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Form of Stock Option Grant Agreement to 2000 Stock Incentive Plan

 EXHIBIT 10.10 
  
 [FORM OF STOCK OPTION GRANT AGREEMENT TO 
 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN] 
  
 ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 
 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN 
 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Option Agreement is made and entered into by and between ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (“Company”) and
                                        
         (“Optionee”) as of the          day of
                , 20     (“Date of Grant”). 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 A. The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted the ON Semiconductor Corporation (formerly known as SCG Holding Corporation)
2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended on                          (the “Plan”), as an incentive to retain key
employees, officers, and consultants of the Company and to enhance the ability of the Company to attract new employees, officers and consultants whose services are considered unusually valuable by providing an opportunity for them to have a
proprietary interest in the success of the Company. 
  
 B. The Board has approved the granting of options to the Optionee pursuant to the Plan to provide an incentive to the Optionee to focus on the long-term growth of the Company. 
  
 C. All defined terms used herein that are not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Plan. 
  
 In consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Optionee
agree as follows: 
  
 1. Grant of Option. The
Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option (hereinafter referred to as the “Option”) to purchase an aggregate of
                                 shares (such number being subject to adjustment
as provided in paragraph 11 hereof and Section 14 of the Plan) of the Common Stock of the Company (the “Stock”) on the terms and conditions herein set forth. This Option may be exercised in whole or in part and from time to time as
hereinafter provided. The Option granted under this Agreement is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” as set forth in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  
 2. Vesting of Option. The Option shall vest and become
exercisable in accordance with the schedule below: 
  
 [INSERT
VESTING SCHEDULE HERE] 
  

 3. Purchase Price. The price at which the Optionee shall be entitled to purchase the
Stock covered by the Option shall be $    .     per share, which equals the closing price of the Company’s Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on
                        , 20    . 
  
 4. Term of Option. The Option granted under this Agreement shall expire, unless otherwise exercised,
ten (10) years from the Date of Grant, through and including the normal close of business of the Company on             , 20     (“Expiration
Date”), subject to earlier termination as provided in paragraph 8 hereof. 
  
 5. Exercise of Option. The Option may be exercised by the Optionee as to all or any part of the Stock then vested by delivery to the Company of written notice of exercise and payment of the
purchase price as provided in paragraphs 6 and 7 hereof. 
  
 6.
Method of Exercising Option. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement, the Option may be exercised by timely delivery to the Company of written notice, which notice shall be effective on the date received by the
Company (“Effective Date”). The notice shall state the Optionee’s election to exercise the Option, the number of shares in respect of which an election to exercise has been made, the method of payment elected (see paragraph 7 hereof),
the exact name or names in which the shares will be registered and the Social Security number of the Optionee. Such notice shall be signed by the Optionee and shall be accompanied by payment of the purchase price of such shares. In the event the
Option shall be exercised by a person or persons other than Optionee pursuant to paragraph 8 hereof, such notice shall be signed by such other person or persons and shall be accompanied by proof acceptable to the Company of the legal right of such
person or persons to exercise the Option. All shares delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Option shall be fully paid and nonassessable upon delivery. 
  

7. Method of Payment for Options. Payment for shares purchased upon the exercise of the Option shall be made by the Optionee in
cash, previously-acquired Stock held for more than six (6) months (through actual tender or by attestation), broker-assisted cashless exercise arrangement, or such other method permitted by the Board and communicated to the Optionee in writing prior
to the date the Optionee exercises all or any portion of the Option. 
  
 8. Termination of Employment or Services. 
  
 8.1 General. If the Optionee terminates employment or otherwise ceases to perform services for the Company for any reason other than death or Disability, then the Optionee may at any time within ninety
(90) days after the effective date of termination of employment or services exercise the Option to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, provided that the Option shall lapse immediately upon a
termination for Cause. In no event shall the Option be exercisable after the Expiration Date. 
  
 8.2 Death or Disability of Optionee. In the event of the death or Disability (as that term is defined in the Plan) of the
Optionee within a period during which the Option, or any part thereof, could have been exercised by the Optionee, including ninety (90) days after termination of employment or services (the “Option Period”), the Option shall lapse unless
it is exercised within the Option Period and in no event later than twelve (12) months after the date of 

  

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the Optionee’s death or Disability by the Optionee or the Optionee’s legal representative or representatives in the case of a Disability or, in the
case of death, by the person or persons entitled to do so under the Optionee’s last will and testament or if the Optionee fails to make a testamentary disposition of such Option or shall die intestate, by the person or persons entitled to
receive such Option under the applicable laws of descent and distribution. An Option may be exercised following the death or Disability of the Optionee only if the Option was exercisable by the Optionee immediately prior to his death or Disability.
In no event shall the Option be exercisable after the Expiration Date. The Board shall have the right to require evidence satisfactory to it of the rights of any person or persons seeking to exercise the Option under this paragraph 8 to exercise the
Option. 
  
 9. Nontransferability. The Option
granted by this Option Agreement shall be exercisable only during the term of the Option provided in paragraph 4 hereof and, except as provided in paragraph 8 above, only by the Optionee during his lifetime and while an Optionee of the Company.
Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee, this Option shall not be transferable by the Optionee or any other person claiming through the Optionee, either voluntarily or involuntarily, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

  
 10. Market Stand-off Agreement. The
Optionee, if requested by the Company and an underwriter of Stock (or other securities) of the Company, agrees not to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by the Optionee during the period not
to exceed one-hundred eighty (180) days as requested by the managing underwriter following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act. Such agreement shall be in writing in a form satisfactory to the
Company and such underwriter. The Company may impose stop transfer instructions with respect to the Stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such project. 
  
 11. Adjustments in Number of Shares and Option Price. In
the event of a stock dividend or in the event the Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for a different number or class of shares of stock of the Company or of another corporation, whether through reorganization, recapitalization, stock split-up,
combination of shares, merger or consolidation, there shall be substituted for each such remaining share of Stock then subject to this Option the number and class of shares of stock into which each outstanding share of Stock shall be so exchanged,
all without any change in the aggregate purchase price for the shares then subject to the Option, all as set forth in Section 14 of the Plan. 
  
 12. Delivery of Shares. No shares of Stock shall be delivered upon exercise of the Option until (i) the purchase price shall have
been paid in full in the manner herein provided; (ii) applicable taxes required to be withheld have been paid or withheld in full; (iii) approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the Option, or the issuance of shares
thereunder, has been received by the Company; and (iv) if required by the Board, the Optionee has delivered to the Board an Investment Letter in form and content satisfactory to the Company as provided in paragraph 13 hereof. 
  
 13. Securities Act. The Company shall not be required to
deliver any shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise of all or any part of the Option if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such issuance would violate the Securities Act of 1933 or any other applicable federal or state securities laws or
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issuance of any such shares pursuant to exercise of the Option, sign and deliver to the Company a written statement (“Investment Letter”) stating
(i) that the Optionee is purchasing the shares for investment and not with a view to the sale or distribution thereof; (ii) that the Optionee will not sell any shares received upon exercise of the Option or any other shares of the Company that the
Optionee may then own or thereafter acquire except either (a) through a broker on a national securities exchange or (b) with the prior written approval of the Company; and (iii) containing such other terms and conditions as counsel for the Company
may reasonably require to assure compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable federal or state securities laws and regulations. Such Investment Letter shall be in form and content acceptable to the Board in its sole discretion.

  
 14. Definitions; Copy of Plan. To the
extent not specifically provided herein, all capitalized terms used in this Option Agreement shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. By the execution of this Agreement, the Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan.

  
 15. Administration. This Option Agreement
shall at all times be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Plan shall in all respects be administered by the Board in accordance with the terms of and as provided in the Plan. The Board shall have the sole and complete discretion
with respect to all matters reserved to it by the Plan and decisions of the majority of the Board with respect thereto and to this Option Agreement shall be final and binding upon the Optionee and the Company. In the event of any conflict between
the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control. 
  
 16. Continuation of Employment or Services. This Option Agreement shall not be construed to confer upon the Optionee any right to
continue in the employ of, or providing services to, the Company and shall not limit the right of the Company, in its sole discretion, to terminate the employment or services of the Optionee at any time. 
  
 17. Obligation to Exercise. The Optionee shall have no
obligation to exercise any option granted by this Agreement. 
  
 18. Governing Law. This Option Agreement shall be interpreted and administered under the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  
 19. Amendments. This Option Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement executed by the Company and the Optionee. The
Company and the Optionee acknowledge that changes in federal tax laws enacted subsequent to the Date of Grant, and applicable to stock options, may provide for tax benefits to the Company or the Optionee. In any such event, the Company and the
Optionee agree that this Option Agreement may be amended as necessary to secure for the Company and the Optionee any benefits that may result from such legislation. Any such amendment shall be made only upon the mutual consent of the parties, which
consent (of either party) may be withheld for any reason. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Option Agreement to be signed by its duly authorized
representative and the Optionee has signed this Option Agreement as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	 ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

		
	By:	 	 
		
	 Its:
	 	 

  

			
	                                       
               (OPTIONEE)

		
	By:	 	 

  

 5364-Day Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
  

 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 DATED AS OF MAY 17, 2004 
  
 AMONG 
  
 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 
 NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 
  
 THE LENDERS, 
  
 BANK ONE, NA, 
 AS AGENT, 
  
 CITICORP USA, INC., 
 AS SYNDICATION AGENT, 
  
 AND 
  
 ABN AMRO BANK N.V., 
 BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., 
 KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
 AND 
 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 AS DOCUMENTATION AGENTS 

 

  
 BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. 
 AND 
 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., 
 AS
JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT BOOK MANAGERS 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
	 Section

	  	Page

	 
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 
	  	1
		
	 
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS
	  	17
	 	 	 2.1
	 	 
The Facility. 
	  	17
	 	 	 2.2
	 	 
Ratable Advances. 
	  	18
	 	 	 2.3
	 	 
Competitive Bid Advances. 
	  	19
	 	 	 2.4
	 	 
Method of Borrowing 
	  	23
	 	 	 2.5
	 	 
Commitment Fee; Reduction and Increase of Aggregate Commitment. 
	  	23
	 	 	 2.6
	 	 
Minimum Amount of Each Ratable Advance; Minimum Amount of Fixed Rate Advances 
	  	24
	 	 	 2.7
	 	 
Optional Principal Payments
	  	24
	 	 	 2.8
	 	 
Changes in Interest Rate, etc 
	  	24
	 	 	 2.9
	 	 
Rates Applicable After Default 
	  	25
	 	 	 2.10
	 	 
Method of Payment 
	  	25
	 	 	 2.11
	 	 
Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness 
	  	25
	 	 	 2.12
	 	 
Telephonic Notices 
	  	26
	 	 	 2.13
	 	 
Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis 
	  	26
	 	 	 2.14
	 	 
Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions 
	  	27
	 	 	 2.15
	 	 
Lending Installations 
	  	27
	 	 	 2.16
	 	 
Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent 
	  	27
	 	 	 2.17
	 	 
Extension of Revolving Credit Termination Date 
	  	27
		
	 
ARTICLE III YIELD PROTECTION; TAXES 
	  	28
	 	 	 3.1
	 	 
Yield Protection
	  	28
	 	 	 3.2
	 	 
Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations
	  	29
	 	 	 3.3
	 	 
Availability of Types of Advances
	  	29
	 	 	 3.4
	 	 
Funding Indemnification
	  	30
	 	 	 3.5
	 	 
Taxes
	  	30
	 	 	 3.6
	 	 
Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity
	  	32
		
	 
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 
	  	32
	 	 	 4.1
	 	 
Effectiveness of Agreement
	  	32
	 	 	 4.2
	 	 
Each Advance
	  	33
		
	 
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
	  	34
	 	 	 5.1
	 	 
Existence and Standing.
	  	34
	 	 	 5.2
	 	 
Authorization and Validity
	  	35
	 	 	 5.3
	 	 
No Conflict; Government Consent
	  	35
	 	 	 5.4
	 	 
Financial Statements.
	  	35
	 	 	 5.5
	 	 
Material Adverse Change
	  	36
	 	 	 5.6
	 	 
Taxes
	  	36
	 	 	 5.7
	 	 
Litigation and Contingent Obligations
	  	37
	 	 	 5.8
	 	 
Subsidiaries
	  	37
	 	 	 5.9
	 	 
ERISA
	  	37
	 	 	 5.10
	 	 
Accuracy of Information
	  	37
	 	 	 5.11
	 	 
Regulation U
	  	37

  

