in reasonable detail on Schedule 1.01(a).

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“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.
“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any applicable intergovernmental agreements with respect thereto.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next succeeding Business Day or, if such rate is not so published for any Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letters” means, collectively, the letter agreements, each dated as of September 4, 2018 among (a) the Company, the Administrative Agent and STRH; (b) the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; (c) the Company, Bank of America, N.A. and MLPFSI; (d) the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and WFSL and (e) the Company and Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries ending on or about December 31.
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if a Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender (or L/C Issuer) that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if a Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender (or L/C Issuer) that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Obligor” means a Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

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“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank), including any self-regulatory organization established under any Law or any stock exchange.
“Guaranteed Obligations” means, without duplication, all of the Obligations of the Designated Borrowers to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, whenever arising, under this Agreement, the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreements, any Letter of Credit Applications, the Notes and any other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, obligations with respect to principal, interest and fees and obligations of any Designated Borrower under Section 12.04 hereof).
“Hazardous Materials” means any substances or materials (a) which are or become regulated or defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law; (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to human health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority; (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law; (d) the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Applicable Law or other Governmental Approval; or (e) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
“Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to an interest rate swap, collar, cap, floor or forward rate agreement, foreign currency agreement or other agreement regarding the hedging of interest rate risk exposure executed in connection with hedging the interest rate exposure of any Person, and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such hedging agreement, all as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“HMRC DT Passport Scheme” means the HMRC Double Taxation Treaty Passport Scheme.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of a Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
 “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 12.07.
“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means (a) as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or (in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan) converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Company in its Revolving Loan Notice or Bid Request, as the case may be, or, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans, such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Company and consented to by all of the Revolving Lenders; and (b) as to each Absolute Rate Loan, a period of not less than 14 days and not more than 180 days as selected by the Company in its Bid Request; provided that:
(i)    any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii)    any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii)    no Interest Period with respect to any Class of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall extend beyond the Maturity Date applicable to such Class.
“Investment” in any Person means (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Debt, securities or otherwise) of shares of Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership, joint ventures or other ownership interests or securities issued by such Person; (b) any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, such Person (other than those made in connection with the purchase of equipment or other assets in the ordinary course of business); or (c) any other capital contribution to or investment in such Person including, without limitation, 

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any Support Obligation (including any support for a letter of credit issued on behalf of such person) incurred for the benefit of such Person.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Company (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the applicable L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage.  All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars. 
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.  All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means each of (i) SunTrust Bank, (ii) with respect to those Existing Letters of Credit so identified on Schedule 1.01(a), Bank of America, N.A., (iii) any Affiliate of an Arranger that is a Revolving Lender hereunder designated by the Company that agrees to act as an L/C Issuer in respect of any Letter of Credit requested by the Company hereunder and (iv) any other Revolving Lender reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and designated by the Company that agrees to act as an L/C Issuer in respect of any Letter of Credit requested by the Company hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.  For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.  For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation 

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of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes each Revolving Lender and the Swing Line Lender.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit, in each case, providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder.  A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.  All Letters of Credit shall be issued in Dollars.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(h).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $75,000,000.  The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of such day.
“Leverage Ratio Increase Requirements” means, in connection with any request by the Company to increase the Leverage Ratio under Section 8.01 by 0.50 for a four consecutive fiscal quarter period, the following:
(i)    the Company delivers such request in writing to the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior to the date on which such request is to be given effect;
(ii)    such request is delivered in connection with a Material Acquisition that is permitted hereunder;
(iii)    such election is only given effect for the four consecutive fiscal quarter period following the date on which the applicable Material Acquisition is consummated (by way of example only, if the Material Acquisition is consummated on May 15, 2019, for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020); and

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(iv)    the Company may not make an election during any period in which a previous election is then in effect, and at least one full fiscal quarter must elapse following the end of any such four fiscal quarter period during which an election is in effect before the Company may make any such additional election.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property), and in the case of an Australian Borrower, includes any “security interest” as defined in section 12 of the Personal Property and Securities Act 2009 (Cth) of Australia.  For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease (excluding, however, any synthetic leases) or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, a Bid Loan or a Swing Line Loan.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.19 of this Agreement and the Fee Letters.
“Material Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of all or any portion of the Capital Stock or other ownership interest in any Person which is not a Subsidiary or all or any substantial portion of the assets, property and/or operations of a Person which is not a Subsidiary (including the acquisition of a division or line of business of such a Person) with respect which, in each case, the aggregate consideration for such acquisition is in excess of $100,000,000.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any of (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of any Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, in each case to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights or remedies of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document; taken as a whole.
“Material Subsidiary” means at any time any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company having: (a) assets in an amount equal to at least 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company at such time; or (b) revenues or net income in an amount equal to at least 5% of the total revenues or net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company at such time.

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“Maturity Date” means the later of (a) September 27, 2023 and (b) if revolving maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.17, such extended maturity date as determined pursuant to such Section; provided that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“MLPFSI” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement).
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means (a) any multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, and (b) each such plan for the five-year period immediately following the latest date on which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate made or was obligated to make contributions to such a plan.
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(iii).
“Note” means a promissory note made by a Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender to such Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Borrower or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Officer’s Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
“Operating Profit” means, as applied to any Person for any period, the operating revenue of such Person for such period, less (a) its costs of services for such period and (b) its selling, general and administrative costs for such period but excluding therefrom all extraordinary gains or losses, all as determined and computed in accordance with GAAP.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or 

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notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.06).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Bid Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date; (b) with respect to Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swing Line Loans occurring on such date; and (c) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Company of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation; and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of SunTrust Bank in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Pari Cybersecurity Obligations” means all Subsidiary Cybersecurity Obligations of all Domestic Subsidiaries which have (in accordance with Section 7.13 or otherwise at the election of the Company) provided a guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations in favor of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and delivered such other documentation, including customary certificates, resolutions and legal opinions, and taken such other actions as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with such guaranty) which has not been terminated or released.

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“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 12.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.06(d).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“Patriot Act” means the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-177 (signed into law March 9, 2006)), as amended and in effect from time to time.
“PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (including a multiple employer plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Company and any ERISA Affiliate, or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code.
“Permitted Receivables Financing” shall mean one or more accounts receivables purchase facilities made available to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on then-market terms (as reasonably determined by the Company) pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary sells, conveys, contributes or otherwise transfers (or purports to sell, convey, contribute or otherwise transfer) accounts receivable and any related assets (including all collateral securing such accounts receivable and related assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable and related assets, proceeds of such accounts receivable and related assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with receivables financings) to any special purpose securitization subsidiary of the Company or directly to one or more investors or purchasers (including pursuant to any factoring facility or arrangement) and, in connection therewith, may grant a security interest in such accounts receivable and such related assets.
“Permitted Receivables Financing Debt” means (a) any Debt issued or incurred under any Permitted Receivables Financing and (b) in the case of any Permitted Receivables Financing that is a purchase and sale of accounts receivable, or otherwise does not involve issuance or incurrence of Debt, the “outstanding investment”, “aggregate capital” or “invested amount” (or similar term) owing to the third-party purchasers or investors pursuant to such Permitted Receivables Financing, net of any such account receivables that have been written off as uncollectible or are otherwise ineligible, and subject to any offsets, dilutions or concentrations; provided that the aggregate 

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principal or face amount of Permitted Receivables Financing Debt at any time outstanding (whether resulting from one or more Permitted Receivables Financings) shall not exceed $250,000,000.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Company or any such Plan to which the Company is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01(c).
“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Qualifying Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(g)(iii)(E).
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder.
“Reference Period” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.06(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, managers, counsel, consultants, administrators, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors or other representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the PBGC has waived the requirement that it be notified of such event.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans, a Revolving Loan Notice; (b) with respect to a Bid Loan, a Bid Request; (c) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application; and (d) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Commitments or, if the Revolving Commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Lender for purposes 

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of this definition); provided that the Revolving Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Borrower and solely for purposes of (i) in the case of any Australian Borrower, the delivery of any certificate pursuant to Sections 2.17(e) and 2.18(e), two directors or a director and company secretary of the Borrower and (ii) the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01, the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Borrower.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Borrower and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Borrower.
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other payment or distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding (including without limitation any payment in connection with any dissolution, merger, consolidation or disposition involving any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or to the holders, in their capacity as such, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding (other than dividends or distributions payable in Capital Stock of the applicable Person and dividends or distributions payable (directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries) to the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company); (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding (other than such transactions payable (directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries) to the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company); and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than such payments payable (directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries) to the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company).
“Revaluation Date” means with respect to any Revolving Loan, each of the following:  (a) the Borrowing date of each Eurodollar Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (b) each date of a continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02, and (c) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require (but in no event more frequently than once a week). 
“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
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“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Revolving Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (b) a conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to any Borrower or Subsidiary thereof of any Property, whether owned by such Borrower or Subsidiary as of the Closing Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Borrower or Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been, or are to be, advanced by such Person on the security of such Property.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Sanctioned Country” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions.
“Sanctioned Person” shall  mean, at any time, (a) any Person that is the subject or target of any Sanctions, (b) any Person located, organized, operating or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons.
“Sanctions” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (c) any state, territory or federal government of Australia or Governmental Authority of Australia or (d) any other relevant sanctions authority.
“Screen Rate” shall mean the rate specified in clause (i) of the definition of Eurodollar Rate.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident” shall mean that certain cybersecurity incident announced in the press release dated September 7, 2017 attached as Exhibit No. 99.1 to the 8-K of the Company filed on such date.

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“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
“Sterling” and “£” mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“STRH” means SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Subsidiary Cybersecurity Obligations” means the aggregate amount of outstanding obligations of all Domestic Subsidiaries under all final judgments, orders or settlements (with or without a court order) with respect to the September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident.
“Support Obligation” means, with respect to any Person and its Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person pursuant to which such Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any Debt of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement condition or otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term Support Obligation shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) a contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as such investment is an Investment permitted under this Agreement.
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“Swing Line Lender” means SunTrust Bank in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.05(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $125,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.  The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, Bid Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Treaty” means a double taxation agreement between the United Kingdom and another jurisdiction.
“Treaty Lender” means any Recipient which:
(a)    is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;
(b)    does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Recipient’s participation under the relevant Loan Document in relation to any Borrower that is a UK Person is effectively connected; and
(c)    is entitled under the terms of the Treaty to claim full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest amounts paid to or for its account under the relevant Loan Document subject to the completion of any procedural formalities.
“Treaty State” means a jurisdiction having a Treaty with the United Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on amounts paid or payable under this Agreement by way of interest.

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“Type” means (a) with respect to a Revolving Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (b) with respect to a Bid Loan, its character as an Absolute Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Margin Bid Loan.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(B)(III).
“UCP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits number 600, 2007 Revision” or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance.
“UK Person” means, in relation to a particular Treaty, any person that is resident in the UK for the purposes of that Treaty.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(c)(i).
“Veda Entities” means Veda Group Limited, a company incorporated in the Commonwealth of Australia, and its Subsidiaries.
“WFSL” means Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiary (except directors’ qualifying shares, or, in the case of any Subsidiary which is not organized or created under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, such nominal ownership interests which are required to be held by third parties under the laws of the foreign jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary was incorporated or organized) are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by any Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
“Withholding Agent” shall mean any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as applicable.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, 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.
1.02    Other Interpretive Provisions.  With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a)    The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The 

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word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document); (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns; (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof; (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear; (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time; and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b)    In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c)    Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.03    Accounting Terms.
(a)    Generally.  All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. 
(b)    Changes in GAAP.  If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before 

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and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that for all purposes under this Agreement, capital lease obligations (and the determination of whether a lease constitutes a Capital Lease) shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP as of the Closing Date and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in GAAP (or required implementation of any previously promulgated changes in GAAP) relating to the treatment of a lease as an operating lease or capitalized lease, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Required Lenders.
1.04    Rounding.  Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.05    Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a)    The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies.  Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur.  Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Borrowers hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent.
(b)    Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing of Revolving Loans, Eurodollar Rate Loan is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded up to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency), as determined by the Administrative Agent.
1.06    Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a)    The Company may from time to time request that Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans and Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans be made in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars.  In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders.
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time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent).  In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof.  Each Revolving Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans in such requested currency.
(c)    Any failure by a Revolving Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Lender to permit Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans to be made in such requested currency.  If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Lenders consent to making Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.06, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Company.
1.07    Change of Currency.
(a)    Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation).  If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing of Revolving Loans in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing of Revolving Loans, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b)    Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c)    Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

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1.08    Times of Day.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.09    Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.10    Classifications of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g. “Eurodollar Rate Loan” or “Base Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving Eurodollar Rate Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g. “Eurodollar Rate Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g. “Revolving Eurodollar Rate Borrowing”).
ARTICLE II. 
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01    Revolving Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrowers in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans and Bid Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit.  Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.07, and reborrow under this Section 2.01.  Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
2.02    Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Revolving Loans.
(a)    Each Borrowing of Revolving Loans, each conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars 