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	 Section

	  	Page

	 	 	 5.12
	 	 
Material Agreements
	  	37
	 	 	 5.13
	 	 
Compliance With Laws
	  	38
	 	 	 5.14
	 	 
Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions
	  	38
	 	 	 5.15
	 	 
Environmental Matters
	  	38
	 	 	 5.16
	 	 
Investment Company Act
	  	38
	 	 	 5.17
	 	 
Public Utility Holding Company Act
	  	38
	 	 	 5.18
	 	 
Defaults
	  	38
	 	 	 5.19
	 	 
Insurance Licenses
	  	38
		
	 
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS 
	  	39
	 	 	 6.1
	 	 
Financial Reporting
	  	39
	 	 	 6.2
	 	 
Use of Proceeds
	  	41
	 	 	 6.3
	 	 
Notice of Default
	  	41
	 	 	 6.4
	 	 
Conduct of Business
	  	41
	 	 	 6.5
	 	 
Taxes
	  	42
	 	 	 6.6
	 	 
Insurance
	  	42
	 	 	 6.7
	 	 
Compliance with Laws
	  	42
	 	 	 6.8
	 	 
Maintenance of Properties
	  	42
	 	 	 6.9
	 	 
Inspection
	  	42
	 	 	 6.10
	 	 
Merger
	  	43
	 	 	 6.11
	 	 
Sale of Assets
	  	43
	 	 	 6.12
	 	 
Liens
	  	43
	 	 	 6.13
	 	 
Affiliates
	  	45
	 	 	 6.14
	 	 
ERISA Compliance
	  	45
	 	 	 6.15
	 	 
Financial Covenants.
	  	46
		
	 
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS 
	  	47
	 	 	 7.1
	 	 
Representation or Warranty
	  	47
	 	 	 7.2
	 	 
Non-Payment of Obligations
	  	47
	 	 	 7.3
	 	 
Specific Defaults
	  	47
	 	 	 7.4
	 	 
Other Defaults
	  	47
	 	 	 7.5
	 	 
Cross-Default
	  	47
	 	 	 7.6
	 	 
Voluntary Proceedings
	  	47
	 	 	 7.7
	 	 
Involuntary Proceedings
	  	48
	 	 	 7.8
	 	 
Condemnation
	  	48
	 	 	 7.9
	 	 
Judgments
	  	48
	 	 	 7.10
	 	 
Change in Control
	  	48
	 	 	 7.11
	 	 
Rate Management Obligation
	  	48
	 	 	 7.12
	 	 
License
	  	48
	 	 	 7.13
	 	 
Violation of Insurance Laws
	  	49
	 	 	 7.14
	 	 
Directive or Mandate
	  	49
	 	 	 7.15
	 	 
Cross-Default With Respect to Other Borrowers
	  	49
		
	 
ARTICLE VIII ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES 
	  	49
	 	 	 8.1
	 	 
Acceleration
	  	49
	 	 	 8.2
	 	 
Amendments
	  	50

  

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	 Section

	 	 	  	Page

	 	 	 8.3
	 	 
Preservation of Rights 
	  	50
		
	 
ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS 
	  	51
	 	 	 9.1
	 	 
Survival of Representations
	  	51
	 	 	 9.2
	 	 
Governmental Regulation
	  	51
	 	 	 9.3
	 	 
Headings
	  	51
	 	 	 9.4
	 	 
Entire Agreement
	  	51
	 	 	 9.5
	 	 
Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement
	  	51
	 	 	 9.6
	 	 
Expenses; Indemnification
	  	51
	 	 	 9.7
	 	 
Numbers of Documents
	  	52
	 	 	 9.8
	 	 
Accounting
	  	52
	 	 	 9.9
	 	 
Severability of Provisions
	  	52
	 	 	 9.10
	 	 
Nonliability of Lenders
	  	52
	 	 	 9.11
	 	 
Confidentiality
	  	53
	 	 	 9.12
	 	 
Nonreliance
	  	53
	 	 	 9.13
	 	 
Disclosure
	  	53
	 	 	 9.14
	 	 
USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION
	  	53
		
	 
ARTICLE X THE AGENT 
	  	54
	 	 	 10.1
	 	 
Appointment; Nature of Relationship
	  	54
	 	 	 10.2
	 	 
Powers
	  	54
	 	 	 10.3
	 	 
General Immunity
	  	54
	 	 	 10.4
	 	 
No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc
	  	54
	 	 	 10.5
	 	 
Action on Instructions of Lenders
	  	55
	 	 	 10.6
	 	 
Employment of Agents and Counsel
	  	55
	 	 	 10.7
	 	 
Reliance on Documents; Counsel
	  	55
	 	 	 10.8
	 	 
Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification
	  	55
	 	 	 10.9
	 	 
Notice of Default
	  	56
	 	 	 10.10
	 	 
Rights as a Lender
	  	56
	 	 	 10.11
	 	 
Lender Credit Decision
	  	56
	 	 	 10.12
	 	 
Successor Agent
	  	56
	 	 	 10.13
	 	 
Agent and Arranger Fees
	  	57
	 	 	 10.14
	 	 
Delegation to Affiliates
	  	57
	 	 	 10.15
	 	 
Co-Agents, Documentation Agent, Syndication Agent, Managing Agent, etc
	  	57
		
	 
ARTICLE XI SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS 
	  	57
	 	 	 11.1
	 	 
Setoff
	  	57
	 	 	 11.2
	 	 
Ratable Payments
	  	58
		
	 
ARTICLE XII BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS 
	  	58
	 	 	 12.1
	 	 
Successors and Assigns
	  	58
	 	 	 12.2
	 	 
Participations.
	  	58
	 	 	 12.3
	 	 
Assignments.
	  	59
	 	 	 12.4
	 	 
Dissemination of Information
	  	60
	 	 	 12.5
	 	 
Tax Treatment
	  	60
	 	 	 12.6
	 	 
Designation
	  	60

  

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ARTICLE XIII NOTICES 
	  	61
	 	  	 13.1
	 	 
Notices
	  	61
	 	  	 13.2
	 	 
Change of Address
	  	62
		
	 
ARTICLE XIV COUNTERPARTS 
	  	62
		
	 
ARTICLE XV CHOICE OF LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 
	  	62
	 	  	 15.1
	 	 
CHOICE OF LAW
	  	
62
	 	  	 15.2
	 	 
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
	  	
62
	 	  	 15.3
	 	 
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	  	
63

  

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	 SCHEDULES
	  	 
	
	 
Pricing Schedule 

	 Schedule 1
	  	 
Commitments

	 Schedule 5.08
	  	 
Subsidiaries

	 Schedule 6.12
	  	 
Liens

		
	 EXHIBITS
	  	 
		
	 Exhibit A-1
	  	 Ratable Note

	 Exhibit A-2
	  	 Competitive Bid Note

	 Exhibit B
	  	 Compliance Certificate

	 Exhibit C
	  	 Assignment and Acceptance

	 Exhibit D
	  	 Wire Money Transfer Instructions

	 Exhibit E
	  	 Competitive Bid Quote

	 Exhibit F
	  	 Competitive Bid Quote Request

	 Exhibit G
	  	 Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes

  

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 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 This 364-Day Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2004, is among Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Nationwide
Life Insurance Company, Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., the Lenders and Bank One, NA, a national banking association having its principal office in Chicago, Illinois, as Agent. The parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 RECITALS: 
  
 WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested the Lenders to make short-term financial accommodations available to
them in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000, the proceeds of which the Borrowers may use for general corporate purposes (including commercial paper back-up); and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to extend such financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set
forth herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual covenants and undertakings herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent hereby agree as follows: 
  
 
ARTICLE I 
  
 DEFINITIONS

  
 As used in this Agreement: 
  
 “ABR Advance” means an Advance which, except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.9, bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate. 
  
 “ABR Loan” means a Loan which, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.9, bears interest at the Alternate Base Rate. 
  
 “Absolute Rate” means, with respect to an
Absolute Rate Loan made by a given Lender for the relevant Absolute Rate Interest Period, the rate of interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) offered by such Lender and accepted by the Requesting Borrower pursuant to Section
2.3. 
  
 “Absolute Rate Advance”
means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Absolute Rate Loans made by some or all of the Lenders to the Requesting Borrower at the same time and for the same Absolute Rate Interest Period. 
  
 “Absolute Rate Auction” means a solicitation of
Competitive Bid Quotes setting forth Absolute Rates pursuant to Section 2.3. 
  
 “Absolute Rate Interest Period” means, with respect to an Absolute Rate Advance, a period of not less than 1 and not more than 270 days commencing on a Business Day selected by

  

 the Requesting Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. If such Absolute Rate Interest Period would end on a
day which is not a Business Day, such Absolute Rate Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day. 
  
 “Absolute Rate Loan” means a Loan which bears interest at an Absolute Rate. 
  
 “Advance” means a Ratable Advance or a Competitive
Bid Advance. 
  
 “Affiliate” of any
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any class of voting securities
(or other ownership interests) of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by contract or
otherwise. 
  
 “Agent” means Bank One in
its capacity as contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article X, and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Article X. 
  
 “Aggregate Commitment” means the aggregate of the
Commitments of all the Lenders, as increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. 
  
 “Agreement” means this credit agreement, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time. 
  
 “Agreement Accounting Principles” means generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4; provided, however, that for the purposes of all
computations required to be made with respect to compliance by any Borrower with Section 6.15, such term shall mean generally accepted accounting principles (excluding where SAP is applicable) as in effect on the date hereof, applied in a
manner consistent with those used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4. 
  
 “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate for such day or
(b) the sum of the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum. 
  
 “AMH” means Asset Management Holdings plc, which indirectly owns 100% of the capital stock of Gartmore Investment Management plc. 
  
 “AMH Acquisition” means the acquisition by
Nationwide Mutual or one of its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of AMH. 
  
 “Annual Statement” means the annual statutory financial statement of any Insurance Company required to be filed with the insurance commissioner (or similar authority) of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, which statement shall be in the form required by such Insurance 
  

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 Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation or, if no specific form is so required, in the form of
financial statements permitted by such insurance commissioner (or such similar authority) to be used for filing annual statutory financial statements and shall contain the type of information permitted by such insurance commissioner (or similar
authority) to be disclosed therein, together with all exhibits or schedules filed therewith. 
  
 “Applicable Facility Fee Rate” means, at any time, the percentage rate per annum at which Facility Fees are accruing on the Aggregate Commitment (without regard to usage) at such time
as set forth in the Pricing Schedule. 
  
 “Applicable Margin” means, with respect to Ratable Advances at any time, the percentage rate per annum which is applicable at such time with respect to Advances as set forth in the Pricing Schedule. 
  
 “Applicable Term-Out Premium Rate” means, at any
time, the percentage rate per annum which is applicable at such time with respect to Advances and Utilization Fees as set forth in the Pricing Schedule. 
  

“Applicable Utilization Fee Rate” means, at any time, the sum of (a) percentage rate per annum at which Utilization Fees are
accruing as set forth in the Pricing Schedule plus (b) from and after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, the Applicable Term-Out Premium Rate. 
  
 “Arrangers” means, collectively, BOCM, CGMI and their respective successors, in their capacity as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Book Managers. 
  
 “Article” means an
article of this Agreement unless another document is specifically referenced. 
  
 “Authorized Officer” means any of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of a Borrower, acting singly. 
  
 “Bank One” means Bank One, NA, a national banking association having its principal office in Chicago, Illinois, in its
individual capacity, and its successors. 
  
 “BOCM” means Banc One Capital Markets, Inc. 
  
 “Borrowers” means, collectively, Nationwide Mutual, Nationwide Life and NFS, and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 “Borrowing Date” means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder. 
  