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to Base Rate Revolving Loans, (ii) three Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (iii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Revolving Loans; provided that if the Company wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) five Business Days (or six Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them.  Not later than 11:00 a.m., (i) two Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) two Business Days (or four Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders.  Each telephonic notice by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Revolving Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.  Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.  Except as provided in Sections 2.04(c) and 2.05(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Revolving Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.  Each Revolving Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Company is requesting a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, a conversion of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Revolving Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, (vi) the currency of the Revolving Loans to be borrowed, and (vii) if applicable, the Designated Borrower.  If the Company fails to specify a currency in a Revolving Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then the Revolving Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars.  If the Company fails to specify a Type of Revolving Loan in a Revolving Loan Notice or if the Company fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Revolving Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Revolving Loans; provided that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Revolving Loans shall be continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Revolving Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar 

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Rate Revolving Loans.  If the Company requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans in any such Revolving Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.  No Revolving Loan may be converted into or continued as a Revolving Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Revolving Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.
(b)    Following receipt of a Revolving Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Revolving Percentage of the applicable Revolving Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Company, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Revolving Loans or continuation of Revolving Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case as described in the preceding clause.  In the case of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Revolving Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Revolving Loan Notice.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Company or the other applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of SunTrust Bank with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Company; provided that if, on the date the Revolving Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by the Company, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the applicable Borrower as provided above.
(c)    Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan.  During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
(d)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of any 

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change in SunTrust Bank’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e)    After giving effect to all Borrowings of Revolving Loans, all conversions of Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect with respect to Revolving Loans.
(f)    Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect in any manner the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.03    Bid Loans.
(a)    General.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees that the Company may from time to time request the Lenders to submit offers to make loans (each such loan, a “Bid Loan”) to the Borrowers in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies prior to the Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.03; provided that after giving effect to any Bid Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Bid Loans shall not exceed the Bid Loan Sublimit.  There shall not be more than three different Interest Periods in effect with respect to Bid Loans at any time.
(b)    Requesting Competitive Bids.  The Company may request the submission of Competitive Bids by delivering a Bid Request to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (i) one Business Day prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans, or (ii) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans.  Each Bid Request shall specify (i) the requested date of the Bid Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Bid Loans requested (which must be $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), (iii) the Type of Bid Loans requested, (iv) the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, and shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, and (v) the currency of the Bid Loans to be borrowed.  No Bid Request shall contain a request for (i) more than one Type of Bid Loan or (ii) Bid Loans having more than three different Interest Periods.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees in its sole discretion, the Company may not submit a Bid Request if it has submitted another Bid Request within the prior five Business Days.
(c)    Submitting Competitive Bids.
(i)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of each Bid Request received by it from the Company and the contents of such Bid Request.

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(ii)    Each Lender may (but shall have no obligation to) submit a Competitive Bid containing an offer to make one or more Bid Loans in response to such Bid Request.  Such Competitive Bid must be delivered to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:30 a.m. (A) on the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans, and (B) three Business Days (or four Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans; provided that any Competitive Bid submitted by SunTrust Bank in its capacity as a Lender in response to any Bid Request must be submitted to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:15 a.m. on the date on which Competitive Bids are required to be delivered by the other Lenders in response to such Bid Request.  Each Competitive Bid shall specify (A) the proposed date of the Bid Borrowing; (B) the principal amount of each Bid Loan for which such Competitive Bid is being made, which principal amount (x) may be equal to, greater than or less than the Commitment of the bidding Lender, (y) must be $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (z) may not exceed the principal amount of Bid Loans for which Competitive Bids were requested; (C) if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to consist of Absolute Rate Bid Loans, the Absolute Rate offered for each such Bid Loan and the Interest Period applicable thereto; (D) if the proposed Bid Borrowing is to consist of Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans, the Eurodollar Bid Margin with respect to each such Eurodollar Margin Bid Loan and the Interest Period applicable thereto; and (E) the identity of the bidding Lender.
(iii)    Any Competitive Bid shall be disregarded if it (A) is received after the applicable time specified in clause (ii) above, (B) is not substantially in the form of a Competitive Bid as specified herein, (C) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language, (D) proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Bid Request, or (E) is otherwise not responsive to such Bid Request.  Any Lender may correct a Competitive Bid containing a manifest error by submitting a corrected Competitive Bid (identified as such) not later than the applicable time required for submission of Competitive Bids.  Any such submission of a corrected Competitive Bid shall constitute a revocation of the Competitive Bid that contained the manifest error.  The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, notify any Lender of any manifest error it detects in such Lender’s Competitive Bid.
(iv)    Subject only to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.03 and 4.03 and clause (iii) above, each Competitive Bid shall be irrevocable.
(d)    Notice to Company of Competitive Bids.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) on the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans, or (ii) three Business Days (or four Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of the identity of each Lender that has submitted a Competitive Bid that complies with Section 2.03(c) and of the terms of the offers contained in each such Competitive Bid.

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(e)    Acceptance of Competitive Bids.  Not later than 11:30 a.m. (i) on the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Absolute Rate Loans, and (ii) three Business Days (or four Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Bid Borrowing that is to consist of Eurodollar Margin Bid Loans, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of its acceptance or rejection of the offers notified to it pursuant to Section 2.03(d).  The Company shall be under no obligation to accept any Competitive Bid and may choose to reject all Competitive Bids.  In the case of acceptance, such notice shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bids for each Interest Period that is accepted.  The Company may accept any Competitive Bid in whole or in part; provided that:
(i)    the aggregate principal amount of each Bid Borrowing may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related Bid Request;
(ii)    the principal amount of each Bid Loan must be $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(iii)    the acceptance of offers may be made only on the basis of ascending Absolute Rates or Eurodollar Bid Margins within each Interest Period; and
(iv)    the Company may not accept any offer that is described in Section 2.03(c)(iii) or that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements hereof.
(f)    Procedure for Identical Bids.  If two or more Lenders have submitted Competitive Bids at the same Absolute Rate or Eurodollar Bid Margin, as the case may be, for the same Interest Period, and the result of accepting all of such Competitive Bids in whole (together with any other Competitive Bids at lower Absolute Rates or Eurodollar Bid Margins, as the case may be, accepted for such Interest Period in conformity with the requirements of Section 2.03(e)(iii)) would be to cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the applicable Bid Borrowing to exceed the amount specified therefor in the related Bid Request, then, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such Lenders, such Competitive Bids shall be accepted as nearly as possible in proportion to the amount offered by each such Lender in respect of such Interest Period, with such accepted amounts being rounded to the nearest whole multiple of $1,000,000.
(g)    Notice to Lenders of Acceptance or Rejection of Bids.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender having submitted a Competitive Bid whether or not its offer has been accepted and, if its offer has been accepted, of the amount of the Bid Loan or Bid Loans to be made by it on the date of the applicable Bid Borrowing.  Any Competitive Bid or portion thereof that is not accepted by the Company by the applicable time specified in Section 2.03(e) shall be deemed rejected.
(h)    Notice of Eurodollar Rate.  If any Bid Borrowing is to consist of Eurodollar Margin Loans, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Eurodollar Rate for the relevant Interest Period, and promptly after making such determination, shall notify the Company and the Lenders that will be participating in such Bid Borrowing of such Eurodollar Rate.

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(i)    Funding of Bid Loans.  Each Lender that has received notice pursuant to Section 2.03(g) that all or a portion of its Competitive Bid has been accepted by the Company shall make the amount of its Bid Loan(s) available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the requested Bid Borrowing.  Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.03, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Company in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(j)    Notice of Range of Bids.  After each Competitive Bid auction pursuant to this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender that submitted a Competitive Bid in such auction of the ranges of bids submitted (without the bidder’s name) and accepted for each Bid Loan and the aggregate amount of each Bid Borrowing.
2.04    Letters of Credit.  
(a)    The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i)    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with clause (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that (i) after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (ii) the Company shall not request, and the L/C Issuers shall have no obligation to issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (x) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Countries, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (y) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement.  Each request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Company may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.  All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed 

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to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii)    No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A)    subject to Section 2.04(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B)    the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii)    No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A)    any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B)    the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C)    except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $25,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $25,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D)    the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(E)    any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the applicable L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.20(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit 

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and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or
(F)    the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
(iv)    The applicable L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v)    The applicable L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
(vi)    The applicable L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to any L/C Issuer.
(b)    Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i)    Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.  Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be.  In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require.  In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and 

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(D) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require.  Additionally, the Company shall furnish to such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii)    Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Company and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.  Unless such L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices.  Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii)    If the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued.  Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension.  Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.04(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.03 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

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(iv)    Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c)    Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i)    Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent thereof.  Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars (each such date, an “Honor Date”) to the extent the Company has received notice of such payment at or prior to 9:00 a.m. or, if not, the next succeeding Business Day, the Company shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.  If the Company fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof.  In such event, the Company shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Revolving Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (other than the delivery of a Revolving Loan Notice).  Any notice given by such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii)    Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.04(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to the Company in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to such L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii)    With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Base Rate Revolving Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.  In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 

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2.04(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.04.
(iv)    Until a Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
(v)    Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.04(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 (other than delivery by the Company of a Revolving Loan Notice).  No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse such L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi)    If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the applicable L/C Borrowing, as the case may be.  A certificate of such L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)    Repayment of Participations.
(i)    At any time after the applicable L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.04(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Company or otherwise, including 

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proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii)    If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 12.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)    Obligations Absolute.  The obligation of the Company to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i)    any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii)    the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the applicable L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii)    any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv)    any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the applicable L/C Issuer under such 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 any Debtor Relief Law; or

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(v)    any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any Subsidiary.
The Company shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer.  The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f)    Role of L/C Issuer.  Each Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document.  None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.  The Company hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.  None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.04(e); and provided, further, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against any L/C Issuer, and the applicable L/C Issuer may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, such L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g)    Applicability of ISP and UCP.  Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Company when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any 

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such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(h)    Letter of Credit Fees.  The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided that any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Revolving Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.20(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears.  If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each standby Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(i)    Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer.  With respect to Letters of Credit (including any Existing Letters of Credit), the Company shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer, for its own account, in Dollars, a fronting fee at a rate separately agreed between the Company and the applicable L/C Issuer.  The fronting fee with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by SunTrust Bank or Bank of America, N.A., in each case in its capacity as the L/C Issuer of such Letter of Credit, shall be 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount available to be drawn under any such Letter of Credit.  Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand.  For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06.  In addition, the Company shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect.  Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.  

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(j)    Conflict with Issuer Documents.  In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(k)    Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit.  The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
2.05    Swing Line Loans.
(a)    The Swing Line.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, may in its sole discretion make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Company from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, and provided, further, that the Company shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan.  Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this Section 2.05, prepay under Section 2.07, and reborrow under this Section 2.05.  Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.  Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b)    Borrowing Procedures.  Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $500,000 or a whole multiple  of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day.  Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, 

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appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company.  Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof.  Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.05(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Company at its office by crediting the account of the Company on the books of the Swing Line Lender in Same Day Funds.
(c)    Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i)    The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Revolving Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.  Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Revolving Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.03.  The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Company with a copy of the applicable Revolving Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.  Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Percentage of the amount specified in such Revolving Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Revolving Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.05(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Revolving Loan to the Company in such amount.  The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii)    If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Revolving Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to the 

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Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii)    If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing.  If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.  A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv)    Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.03.  No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d)    Repayment of Participations.
(i)    At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii)    If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 12.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Revolving Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate.  The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender.  The obligations of the 

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Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e)    Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender.  The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Company for interest on the Swing Line Loans.  Until a Lender funds its Base Rate Revolving Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.05 to refinance such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f)    Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender.  The Company shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.06    Intentionally Omitted.  
2.07    Prepayments.
(a)    Each Borrower may, upon notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) three Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; (iii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (iv) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) and Class(es) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Percentage of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Company, the applicable Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.  Subject to Section 2.20, each such prepayment shall be applied to the applicable Loans of the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Revolving Percentages. 
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(c)    The Company may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(d)    If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Revolving Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.07(d) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(e)    If for any reason the Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect by more than $5,000,000, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, provided that such mandatory prepayment of any Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies may be delayed until the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loans if the Borrowers shall deposit or cause to be deposited, on the day prepayment would have otherwise been required, in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such delayed mandatory prepayment of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies and any accrued but unpaid interest thereon; provided further, that any amounts still outstanding following application of such cash collateral shall be immediately due and payable by the Borrowers on the last day of such Interest Period.
2.08    Termination or Reduction of Commitments.  The Company may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate any Class of Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce any Class of Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Bid Loan Sublimit, the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of any Class of Commitments.  The 

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amount of any such Aggregate Revolving Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Bid Loan Sublimit, the Alternative Currency Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Company.  Any reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be applied to the Commitment of each Lender of such Class according to its Applicable Revolving Percentage.  All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of any Class of Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
2.09    Repayment of Loans.
(a)    Revolving Loans.  Each Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans made to such Borrower outstanding on such date.
(b)    Bid Loans.  The Company shall repay each Bid Loan on the last day of the Interest Period in respect thereof.
(c)    Swing Line Loans.  The Company shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date. 
2.10    Interest.
(a)    Subject to the provisions of clause (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate plus (in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from a Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) any additional interest required pursuant to Section 3.08; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; (iii) each Bid Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for the Interest Period therefor at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus (or minus) the Eurodollar Bid Margin, or at the Absolute Rate for such Interest Period, as the case may be; and (iv) unless the Swing Line Lender and the Company otherwise agree from time to time, each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)    (1)    If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(i)    If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate 

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per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii)    Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c)    Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d)    For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), (i) whenever a rate of interest or fee rate hereunder is calculated on the basis of a year (the “deemed year”) that contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest or fee rate shall be expressed as a yearly rate by multiplying such rate of interest or fee rate by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year, (ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation hereunder, (iii) the rates of interest stipulated herein are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields and (iv) in no event shall charges constituting interest payable to the Lenders exceed the maximum amount or the rate permitted under any applicable Law, and if any part or provision of this Agreement is in contravention of any such applicable Law, such part or provision shall be deemed to be amended to conform thereto.
2.11    Fees.  In addition to certain fees described in clause (h) and (i) of Section 2.04:
(a)    Commitment Fee.  The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage, a commitment fee, in Dollars, equal to the Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceed the sum of (i) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and (ii) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.20.  The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period.  The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(b)    Intentionally Omitted.  
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at the times specified in the Fee Letters.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(i)    The Company shall pay to the Lenders, in Dollars, such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
2.12    Computation of Interest and Fees.   All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of interest in respect of Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice.  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.14(a), bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.13    Evidence of Debt.
(a)    The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender to a Borrower made through the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Revolving Loans to such Borrower in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), Class (if applicable) amount, currency and maturity of its Revolving Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)    In addition to the accounts and records referred to in clause (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

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2.14    Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a)    General.  All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States.  If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount.  The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each applicable Lender its Applicable Revolving Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of any such payment in respect of any Class of Loans in like funds as received by wire transfer to such applicable Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment to be made by any Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b)    (1)  Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Revolving Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Revolving Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such 

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amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans.  If such Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in such Borrowing.  Any payment by such Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(i)    Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.  In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this clause (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c)    Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent.  If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender to any Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(d)    Obligations of Lenders Several.  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Revolving Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 12.04(c) are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 12.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Revolving Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 12.04(c).

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(e)    Funding Source.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.  Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect in any manner the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.15    Sharing of Payments by Lenders.  If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any Class of Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Class of Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the applicable Class of Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Class of Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(i)    if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii)    the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.19, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
2.16    Designated Borrowers.
(a)    Each of Equifax Canada, Equifax Limited and Equifax Australia (each a signatory to this Agreement on the Closing Date) shall be a “Designated Borrower” hereunder on the Closing Date.

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(b)    The Company may at any time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), designate any additional Eligible Subsidiary (an “Applicant Borrower”) as a Designated Borrower to receive Revolving Loans, Bid Loans or Swing Line Loans hereunder by delivering to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to each Lender) a duly executed notice and agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G (a “Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”).  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that prior to any Applicant Borrower becoming entitled to utilize the credit facilities provided for herein the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received such supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or information (including search results), in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as may be required by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, including all documentation and other information requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that is required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including all information required under the Patriot Act, and Notes signed by such new Borrowers to the extent any Lenders so require.  If the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree that an Applicant Borrower shall be entitled to receive Revolving Loans, Bid Loans and Swing Line Loans hereunder (which determination may be made by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in their sole discretion), then promptly following receipt of all such requested resolutions, incumbency certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents or information, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit H (a “Designated Borrower Notice”) to the Company and the Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Revolving Lenders agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to receive Revolving Loans, Bid Loans and Swing Line Loans, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that no Revolving Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or on behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date five Business Days after such effective date.
(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (b), if, as to any Designated Borrower (designated as such after the Closing Date) that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent (which notice has not been withdrawn) that such Lender has determined in good faith that, as of the date on which such Designated Borrower was first eligible to borrow pursuant to the proviso in clause (b), such Lender cannot make or maintain Revolving Loans, Bid Loans or Swing Line Loans to such Designated Borrower without (i) adverse tax or legal consequences or (ii) violating (or raising a substantial question as to whether such Lender would violate) any applicable law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) then any obligation of such Lender to make Revolving Loans, Bid Loans and Swing Line Loans to such Designated Borrower shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination 

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no longer exist and, for the avoidance of doubt, such Lender shall not be Defaulting Lender due to such suspension.  
(d)    The Obligations of the Company and each Designated Borrower, if any, that is a Domestic Subsidiary shall be joint and several in nature.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (i) the Obligations of all Designated Borrowers that are Foreign Subsidiaries shall be several in nature, and (ii) no Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary shall be obligated to repay the principal amount of or to pay accrued interest on any Loans made by the Lenders to the Company or any other Borrower (other than such Foreign Subsidiary, in its capacity as a Borrower).  In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the representations and warranties made in Article V of this Agreement by each Designated Borrower are only being made by such Borrower in respect of itself and not in respect of any other Borrower.
(e)    Each Subsidiary of the Company that is or becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this Section 2.16 hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i) the giving and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the Lenders to any such Designated Borrower hereunder.  Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by the Company, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein.  Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Designated Borrower.
(f)    The Company may from time to time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), terminate a Designated Borrower’s status as such, provided that there are no outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower, or other amounts payable by such Designated Borrower on account of any Revolving Loans, Bid Loans or Swing Line Loans made to it, as of the effective date of such termination. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such termination of a Designated Borrower’s status.
2.17    Extension of Maturity Date.  
(a)    Requests for Extension.  The Company may, at any time following the first anniversary of the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Revolving Lenders) not later than 35 days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect hereunder (the “Existing Maturity Date”), request that each Revolving Lender extend such Revolving Lender’s Maturity Date for an additional year from the Existing Maturity Date, effective as of a date selected by the Company (the “Extension Effective Date”); provided 

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that (i) the Company may make a maximum of two such requests, (ii) the Company may make only one such request during any rolling twelve-month period and (iii) the Extension Effective Date shall be at least 30 days, but not more than 90 days, after the date such extension request is received by the Administrative Agent (the “Extension Request Date”). 
(b)    Lender Elections to Extend.  Upon receipt of the extension request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such request. If a Lender agrees, in its sole and individual discretion, to so extend the Existing Maturity Date applicable to its Commitment (an “Extending Lender”), it shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a written notice of its agreement to do so no later than 10 days after the Extension Request Date (or such later date to which the Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Company of such Extending Lender’s agreement to extend the Existing Maturity Date.  The election of any Revolving Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Revolving Lender to so agree.  Subject to Section 2.17(c), the Commitment of any Lender that fails to accept or respond to the Borrowers’ request for extension of the Existing Maturity Date (and each Revolving Lender that determines not to so extend its Maturity Date, a “Non-Extending Lender”) shall be terminated on the Existing Maturity Date then in effect for such Non-Extending Lender (without regard to any extension by other Lenders) and on such Existing Maturity Date the Borrowers shall pay in full the unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans owing to such Non-Extending Lender, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all accrued and unpaid fees owing to such Non-Extending Lender under this Agreement to the date of such payment of principal and all other amounts due to such Non-Extending Lender under this Agreement.
(c)    Additional Commitment Lenders.  The Company shall have the right to replace each Non‐Extending Lender with, and add as “Revolving Lenders” under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”) as provided in Section 12.13; provided that each of such Additional Commitment Lenders shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender shall, effective as of the Existing Maturity Date, undertake a Commitment (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Revolving Lender, its Revolving Commitment shall be in addition to such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment hereunder on such date).
(d)    Minimum Extension Requirement.  If (and only if) the total of the Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders that have agreed so to extend their Maturity Date (each, an “Extending Lender”) and the additional Revolving Commitments of the Additional Commitment Lenders shall be more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments in effect immediately prior to the Existing Maturity Date, and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.17(e) are met as of the Extension Effective Date, the Maturity Date in effect with respect to the Commitments of such Extending Lenders and Additional Commitment Lenders (but not the Non-Extending Lenders) shall be extended by one calendar year to the date falling one year after the Existing Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, such Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next preceding 

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Business Day) and each Additional Commitment Lender shall thereupon become a “Revolving Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement.
(e)    Conditions to Effectiveness of Extensions.  As a condition precedent to such extension, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Borrower dated as of the Existing Maturity Date (in sufficient copies for each Extending Lender and each Additional Commitment Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Borrower approving or consenting to such extension and (ii) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Existing Maturity Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.17, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.01(m) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists.  In addition, on the Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, the Borrowers shall prepay any Revolving Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Revolving Percentages of the respective Revolving Lenders effective as of such date.
(f)    Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.15 or 12.01 to the contrary.
2.18    Increase in Commitments.
(a)    Request for Increase.  Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, upon notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Company may from time to time (but in any event no more than five (5) times during the term of this Agreement), request an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments hereunder by an aggregate amount for all such increases in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments not to exceed $500,000,000, less the amount of any permanent reductions in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments requested by the Company pursuant to Section 2.08; provided that any such request for an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments hereunder shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000.  At the time of sending such notice, the Company (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten Business Days nor more than fifteen Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders).
(b)    Lender Elections.  Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolving Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Revolving Percentage of such requested increase.  Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Commitment.

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(c)    Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder.  To achieve the full amount of a requested increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Company, after the earlier to occur of (i) the Administrative Agent’s receipt of responses to the request from each Lender or (ii) ten Business Days after the delivery of such request, may invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  No Lender shall be obligated to participate in such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and each Lender shall have the right to accept or decline any request made hereunder in its sole discretion.
(d)    Effective Date and Allocations.  If the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall determine the effective date (the “Incremental Effective Date”) and the final allocation to such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company, the Lenders and such additional Eligible Assignees, if any, to such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the Incremental Effective Date; provided that in the event each Lender has agreed to increase its Revolving Commitment by an amount at least equal to its ratable share of such increase, then the increase to the Applicable Revolving Percentage of each Lender shall be on a pro rata basis in accordance with such Lender’s Revolving Commitment in effect on the Business Day prior to the Incremental Effective Date.
(e)    Conditions to Effectiveness of Incremental.  As a condition precedent to any such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each applicable Borrower dated as of the Incremental Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Borrower approving or consenting to such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and any other corporate documents deemed reasonably necessary by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and immediately after giving effect to such increase, (A) no Default or Event of Default exists and (B) evidencing (in reasonable detail prepared in good faith and in a manner and using such methodology which is consistent with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01), compliance on a Pro Forma Basis (as defined below) with the financial covenant contained in Section 8.01 as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter on a trailing four quarter basis.  The Company shall also deliver opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of internal and external counsel to the Company, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, with respect to the applicable Borrowers, the increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and such other matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.  The applicable Borrower shall prepay any Loans outstanding on and prior to giving effect to the Incremental Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 12.04) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Applicable 

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Revolving Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.18.  
(f)    Intentionally Omitted.
(g)    Incremental Amendment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 12.01, the Administrative Agent is expressly permitted to amend the Loan Documents to the extent necessary to give effect to any increase pursuant to this Section and changes necessary or advisable in connection therewith (including amendments to ensure pro rata allocations of Eurodollar Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans between Loans incurred pursuant to this Section and Loans outstanding immediately prior to any such incurrence.
As used in this clause, the term  “Pro Forma Basis” means the following pro forma adjustments made for purposes of determining compliance on a pro forma basis with the maximum Leverage Ratio as required above pursuant to this clause: (x) the Consolidated EBITDA during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended of (or attributable to) (A) any other Person acquired (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) or disposed of by the Company or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, or (B) all or substantially all of the business or assets of any other Person or operating division or business unit of any other Person, acquired (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) or disposed of by the Company or one of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (in each case to the extent such acquisition or disposition is permitted under this Agreement), shall be included (in the case of any acquisition) or excluded (in the case of any disposition, so long as the Consolidated EBITDA of or attributable to such Capital Stock, asset, operating division or business unit disposed of, sold or otherwise transferred, exceeds 5% of Consolidated Operating Profit for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year), as applicable, in determining Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, provided further that such acquisition is or will be funded in whole or in part with the proceeds of any Loans contemplated to be made after giving effect to such requested increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 (such Loans referred to herein as the “Subject Loans”), and (y) the principal amount of Debt in respect of any Subject Loans incurred or to be incurred by any Borrower, together with the aggregate amount of Debt assumed or otherwise continued in connection with any such acquisition (but only to the extent such Debt would constitute Consolidated Funded Debt following consummation of such acquisition), shall be included in determining Consolidated Funded Debt of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as if such transaction had been consummated on the first day of such period, and based on historical actual results accounted for in accordance with GAAP.
(h)    Conflicting Provisions.  This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.15 or 12.01 to the contrary.
2.19    Cash Collateral.
(a)    Certain Credit Support Events.  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer (i) if such L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing that 

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has not been repaid by the Company, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.  At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.20(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b)    Grant of Security Interest.  All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at SunTrust Bank.  The Company, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.19(c).  If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Company or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.
(c)    Application.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.19 or Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 2.20 or 9.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.
(d)    Release.  Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure any other obligations as provided for in this Agreement shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 12.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Borrower shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.19 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 9.04), and (y) the Company and the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing 

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Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations as provided for in this Agreement.
2.20    Defaulting Lenders.
(a)    Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i)    Waivers and Amendments.  That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 12.01.
(ii)    Reallocation of Payments.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 12.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Company may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’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 Company as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Company against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.03 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting 

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Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.20(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii)    Certain Fees.  That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.11(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Company shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to extent allocable to the sum of (1) the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans funded by it and (2) its Applicable Revolving Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.19, or 2.20(a)(ii), as applicable (and the Company shall (A) be required to pay to each of the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of such fee allocable to its Fronting Exposure arising from that Defaulting Lender and (B) not be required to pay the remaining amount of such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.04(h).
(iv)    Reallocation of Applicable Revolving Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure.  During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05, the “Applicable Revolving Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.
(b)    Defaulting Lender Cure.  If the Company, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the applicable L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Revolving Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.20(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to 

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fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Company while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III. 
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01    Taxes.  
(a)    Defined Terms.  For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term “Lender” includes any L/C Issuer and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.
(b)    Payments Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c)    Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower.  Each Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d)    Indemnification by the Borrower.  Each Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such payment or liability delivered to the applicable Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the applicable Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of such Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 12.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (e).  
(f)    Evidence of Payments.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.01, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g)    Status of Lenders.
(i)    Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Company, any Borrower which is a UK Person in relation to documentation required under (iii) below, and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company, any Borrower which is a UK Person or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company, any Borrower which is a UK Person or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B), (ii)(D) and (iii) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
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(A)    any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B)    any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(II)    executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(III)    in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of such Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(IV)    to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J or Exhibit K, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. 