 “Borrowing Notice” means a Competitive Bid
Borrowing Notice or a Ratable Borrowing Notice, as the context may require. 
  
 “Business Day” means (a) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate selection of Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are 
  

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 open in Chicago and New York city for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending
activities, interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system and dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (b) for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
generally are open in Chicago and New York city for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system. 
  
 “Capitalized Lease” of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person as lessee which would
be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
  
 “Capitalized Lease Obligations” of a Person means the amount of the obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which
would be shown as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. 
  
 “Cash Equivalent Investments” means (a) short-term obligations of, or fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, (b)
commercial paper rated A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by Moody’s, (c) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business, and (d) certificates of deposit issued by and time deposits with commercial banks (whether
domestic or foreign) having capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000; provided in each case that the same provides for payment of both principal and interest (and not principal alone or interest alone) and is not subject to any
contingency regarding the payment of principal or interest. 
  
 “CGMI” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 
  
 “Change in Control” means (a) in the case of Nationwide Mutual, it shall cease to be a mutual insurance company, (b) in the case of Nationwide Life, it shall cease to be a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NFS, and (c) in the case of NFS, it shall cease to be a Subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual. 
  
 “Closing Date” means May 17, 2004. 
  
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “Combined Annual Statement” means the Annual
Statement required to be filed by Nationwide Mutual and its affiliated property and casualty insurers. 
  
 “Commitment” means, (a) with respect to each Lender, the amount specified for such Lender on Schedule 1 and (b) with
respect to each Person which becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified for such Person on the signature page of the Assignment and Acceptance or in the Assumption Agreement, as the case may be, to which it is a party, in each
case, as such amount may be permanently terminated or reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.5(c) or Section 8.1, and as such amount may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.5(d). 
  

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 “Competitive Bid Advance” means a borrowing hereunder made by some or all of
the Lenders on the same Borrowing Date and consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Competitive Bid Loans of the same Type and for the same Interest Period. 
  
 “Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice” is defined in Section 2.3.6. 
  
 “Competitive Bid Loan” means a Eurodollar Bid Rate
Loan or an Absolute Rate Loan, or both, as the case may be. 
  
 “Competitive Bid Margin” means the margin above or below the applicable Eurodollar Base Rate (adjusted for reserve costs, if applicable) offered for a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan, expressed as a percentage
(rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) to be added or subtracted from such Eurodollar Base Rate. 
  
 “Competitive Bid Note” means any promissory note in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto issued at the request of a Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 to evidence its Competitive
Bid Loans. 
  
 “Competitive Bid Quote”
means a Competitive Bid Quote substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto completed and delivered by a Lender to the Agent in accordance with Section 2.3.4. 
  
 “Competitive Bid Quote Request” means a Competitive Bid Quote Request substantially in the form of
Exhibit F hereto completed and delivered by the Borrower to the Agent in accordance with Section 2.3.2. 
  
 “Consolidated Person” means, for any taxable year of reference, each Person which is a member of the affiliated group of such
Borrower if consolidated returns are or shall be filed for such affiliated group for federal income tax purposes or any combined or unitary group of which such Borrower is a member for state income tax purposes. 
  
 “Consolidated Tangible Net Worth” means at any date
the consolidated shareholders’ equity of NFS and its consolidated Subsidiaries plus any unrealized losses or less (a) any unrealized gains (in each case to the extent reflected in the determination of such consolidated
shareholders’ equity) related, directly or indirectly, to securities available-for-sale, as determined in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 (or any successor statements or amendments thereto) (in each case as
affected by any subsequent relevant pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or, if and to the extent applicable, the Securities and Exchange Commission) and (b) Intangible Assets, all determined as of such date in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles based upon its most recent financial statements prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Tangible Net Worth on any date the impact thereon of FIN
46 shall be excluded. 
  
 “Contingent
Obligation” of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide 
  

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 funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or
liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort
letter, operating agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership, but excluding (a) Contingent Obligations in respect of insurance policies
issued in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, Contingent Obligations in respect of reinsurance agreements entered into in connection with the sale of Wausau General Insurance Company and its affiliates), (b) Contingent
Obligations incurred by any Borrower in connection with the issuance of a License to a Subsidiary and (c) Contingent Obligations in respect of undrawn letters of credit which are issued in the ordinary course of business to support reinsurance
obligations. 
  
 “Conversion/Continuation
Notice” is defined in Section 2.2.4. 
  
 “Controlled Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations or other business entities and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. 
  
 “Default” means an event described in Article VII. 
  
 “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans,
injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to (a) the protection of the environment, (b) the effect of the environment on human health, (c) emissions, discharges or
releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (d) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof. 
  
 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder. 
  
 “Eurodollar Advance” means a Eurodollar Ratable Advance, a Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance, or both,
as the context may require. 
  
 “Eurodollar
Auction” means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes setting forth Competitive Bid Margins pursuant to Section 2.3. 
  
 “Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance to a Borrower for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period,
the applicable British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars appearing on Reuters Screen FRBD as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, and
having a maturity equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period, provided that, (a) if Reuters Screen FRBD is not available to the Agent for any reason, the applicable Eurodollar Base Rate for the 
  

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 relevant Eurodollar Interest Period shall instead be the applicable British Bankers’ Association
Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in U.S. dollars as reported by any other generally recognized financial information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, and having
a maturity equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period, and (b) if no such British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rate is available to the Agent, the applicable Eurodollar Base Rate for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period shall
instead be the rate determined by the Agent to be the rate at which Bank One or one of its Affiliate banks offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, in the approximate amount of Bank One’s relevant Eurodollar Ratable Loan, or, in the case of a Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance, the amount of the Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance
requested by such Borrower, and having a maturity equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period. 
  
 “Eurodollar Bid Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan made by a given Lender for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the
Eurodollar Base Rate applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (ii) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such Interest Period, plus (b) the Competitive Bid Margin offered by such Lender and accepted by the
Requesting Borrower. 
  
 “Eurodollar Bid Rate
Advance” means a Competitive Bid Advance which bears interest at a Eurodollar Bid Rate. 
  
 “Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan” means a Loan which bears interest at a Eurodollar Bid Rate. 
  
 “Eurodollar Interest Period” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance to a Borrower, a period of one, two, three or six
months commencing on a Business Day selected by such Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. Such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, two, three or six months thereafter; provided,
however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such next, second, third or sixth succeeding month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third or sixth succeeding month.
If a Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, that if said next succeeding Business Day falls
in a new calendar month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day. 
  
 “Eurodollar Loan” means a Eurodollar Ratable Loan or a Eurodollar Bid Rate Loan, or both, as the context may require.

  
 “Eurodollar Ratable Advance” means a
Ratable Advance to a Borrower which bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate requested by such Borrower pursuant to Section 2.2. 
  
 “Eurodollar Ratable Loan” means a Ratable Loan to a Borrower which bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate requested by such
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 “Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to a Eurodollar Ratable Advance for the
relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the Eurodollar Base Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Interest Period, divided by (ii) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such Eurodollar
Interest Period, plus (b) the Applicable Margin. 
  
 “Excluded Taxes” means, in the case of each Lender or applicable Lending Installation and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by (a) the jurisdiction under the laws of which such
Lender or the Agent is incorporated or organized or (b) any jurisdiction in which the Agent or such Lender maintains a lending office. 
  
 “Exhibit” refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced. 
  
 “Extension Period” is defined in Section
2.17(a). 
  
 “Extension Request” is
defined in Section 2.17(a). 
  
 “Facility Fee” is defined in Section 2.5(a). 
  
 “Facility Termination Date” means (a) the one year anniversary of the Revolving Credit Termination Date or (b) any earlier date (i) on which the Aggregate Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise
terminated pursuant to the terms hereof (other than pursuant to the second sentence of Section 2.1.3), or (ii) occurring on or after the Revolving Credit Termination Date on which the Obligations of any Borrower hereunder shall be due and
payable. 
  
 “FAS 35” means Financial
Accounting Statement No. 35, “Accounting and Reporting by Defined Benefit Pension Plans” issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in March, 1980. 
  
 “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the immediately
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on such day on such transactions
received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent in its sole discretion. 
  
 “FIN 46” means Interpretation No. 46, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities,” issued by the Financing
Accounting Standards Board in January 2003. 
  
 “Fixed Rate” means the Eurodollar Rate, the Eurodollar Bid Rate or the Absolute Rate. 
  
 “Fixed Rate Advance” means an Advance which bears interest at a Fixed Rate. 
  
 “Fixed Rate Loan” means a Loan which bears interest
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 “Governmental Authority” means any government (foreign or domestic) or any
state or other political subdivision thereof or any governmental body, agency, authority, department or commission (including without limitation any board of insurance, insurance department or insurance commissioner and any taxing authority or
political subdivision) or any instrumentality or officer thereof (including without limitation any court or tribunal) exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any
corporation, partnership or other entity directly or indirectly owned by any of the foregoing. 
  
 “Indebtedness” of a Person means such Person’s (a) obligations for borrowed money, (b) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of such Person’s business payable on terms customary in the trade), (c) obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from Property now or
hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments, including notes issued to an Affiliate in connection with the issuance by such Affiliate of trust preferred securities, (e)
obligations of such Person to purchase securities or other Property arising out of or in connection with the sale of the same or substantially similar securities or Property, (f) Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) Contingent Obligations, (h)
obligations in respect of Surplus Debentures, (i) Net Mark-to-Market Exposure under Rate Management Transactions, (j) non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any Lender or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of
credit and (k) any other obligation for borrowed money or other financial accommodation which in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles or SAP, as applicable, would be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person;
provided, however, that for the purpose of determining compliance with Sections 6.15.4 and, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iv) below, Section 6.15.5 on any date, “Indebtedness” shall exclude (i) Surplus
Debentures which mature more than ten (10) years after such date of determination, (ii) obligations of such Person arising in respect of securities lending activities and securities repurchase or reverse-repurchase activities undertaken in the
ordinary course of business in compliance with all applicable laws, (iii) obligations of Nationwide Mutual under one or more prepaid equity forward contracts, and (iv) indebtedness of such Person incurred in connection with the sale or issuance of
Structured Finance Securities, provided that no Borrower or Subsidiary has any recourse obligations with respect thereto; 
  
 “Insurance Company” means Nationwide Mutual, Nationwide Life or any Insurance Subsidiary. 
  
 “Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which
is engaged in the business of underwriting policies of insurance. 
  
 “Intangible Assets” means the amount (to the extent reflected in determining such consolidated shareholders’ equity) of all unamortized debt discount and expense, unamortized deferred charges, goodwill,
patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, anticipated future benefit of tax loss carry-forwards, copyrights, organization or developmental expenses and other intangible assets; provided, that the deferred policy acquisition costs shall
not be considered Intangible Assets for the purposes of this definition. 
  

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 “Interest Period” means a Eurodollar Interest Period or an Absolute Rate
Interest Period. 
  
 “Invitation for
Competitive Bid Quotes” means an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, completed and delivered by the Agent to the Lenders in accordance with Section 2.3.3. 
  
 “Lenders” means the lending institutions listed on
the signature pages of this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 “Lending Installation” means, with respect to a Lender or the Agent, the office, branch, subsidiary or Affiliate of such Lender or the Agent listed on the signature pages hereof or on a
Schedule or otherwise selected by such Lender or the Agent pursuant to Section 2.15. 
  
 “License” means any license, certificate of authority, permit or other authorization which is required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority in connection with the operation,
ownership or transaction of insurance business. 
  
 “Lien” means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement). 
  

“Loan” means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender’s loan made pursuant to Article II (or, in the case of a loan
made pursuant to Section 2.2, any conversion or continuation thereof). 
  
 “Loan Documents” means this Agreement and any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.11 and the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby and executed by any Borrower in favor of the Agent or any
Lender. 
  
 “Material Adverse Effect”
means, with respect to any Borrower, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, or prospects of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of such
Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders thereunder. 
  