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Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C)    any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D)    if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for such Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(iii)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that a Borrower is a UK Person,
(A)    Subject to ‎(B)  below, each Treaty Lender and relevant Borrower that is a UK Person shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Borrower to obtain authorization to make interest payments under the Loan Documents without the deduction or withholding of any Tax imposed by the United Kingdom.
(B)    Each Lender that is a Treaty Lender that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport Scheme on the date that it becomes a party to this Agreement (including any new Lender under any Loan Document by way of 

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assignment, syndication or otherwise) shall (subject to (D) below) confirm its scheme reference number to the relevant Borrower and its jurisdiction of tax residence within 30 days of the date of this Agreement, or in the case of a new Lender within 30 days of becoming a party to this Agreement in order for the Borrower to submit a Borrower DTTP Filing; and, having done so, that Lender shall be under no obligation pursuant to (A) above.
(C)    If a Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with (B) above and
(I)    the relevant Borrower has not made a Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of that Lender; or
(II)    the Borrower has made a Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of that Lender but:
(i)    that Borrower DTTP Filing has been rejected by HMRC;
(ii)    HMRC has not given the relevant Borrower authority to make interest payments to that Lender without the deduction or withholding of any Tax within 60 days of the date of the Borrower DTTP Filing; or
(iii)    HMRC has given authority for the Borrower to make interest payments to that Lender without the deduction or withholding of any Tax and that authority expires or is withdrawn by HMRC,
and, in each case, the Borrower has notified the relevant Lender in writing, then:
(III)    the Lender and the Borrower shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for the Borrower to obtain authorization to make interest payment without the deduction or withholding of any such Tax.
(D)    If a Lender has not confirmed its scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with above, the Borrower shall not make a Borrower DTTP Filing or file any other form relating to the HMRC DT Treaty Passport Scheme in respect of that Lender’s participation unless the Lender otherwise agrees.
(E)    The relevant Borrower shall, promptly on making a Borrower DTTP Filing, deliver a copy of that Borrower DTTP Filing to the Lender.
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be in the transfer certificate or assignment agreement which it executes on becoming a party to a Loan Document after the date of this Agreement, whether or not it is a Treaty Lender which is beneficially entitled to the interest payments payable to it under any Loan Documents (a “Qualifying Lender”). If a Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section, then such Lender shall be treated for the purposes of the Loan Documents as if it is not a Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Company that it is a Qualifying Lender.  For the avoidance of doubt, a transfer certificate or assignment agreement shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Section.
(G)    Any Lender which was a Qualifying Lender when it became party to any Loan Document but subsequently ceases to be a Qualifying Lender (other than by reason of any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority) shall promptly notify the Company in writing of that event.  If there is any such change which in the reasonable opinion of the relevant Borrower may result in any Lender which was a Qualifying Lender when it became party to any Loan Document ceasing to be a Qualifying Lender, such Qualifying Lender shall promptly provide evidence reasonably requested by the relevant Borrower in order for the Borrower to determine whether such Lender has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender.
Each Lender agrees that if any information, form or certification it previously delivered under (g)(ii) or (g)(iii) above expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h)    Treatment of Certain Refunds.  Unless required by applicable law, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender.  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.01 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this clause (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this clause (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and 

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giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This clause (h) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i)    Survival.  Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
3.02    Illegality.  If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Company through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies, or in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans in Dollars, to convert Base Rate Revolving Loans to Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, and such loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender and Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to Eurodollar Rate to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

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3.03    Inability to Determine Rates.  
(a)    If, prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing:
(i)    the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant interbank market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate (including, without limitation, because the Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) for such Interest Period, or
(ii)    the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their Eurodollar Rate Loans for such Interest Period,
then the Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof (or telephonic notice, promptly confirmed in writing) to the Company and to the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter.  Until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, (ii) the obligations of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended and (iii) all such affected Loans shall, (A) if denominated in Dollars, be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrowers repay such Loans in accordance with this Agreement and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto.  Unless the Company notifies the Administrative Agent at least one (1) Business Day before the date of any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing for which a request for Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing on such date, then such request shall (A) if such Borrowing is requested to be denominated in Dollars, be deemed a request for a Base Rate Borrowing and (B) if such Borrowing is requested to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, be ineffective.
(b)    If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) above have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) above have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Screen Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the Screen Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but for 

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the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Applicable Rate); provided that if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 12.01, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this clause (b), only to the extent the Screen Rate for the applicable currency and/or such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (w) the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, (x) any request for the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be ineffective, (y) any affected Eurodollar Rate Loans shall, (A) if denominated in Dollars, be continued as Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrowers repay such Loans in accordance with this Agreement and (B) if denominated in an Alternative Currency, be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (z) any request for a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall, (A) if such Borrowing is requested to be denominated in Dollars, be deemed a request for a Base Rate Borrowing and (B) if such Borrowing is requested to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, be ineffective.
3.04    Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a)    Increased Costs Generally.  If any Change in Law shall:
(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except (A) any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e) and (B) any additional interest required pursuant to Section 3.08) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii)    subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii)    impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of 

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Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that, as to any claim for compensation made by a Lender pursuant to this Section 3.04, in respect of any Change in Law, such Lender shall only make such claim on the Company if such Lender is otherwise generally making such claims on other similarly situated debtors of such Lender.
(b)    Capital Requirements.  If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered; provided that, as to any claim for compensation made by a Lender or such L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 3.04, in respect of any Change in Law, such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall only make such claim on the Company if such Lender or such L/C Issuer is otherwise generally making such claims on other similarly situated debtors of such Lender or such L/C Issuer.
(c)    Certificates for Reimbursement.  A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Company shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Company shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d)    Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than ninety (90) days prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving 

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rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the ninety (90) day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e)    Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.  The Company shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurodollar funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurodollar liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided that the Company shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender.  If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.
3.05    Compensation for Losses.  Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Company shall promptly compensate (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to compensate) such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a)    any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b)    any failure by any Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Company or the applicable Designated Borrower;
(c)    any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or
(d)    any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 12.13;

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including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract.  The Company shall also pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Company (or the applicable Designated Borrower) to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the onshore interbank market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loan was in fact so funded.
3.06    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.  
(a)    Designation of a Different Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or requires any Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or requires any Borrower to pay any additional interest to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.08, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then, at the request of the Company or such applicable Borrower, such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.08, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be.  The Company hereby agrees to pay (or to cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)    Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional interest to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.08, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), the Company may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 12.13.
3.07    Survival.  All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of all Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent.

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3.08    Additional Interest Costs.  
(a)    Additional Interest.  If and so long as any Lender is required to comply with reserve asset ratios, liquidity, cash margin or other requirements of any monetary or other authority (including any such requirement imposed by the Bank of England, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and/or the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or the European Central Bank or the European System of Central Banks, but excluding any requirements described in Section 3.04(e)) in respect of any of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans in any currency other than Dollars, such Lender may require the Company to pay, or cause the applicable Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Loans subject to such requirements, additional interest on such Loan at a rate per annum specified by such Lender to be the cost to such Lender of complying with such requirements in relation to such Loan.
(b)    Determination of Amounts Due.  Any additional interest owed pursuant to subsection (a) above shall be determined by the relevant Lender and notified to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a certificate setting forth such additional interest at least five (5) Business Days before each date on which interest is payable for the relevant Loan, and such additional interest so notified to the Company by such Lender shall be payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender on each date on which interest is payable for such Loan.
(c)    Limitation on Amounts Due.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender on any occasion to demand additional interest pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such additional interest on any subsequent occasion.
ARTICLE IV. 
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
4.01    Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.  The obligation of each L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a)    Executed Loan Documents.  This Agreement, the Notes (if any) and all other applicable Loan Documents shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no  Default shall exist hereunder or thereunder.
(b)    Closing Certificates; Etc.
(i)    Officers’ Certificates.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (a) to the effect that all representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true, correct and complete in all material respects; (b) that the Borrowers are not in violation of any of the 

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covenants contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and (c) that, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and that each of the closing conditions has been satisfied or waived (assuming satisfaction of the Administrative Agent where not advised otherwise).
(ii)    General Certificates.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the secretary, assistant secretary of the Company certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of the Company executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (A) the articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, or certificate or articles of formation, of the Company and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, (B) the bylaws of the Company as in effect on the date of such certifications, and (C) resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing, as applicable, the borrowings contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
(iii)    Certificates of Good Standing.  The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdictions of organization.
(iv)    Opinions of Counsel.  The Administrative Agent shall have received opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of internal and external counsel to the Company, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to each of the Borrowers, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(v)    The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates, resolutions, opinions and information (including search results) as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing (or equivalent) of each Designated Borrower, the authorization of the borrowings contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and any other legal matters relating to each Designated Borrower, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(c)    Consents; Defaults.
(i)    Governmental and Third Party Approvals.  The Borrowers shall have obtained all approvals, authorizations and consents of any Person and of all Governmental Authorities and courts having jurisdiction necessary in order to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the Closing Date.  Additionally, there shall not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint issued or filed or a hearing seeking injunctive relief or other restraint pending or notified prohibiting or imposing materially 

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adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or otherwise referred to herein or therein.
(ii)    No Event of Default.  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d)    Financial Matters.
(i)    Financial Statements.  The Administrative Agent shall have received and reviewed (A) the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, including balance sheets, income and cash flow statements audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP, (B) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company for the most recent fiscal quarter ended at least 45 days before the Closing Date, and (C) such other financial information as the Administrative Agent may request.  To the extent that the information set forth in this Section 4.01(d)(i) is included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC, such information shall be deemed delivered for purposes hereof.
(ii)    Payment at Closing.  The Borrowers shall have paid any accrued and unpaid fees or commissions due hereunder (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses payable under Section 12.04, to the extent invoiced) to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, and to any other Person such amount as may be due thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including all taxes, fees and other charges in connection with the execution, delivery, recording, filing and registration of any of the Loan Documents, and including all fees payable on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letters.
(e)    Litigation.  As of the Closing Date, there shall be no actions, arbitrations, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of any Borrower, threatened (i) with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (ii) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)    Payoff Letters.  The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of a duly executed payoff letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidencing the payment in full and termination of the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) copies of additional duly executed payoff letters, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, evidencing the payment in full and termination of any other Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries not permitted hereunder.
(g)    Closing Date Compliance Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly completed and executed compliance certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing (and attaching applicable calculations) that, after giving pro forma effect to the Credit Extensions on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof, the Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00.

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(h)    Patriot Act.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date to the extent that such documentation and information was requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(i)    Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties contained in Article V shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date.
(j)    Intentionally Omitted. 
(k)    Miscellaneous.
(i)    Proceedings and Documents. All Loan Documents, opinions, certificates and other instruments and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
(ii)    Accuracy and Completeness of Information.  All Information taken as an entirety made available to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders by the Borrowers or any of their representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is and will be complete and correct in all material respects as of the date made available to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders and does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
4.02    Intentionally Omitted.  
4.03    Conditions to all Credit Extensions.  The obligation of each Lender to make any Credit Extension hereunder (including the initial Credit Extension to be made hereunder) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing or issue date, as applicable:
(a)    Continuation of Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties contained in Article V (excluding Section 5.01(n)) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such borrowing or issuance date with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, except for any representation and warranty made as of an 

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earlier date, which representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
(b)    No Existing Default.  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing hereunder on the date of such Credit Extension, both before and after giving effect to the Loans to be made on such date and/or the Letters of Credit to be issued on such date.
(c)    Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing.  To the extent applicable, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Revolving Loan Notice and/or Swing Line Loan Notice from the Company on behalf of the relevant Borrower in accordance with Section 2.02(a) or a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with Section 2.05(b).
(d)    Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement Documents.  In the case of any Loan to a new Designated Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement together with any other documents, certificates, information or legal opinions from a Designated Borrower as specified in Section 2.16 hereof.
The occurrence of the Closing Date and the request by any Borrower for a Credit Extension hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that all the conditions specified in Sections 4.01 and 4.03 and applicable to such borrowing have been satisfied as of that time or waived in writing by the Lenders.  All of the Notes, certificates, legal opinions and other documents and papers referred to in Sections 4.01 and 4.03, unless otherwise specified, shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each of the Lenders and, except for the Notes, in sufficient counterparts or copies for each of the Lenders and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Each Credit Extension shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 4.03.
ARTICLE V. 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.01    Representations and Warranties.  To induce the Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make Credit Extensions, each Borrower (or if otherwise indicated, the Company) hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Lenders that:
(a)    Organization; Power; Qualification. Each of the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries (other than inactive Subsidiaries which are not Material Subsidiaries) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing or active status, as applicable under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization, 

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except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Ownership.  Each Subsidiary of each of the Borrowers as of the Closing Date is listed on Schedule 5.01(b).
(c)    Authorization of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing.  Each of the Borrowers and, if applicable, their Subsidiaries has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with its respective terms.  Each of the Loan Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the Borrowers and each of their Subsidiaries party thereto, as applicable, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrowers and, if applicable, each of their Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
(d)    Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the borrowings hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (i) require any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries to obtain any Governmental Approval or approval of any other Person not otherwise already obtained or violate any applicable Law relating to the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organization documents of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or any indenture or other material agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any material Lien (other than a Lien permitted under Section 8.02) upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person.
(e)    Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals.  Each of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries (i) has all Governmental Approvals required by any applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to the best of the Borrowers’ knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, except where the failure to have such Governmental Approval could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties; in each case, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(f)    Tax Returns and Payments.  Each of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all federal and state, provincial, local and other tax returns required by applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all federal and state, provincial, local and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable, except (i) taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Borrower or Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (ii) to the extent the failure to file such tax returns or pay such taxes could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Governmental Authority has asserted any material Lien or other claim against the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each of the Borrowers and any of their respective Subsidiaries in respect of federal and all material state, provincial, local and other taxes are, in the judgment of the Borrowers, adequate, and the Borrowers do not anticipate any material additional taxes or assessments for any of the periods reflected on such books.
(g)    Intellectual Property Matters.  Each of the Borrowers and its Subsidiaries owns or possesses rights to use all franchises, licenses, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses, patent applications, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and rights with respect to the foregoing which are required to conduct its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No event has occurred which, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights, and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, neither the Borrowers nor any Subsidiary thereof is liable to any Person for infringement under applicable Law with respect to any such rights as a result of its business operations, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)    Environmental Matters.  Except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) has incurred costs for any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
(i)    ERISA Compliance.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Lenders as follows:
(i)    Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state laws, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a 

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favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service.  To the best knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status, except where the failure to maintain such tax-qualified status could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)    There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, actions or  lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  To the best knowledge of the Company, there has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii)     (A) No ERISA Event has occurred, and to the best knowledge of the Company, no fact, event or circumstance exists that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (B) the Company and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (C) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code) is 60% or higher and, to the best knowledge of the Company no facts or circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; and (D) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; in each case under the immediately preceding clauses (A) through (D), except for such events and circumstances, failures to comply, facts and circumstances, liabilities, transactions and terminations which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)    Neither the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any unsatisfied obligation to contribute to, or liability under, any active or terminated Pension Plan, except for such unsatisfied contribution obligations or liabilities which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j)    Margin Stock.  No Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its material activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of ‘‘purchasing’’ or “carrying” any ‘‘margin stock’’ (as each such term is defined or used in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).  No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit will be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock, unless the Borrowers shall have given the Administrative Agent and Lenders prior notice of such event and such other information as is reasonably necessary to permit the Administrative Agent and Lenders to comply, in a timely fashion, with all reporting 

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obligations required by applicable Law, or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors.
(k)    Government Regulation.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and Lenders that no Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and neither the Borrowers nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any Credit Extension will be, subject to regulation under the Interstate Commerce Act, each as amended.
(l)    Intentionally Omitted.  
(m)    Financial Statements; Financial Condition: Etc.  The financial statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.01(d)(i) and, if applicable, Section 6.01, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the absence of footnotes and subject to normal year end adjustments), are complete in all material respects and fairly present in all material respects the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal year end adjustments.
(n)    No Material Adverse Effect.  Since December 31, 2017, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
(o)    Intentionally Omitted.  
(p)    Intentionally Omitted.  
(q)    Litigation.  There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened against or affecting the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r)    Absence of Defaults.  No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
(s)    Intentionally Omitted.  
(t)    Accuracy and Completeness of Information.  As of the Closing Date, the Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which they or any of their Subsidiaries are subject, and all other matters known to them, other than general market, economic and industry conditions, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The 

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written information, taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) does not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to any projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
(u)    Property.  The Borrowers and their Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material Property owned by them and valid leasehold interests in all material Property leased by them (except as permitted by the terms of this Agreement), except where failure to have such title or interest would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v)    Intentionally Omitted.  
(w)    Intentionally Omitted.  
(x)    Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.  
(i)    None of the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates is a Sanctioned Person.
(ii)    The Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Company, the agents of the Company and its Subsidiaries, are in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.  The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance therewith.
(iii)    No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated hereby will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
(y)    Representations as to Foreign Obligors.  Each of the Company and each Foreign Obligor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(i)    Such Foreign Obligor is subject to civil and commercial applicable Laws with respect to its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively as to such Foreign Obligor, the “Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents”), and the execution, delivery and performance by such Foreign Obligor of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents constitute and will constitute private and commercial acts and not public or governmental acts.  Neither such Foreign Obligor nor any of its property has any immunity from set-off, suit or proceedings or from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under the laws of the 

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jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing in respect of its obligations under the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents.
(ii)    The Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents are in proper legal form under the applicable Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing for the enforcement thereof against such Foreign Obligor under the applicable Laws of such jurisdiction, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents.  It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents that the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents be filed, registered or recorded with, or executed or notarized before, any court or other authority in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing or that any registration charge or stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents or any other document, except for (A) any such filing, registration, recording, execution or notarization as has been made or is not required to be made until the Applicable Foreign Obligor Document or any other document is sought to be enforced and (B) any charge or tax as has been timely paid.
(iii)    The execution, delivery and performance of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents executed by such Foreign Obligor are, under applicable foreign exchange control regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Obligor is organized and existing, not subject to any notification or authorization except (A) such as have been made or obtained or (B) such as cannot be made or obtained until a later date (provided that any notification or authorization described in clause (B) shall be made or obtained as soon as is reasonably practicable).
(iv)    For the purposes of The Council of the Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of May 20, 2015 on Insolvency Proceedings (recast) (the “Regulation”), the centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation) of each Foreign Obligor incorporated under the laws of a member state of the European Union is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no “establishment” (as that term is used in Article 2(h) of the Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.
(v)    The choice of governing law as the governing law of each of the Applicable Foreign Obligor Documents will be recognized and enforced in the jurisdiction of incorporation of such Foreign Obligor.  Any judgment obtained in any federal or state court located in the State of New York will be recognized and enforced in such Foreign Obligor's jurisdiction of incorporation.
(z)    Additional Representations of Australian Borrowers.  Each of the Company and each Australian Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that in relation to each Australian Borrower:
(i)    The entering into and performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is expressed to be a party are for its commercial benefit and are in its commercial interests. 

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(ii)    The entry into and performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party do not contravene Part 2J or Part 2E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia. 
(iii)    Immediately following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Loan, it is not “insolvent” (as such term is defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia). 
(iv)    It is not a trustee of any trust or settlement.
(v)    No Australian Borrower is a member of an “Consolidated Group” or an “MEC Group” (as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) of Australia and the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) (as applicable)) unless that group has, at all times while the Australian Borrower is a member, a valid tax sharing agreement for that group in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
(vi)    No Australian Borrower is a member of a “GST Group” (as defined in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) of Australia) unless that group has, at all times while the Australian Borrower is a member, a valid indirect tax sharing agreement for that group in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders.
(aa)    EEA Financial Institutions.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an EEA Financial Institution.
5.02    Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.  All representations and warranties set forth in this Article V and all representations and warranties contained in any certificate related hereto, or any of the Loan Documents (including but not limited to any such representation or warranty made in or in connection with any amendment thereto) shall constitute representations and warranties made under this Agreement.  All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Closing Date (unless expressly relating to any earlier date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lenders or any borrowing hereunder.
ARTICLE VI. 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND NOTICES
Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent liabilities not yet due and payable) have been paid and satisfied in full and all Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in Section 12.01 hereof, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent and to the Lenders at their respective addresses as set forth on Schedule 12.02, or such other office as may be designated by the Administrative Agent and Lenders from time to time:

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6.01    Financial Statements, Etc.
(a)    Quarterly Financial Statements.  As soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, either (i) a copy of a report on Form 10-Q, or any successor form, and any amendments thereto, filed by the Company with the SEC with respect to the immediately preceding fiscal quarter or (ii) an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including any notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Company in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year end adjustments and to the absence of footnotes required by GAAP.  To the extent that the information set forth in this Section 6.01(a) is included in the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC, such information shall be deemed delivered for purposes hereof.
(b)    Annual Financial Statements.  As soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year either (i) a copy of a report on Form 10-K, or any successor form, and any amendments thereto, filed by the Company with the SEC with respect to the immediately preceding Fiscal Year or (ii) an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Company and certified by a nationally recognized independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operation of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year, and accompanied by a report thereon by such certified public accountants that is not qualified with respect to scope limitations imposed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP.  To the extent that the information set forth in this Section 6.01(b) is included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC, such information shall be deemed delivered for purposes hereof.
(c)    Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) subject to Section 12.07, the Administrative Agent and/or any Arranger may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf 

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of such Borrower under the Loan Documents (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to any Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”).  Each Borrower hereby agrees that so long as such Borrower is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrowers shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 12.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as containing material non-public information and as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor”; it being understood that all Borrower Materials shall be subject to Section 12.07.
6.02    Officer’s Compliance Certificate.  At each time financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (an “Officer’s Compliance Certificate”) (a) certifying as to statements consistent with the applicable requirements of the SEC; (b) certifying as to whether there exists a Default or Event of Default on the date of such certificate, and if a Default or an Event of Default, specifying the details thereof and the action which the Company has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto; and (c) setting forth in reasonable detail calculations demonstrating compliance with the financial covenant contained in Section 8.01.
6.03    Intentionally Omitted.  
6.04    Other Reports.
(a)    Promptly after the filing thereof, a copy of (i) each report or other filing made by any of the Borrowers or any or their Subsidiaries with the SEC and required by the SEC to be delivered to the shareholders of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof, (ii) each report made by any of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof to the SEC on Form 8-K and (iii) each final registration statement of any of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof filed with the SEC, except in connection with pension plans and other employee benefit plans; and

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(b)    Such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrowers and/or any of their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
6.05    Notice of Litigation and Other Matters.  Prompt (but in no event later than (x) with respect to clause (d) below, two Business Days after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof or (y) with respect to any other clause below, five (5) Business Days after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof) telephonic (confirmed in writing) or written notice of:
(a)    the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator against or involving any of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses the potential liability of which in the reasonable judgment of the Borrowers could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(b)    any notice of any violation received by any of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of violation of Environmental Laws, the potential liability of which in the reasonable judgment of the Borrowers in any such case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c)    the occurrence of any Default or an Event of Default.
6.06    Ratings Information.  The Company shall, no later than five Business Days after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge of any such change, give notice to the Administrative Agent (by telephone, followed promptly by written notice transmitted by facsimile with a hand copy sent promptly thereafter) of any change (either expressly or pursuant to a letter from S&P or Moody’s stating an “implied” rating, excluding in all cases any private indicative ratings that the Company may request from time to time from Moody’s or S&P) in rating by S&P or Moody’s in respect of the Company’s non-credit enhanced senior unsecured long-term debt, together with details thereof, and of any announcement by S&P or Moody’s that its rating in respect of such non-credit enhanced senior unsecured long-term debt is “under review” or that any such debt rating has been placed on a “Credit Watch List”® or “watch list” or that any similar action has been taken by S&P or Moody’s.
6.07    Accuracy of Information.  All written information, reports, statements and other papers and data furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than financial forecasts) whether pursuant to this Article VI or any other provision of this Agreement, shall be, at the time the same is so furnished, true and complete in all material respects.
ARTICLE VII. 
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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consent has been obtained in the manner provided for in Section 12.01, each Borrower will, and will cause each of its respective Subsidiaries to:
7.01    Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters.
(a)    Except as permitted by Section 8.04 and Section 8.05, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, provided that, subject to compliance with Section 7.09, nothing in the foregoing shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing any line of business if (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, and (ii) with respect to the discontinuance of a material line of business, the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such discontinuance is in the best interest of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b)    Qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where the nature and scope of its activities require it to so qualify under applicable Law, except where the failure to so preserve and maintain its existence and rights or to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.02    Maintenance of Property.  Protect and preserve all properties useful in and material to its business, including copyrights, patents, trade names and trademarks; maintain in good working order and condition all buildings, equipment and other tangible real and personal property material to the conduct of its business, ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted; and from time to time make or cause to be made all renewals, replacements and additions to such property necessary for the conduct of its business, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.03    Insurance.  Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as are consistent with past practices and prudent business practice (and in any event consistent with normal industry practice), and as may be required by applicable Law.
7.04    Accounting Methods and Financial Records.  Maintain a system of accounting, and keep such books, records and accounts (which shall be true and complete in all material respects) as may be required or as may be necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties.
7.05    Payment and Performance of Obligations.
(a)    Pay and perform all of its Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, which in the case of each Designated Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary shall be several and not joint and several.