 “Material Affiliate” means: 
  
 (a) in respect of Nationwide Mutual, (i) any other Person
which is a party to the Nationwide Insurance Intercompany Pooling Agreement, effective as of January 1, 1999, as amended or supplemented from time to time, and (ii) any of its Material Subsidiaries; and 
  
 (b) in respect of each of Nationwide Life and NFS, any of its
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 “Material Indebtedness” is defined in Section 7.5. 
  
 “Material Insurance Subsidiary” means an Insurance
Subsidiary which is a Material Subsidiary. 
  
 “Material Subsidiary” means: 
  
 (a) in respect of Nationwide Mutual, any Subsidiary having, as of the date of the Combined Annual Statement most recently delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.4(a) or Section 6.1(d), consolidated assets with a value
of at least two percent (2%) of the total combined assets set out in such statement; provided, that, for the purposes of this Agreement, neither Nationwide Life nor NFS nor any of their consolidated Subsidiaries shall be considered to be a
Material Subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual; and 
  
 (b) in respect of each of Nationwide Life and NFS, any Subsidiary having, as of the date of the balance sheet most recently delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.4 or Section 6.1, consolidated assets with a value of
at least two percent (2%) of the total consolidated assets set out in such statement. 
  
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. 
  
 “Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is obligated to make contributions. 
  
 “NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto, or in lieu thereof, any other
association, agency or other organization performing advisory, coordination or other like functions among insurance departments, insurance commissioners and similar Governmental Authorities of the various states of the United States toward the
promotion of uniformity in the practices of such Governmental Authorities. 
  
 “Nationwide Life” means Nationwide Life Insurance Company, an Ohio insurance company. 
  
 “Nationwide Mutual” means Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, an Ohio mutual insurance company. 
  
 “Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as
of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Rate Management Transactions. “Unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of
replacing such Rate Management Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming the Rate Management Transaction were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of
replacing such Rate Management Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming such Rate Management Transaction were to be terminated as of that date). 
  

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 “NFS” means Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

  
 “Non-U.S. Lender” is defined in
Section 3.5(d). 
  
 “Notes”
means, collectively, all of the Competitive Bid Notes and all of the Ratable Notes which may be issued hereunder, and “Note” means any one of the Notes. 
  
 “Obligations” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all
accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrowers or any Borrower to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Agent or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents. 
  
 “Other Taxes” is defined in Section 3.5(b).

  
 “Participants” is defined in
Section 12.2.1. 
  
 “Payment
Date” means the last day of each March, June, September and December. 
  
 “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto. 
  
 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, association,
enterprise, trust or other entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof. 
  
 “Plan” means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards
under Section 412 of the Code as to which a Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability. 
  
 “Pricing Schedule” means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such. 
  
 “Prime Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the
prime rate of interest announced from time to time by Bank One or its parent (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said prime rate changes. 
  
 “Property” of a Person means any and all property,
whether real, personal, tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or operated by such Person. 
  
 “Purchasers” is defined in Section 12.3.1. 
  
 “Quarterly Statement” means the quarterly statutory financial statement of any Insurance Company
required to be filed with the insurance commissioner (or similar authority) of its jurisdiction of incorporation or, if no specific form is so required, in the form of financial statements permitted by such insurance commissioner (or such similar
authority) to be used for filing quarterly statutory financial statements and shall contain the type of financial information permitted by such insurance commissioner (or such similar authority) to be disclosed therein, together with all exhibits or
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 “Ratable Advance” means a borrowing hereunder (a) made by the Lenders to a
Borrower on the same Borrowing Date, or (b) converted or continued by the Lenders on the same date of conversion or continuation, consisting, in either case, of the aggregate amount of the several Ratable Loans of the same Type and, in the case of
Eurodollar Ratable Loans, for the same Interest Period. 
  
 “Ratable Borrowing Notice” is defined in Section 2.2.3. 
  
 “Ratable Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof. 
  
 “Ratable Note” means any promissory note in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto issued at the request of a Lender pursuant to
Section 2.11 to evidence its Ratable Loans. 
  
 “Rate Management Obligations” of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and
modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Rate Management Transactions, and (b) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Transactions. 
  
 “Rate Management Transaction” means any transaction
(including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by any Borrower which is a credit default swap, rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap,
equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency
option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial
measures. 
  
 “Regulation D” means
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to
member banks of the Federal Reserve System. 
  
 “Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the
extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System. 
  
 “Replacement Lender” is defined in Section 2.17(b). 
  
 “Reportable Event” means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events 
  

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 as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be
notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the
issuance of any such waiver of the notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section 412(d) of the Code. 
  
 “Reports” is defined in Section 9.6. 
  
 “Requesting Borrower” is defined in Section 2.3.2. 
  
 “Required Lenders” means Lenders in the aggregate
having at least 51% of the Aggregate Commitment or, if the Aggregate Commitment has been terminated, Lenders in the aggregate holding at least 51% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the outstanding Advances. 
  
 “Reserve Requirement” means, with respect to an
Interest Period, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is imposed under Regulation D on Eurocurrency liabilities. 
  
 “Response Date” is defined in Section
2.17(a). 
  
 “Revolving Credit
Termination Balance” means, with respect to any Borrower, the aggregate principal amount of Advances to such Borrower outstanding on the Revolving Credit Termination Date after giving effect to any Advances made or repaid by such Borrower on
such date.  
  
 “Revolving Credit
Termination Date” means May 16, 2005 or any later date as may be specified as the Revolving Credit Termination Date in accordance with Section 2.17 or any earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise
terminated pursuant to the terms hereof. 
  
 “S&P” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. 
  
 “SAP” means, with respect to any Insurance Company, the statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the insurance
commissioner (or other similar authority) in the jurisdiction of such Person for the preparation of annual statements and other financial reports by insurance companies of the same type as such Person in effect from time to time, applied in a manner
consistent with those used in preparing the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4(a) and (b); provided, that, except as otherwise provided in the definition of Agreement Accounting Principles, with respect to the
financial covenants contained in Section 6.15 hereof, and the related definitions, “SAP” means such statutory accounting practices in effect on the date hereof, applied in a manner consistent with those used in preparing the
financial statements referred to in Section 5.4(a) and (b). 
  

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 “Schedule” refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced. 
  
 “Section” means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced. 
  
 “Single Employer Plan” means a Plan maintained by a Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group for employees of such
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group. 
  
 “Statutory Surplus” means, with respect to (a) Nationwide Mutual at any time, the surplus as regards policyholders of Nationwide Mutual at such time, as determined in accordance with SAP (“Liabilities, Surplus and Other
Funds” statement, page 3, line 35 of the Annual Statement) based upon its most recently filed Quarterly Statement and (b) Nationwide Life at any time, the statutory capital and surplus of Nationwide Life at such time, as determined in
accordance with SAP (“Liabilities, Surplus and Other Funds” statement, page 3, line 38 of the Annual Statement) based upon its most recently filed Quarterly Statement. 
  
 “Structured Finance Securities” means (a) notes or other instruments secured by collateral
consisting primarily of debt securities and/or other types of debt obligations, including loans and credit default swaps or (b) securities whose benefits are derived from a discreet pool of assets, either fixed or revolving, that are acquired with
the intention to convert into cash within a finite period of time under a recognized securitization program sponsored by any Borrower. 
  
 “Subsidiary” of a Person means (a) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of
which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (b) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint
venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. 
  
 “Substantial Portion” means, with respect to the Property of a Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
Property which (a) represents more than 10% of the consolidated assets of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries as would be shown in the consolidated financial statements of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the beginning of the twelve-month
period ending with the month in which such determination is made, or (b) is responsible for more than 10% of the consolidated net sales or of the consolidated net income of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the financial statements
referred to in clause (a) above. 
  
 “Surplus
Debentures” means, as to Nationwide Mutual, debt securities of Nationwide Mutual the proceeds of which are permitted to be included, in whole or in part, as Statutory Surplus as approved and permitted by the insurance department of Nationwide
Mutual’s state of domicile. 
  
 “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes.

  

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 “Total Capitalization” means at any time: 
  
 (a) with respect to Nationwide Mutual, the sum of (i)
Nationwide Mutual’s outstanding Indebtedness and (ii) Nationwide Mutual’s Statutory Surplus based upon its most recently filed Quarterly Statement excluding, however, the impact thereon of FIN 46; and 
  
 (b) with respect to NFS, the sum of (i) the consolidated
Indebtedness of NFS and its Subsidiaries as of such time and (ii) the consolidated shareholders’ equity of NFS and its Subsidiaries as of such time based upon its most recent financial statements prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles, excluding, however, the effect of any unrealized gain or loss reported under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115 and the impact thereon of FIN 46. 
  
 “Transferee” is defined in Section 12.4.

  
 “Type” means, with respect to any
Advance, its nature as an ABR Advance, an Absolute Rate Advance, a Eurodollar Bid Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Ratable Advance. 
  
 “Unfunded Liabilities” means the amount (if any) by which the sum of (i) the present value of all vested accrued benefits under
all Single Employer Plans, calculated using PBGC actuarial assumptions for single employer plans, and (ii) the present value of all non-vested accrued benefits for such Plans, calculated using FAS 35 actuarial assumptions, exceeds the fair market
value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans. 
  
 “Unmatured Default” means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.

  
 “Utilization Fee” is defined in
Section 2.5(b). 
  
 “Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” of a Person means (a) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by
such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or (b) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of
which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. 
  
 The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. References herein to particular columns, lines or sections of any Person’s Annual Statement shall be deemed, where
appropriate, to be references to the corresponding column, line or section of such Person’s Quarterly Statement, or if no such corresponding column, line or section exists or if any report form changes, then to the corresponding item referenced
thereby. In the event that any changes in Agreement Accounting Principles or SAP occur after the date of this Agreement and such changes result in a material variation in the method of calculation of financial covenants or other terms of this
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 Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders agree to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably
reflect such changes in order that the criteria for evaluating each Borrower’s financial condition will be the same after such changes as if such changes had not occurred. 
  
 
ARTICLE II 
  
 THE
CREDITS 
  
 
2.1 The Facility. 
  
 2.1.1 Description of Facility. The Lenders grant to the Borrowers a revolving credit facility pursuant to which, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth: 
  
 (a) each Lender severally agrees to make
Ratable Loans to each of the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.2; and 
  
 (b) each Lender may, in its sole discretion, make bids to make Competitive Bid Loans to each of the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.3. 
  
 2.1.2 Amount of Facility. In no event may the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Advances (including both the Ratable Advances and the Competitive Bid Advances) to all Borrowers exceed the Aggregate Commitment. The Commitments may be terminated or reduced from time to time pursuant
to Section 2.5(c) or Section 8.1, and may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.5(d). 
  
 2.1.3 Availability of Facility. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the facility is available from the date hereof to the
Revolving Credit Termination Date, and the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow at any time prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date. The Commitments to lend hereunder shall expire on the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Principal
payments made after the Revolving Credit Termination Date may not be reborrowed. 
  
 2.1.4 Repayment of Facility. The Revolving Credit Termination Balance and all other unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrowers on the Revolving Credit Termination Date;
provided, however, that if no Extension Request has been made under Section 2.17 with respect to the Revolving Credit Termination Date then in effect and no Default has occurred and is continuing on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, then upon the written request of one or more of the Borrowers, delivered to the Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (a) the Revolving Credit Termination Balance of each such
Borrower or Borrowers shall be converted into term loans which are repayable in a single principal payment on the Facility Termination Date, (b) the Borrowers’ right to extend the Revolving Credit Termination Date pursuant to Section
2.17 shall thereupon terminate, and (c) all unpaid Obligations shall be paid in full by the Borrowers on the Facility Termination Date. 
  
 2.1.5 Several Obligations. Each Borrower will be severally obligated for all Advances made to such Borrower and all interest
accrued with respect thereto, and no Borrower will be obligated for any Advances made to any other Borrower. Except as provided in this 

  

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 Section 2.1.5 and as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Borrowers shall be jointly and
severally liable for all other Obligations hereunder. 
  
 
2.2 Ratable Advances. 
  
 2.2.1 Ratable Advances. Each Ratable Advance hereunder shall consist of Loans made to a Borrower from the several Lenders ratably in proportion to the ratio that their respective Commitments bear to the
Aggregate Commitment. The aggregate outstanding amount of Competitive Bid Advances shall reduce each Lender’s Commitment ratably in the proportion such Lender’s Commitment bears to the Aggregate Commitment regardless of which Lender or
Lenders make such Competitive Bid Advances. 
  