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(b)    Pay and discharge (i) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except where the failure to make such payments could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) all other material indebtedness, obligations and liabilities in accordance with customary trade practices, except where the failure to make such payments could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that such Borrower or Subsidiary may contest any item described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 7.05(b) in good faith and by proper proceedings so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto to the extent required by GAAP.
7.06    Compliance With Laws and Approvals.  
(a)    Observe and remain in compliance with all applicable Laws (including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 5.01(x)) and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business, except where the failure to observe, comply or maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries  and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
7.07    Environmental Laws.  In addition to and without limiting the generality of Section 7.06:
(a)    Comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure such compliance by all tenants and subtenants with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws, except where the failure to obtain, comply or maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(b)    Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of any Governmental Authority regarding Environmental Laws, except (i) where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) to the extent the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries are contesting, in good faith, any such requirement, order or directive before the appropriate Governmental Authority so long as adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto to the extent required by GAAP.

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7.08    Compliance with ERISA; ERISA Notices.
(a)    Promptly, and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after the Company obtains knowledge that an ERISA Event has occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered a written statement by a Responsible Officer of the Company, describing such ERISA Event and any action that is being taken with respect thereto by the applicable Borrower(s), or any ERISA Affiliate, and any action taken or threatened by the IRS, Department of Labor, or PBGC.  The Company shall (i) promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the filing thereof with the IRS, deliver or cause to be delivered a copy of each funding waiver request filed with respect to any Pension Plan and all communications received by the Company or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such request; and (ii) promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Company or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any ERISA Affiliate, of the PBGC’s intention to terminate a Pension Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer a Pension Plan, copies of each such notice; and
(b)    As soon as is reasonably practicable upon the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent each of the following: (i) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan; (ii) for the three most recent Plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 Series required to be filed with any governmental agency for each Pension Plan; (iii) all actuarial reports prepared for the last three Plan years for each Pension Plan; (iv) a listing of all Multiemployer Plans, with the aggregate amount of the most recent annual contributions required to be made by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to each such plan; (v) any information that has been provided in writing by any Governmental Authority to any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate regarding withdrawal liability under any Multiemployer Plan; and (vi) the aggregate amount of the most recent annual payments made to former employees of any Borrower under any retiree health plan.
7.09    Conduct of Business.  Carry on substantially all of its businesses in substantially the same fields as the businesses conducted on the Closing Date and in lines of business reasonably related thereto or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  
7.10    Visits and Inspections.  Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company and during ordinary business hours, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any L/C Issuer or any other Lender shall have the right to inspect or make or receive copies of any customer data files or any other credit information or files concerning consumers owned or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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7.11    Use of Proceeds.  Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for working capital, for capital expenditures, to refinance existing Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to finance non-hostile acquisitions by the Company and its Subsidiaries that are permitted hereunder, and for other lawful general corporation purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries.  No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would violate any rule or regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U or X.  All Letters of Credit will be used for general corporate purposes.
7.12    Delivery of Tax Forms.  Equifax Limited shall file a duly completed form DTTP-2 (or such alternative form as may be specified by the United Kingdom HM Revenue & Customs from time to time) in respect of each Lender with the United Kingdom HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days following the initial funding of any Loan directly to Equifax Limited as Designated Borrower with respect to such Loan and shall promptly provide the applicable Lender with a copy of that filing; provided that Equifax Limited shall have received from each Lender its HMRC Treaty Passport number and the name of their country of residence in connection with the making of such Loan, together with any other information concerning the Lender that is required in order for Equifax Limited to properly complete and file such form. 
7.13    Subsidiary Guarantees.  If a Domestic Subsidiary becomes obligated under any final judgment, order or settlement (with or without a court order) with respect to the September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident and the total amount of such obligations, when combined with (A) all other Subsidiary Cybersecurity Obligations not constituting Pari Cybersecurity Obligations and (B) any Debt or obligations then outstanding under Section 8.02(r) or 8.03(i), exceed 30% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, measured as of the date such obligations are incurred, then such Domestic Subsidiary shall within 30 calendar days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after such obligations are incurred enter into a guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations in favor of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and deliver such other documentation (including customary certificates, resolutions and legal opinions) and take such other actions as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with such guaranty.  Notwithstanding the forgoing, any guaranty granted to Lenders under this Section 7.13 shall be automatically released without any further action by the Borrower, Agent, Lenders or such Subsidiary upon the payment in full of all of such Subsidiary’s Subsidiary Cybersecurity Obligations.
ARTICLE VIII. 
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent liabilities not yet due and payable) have been paid and satisfied in full and all Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated, unless consent has been obtained in the manner set forth in Section 12.01:
8.01    Maximum Leverage Ratio.  As of the end of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the end of the first fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, the Borrowers will not permit the Leverage Ratio to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00; provided, that the Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter may be increased by the Company by 0.50 (from 3.50 to 4.00) if such increase satisfies the Leverage Ratio Increase Requirements.  No increase shall be given effect unless all of the Leverage 

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Ratio Increase Requirements are satisfied; provided further that to the extent any amounts relating to any judgment, order or settlement (with or without a court order) with respect to the September 2017 Cybersecurity Incident are added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition thereof, then, for purposes of the calculation of the Leverage Ratio, “Consolidated Funded Debt” shall include the actual unpaid amount of any fines, penalties, restitution, settlement payments, charges and similar costs which (i) are final agreed by the parties thereto and, if applicable, approved by or issued by the relevant court or other administrative body and (ii) are owed pursuant to the terms of such judgment, order or settlement after the date of such judgment, order or settlement.
8.02    Liens.  No Borrower will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, or with respect to, any of its assets or properties (including without limitation shares of Capital Stock or other ownership interests owned by it), real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a)    Liens existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.02;
(b)    Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies in the ordinary course which are not yet due or as to which the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(c)    Liens of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals and other similar Liens imposed by law so long as such Liens secure claims incurred in the ordinary course of business, (i) which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or (ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(d)    Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar legislation or obligations under customer service contracts or (ii) to secure the performance of letters of credit, bids, tenders, sales, contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, appeal and performance bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or any judgment, order or settlement (with or without a court order);
(e)    Liens constituting encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights of way, and other rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, materially detract from the value of any material parcel of real property or impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;
(f)    Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

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(g)    Liens on the property or assets of any Subsidiary existing at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower and not incurred in contemplation thereof, as long as the outstanding principal amount of the Debt secured thereby is not voluntarily increased by such Subsidiary after the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of such Borrower;
(h)    Liens on the property or assets of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary securing Debt which is incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of such property or assets; provided that (i) each such Lien shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of the related property or assets; (ii) each such Lien does not at any time encumber any property other than the related property or assets financed by such Debt and the proceeds thereof; (iii) the principal amount of Debt secured by each such Lien is not increased; and (iv) the principal amount of Debt secured by each such Lien (together with any accrued interest thereon and closing costs relating thereto) shall at no time exceed 100% of the original purchase price of such related property or assets at the time acquired;
(i)    Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment Liens (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Liens securing settlements (with or without a court order)) that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.01(m);
(j)    Liens on accounts receivable (and related assets) being transferred pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Financing;
(k)    Intentionally Omitted;
(l)    any Lien on any specific fixed asset of any corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged or consolidated with or into any Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such event;
(m)    any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Debt secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section; provided that (i) such Debt is not secured by any additional assets, and (ii) the amount of such Debt (together with any accrued interest thereon and closing costs relating thereto) secured by any such Lien is not increased;
(n)    any Lien existing on any specific fixed asset prior to the acquisition thereof by any Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary and not created in contemplation of such acquisition;
(o)    Liens securing Debt owing by any Subsidiary to the Company or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(p)    inchoate Liens arising under ERISA to secure current service pension liabilities as they are incurred under the provisions of Plans from time to time in effect;

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(q)    rights reserved to or invested in any municipality or governmental, statutory or public authority to control or regulate any property of such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or to use such property in a manner which does not materially impair the use of such property for the purposes of which it is held by such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be; and
(r)    Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 8.02 securing Debt or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with (A) any Debt then outstanding under Section 8.03(i) and (B) all Subsidiary Cybersecurity Obligations not constituting Pari Cybersecurity Obligations, at any time outstanding that does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, measured as of the date of the incurrence of such Debt or obligation.
8.03    Limitations on Subsidiary Debt.  No Borrower will permit any Subsidiary of the Company to contract, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Debt, except:
(a)    Debt arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b)    Debt existing as of the Closing Date as referenced on Schedule 8.03 (and renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof on terms and conditions no less favorable in any material respect to such Person than such existing Debt and in a principal amount not in excess of that outstanding as of the date of such renewal, refinancing or extension);
(c)    Capital Lease obligations and Debt incurred, in each case, to provide all or a portion of the purchase price or costs of construction of an asset or, in the case of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, to finance the value of such asset owned by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Debt when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price or cost of construction of such asset or, in the case of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the fair market value of such asset and any transaction costs directly related thereto, (ii) no such Debt shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon (together with any accrued interest thereon and closing costs relating thereto) at the time of such refinancing, and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(d)    intercompany Debt owed by any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company;
(e)    Debt and Obligations owing under Hedging Agreements relating to the Loans hereunder and other Hedging Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes;
(f)    Permitted Receivables Financing Indebtedness;
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goods, or (ii) to assure performance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of their respective service contracts, operating leases, obligations to a utility or a governmental entity, or worker’s compensation obligations;
(h)    Support Obligations of Debt of the Company or Debt otherwise permitted under this Section 8.03;
(i)    other Debt of the Subsidiaries at any time outstanding which, when combined with (A) any Debt then outstanding under Section 8.02(r) and (B) all Subsidiary Cybersecurity Obligations not constituting Pari Cybersecurity Obligations, in the aggregate does not exceed 30% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, measured as of the date of the incurrence of such Debt; and
(j)    Debt of the Veda Entities in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at any time AUD $300,000,000.
8.04    Limitations on Mergers and Liquidation.  No Borrower will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, merge, amalgamate, demerge, enter into a corporate reconstruction, consolidate or enter into any similar combination of the foregoing with any other Person or liquidate, wind‐up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except:
(a)    Any Borrower or a Subsidiary may merge with another Person that is not a Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that (i) in the case of any merger involving the Company or a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States or one of its states, such other Person is organized under the laws of the United States or one of its states, (ii) in the case of any merger involving a Borrower, such Borrower is the corporation surviving such merger, (iii) in the case of any merger involving a Subsidiary, the survivor is or will become a Subsidiary of the Company, (iv) immediately prior to and after giving effect to such merger, no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist, (iv) the Board of Directors of such Person has approved such merger and (v) such transaction is permitted under Section 8.06
(b)    Any Subsidiary that is not a Borrower may merge into a Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(c)    Any Subsidiary that is not a Borrower may liquidate, wind‐up or dissolve itself into a Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Borrower
(d)    Any Borrower may merge with any other Borrower; provided that in the case of any merger involving the Company, the Company is the corporation surviving such merger; and
(e)    Any Borrower (other than the Company) may liquidate, wind‐up or dissolve itself into any other Borrower.
8.05    Limitation on Asset Dispositions.  No Borrower will sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or a series of transactions and including by means of any 

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merger, Equity Issuance of Capital Stock or otherwise) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) except as permitted in Sections 8.04 and 8.06, except for any such disposition of assets which results from the merger, Equity Issuance of Capital Stock or other transaction between any Borrower and its Subsidiaries so long as the surviving entity remains a Subsidiary of the Company.
8.06    Limitations on Acquisitions.  No Borrower will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, acquire all or any portion of the Capital Stock or other ownership interest in any Person which is not a Subsidiary or all or any substantial portion of the assets, property and/or operations of a Person which is not a Subsidiary except acquisitions so long as (a) the Person, assets, property and/or operations being acquired operate in substantially the same or a similar line of business as any line of business engaged in by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or a business reasonably related thereto, including ancillary or complementary businesses; (b) in the case of an acquisition of Capital Stock or other ownership interest of a Person, the Board of Directors of the Person which is the subject of such acquisition shall have approved the acquisition; (c) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on the date of, or shall result from, any such acquisition (including after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis); and (d) in the case of the acquisition of all or any portion of the Capital Stock or other ownership interest in any Person, such Person so acquired will be Consolidated with the Company in its financial statements upon the consummation of such acquisition.
8.07    Intentionally Omitted.  
8.08    Limitation on Restricted Payments.  No Borrower will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, make or set apart any sum for or pay any Restricted Payment at any time that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Restricted Payment.
8.09    Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.  Neither any Borrower nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries shall enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with any Affiliate of such Borrower or such Subsidiary (which Affiliate is not a Borrower or a Subsidiary), except pursuant to the reasonable requirements of its business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate.
8.10    Limitation on Certain Accounting Changes.  No Borrower will change its Fiscal Year (a) without prior written notification to the Lenders or (b) if such change would materially affect the Lenders’ ability to read and interpret the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 or calculate the financial covenant in Section 8.01.
8.11    Limitation of Restricting Subsidiary Dividends and Distributions.  No Borrower will permit any Subsidiary to agree to, incur, assume or suffer to exist any restriction, limitation or other encumbrance (by covenant or otherwise) on the ability of such Subsidiary to make any payment to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (in the form of dividends, intercompany advances or otherwise) or to transfer any of its properties or assets to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except:

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(a)    Restrictions and limitations applicable to a Subsidiary existing at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower and not incurred in contemplation thereof, as long as no such restriction or limitation is made more restrictive after the date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of such Borrower;
(b)    Restrictions and limitations existing pursuant to this Agreement; and
(c)    Other restrictions and limitations that are not material either individually or in the aggregate.
8.12    Hedging Agreements.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, other than non-speculative Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, foreign exchange rate or commodity price risks.
8.13    Governmental Regulations.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation or list of any Governmental Authority of the United States (including, without limitation, the OFAC list) that prohibits or limits the Lenders or the Administrative Agent from making any advance or extension of credit to any Borrower or from otherwise conducting business with the Borrowers, or (b) fail to provide documentary and other evidence of the identity of the Borrowers as may be reasonably requested by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent at any time with reasonable prior notice to enable the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to verify the identity of the Borrowers or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including, without limitation, Section 326 of the Patriot Act at 31 U.S.C. Section 5318. 
8.14    Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws.  The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, request any Loan or Letter of Credit or, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as an Arranger, a Co-Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent, a Lender (including the Swing Line Lender), a L/C Issuer, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise), or (iii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment or giving of money or anything else of value to any Person in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.
ARTICLE IX. 
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01    Events of Default.  Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority or otherwise:

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(a)    Default in Payment of Principal of Loans and L/C Obligation.  Any Borrower shall default in any payment of principal of any Loan, Note or L/C Obligation when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise).
(b)    Other Payment Default.  Any Borrower shall default in the payment when and as due (whether at maturity, by reason of acceleration or otherwise) of any interest, fees or other amounts owing on any Loan, Note or L/C Obligation or the payment of any other Obligation, and such default shall continue unremedied for five (5) Business Days after the earlier of a Responsible Officer becoming aware of such default or written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Administrative Agent.
(c)    Misrepresentation.  Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed to be made by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, if applicable, under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any amendment hereto or thereto or in any certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender pursuant hereto and thereto, shall at any time prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.
(d)    Default in Performance of Certain Covenants.  (i) Any of the Borrowers shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 6.05(c), 7.01(a), 7.11 and 7.13 and Article VIII or (ii) any of the Borrowers shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Article VI (other than Section 6.05(c)) and such default shall continue unremedied for fifteen (15) days after the earlier of a Responsible Officer becoming aware of such default or written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Administrative Agent.
(e)    Default in Performance of Other Covenants and Conditions.  Any of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof, if applicable, shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as specifically provided for otherwise in this Section 9.01) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of a Responsible Officer becoming aware of such default or written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the Administrative Agent.
(f)    Hedging Agreement.  Any termination payments in an amount greater than $50,000,000 shall be due by any Borrower under any Hedging Agreement and such amount is not paid within thirty (30) Business Days of the due date thereof.
(g)    Debt Cross-Default.  Any of the Borrowers or any of their Material Subsidiaries shall (i) default in the payment of any Debt (other than Debt under this Agreement, the Notes or any L/C Obligation) the aggregate outstanding amount of which Debt is in excess of $50,000,000, beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Debt was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Debt (other than Debt under this Agreement, the Notes or any L/C Obligation), the aggregate outstanding amount of which Debt is in excess of $50,000,000 or contained in any instrument or agreement 

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evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, any such Debt to become due prior to its stated maturity (any such notice having been given and any applicable grace period having expired).
(h)    Change in Control.  An event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) below shall have occurred: (i) during any period of 12 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of the Company (together with any new directors whose election by such board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) and who were entitled to vote on such matters, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Company then in office, (ii) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) after the Closing Date shall obtain ownership or control in one or more series of transactions of more than 25% of the common stock or 25% of the voting power of the Company entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors of the Company or (iii) there shall have occurred under any indenture or other instrument evidencing any Debt in excess of $50,000,000 any “change in control” (as defined in such indenture or other evidence of Debt) obligating the Company to repurchase, redeem or repay all or any part of the Debt provided for therein, other than any “change in control” resulting from any “dead hand proxy put” provision (any such event, a “Change in Control”).
(i)    Voluntary Bankruptcy Proceeding.  Any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary thereof shall (i) commence a voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition for adjustment of debts, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws or other laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.
(j)    Involuntary Bankruptcy Proceeding.  A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect) or under any other laws, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition for adjustment of debts, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary thereof or for all or any substantial part of their respective assets, 

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domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of 60 consecutive days, or an order granting the relief requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.
(k)    Australian Insolvency. Without prejudice to Sections 9.01(i) and 9.01(j), an Australian Borrower (i) becomes or states that it is insolvent (as defined under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia) or is presumed or deemed to be insolvent under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia, (ii) is in liquidation, in provisional liquidation, under administration or wound up or has had a Controller (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) of Australia) appointed to all or any substantial part of its property, (iii) is subject to any arrangement, assignment, moratorium, compromise or composition (other than in each case a solvent arrangement, assignment, moratorium, compromise or composition), protected from creditors under any statute for the reason of insolvency or otherwise dissolved or (iv) has an application or order made or resolution passed, in each case in connection with that Person, which is preparatory to or results in any of clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) above (and in the case of an involuntary application, it is not stayed, withdrawn or dismissed within 60 days).
(l)    Enforcement.  A creditor or an encumbrance (other than a judgment or order of the type referred to in clause (m) of this Section 9.01) attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other process is levied or enforced upon or sued out against, any of the undertakings and assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof having a value exceeding $50,000,000 and (if capable of discharge) such possession is not terminated or such attachment or process is not satisfied, removed or discharge within 30 days.
(m)    Judgment and Orders.  A judgment or order for the payment of money which causes the aggregate amount of all such judgments or orders at any time undischarged and unstayed as provided for in this paragraph (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance provided by reputable insurers as to which the applicable insurer has not disputed coverage) to exceed $50,000,000 shall be entered against any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof by any court and such judgment or order shall continue without discharge or stay for a period of sixty (60) days; provided that, in the case of a settlement that constitutes an order for the payment of money that specifically provides for a payment term of longer than sixty (60) days from the entry thereof, any amounts with respect thereto shall only be included to the extent undischarged and unstayed after the date that is sixty (60) days after the date that such amounts are due pursuant to the terms of such settlement.
(n)    Guaranty.  At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, the guaranty given by the Company hereunder or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect as to the Company, or the Company or any Person acting by or on behalf of the Company shall deny or disaffirm the Company’s obligations under such guaranty.
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of the Company under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC that results in a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan that results in a Material Adverse Effect.
(p)    Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement.  Any default or breach shall occur under any Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement or the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement given by any Designated Borrower shall cease to be in full force or effect as to a Designated Borrower, or a Designated Borrower itself or through the Company or any Person acting by or on behalf of the Designated Borrower shall deny or disaffirm the Designated Borrower’s obligations under such Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement or this Agreement.
9.02    Remedies Upon Event of Default.  If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a)    declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of any L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b)    declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers;
(c)    require that the Company Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d)    exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under the Loan Documents, at applicable Law or otherwise;
provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9.01(i), (j) or (k) with respect to any Borrower, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of each L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Company to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
9.03    Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; etc.  The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be 

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cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist in law or in equity or by suit or otherwise.  No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default.  No course of dealing between the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or their respective agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
9.04    Application of Funds.  After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.19 and 2.20, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and L/C Issuers and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.19; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to the Company or as otherwise required by Law.
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such Letters of Credit as they occur.  If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE X. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01    Appointment and Authority. 
(a)    Each Lender irrevocably appoints SunTrust Bank as the Administrative Agent and authorizes it to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with all such actions and powers that are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by or through any one or more sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent or attorney-in-fact may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions set forth in this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent, attorney-in-fact or Related Party and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent.
(b)    Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith until such time and except for so long as the Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the Required Lenders to act for such L/C Issuer with respect thereto; provided that each L/C Issuer shall have all the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent in this Article with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by any L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the application and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to the Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in this Article included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions and (ii) as additionally provided in this Agreement with respect to any L/C Issuer.    
10.02    Rights as a Lender.  The bank serving as the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and any other Loan Document in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the terms “Lenders”, “Required Lenders” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.  The bank acting as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
10.03    Exculpatory Provisions.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

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(a)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b)    shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
(c)    shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any of the Borrowers or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
If the Administrative Agent shall request instructions from the Required Lenders with respect to any action or actions (including the failure to act) in connection with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such act unless and until it shall have received instructions from such Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.  Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrative Agent as a result of the Administrative Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders where required by the terms of this Agreement.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
10.04    Reliance by Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying 

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thereon.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Company), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.05    Delegation of Duties.  The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub‐agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub‐agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub‐agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub‐agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
10.06    Replacement of Administrative Agent.  
(a)    The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Lenders and the Company.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, subject to approval by the Company provided that no Default or Event of Default shall exist at such time.  If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed, and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a bank which maintains an office in the United States.
(b)    Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  If, within 45 days after written notice is given of the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation under this Section, no successor Administrative Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such appointment, then on such 45th day (i) the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective, (ii) the retiring Administrative Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents and (iii) the Required Lenders shall thereafter perform all duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided above.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed 

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Administrative Agent and its representatives and agents in respect of any actions taken or not taken by any of them while it was serving as the Administrative Agent.
(c)    In addition to the foregoing, if a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, and if any Default has arisen from a failure of the Company to comply with Section 2.19(a), then the applicable L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may, upon prior written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent, resign as L/C Issuer or as Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, effective at the close of business Atlanta, Georgia time on a date specified in such notice (which date may not be less than five (5) Business Days after the date of such notice).
(d)    If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Company and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Company, and, so long as no Event of Default shall then exist, with the prior consent of the Company, appoint a successor.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on such date.
10.07    Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.  Each of the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each of the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking any action under or based on this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.08    No Other Duties, Etc.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except those discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.01), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and (c) except 

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as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it, its sub-agents or its attorneys-in-fact with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.01) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.  The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof (which notice shall include an express reference to such event being a “Default” or “Event of Default” hereunder) is given to the Administrative Agent by any Borrower or any Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements, or other terms and conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Company) concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.
10.09    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.  
(a)    In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Borrower or any guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.04(i) and (j), 2.11 and 12.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(ii)    to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same.

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(b)    any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.11 and 12.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
10.10    Arrangers; Co-Syndication Agents.  Each Lender hereby designates each of STRH, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., MLPFSI and WFSL as Arrangers and each of Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mizuho Bank, Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Co-Syndication Agents and agrees that the Arrangers and Co-Syndication Agents shall have no duties or obligations under any Loan Documents to any Lender, any Borrower or any guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations.
ARTICLE XI.
GUARANTY OF THE COMPANY
11.01    Guaranty of Payment.  Subject to Section 11.07 below, the Company hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent the prompt payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise). This guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not solely of collection and is a continuing guaranty and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
11.02    Obligations Unconditional; Waivers.  The obligations of the Company hereunder are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.  The Company agrees that this guaranty may be enforced by the Lenders without the necessity at any time of resorting to or exhausting any security or collateral and without the necessity at any time of having recourse to the Notes, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any collateral, if any, hereafter securing the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise and the Company hereby waives the right to require the Lenders to proceed against a Designated Borrower or any other Person (including a co-guarantor) or to require the Lenders to pursue any other remedy or enforce any other right.  In this connection, the Company hereby waives the right of the Company to require any holder of the Guaranteed Obligations to take action against a Designated Borrower as provided in Official Code of Georgia Annotated §10-7-24.  The Company further agrees that it shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against a Designated Borrower or 