 2.2.2 Types of Ratable Advances. The Ratable Advances may be ABR Advances or Eurodollar Ratable Advances, or a combination thereof, selected by the Borrower requesting such Advance in accordance with Section 2.2.3. 

 
 2.2.3 Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods
for Ratable Advances. Each applicable Borrower shall select the Type of Ratable Advance and, in the case of each Eurodollar Ratable Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto from time to time. Such Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable
notice (a “Ratable Borrowing Notice”) not later than 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least one Business Day before the Borrowing Date of each ABR Advance and three Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each Eurodollar Ratable
Advance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Ratable Borrowing Notice for an ABR Advance may be given by a Borrower not later than 15 minutes after the time which such Borrower is required to reject one or more bids offered in connection with an
Absolute Rate Auction pursuant to Section 2.3.6 and a Ratable Borrowing Notice for a Eurodollar Ratable Advance may be given not later than 15 minutes after the time such Borrower is required to reject one or more bids offered in connection
with a Eurodollar Auction pursuant to Section 2.3.6. A Ratable Borrowing Notice shall specify: 
  
 (a) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Ratable Advance, 
  
 (b) the aggregate amount of such Ratable
Advance, 
  
 (c) the Type of
Ratable Advance selected, and 
  
 (d) in the case of each Eurodollar Ratable Advance, the Interest Period applicable thereto (which may not end after the Facility Termination Date). 
  
 2.2.4 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Ratable Advances. ABR Advances shall continue as ABR Advances unless and until
such ABR Advances are converted into Eurodollar Advances pursuant to this Section 2.2.4 or are repaid in accordance with Section 2.7. Each Eurodollar Ratable Advance shall continue as a Eurodollar Ratable Advance until the end of the
then applicable Eurodollar Interest Period therefor, at which time such Eurodollar Ratable Advance shall be automatically converted into an ABR Advance unless (i) such Eurodollar Ratable Advance is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.7
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 such Eurodollar Ratable Advance was made shall have given the Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice (as
defined below) requesting that, at the end of such Eurodollar Interest Period, such Eurodollar Ratable Advance continue as a Eurodollar Ratable Advance for the same or another Eurodollar Interest Period. Subject to the terms of Section 2.6,
each Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or any part of an ABR Advance made to such Borrower into a Eurodollar Ratable Advance. Such Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable notice (a “Conversion/Continuation
Notice”) of each conversion of an ABR Advance into a Eurodollar Ratable Advance or continuation of a Eurodollar Ratable Advance not later than 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least three Business Days prior to the date of the requested
conversion or continuation, specifying: 
  
 (a) the requested date of such conversion or continuation, which shall be a Business Day, 
  
 (b) the aggregate amount and Type of the Ratable Advance which is to be converted or continued, and 
  
 (c) the amount of such Ratable Advance which
is to be converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Ratable Advance and the duration of the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable thereto. 
  
 
2.3 Competitive Bid Advances. 
  
 2.3.1. Competitive Bid Option. In addition to Ratable Advances pursuant to Section 2.2, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the limitation set forth
in Section 2.1.2 as to the maximum aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Advances hereunder), each Borrower may, as set forth in this Section 2.3, request the Lenders, prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, to make
offers to make Competitive Bid Advances to such Borrower. Each Lender may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers and such Borrower may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set forth in this Section
2.3. Each Competitive Bid Advance to a Borrower shall be repaid by such Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. 
  
 2.3.2. Competitive Bid Quote Request. When a Borrower (in such capacity, a “Requesting Borrower”) wishes to
request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this Section 2.3, it shall transmit to the Agent by telecopy a Competitive Bid Quote Request so as to be received no later than (i) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least five Business Days prior
to the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction, or (ii) 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least one Business Day prior to the Borrowing Date proposed therein, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, specifying: 
  
 (a) the proposed Borrowing Date, which shall
be a Business Day, for such Competitive Bid Advance, 
  
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 (c) whether the Competitive Bid Quotes requested are to set forth a
Competitive Bid Margin or an Absolute Rate, or both, 
  
 (d) whether the proposed Competitive Bid Advance will be subject to prepayment, and 
  
 (e) the Interest Period applicable thereto (which may not end after the Revolving Credit Termination Date). 
  
 The Requesting Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for
more than one Interest Period and for a Eurodollar Auction and an Absolute Rate Auction in a single Competitive Bid Quote Request. No Competitive Bid Quote Request shall be given within 5 Business Days (or such other number of days as the requesting
Borrower and the Agent may agree) of any other Competitive Bid Quote Request. A Competitive Bid Quote Request that does not conform substantially to the format of Exhibit F hereto shall be rejected, and the Agent shall promptly notify the
Requesting Borrower of such rejection. 
  
 2.3.3.
Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Promptly and in any event before the close of business on the same Business Day of receipt of a Competitive Bid Quote Request that is not rejected pursuant to Section 2.3.2, the Agent shall send
to each of the Lenders by telecopy an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, which shall constitute an invitation by the Requesting Borrower to each Lender to submit Competitive Bid Quotes
offering to make the Competitive Bid Loans to which such Competitive Bid Quote Request relates in accordance with this Section 2.3. 
  
 2.3.4. Submission and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes. (a) Each Lender may, in its sole discretion, submit a Competitive Bid
Quote containing an offer or offers to make Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply with the requirements of this Section 2.3.4 and must be submitted to the Agent
by telecopy at its offices specified in or pursuant to Article XIII not later than (i) 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least three Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction or (ii) 9:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case upon reasonable prior notice to the Lenders, such other time and date as the Requesting Borrower and the Agent may agree); provided that
Competitive Bid Quotes submitted by Bank One may only be submitted if the Agent or Bank One notifies the Requesting Borrower of the terms of the offer or offers contained therein not later than 15 minutes prior to the latest time at which the
relevant Competitive Bid Quotes must be submitted by the other Lenders. Subject to Articles IV and VIII, any Competitive Bid Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the Agent given on the instructions of
the Requesting Borrower. 
  
 (b)
Each Competitive Bid Quote shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto and shall in any case specify: 
  
 (i) the proposed Borrowing Date, which shall be the same as that set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive
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 (ii) the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan for which each such
offer is being made, which principal amount (A) may be greater than, less than or equal to the Commitment of the quoting Lender, (B) must be at least $25,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000, and (C) may not exceed the principal amount of
Competitive Bid Loans for which offers were requested, 
  
 (iii) in the case of a Eurodollar Auction, the Competitive Bid Margin offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan, 
  
 (iv) the minimum amount, if any, of the Competitive Bid Loan which may be accepted by the Requesting Borrower, 

 
 (v) in the case of an Absolute Rate
Auction, the Absolute Rate offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan, 
  
 (vi) the maximum aggregate amount, if any, of Competitive Bid Loans offered by the quoting Lender which may be accepted by the Requesting Borrower, and 
  
 (vii) the identity of the quoting Lender.

  
 (c) The Agent shall reject
any Competitive Bid Quote that: 
  
 (i) is not substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto or does not specify all of the information required by this Section 2.3.4(c), 
  

(ii) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language, other than any such language contained in Exhibit E
hereto, 
  
 (iii) proposes terms
other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes, or 
  
 (iv) arrives after the time set forth in Section 2.3.4(a). 
  
 If any Competitive Bid Quote shall be rejected pursuant to this Section
2.3.4(c), then the Agent shall notify the relevant Lender of such rejection as soon as practical. 
  
 2.3.5. Notice to Requesting Borrower. The Agent shall promptly notify the Requesting Borrower of the terms (a) of any Competitive
Bid Quote submitted by a Lender that is in accordance with Section 2.3.4 and (b) of any Competitive Bid Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise inconsistent with a previous Competitive Bid Quote submitted by such Lender with respect to
the same Competitive Bid Quote Request. Any such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded by the Agent unless such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote specifically states that it is submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such
former Competitive Bid Quote. The Agent’s notice to the Requesting Borrower shall specify the 
  

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 aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers have been received for each Interest
Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Quote Request and the respective principal amounts and Eurodollar Bid Rates or Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered. 
  
 2.3.6. Acceptance and Notice by Borrower. Not later than (a) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at least three
Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of a Eurodollar Auction or (b) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case upon reasonable prior notice to the
Lenders, such other time and date as the Requesting Borrower and the Agent may agree), the Requesting Borrower shall notify the Agent of its acceptance or rejection of the offers so notified to it pursuant to Section 2.3.5; provided,
however, that the failure by the Requesting Borrower to give such notice to the Agent shall be deemed to be a rejection of all such offers. In the case of acceptance, such notice (a “Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice”) shall
specify the aggregate principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that are accepted. The Requesting Borrower may accept any Competitive Bid Quote in whole or in part (subject to the terms of Section 2.3.4(b)(iv)); provided
that: 
  
 (a) the aggregate
principal amount of each Competitive Bid Advance may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related Competitive Bid Quote Request, 
  
 (b) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of ascending Eurodollar Bid Rates or Absolute Rates, as the case
may be, and 
  
 (c) the
Requesting Borrower may not accept any offer that is described in Section 2.3.4(c) or that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Agreement. 
  
 2.3.7. Allocation by Agent. If offers are made by two or more Lenders with the same Eurodollar Bid
Rates or Absolute Rates, as the case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect of which offers are accepted for the related Interest Period, the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in respect of which such
offers are accepted shall be allocated by the Agent among such Lenders as nearly as possible (in such multiples, not greater than $1,000,000, as the Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of such offers;
provided, however, that no Lender shall be allocated a portion of any Competitive Bid Advance which is less than the minimum amount which such Lender has indicated that it is willing to accept. Allocations by the Agent of the amounts
of Competitive Bid Loans shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The Agent shall promptly, but in any event on the same Business Day, notify each Lender of its receipt of a Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice and the aggregate principal
amount of such Competitive Bid Advance allocated to each participating Lender. 
  
 2.3.8. Administration Fee. Each Requesting Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Agent an administration fee of $3,000 for each Competitive Bid Quote Request transmitted by such Requesting Borrower to the Agent
pursuant to Section 2.3.2. Such administration fee shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date hereafter and on the Facility Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Aggregate Commitment shall terminate or be cancelled) for
any period then ending for which such fee, if any, shall not have been theretofore paid. 
  

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2.4 
Method of Borrowing. Not later than noon (Chicago time) on each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make available its Loan or Loans in funds immediately available in Chicago to the Agent at its address specified
pursuant to Article XIII. Promptly upon its receipt thereof, the Agent will make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the applicable Borrower at the Agent’s aforesaid address. 
  
 
2.5 Commitment Fee; Reduction and Increase of Aggregate Commitment. 
  
 (a) Facility Fee. The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a
facility fee (the “Facility Fee”) at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Facility Fee Rate on each Lender’s Commitment regardless of usage (or, from and after the Revolving Credit Termination Date, each Lender’s
outstanding Advances). Each Borrower shall be obligated to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender an undivided one-third portion of the Facility Fee, with such Borrower’s portion based on its Status (as defined in the Pricing
Schedule). The Facility Fee is payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date hereafter and on the Facility Termination Date. 
  
 (b) Utilization Fee. For each day (i) prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date on which the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Advances (including both Ratable Advances and Competitive Bid Advances) exceeds 50% of the Aggregate Commitment and (ii) from and after the Revolving Credit Termination Date (regardless of usage), the Borrowers
jointly and severally agree to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender based on each Lender’s outstanding Advances a utilization fee (the “Utilization Fee”) at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Utilization Fee
Rate on the average daily amount of all outstanding Advances. The Utilization Fee is payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date hereafter and on the Facility Termination Date. 
  
 (c) Reductions in Aggregate Commitment. The Borrowers may permanently reduce the
Aggregate Commitment in whole, or in part ratably among the Lenders in integral multiples of $10,000,000, upon at least three Business Days’ written notice to the Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of any such reduction,
provided, however, that the amount of the Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Advances. All accrued commitment fees shall be payable on the effective date of any termination
of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder. 
  