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any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations for amounts paid under this guaranty until such time as the Lenders have been paid in full, all commitments under this Agreement have been terminated and no Person or Governmental Authority shall have any right to request any return or reimbursement of funds from the Lenders in connection with monies received under this Agreement.  The Company further agrees that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Lenders from suing on the Notes, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or foreclosing its security interest in or Lien on any collateral, if any, securing the Guaranteed Obligations or from exercising any other rights available to it under this Agreement, the Notes, or any other instrument of security, if any, and the exercise of any of the aforesaid rights and the completion of any foreclosure proceedings shall not constitute a discharge of any of the Company’s obligations hereunder; it being the purpose and intent of the Company that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute, independent and unconditional under any and all circumstances.  Neither the Company’s obligations under this guaranty nor any remedy for the enforcement thereof shall be impaired, modified, changed or released in any manner whatsoever by an impairment, modification, change, release or limitation of the liability of a Designated Borrower or by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency of such Designated Borrower.  The Company waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance of by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon this guaranty or acceptance of this guaranty.  The Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon this guaranty.  All dealings between the Designated Borrowers and the Company, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this guaranty.
11.03    Modifications.  The Company agrees that (a) all or any part of the security which hereafter may be held for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any, may be exchanged, compromised or surrendered from time to time; (b) the Lenders shall not have any obligation to protect, perfect, secure or insure any such security interests, liens or encumbrances which hereafter may be held, if any, for the Guaranteed Obligations or the properties subject thereto; (c) the time or place of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations may be changed or extended, in whole or in part, to a time certain or otherwise, and may be renewed or accelerated, in whole or in part; (d) a Designated Borrower and any other party liable for payment under this Agreement may be granted indulgences generally; (e) any of the provisions of the Notes, this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be modified, amended or waived; (f) any party (including any co-guarantor) liable for the payment thereof may be granted indulgences or be released; and (g) any deposit balance for the credit of a Designated Borrower or any other party liable for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or liable upon any security therefor may be released, in whole or in part, at, before or after the stated, extended or accelerated maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without notice to or further assent by the Company in its capacity as a guarantor under this Article XI, which shall remain bound thereon, notwithstanding any such exchange, compromise, surrender, extension, renewal, acceleration, modification, indulgence or release.
11.04    Additional Waiver of Rights.  The Company expressly waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law:  (a) notice of acceptance of this guaranty by the Lenders and of all Extensions of Credit to a Designated Borrower by the Lenders; (b) presentment and demand for 

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payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) protest and notice of dishonor or of default (except as specifically required in this Agreement) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or with respect to any security therefor; (d) notice of the Lenders obtaining, amending, substituting for, releasing, waiving or modifying any Lien, if any, hereafter securing the Guaranteed Obligations, or the Lenders’ subordinating, compromising, discharging or releasing such Liens, if any; (e) all other notices to which the Company might otherwise be entitled in connection with the guaranty evidenced by this Article XI; and (f) demand for payment under this guaranty.  Furthermore, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby waives any other act or thing, or omission or delay to do any other act or thing, which in any manner or to any extent might vary the risk of the Company with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or which otherwise might operate to discharge the Company from its obligations in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
11.05    Reinstatement.  The obligations of the Company under this Article XI shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Company agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
11.06    Remedies.  The Company agrees that, as between the Company, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 9.02 with respect to the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9.01(i), (j) or (k) with respect to any Borrower) notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing such Guaranteed Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or such Guaranteed Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Company.
11.07    Limitation of Guaranty.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, to the extent the obligations of the Company shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under Applicable Law (whether federal or state and including, without limitation, the Federal Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereinafter in effect)).
ARTICLE XII.
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12.01    Amendments, Etc.  Unless expressly stated otherwise herein, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than the Fee Letters), and no consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and such Borrower, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a)    waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of each Lender;
(b)    extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender; 
(c)    postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; 
(d)    reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of a Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(e)    change Section 9.04 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;
(f)    amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Revolving Lender;
(g)    change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; or
(h)    release the Company from its guaranty hereunder without the written consent of each Lender;
and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the applicable L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed 

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by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; and (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Company only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment and (y) to add provisions reasonably deemed necessary or desirable by the Administrative Agent in connection with statutory or other applicable Law of any relevant jurisdiction in connection with the designation of any additional Designated Borrowers after the Closing Date.
12.02    Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(a)    Notices Generally.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in clause (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i)    if to a Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 12.02; and
(ii)    if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to a Borrower).
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communications shall be effective upon actual receipt by the relevant Person or, if delivered by overnight courier service, upon the first Business Day after the date deposited with such courier service for overnight (next-day) delivery or, if sent by telecopy, upon transmittal in legible form by facsimile machine or, if mailed, upon the third Business Day after the date deposited into the mail or, if delivered by hand, upon delivery; provided that notices delivered to the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall not be effective until actually received by such Person at its address specified in this Section.
(iii)    Any agreement of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender herein to receive certain notices by telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of the Company.  The Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized by the Company to give such notice and the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall not have any liability to the Company or other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice.  The obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans and all other Obligations hereunder shall not be affected in any way or to any extent by any failure of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice or the receipt by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender of a confirmation which is at variance with the terms understood by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer and such Lender to be contained in any such telephonic or facsimile notice.
(b)    Electronic Communications.  
(i)    Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e‐mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II unless such Lender, such L/C Issuer, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent have agreed to receive notices under any Section thereof by electronic communication and have agreed to the procedures governing such communications.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrowers may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. 
(ii)    Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt 

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by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
12.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.  No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and no course of dealing between the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent or any Lender, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power hereunder or thereunder.  The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 12.01, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against any Borrower shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 12.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.15), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.15, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
12.04    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.  
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Arrangers and their respective Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one external counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing set forth in this clause (i), with respect to the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers incurred prior to the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall only be obligated to pay the fees and disbursements of Jones Day and any local counsel, as counsel to the Administrative Agent, (ii) all reasonable and documented out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by any L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all documented out‐of‐pocket expenses actually incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer), and shall pay all actual fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights and remedies (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such documented out‐of‐pocket expenses actually incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b)    Indemnification by the Company.  The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and reimburse each Indemnitee for, any and all actual losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable expenses (including the reasonable and actual fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee) (“Losses”), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all reasonable and actual fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Company or any other Borrower arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective 

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claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, and to reimburse each Indemnified Person upon demand for any reasonable legal or other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing, whether or not such Indemnified Person is a party to any such proceeding; provided that the Company shall not be liable to an Indemnitee pursuant to this indemnity for any Losses to the extent that a court having competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) that such Loss resulted from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (ii) material breach in bad faith of the obligations hereunder by such Indemnitee, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in  final and non-appealable decision, or (iii) suits solely amongst Indemnitees (other than (x) any claims against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner, co-syndication agent, or any similar role hereunder unless such claim would otherwise be excluded pursuant to clause (i) above and (y) claims arising out of any act or omission of any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries).  The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of any Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such Indemnitee is a party and indemnity has been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such indemnity and does not require any admission of wrong doing on the part of such Indemnitee.  No Indemnitee shall be responsible or liable for any damages arising from the use by others of the Borrower Materials or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, in each case, except to the extent any such damages are found in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of this Agreement by, such Indemnitee.  Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01, this Section 12.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.  No Person shall be responsible or liable for any special, indirect, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages that may be alleged as a result of this Agreement, the use of proceeds or any related transaction provided that, nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the indemnification and reimbursement obligations to the extent expressly set forth herein.  
(c)    Reimbursement by Lenders.  To the extent that the Company for any reason fails to pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Total Outstandings at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’ Applicable Revolving Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related 

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expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity.  The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.13(d).
(d)    Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, and acknowledges that no other Person shall have, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above nor any other party hereto shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  Nothing is this clause (d) shall be deemed to limit in any way the Company’s obligations under Section 3.05.
(e)    Payments.  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(f)    Survival.  The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 12.02(a)(iii) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
12.05    Payments Set Aside.  To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time 

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in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment.  The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
12.06    Successors and Assigns.  
(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except as permitted in Sections 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of clause (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of clause (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in clause (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)    Assignments by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this clause (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)    Minimum Amounts.  
(A)    in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B)    in any case not described in clause (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents (each such consent not to be 

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unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.
(ii)    Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that (x) this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Bid Loans or the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans and (y) this subsection (b)(ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Commitments on a non-pro rata basis;     
(iii)    Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by clause (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A)    the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
(B)    the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender;
(C)    the consent of the applicable L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and
(D)    the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment.
(iv)    Assignment and Assumption.  The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

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(v)    No Assignment to Certain Persons.  No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Company or any Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.
(vi)    Certain Additional Payments.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Percentage.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 12.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.  Upon request, the applicable Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (d) of this Section.
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delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)    Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 12.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any  provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 12.01 that affects such Participant.  Subject to clause (e) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(g) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 12.13 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Company’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.06 with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary 

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agent of the applicable Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e)    Certain Pledges.  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(f)    Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time SunTrust Bank assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to clause (b) above, SunTrust Bank may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Company and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Company, resign as Swing Line Lender.  In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Company shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of SunTrust Bank as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be.  If SunTrust Bank resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.04(c)).  If SunTrust Bank resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(c).  Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements 

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satisfactory to SunTrust Bank to effectively assume the obligations of SunTrust Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.
12.07    Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c) or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the applicable Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (h) with the consent of the Company or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company.  For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to such Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
12.08    Right of Setoff.  In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, each Lender and each L/C Issuer shall have the right, at any time or from time to time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an 

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Event of Default, without prior notice to any Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply against all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) of any Borrower at any time held or other obligations at any time owing by such Lender and such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any and all Obligations held by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, irrespective of whether such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made demand hereunder and although such Obligations may be unmatured; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.20 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  Each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent and the Company after any such set-off and any application made by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.  Each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees to apply all amounts collected from any such set-off to the Obligations before applying such amounts to any other Debt or other obligations owed by the Borrowers to such Lender or such L/C Issuer.
12.09    Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which may be treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate of interest (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by a Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate to the date of repayment (to the extent permitted by applicable law), shall have been received by such Lender.
12.10    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  This Agreement, the Fee Letters, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements relating to any fees payable to the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and thereto and their affiliates regarding the subject matters hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, regarding such subject matters.  Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement or any other Loan Document by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail in pdf format shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

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12.11    Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates, reports, notices or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  The provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 12.04 and Article X shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
12.12    Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
12.13    Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, requests additional interest under Section 3.08, does not consent to a proposed amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (a “Loan Modification”) requested by the Company, which Loan Modification is approved by at least the Required Lenders or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, or if any Lender delivers a notice under Section 2.16(c), or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Company the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 12.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a)    the Company shall have paid (or caused a Designated Borrower to pay) to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 12.06(b);
(b)    such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding 

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principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company or applicable Designated Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c)    in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04, a claim for additional interest under Section 3.08 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d)    such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
12.14    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.  
(a)    This Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, unless otherwise expressly set forth therein, shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.
(b)    Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of any appellate court from any thereof, in any action, claim or other proceeding arising out of any dispute in connection with this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, any rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder, or the performance of such rights and obligations.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably consents to the service of a summons and complaint and other process in any action, claim or proceeding brought by any other party hereto in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, any rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder, or the performance of such rights and obligations, on behalf of itself or its property, in the manner specified in Section 12.02.  Each Designated Borrower hereby appoints the Company as its agent in the United States for service of process.  Nothing in this Section 12.14 shall affect the right of any of the parties hereto to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law or affect the right of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender to bring any action or proceeding against any Borrower or its properties in the courts of any other jurisdictions.
12.15    Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS 

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REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
12.16    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.  In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Borrowers acknowledges and agrees and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding that (i) (A) the services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) each of the Borrowers have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate, and (C) each of the Borrowers is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any of the Borrowers or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person, and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to any Borrower or any of their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders has no obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrowers or any of their respective Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrowers hereby waives, releases and agrees not to assert any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
12.17    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
12.18    USA PATRIOT Act.  The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify 

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and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
12.19    Judgment Currency.  If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.  The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss.  If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
12.20    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA 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 an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA 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 EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

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12.21    Certain ERISA Matters.  
(a)    Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)    such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(ii)    the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii)    (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)    In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and their respective Affiliates and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower, that none of the Administrative 

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Agent or any Arranger is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent or any Arranger under this Agreement, and Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto). 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 
EQUIFAX INC. 

By:  /s/ M. Gabe Bonfield    

Name:  M. Gabe Bonfield

Title:  Vice President & Treasurer

EQUIFAX LIMITED 

By:  /s/ Patricio Remon    

Name:  Patricio Remon

Title:  President - Europe

EQUIFAX CANADA CO.  

By:  /s/ Lisa M. Nelson    

Name:  Lisa M. Nelson

Title:  Equifax Canada President

	
			
	Executed by EQUIFAX AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	/s/ Michael J. Cutter
	 
	/s/ Jason M. Phillips

	Signature of Director
	 
	Name of Director

	 
	 
	 

	Michael John Cutter
	 
	Jason Matthew Phillips

	Signature of Director
	 
	Name of Director

Credit Agreement 
NAI-1504267235v10 

SUNTRUST BANK, as  
Administrative Agent 

By:  /s/ David Bennett    

Name:  David Bennett

Title:    Director

Credit Agreement 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender 

By:  /s/ David Bennett    

Name:  David Bennett

Title:  Director

Credit Agreement 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender  

By:  /s/ Inderjeet Singh    

Name:  Inderjeet Singh

Title:  Vice President 

Credit Agreement 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender  

By:  /s/ Molly Danielo    

Name:  Molly Danielo

Title:  Vice President

Credit Agreement 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender  

By:  /s/ Karen H. McClain    

Name:  Karen H. McClain

Title:  Managing Director

Credit Agreement 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Lender  

By:  /s/ Donna DeMagistris    

Name:  Donna DeMagistris

Title:  Authorized Signatory

Credit Agreement 

BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY, 
  as a Lender  

By:  /s/ Brantley Echols    

Name:  Brantley Echols

Title:  Senior Vice President

Credit Agreement

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