 (d) Increase in Aggregate Commitment. The Borrowers may, at their option, on up to two occasions, seek to increase the Aggregate Commitment by up to an aggregate amount of $300,000,000 (resulting in a maximum
Aggregate Commitment of $600,000,000) upon at least three (3) Business Days’ written notice to the Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of such increase and shall be delivered at a time when no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred
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 giving such notice, offer the increase in the Aggregate Commitment on either a ratable
basis to the Lenders or on a non-pro rata basis to one or more Lenders and/or to other banks or entities reasonably acceptable to the Agent. No increase in the Aggregate Commitment shall become effective until the existing or new Lenders extending
such incremental Commitment amount and the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agent a document in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which any such existing Lender states the amount of its Commitment increase, any such new
Lender states its Commitment amount and agrees to assume and accept the obligations and rights of a Lender hereunder and the Borrowers accept such incremental Commitments. The Lenders (new or existing) shall accept an assignment from the existing
Lenders, and the existing Lenders shall make an assignment to the new or existing Lender accepting a new or increased Commitment, of an interest in each then outstanding Ratable Advance such that, after giving effect thereto, all Ratable Advances
are held ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their respective Commitments. Assignments pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made in exchange for the principal amount assigned plus accrued and unpaid interest, Commitment Fees and Facility
Fees. The Borrowers shall make any payments under Section 3.4 resulting from such assignments. 
  
 
2.6 Minimum Amount of Each Ratable Advance; Minimum Amount of Fixed Rate Advances. Each Eurodollar Ratable Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $25,000,000 (and in multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess
thereof), and each ABR Advance shall be in the minimum amount of $25,000,000 (and in multiples of $1,000,000 if in excess thereof); provided, however, that any ABR Advance may be in the amount of the unused Aggregate Commitment. No
Borrower shall request a Fixed Rate Advance if, after giving effect to the requested Fixed Rate Advance, more than six (6) separate Fixed Rate Advances would be outstanding in respect of all Borrowers. 
  
 
2.7 Optional Principal Payments. Each Borrower may from time to time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding ABR Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $10,000,000, any portion of the outstanding
ABR Advances, upon one Business Day’s prior notice to the Agent. Each Borrower may from time to time pay, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 but without penalty or premium, all
outstanding Eurodollar Ratable Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Eurodollar Ratable Advances upon three Business Days’ prior
notice to the Agent. Except as specifically agreed to by the applicable Borrower and Lender, a Competitive Bid Loan may not be paid prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period. Any optional principal payment of a Competitive Bid Loan
which is permitted by such Borrower and such Lender shall be made subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 and to any minimum amounts agreed upon by such Borrower and such Lender. 
  
 
2.8 Changes in Interest Rate, etc. Each ABR Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from and including the date such Advance is made or is automatically converted from
a Eurodollar Ratable Advance into an ABR Advance pursuant to Section 2.2.4, to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted into a Eurodollar Ratable Advance pursuant to Section 2.2.4 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to the
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 maintained as an ABR Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate.
Each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate
determined by the Agent as applicable to such Fixed Rate Advance. No Interest Period may end after the Facility Termination Date. 
  
 
2.9 Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.2.3 or 2.2.4, during the continuance of a Default or Unmatured Default with respect to any
Borrower, the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to such Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to
changes in interest rates), declare that no Ratable Advance to such Borrower may be made as, converted into or continued as a Eurodollar Ratable Advance. During the continuance of a Default with respect to such Borrower, the Required Lenders may, at
their option, by notice to such Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 8.2 requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to changes in interest rates), declare that
(a) each Fixed Rate Advance made to such Borrower shall bear interest for the remainder of the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period plus 2% per annum and (b) each ABR Advance made to such Borrower shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time plus 2% per annum, provided that, during the continuance of a Default with respect to any Borrower under Section 7.6 or 7.7, the
interest rates set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above shall be applicable to all Advances of all Borrowers without any election or action on the part of the Agent or any Lender. 
  
 
2.10 Method of Payment. All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available funds to the Agent at the Agent’s address specified
pursuant to Article XIII, or at any other Lending Installation of the Agent specified in writing by the Agent to the Borrowers, by noon (Chicago time) on the date when due and shall be applied ratably by the Agent among the Lenders. Each
payment delivered to the Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds that the Agent received at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending
Installation specified in a notice received by the Agent from such Lender. The Agent is hereby authorized to charge the account of each Borrower maintained with Bank One for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder
with respect to such Borrower. 
  
 
2.11 Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. 
  
 (b) The Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each
Loan made to each Borrower hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period with respect thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any sum received by the Agent hereunder from each Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof. 
  

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 (c) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of the Agent or any Lender to maintain such accounts or any
error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Obligations in accordance with their terms. 
  
 (d) Any Lender may request that its Ratable Loans or its Competitive Bid Loans be evidenced by Ratable Notes or
Competitive Bid Notes, respectively. In such event, each Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Ratable Note or a Competitive Bid Note, as the case may be, payable to the order of such Lender. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by
such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after any assignment pursuant to Section 12.3) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of the payee named therein or any assignee pursuant to Section 12.3,
except to the extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be evidenced as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. 
  
 
2.12 Telephonic Notices. Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances, submit Competitive Bid Quotes and transfer funds
based on telephonic notices made by any person or persons the Agent or any Lender in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of such Borrower, it being understood that the foregoing authorization is specifically intended to allow Borrowing
Notices, Conversion/Continuation Notices and Competitive Bid Quote Requests to be given telephonically. Each Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to the Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is requested by the Agent or any Lender, of
each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by the Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Agent and the Lenders shall govern absent manifest error.

  
 
2.13 Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis. Interest accrued on each ABR Advance shall be payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the date hereof, on any date on
which the ABR Advance is prepaid, whether due to acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on that portion of the outstanding principal amount of any ABR Advance converted into a Eurodollar Ratable Advance on a day other than a
Payment Date shall be payable on the date of conversion. Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Fixed Rate Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration
or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance having an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month interval during such Interest Period. Interest on Fixed Rate
Advances and fees shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year, and interest on ABR Advances shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365 or 366 day year, as applicable. Interest shall be payable
for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to noon (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of 
  

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 principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment. 
  
 
2.14 Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepayments and Commitment Reductions. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent will notify each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Commitment reduction
notice, Ratable Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice, and repayment notice received by it hereunder. The Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate applicable to each Fixed Rate Advance promptly
upon determination of such interest rate and will give each Lender prompt notice of each change in the Alternate Base Rate. 
  
 
2.15 Lending Installations. Each Lender may book its Loans at any Lending Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to
any such Lending Installation and the Loans and any Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed held by each Lender for the benefit of any such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by written notice to the Agent and the Borrowers in accordance with
Article XIII, designate replacement or additional Lending Installations through which Loans will be made by it and for whose account Loan payments are to be made. 
  
 
2.16 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent. Unless a Borrower or a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Agent prior to the date on which it is scheduled to make payment to the Agent of (a) in the case of a Lender,
the proceeds of a Loan or (b) in the case of a Borrower, a payment of principal, interest or fees to the Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The
Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or such Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Agent, the
recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the Agent, repay to the Agent the amount so made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Agent
until the date the Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day for the first three days and, thereafter, the interest rate applicable to the relevant
Loan or (ii) in the case of payment by a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan. 
  
 
2.17 Extension of Revolving Credit Termination Date. (a) The Borrowers may request an extension of the Revolving Credit Termination Date by submitting a request for an extension to the Agent (an “Extension
Request”) no more than 60 days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date. The Extension Request must specify the new Revolving Credit Termination Date requested by the Borrowers and the date (which must be at least 30 days after the
Extension Request is delivered to the Agent) as of which the Lenders must respond to the Extension Request (the “Response Date”). The new Revolving Credit Termination Date shall be no more than 364 days (the “Extension
Period”) after the Revolving Credit Termination Date in effect at the time the Extension Request is received, including the Revolving Credit Termination Date as one of the days in the calculation of the days elapsed. Promptly upon receipt
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 each Lender to approve the Extension Request. Each Lender approving the Extension Request shall deliver
its written consent no later than the Response Date, and the failure of a Lender to deliver its written consent to an Extension Request on or before the Response Date shall be deemed a rejection of the requested extension by such Lender. If the
consent of the Required Lenders is received by the Agent, the Revolving Credit Termination Date specified in the Extension Request shall become effective on the existing Revolving Credit Termination Date as to such consenting Lenders only (and not
as to any Lender which has not consented to such extension) and the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and each Lender of the new Revolving Credit Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i)
subject to the provisions of Section 2.17(b), all Obligations owing to the non-extending Lenders shall be due and payable on the Revolving Credit Termination Date without giving effect to any requested extension and (ii) the Aggregate
Commitment as of the commencement of the Extension Period shall be reduced to an amount equal to the sum of the Commitments of the Lenders ultimately granting the Extension Request. 
  
 (b) A nonconsenting Lender shall be obligated, at the request of the Borrowers, and subject
to the nonconsenting Lender receiving payment in full of (i) the principal amount of all Advances owing to such nonconsenting Lender, and (ii) all accrued interest and fees owing to such nonconsenting Lender and all other amounts owing to such
nonconsenting Lender hereunder, to assign without representation, warranty (other than good title to its Advances) or expense to such nonconsenting Lender, at any time prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date applicable to such nonconsenting
Lender, all of its rights (other than rights that would survive the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.6) and obligations hereunder to one or more banks or other entities (the “Replacement Lenders”) nominated
by the Borrowers and willing to take the place of such nonconsenting Lender; provided, that each such Replacement Lender satisfies all the requirements of this Agreement and the Agent shall have consented to such assignment, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. Each such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a consenting Lender hereunder in replacement of the nonconsenting Lender. 
  

ARTICLE III 
  
 YIELD
PROTECTION; TAXES 
  
 
3.1 
Yield Protection. If, on or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law), or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or quasi-governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or
applicable Lending Installation with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency: 
  
 (a) subjects any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to any Taxes, or changes the
basis of taxation of payments (other than with respect to Excluded Taxes) to any Lender in respect of its Fixed Rate Loans, or 
  

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 (b) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve, assessment,
insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation (other than reserves and assessments taken into account in
determining the interest rate applicable to Fixed Rate Advances), or 
  
 (c) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation of making, funding or maintaining its Fixed Rate Loans or reduces
any amount receivable by any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in connection with its Fixed Rate Loans, or requires any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to make any payment calculated by reference to the amount of Fixed Rate
Loans held or interest received by it, by an amount deemed material by such Lender, 
  
 and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or applicable Lending Installation of making or maintaining its Fixed Rate Loans or Commitment or to reduce the return received by such
Lender or applicable Lending Installation in connection with such Fixed Rate Loans or Commitment, then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrowers shall pay such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for
such increased cost or reduction in amount received. 
  
 
3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If a Lender determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation
controlling such Lender is increased as a result of a Change, then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount necessary to compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such
increased capital which such Lender determines is attributable to this Agreement, its Loans or its Commitment to make Loans hereunder (after taking into account such Lender’s policies as to capital adequacy). “Change” means (a) any
change after the date of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (b) any adoption of or change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation or any corporation controlling any Lender. “Risk-Based Capital
Guidelines” means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the
United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled “International Convergence of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards,” including transition rules, and any
amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement. 
  
 
3.3 Availability of Types of Advances. If (a) any Lender determines that maintenance of its Eurodollar Ratable Loans or Eurodollar Bid Rate Loans at a suitable Lending Installation would violate any applicable
law, rule, regulation, or directive, whether or not having the force of law, or (b) if the Required Lenders determine that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund Eurodollar Ratable Advances are not available or (ii) the
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 maintaining Eurodollar Ratable Advances, then the Agent shall, in the case of clause (a) above, suspend
the availability of Eurodollar Ratable Advances and Eurodollar Bid Rate Advances and, pursuant to a notice given to the applicable Borrowers from the Agent, require any affected Eurodollar Rate Advances and Eurodollar Bid Rate Advances to be repaid
or converted to ABR Advances, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4, and, in the case of clause (b) above, suspend the availability of Eurodollar Ratable Advances and, pursuant to a notice given
to the applicable Borrowers from the Agent, require any affected Eurodollar Ratable Advances to be repaid or converted to ABR Rate Advances, subject to the payment of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4. 
  
 
3.4 Funding Indemnification. If any payment of a Fixed Rate Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a
Fixed Rate Advance is not made on the date specified by the requesting Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders, such Borrower will indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without
limitation, any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to fund or maintain such Fixed Rate Advance. 
  
 
3.5 Taxes. (a) All payments by the Borrowers to or for the account of any Lender or the Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If any
Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.5) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such
deductions, (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law and (iv) such Borrower shall furnish to the Agent the original copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within 30 days
after such payment is made. 
  
 (b) In addition, the Borrowers hereby agree to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the
execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note (“Other Taxes”). 
  
 (c) The Borrowers hereby agree to indemnify the Agent and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes
(including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this Section 3.5) paid by the Agent or such Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto. Payments due under this indemnification shall be made within 30 days of the date the Agent or such Lender makes demand therefor pursuant to Section 3.6. 
  
 (d) Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a
state thereof (each a “Non-U.S. Lender”) agrees that it will, not more than ten Business Days after the date of this Agreement, (i) deliver to each of the Borrowers and the Agent two duly completed copies of United States Internal
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 Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, certifying in either case that such Lender is entitled to receive
payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, and (ii) deliver to each of the Borrowers and the Agent a United States Internal Revenue Form W-8 or W-9, as the case may be, and certify that
it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax. Each Non-U.S. Lender further undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrowers and the Agent (x) renewals or additional copies of such form (or any successor form) on or before
the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete, and (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, such additional forms or amendments thereto as may be reasonably requested by any Borrower
or the Agent. All forms or amendments described in the preceding sentence shall certify that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless
an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from
duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment with respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrowers and the Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax.

  
 (e) For any period during
which a Non-U.S. Lender has failed to provide any Borrower with an appropriate form pursuant to clause (d), above (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by
any Governmental Authority, occurring subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 3.5 with respect to Taxes imposed by the
United States; provided that, should a Non-U.S. Lender which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required under clause (d), above, such
Borrower shall take such steps as such Non-U.S. Lender shall reasonably request to assist such Non-U.S. Lender to recover such Taxes. 
  
 (f) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments under this
Agreement or any Note pursuant to the law of any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty shall deliver to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. 
  
 (g) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof asserts a claim that the Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered or properly completed, because such Lender failed to
notify the Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Agent as tax,
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 including taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the Agent under this
subsection, together with all costs and expenses related thereto (including attorneys fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Agent). The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 3.5(g)
shall survive the payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. 
  
 (h) If any Lender receives a refund which it determines in its sole discretion to be in respect of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which such
Borrower (or any Person acting on behalf of such Borrower) has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.5, then such Lender shall promptly repay such refund to such Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or
additional amounts paid, by such Borrower (or such Person acting on behalf of such Borrower) under this Section 3.5 with respect to Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all amounts paid pursuant to Section 3.5(c) and all
out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be; provided, that such Borrower, upon the request of such Lender or the Agent, agrees to return such refund (together with any penalties, interest or other charges due in
connection therewith to the appropriate taxing authority or other Governmental Authority) to such Lender or the Agent in the event such Lender or the Agent is required to pay or to return such refund to the relevant taxing authority or other
Governmental Authority. 
  
 
3.6 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity. To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending Installation with respect to its Eurodollar Loans to reduce any liability of the
Borrowers to such Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.5 or to avoid the unavailability of Eurodollar Ratable Advances under Section 3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the judgment of such Lender, disadvantageous
to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a written statement of such Lender to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5. Such written statement shall set
forth in reasonable detail the calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Borrowers in the absence of manifest error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in
connection with a Eurodollar Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its Eurodollar Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining the Eurodollar Rate or
Eurodollar Bid Rate, as the case may be, applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the written statement of any Lender (which statement shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) shall be payable within ten (10) days after receipt by the Borrowers of such written statement. The obligations of the Borrowers under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive payment of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement. 
  
 

ARTICLE IV 
  
 CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT 
  
 
4.1 Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall not become effective, and the Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Advance hereunder, unless the Borrowers have furnished to the Agent with
sufficient copies for the Lenders: 
  
 (a) Charters and Good Standing Certificates. Copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation of each Borrower, together with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing, each certified by the appropriate governmental
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required by Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT or necessary for the Agent or any Lender to verify the identity of any Borrower as required by Section 326 of
the USA PATRIOT Act, and, in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, a certificate of authority (or its equivalent) issued by the insurance department of such Borrower’s state of domicile. 
  
 (b) By-Laws and Resolutions. Copies,
certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Borrower, of its by-laws or code of regulations and of its Board of Directors’ resolutions and of resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution of the Loan Documents
to which such Borrower is a party. 
  
 (c) Incumbency Certificates. An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Borrower, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other
officers of each Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party and to make borrowings hereunder, upon which certificate the Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by
such Borrower. 
  
 (d) Closing
Certificates. A certificate, signed by the chief financial officer of each Borrower, stating that on the date hereof no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing. 
  
 (e) Opinion. A written opinion of the Borrowers’ counsel, addressed to the
Lenders in for and substance acceptable to the Agent and its counsel. 
  
 (f) Notes. Any Notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.11 payable to the order of each such requesting Lender. 
  
 (g) Termination of Existing 364-Day
Credit Agreement. All principal, interest and other amounts due under that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 20, 2003 among the Borrowers, the Lenders named therein and Bank One, NA, as Agent, and all other
documents related thereto shall have been paid in full and such agreement and all related documents shall have been terminated. 
  
 (h) Other. Such other documents as any Lender or its counsel may have reasonably requested. 
  
 
4.2 Each Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance unless on the applicable Borrowing Date: 
  
 (a) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default with respect to the applicable Borrower. 
  
 (b) The representations and warranties of
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representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct on
and as of such earlier date; provided, however, that Advances made to Nationwide Life under this Agreement for commercial paper back-up will not be subject to the truthfulness of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.5. 
  
 (c) All
legal matters incident to the making of such Advance shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel. 
  
 (d) Immediately after such Borrowing, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans will not exceed the
Aggregate Commitments. 
  
 Each Ratable Borrowing
Notice with respect to each such Ratable Advance and each Competitive Bid Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Competitive Bid Advance shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower that the conditions contained in Sections
4.2(a) and (b) have been satisfied. Any Lender may require a duly completed compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B as a condition to making an Advance. 
  
 
ARTICLE V 
  
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  
 Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that: 
  
 
5.1 Existence and Standing. 
  
 (a) In the case of Nationwide Mutual, such Borrower is a mutual insurance company duly and properly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to be authorized to conduct business could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (b)
In the case of Nationwide Life, such Borrower is an insurance company duly and properly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority to
conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to be authorized to conduct business could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (c) In the case of NFS, such Borrower is a
corporation duly and properly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business
is conducted, except where the failure to be authorized to conduct business could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

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 (d) Each of such Borrower’s Material Subsidiaries is a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or business trust duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has all requisite
authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or authorized could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
5.2 Authorization and Validity. Such Borrower has the power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution
and delivery by such Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings, and the Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. 
  
 
5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery by such Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance
with the provisions thereof will violate (a) any law, rule, regulation (including Regulations T, U and X), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) such Borrower’s or any
Subsidiary’s articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, articles or certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or other management agreement, as the case may be, or (c) the provisions of
any indenture, instrument or agreement to which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or result in, or require, the creation
or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of such Borrower or a Subsidiary of such Borrower pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order, consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in respect of any Governmental Authority, or any subdivision thereof, or any other Person (including without limitation the shareholders or policyholders, as
applicable, of any Person) which has not been obtained by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is required to be obtained by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the
borrowings under this Agreement, the payment and performance by such Borrower of the Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents. 
  
 
5.4 Financial Statements. 
  
 (a) In the case of Nationwide Mutual, the December 31, 2003 Annual Statement of Nationwide Mutual heretofore delivered to the Lenders was prepared in accordance with SAP, and such Annual Statement was prepared and
fairly presents the financial condition and operations of Nationwide Mutual as at such date and the results of its operations for the period then ended. 
  

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 (b) In the case of Nationwide Life, the December 31, 2003 Annual
Statement of Nationwide Life heretofore delivered to the Lenders was prepared in accordance with SAP, and such Annual Statement was prepared and fairly presents the financial condition and operations of Nationwide Life as at such date and the
results of its operations for the period then ended. 
  
 (c) In the case of NFS, the December 31, 2003 consolidated financial statements of NFS and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the Lenders were prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, and
such statements were prepared and fairly present the consolidated financial condition and operations of NFS and its Subsidiaries at such date and the consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended. 
  
 
5.5 Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2003, there has been no change in the business, Property, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of such Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
5.6 Taxes. Such Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all United States federal tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns
or pursuant to any assessment received by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles or SAP, as applicable, and as to which no Lien exists; provided, that for the purposes of determining compliance with this sentence, all representations and warranties made with respect to AMH and its Subsidiaries shall be made
only with respect to returns filed and taxes paid from and after the consummation of the AMH Acquisition. The United States income tax returns of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than AMH) have been audited by the Internal Revenue Service
through the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. No tax Liens have been filed and no material claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of such Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries in
respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate; provided, that for the purposes of determining compliance with this sentence, all representations and warranties made with respect to AMH and its Subsidiaries shall be made only
with respect to Liens filed and claims asserted from and after the consummation of the AMH Acquisition. For the purpose of this Section 5.6, each reference to a Borrower shall be deemed to include a reference to all predecessor entities
thereto. In the case of Nationwide Mutual, (a) for all periods ending on or prior to the consummation of the AMH Acquisition, AMH and each of its Subsidiaries paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by it,
except such taxes, if any, the nonpayment of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United Kingdom (“U.K. GAAP”), and as to which no Lien exists, (b) to the best of Nationwide Mutual’s knowledge, for all periods ending on or prior to the
consummation of the AMH Acquisition, AMH and its Subsidiaries filed all federal tax returns and all other material tax returns required to be filed by it, and (c) to the best of Nationwide Mutual’s knowledge, for all periods ending on or prior
to the consummation of the AMH Acquisition, the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of AMH and its Material Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges were adequate under U.K. GAAP. 
  

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5.7 Litigation and Contingent Obligations. There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or
affecting such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Borrower or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans. Other than any liability incident to any
litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither such Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial
statements referred to in Section 5.4. 
  
 
5.8 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.8 contains an accurate list of all Subsidiaries of such Borrower as of December 31, 2003, setting forth the percentage of their respective capital stock or other ownership
interests owned by such Borrower or other Subsidiaries of such Borrower. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to
such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. 
  
 
5.9
ERISA. No Single Employer Plan has an Unfunded Liability. Neither such Borrower nor any other member of the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any withdrawal liability to Multiemployer
Plans. Each Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan. Neither such Borrower nor any other member of the Controlled Group has (i)
withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps to do so, or (ii) taken any steps to reorganize or terminate any Plan; provided, that if any such action has been taken, it could not reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower or
any Subsidiary which would have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
5.10 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report furnished by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Agent or to any Lender in connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the
Loan Documents contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. 
  
 
5.11 Regulation U. Margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) constitutes less than 25% of the value of those assets of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge, or
other restriction hereunder. 
  
 
5.12 Material Agreements. Neither such Borrower nor any Material Subsidiary of such Borrower is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither such Borrower nor any Material Subsidiary of such Borrower is in default (beyond any applicable grace or notice period with respect thereto, if any) in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of (a) any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement to which it is a party, which default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (b) any monetary obligation under any agreement or
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5.13 Compliance With Laws. Such Borrower and its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or
agency thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property except for any failure to comply with any of the foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. 
  
 
5.14 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. With respect to Nationwide Mutual and NFS, such Borrower is not an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101 of an
employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code. With respect to Nationwide Life, such Borrower is not, as a result of the significant
participation test found in 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101(a)(2)(ii) and (f), an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan within the
meaning of Section 4975 of the Code, because less than 25% of the value of any class or type of its equity interests is, or could be deemed to be, held by benefit plan investors, as defined in 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101(f)(2). To the knowledge of
the Borrower, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of Loans hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406(a) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, that is not the subject of a prohibited
transaction class exemption, all of the conditions of which are satisfied by the Borrower. 
  
 
5.15 Environmental Matters. In the ordinary course of its business, the officers of such Borrower consider the effect of Environmental Laws on the business of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the course of
which they identify and evaluate potential risks and liabilities accruing to such Borrower due to Environmental Laws. On the basis of this consideration, such Borrower has concluded that Environmental Laws cannot reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither such Borrower nor any Subsidiary of such Borrower has received any notice to the effect that its operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of applicable Environmental Laws or are the
subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or remedial action could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Borrower. 
  
 
5.16 Investment Company Act. Such Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. 
  
 
5.17 Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither such Borrower nor any Subsidiary of such Borrower is a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, or an
“affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. 
  
 
5.18 Defaults. No Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing. 
  
 
5.19 Insurance Licenses. No License of such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower, the loss of 
  

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 which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, is the subject of a proceeding for
suspension or revocation. To such Borrower’s knowledge, there is no sustainable basis for such suspension or revocation, and no such suspension or revocation has been threatened by any Governmental Authority. 
  
 
ARTICLE VI 
  
 COVENANTS

  
 During the term of this Agreement, unless
the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each Borrower covenants and agrees that: 
  
 
6.1 Financial Reporting. Such Borrower will maintain, for itself and each Subsidiary of such Borrower, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles or SAP,
as applicable, and furnish to the Lenders: 
  
 (a) In the case of NFS, within 100 days after the close of each of its fiscal years, an unqualified audit report on Form 10K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, certified by independent certified
public accountants acceptable to the Lenders and prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles on a consolidated basis for itself and its Subsidiaries, including balance sheets as of the end of such period and related statements of
income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows, accompanied by any internal control letter prepared by said accountants. 
  
 (b) In the case of NFS, within 60 days after the close of the first three quarterly periods of each of its fiscal years,
for itself and its Subsidiaries, consolidated unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such period and consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the
end of such quarter, all certified by its chief financial officer. 
  
 (c) (i) In the case of each of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, upon the earlier of (A) thirty (30) days after the regulatory filing date or (B) one hundred (100) days after the close of
each fiscal year of such Borrower, copies of the unaudited Annual Statement of such Borrower, certified by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of such Borrower, all such statements to be prepared in accordance with SAP consistently applied
throughout the periods reflected therein and (ii) in the case of Nationwide Life, no later than each June 15, copies of such Annual Statement audited and certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized national statement.

  
 (d) In the case of Nationwide
Mutual, (i) within thirty (30) days after the regulatory filing date, copies of the unaudited Combined Annual Statement of Nationwide Mutual, certified by the chief financial officer or the treasurer of Nationwide Mutual, all such statements to be
prepared in accordance with SAP consistently applied throughout the periods reflected therein and (ii) no later than each June 15, copies of such Combined Annual Statement audited and certified by independent certified public accountants of
recognized national statement. 
  

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 (e) In the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, upon the
earlier of (i) thirty (30) days after the regulatory filing date or (ii) sixty (60) days after the close of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, copies of the unaudited Quarterly
Statement of such Borrower, certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of such Borrower, all such statements to be prepared in accordance with SAP consistently applied through the period reflected therein. 
  
 (f) Together with the financial statements
required under Sections 6.1(a), (b), (c) and (e), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B signed by its chief financial officer or treasurer showing the calculations necessary to determine
compliance with this Agreement and stating that no Default or Unmatured Default exists, or if any Default or Unmatured Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof. 
  
 (g) Promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after learning thereof, notification of
any changes after the Closing Date in the rating given by Moody’s, S&P or A.M. Best & Co. in respect of any Borrower. 
  
 (h) Within five (5) Business Days after the receipt thereof by such Borrower, any written communication from the Insurance
Department of the State of Ohio (provided that such communication is directed to such Borrower specifically with respect to a particular inquiry and not to insurance companies generally) which asserts in any material respect that such Borrower has
an unsound financial condition; 
  
 (i) Within ten (10) days after the required annual filing with the PBGC, a statement of the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer Plan, if any, certified as correct by an actuary enrolled under ERISA. 
  
 (j) As soon as possible and in any event
within 10 days after such Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, a statement, signed by the chief financial officer of such Borrower, describing said Reportable Event and the action which such Borrower
proposes to take with respect thereto. 
  
 (k) Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders (in the case of NFS) or the policyholders (in the case of Nationwide Mutual), copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so furnished. 
  
 (l) Promptly and in any event within ten
(10) days after learning thereof, notification of (i) any tax assessment, demand, notice of proposed deficiency or notice of deficiency received by such Borrower or any other Consolidated Person or (ii) the filing of any tax Lien or commencement of
any judicial proceeding by or against such Consolidated Person, if any such assessment, demand, notice, Lien or judicial proceeding (or all such assessments, demands, notices, Liens and judicial proceedings, in the aggregate) relates to tax
liabilities in excess of ten percent (10%) of (A) in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, the Statutory Surplus (determined without reduction for any reserve for liabilities) of such Borrower or (B) in the case of NFS, the Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth (determined without reduction for any reserve for liabilities) of NFS. 
  

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 (m) Such other information (including non-financial information) as the
Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request. 
  
 
6.2 Use of Proceeds. Such Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary of such Borrower to, use the proceeds of the Advances for general corporate purposes (including commercial paper back-up). Such Borrower will
not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary of such Borrower to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U). 
  
 
6.3 Notice of Default. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, give prompt notice in writing to the Lenders of the occurrence of (a) any Default or Unmatured Default, (b) any other
development, financial or otherwise, relating specifically to such Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries (and not of a general economic or political nature) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such
Borrower, (c) their receipt of any notice from any Governmental Authority of the expiration without renewal, revocation or suspension of, or the institution of any proceedings which could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation or
suspension of, any material License now or hereafter held by any Material Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower which is required to conduct insurance business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and the expiration, revocation or
suspension of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) their receipt of any notice from any Governmental Authority which could reasonably be expected to result in disciplinary proceedings against or in respect of any
Material Insurance Subsidiary, or the issuance of any order, the taking of any action or any request for an extraordinary audit for cause by any Governmental Authority which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (e) any material judicial or administrative order of which they are aware limiting or controlling the insurance business of such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of
such Borrower (and not the insurance industry generally) which has been issued or adopted and which could reasonably be expected to create a Material Adverse Effect or (f) the commencement of any litigation of which they are aware which could
reasonably be expected to create a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
6.4 Conduct of Business. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, (a) carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of
enterprise as it is presently conducted, (b) do all things reasonably necessary to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation,
partnership or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where the
failure to maintain such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) do all things necessary to renew, extend and continue in effect all Licenses which may at any time and from time to time be necessary for
such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower to operate its insurance business in compliance 
  

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 with all applicable laws and regulations except for any License the loss of which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower may withdraw from one or more states (other than its state of
domicile) as an admitted insurer if such withdrawal is determined by such Borrower’s senior management to be in the best interest of such Borrower and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided,
further, that nothing provided in this Section 6.4 shall prohibit any consolidation, merger, sale, lease or other transfer permitted under Section 6.10. Such Borrower shall not change its state of domicile or incorporation
without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 
  
 
6.5 Taxes. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, timely file complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign, state and local tax returns required by law and pay when
due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set
aside in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles or SAP, as applicable. 
  
 
6.6 Insurance. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all their Property in such amounts and covering such
risks as is consistent with sound business practice, and such Borrower will furnish to any Lender upon request full information as to the insurance carried; provided, that such Borrower and its Subsidiaries may self-insure such risks to the
extent it deems it prudent to do so. 
  
 
6.7 Compliance with Laws. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be
subject including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws, the noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
6.8 Maintenance of Properties. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Property in good repair, working order and
condition, and make all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so that its business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall
prevent such Borrower and its Subsidiaries from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its Property if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and such Borrower or such Subsidiary has concluded that such
discontinuance could not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
6.9 Inspection. Such Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit the Agent and each of the Lenders, by their respective representatives and agents, to inspect any of the Property, books and
financial records of such Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, to examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of such Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of such
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries with, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers at 
  

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 such reasonable times and intervals as the Agent or any Lender may designate. Such Borrower will keep or
cause to be kept, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep or cause to be kept, appropriate records and books of account in which complete entries are to be made reflecting its and their business and financial transactions, such entries to be made
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles or SAP, as applicable, consistently applied. 
  
 
6.10 Merger. Such Borrower will not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, except that such Borrower may merge with another Person if (a) such Borrower is the corporation surviving the merger and (b)
after giving effect to such merger, no Unmatured Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 
  
 
6.11 Sale of Assets. Such Borrower will not, directly or indirectly through one of its Subsidiaries, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of the Property of such Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other Person. 
  
 
6.12 Liens. Such Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except: 
  
 (a) Liens existing on the date hereof and
described on Schedule 6.12; 
  
 (b) any Lien on any Property securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such Property; provided, that such Lien (i) applies only to such acquired Property and (ii)
attaches to such Property concurrently with or within 90 days after the acquisition thereof; 
  
 (c) any Lien on any Property of any Person existing at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into such
Borrower or its Subsidiary; provided that such Lien (i) applies only to such acquired Property and (ii) is not created in contemplation of such merger or consolidation; 
  
 (d) any Lien existing on any Property prior to the acquisition thereof by such Borrower or
its Subsidiary; provided, that such Lien (i) applies only to such acquired Property and (ii) is not created in contemplation of such acquisition; 
  
 (e) any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien
permitted by any of the foregoing clauses of this Section 6.12; provided, that such Indebtedness is not increased and is not secured by additional Property; 
  
 (f) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’
liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days past due; 
  
 (g) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which (i) do not secure Indebtedness, (ii) do not secure any
obligation in an amount exceeding $25,000,000 and (iii) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business; 
  

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 (h) Liens on cash and cash equivalents securing Rate Management
Obligations which are incurred for bona fide hedging purposes or replication purposes and not for speculation; 
  
 (i) Liens (i) arising from judicial attachments and judgments, (ii) securing appeal bonds or supersedeas bonds, and (iii)
arising in connection with court proceedings (including, without limitation, surety bonds and letters of credit or any other instrument serving a similar purpose); provided, that (A) the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is
effectively stayed, (B) the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and (C) adequate book reserves shall have been established and maintained and shall exist with respect thereto; 

 
 (j) Liens in the nature of reservations,
exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases and other similar title exceptions or encumbrances affecting real Property; provided, that such exceptions and encumbrances do not in the
aggregate materially detract from the value of such Property or materially interfere with the use of such Property in the ordinary conduct of the business of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; 
  
 (k) Liens on Property of a Subsidiary of
such Borrower (other than a Subsidiary which is a Borrower); provided, that such Liens secure only obligations owing to such Borrower; 
  
 (l) in the case of Nationwide Mutual, Liens on securities owned by Nationwide Mutual securing its obligations under one or
more prepaid equity forward contracts; 
  
 (m) in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, Liens on securities, cash and cash equivalents granted in connection with securities lending activities or securities repurchase or reverse-repurchase activities of such Borrower and
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in compliance with all applicable laws; provided, that the aggregate amount of securities, cash and cash equivalents subject to such Liens may at no time exceed 5% of such Borrower’s
Statutory Surplus; 
  
 (n) Liens
consisting of deposits made by such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) on behalf of itself or any Insurance Subsidiary or by any Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower with the insurance regulatory authority in its
jurisdiction of formation or other statutory Liens or Liens or claims imposed or required by applicable insurance law or regulation against the assets of such Borrower or any Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower, in each case in favor of
policyholders of such Borrower or such Insurance Subsidiary and granted in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s or such Insurance Subsidiary’s business; 
  
 (o) Liens granted by Nationwide Realty Investors, Ltd. and its Subsidiaries on real property
owned thereby and the improvements thereon in connection with the development or operation of such real property and improvements; 
  

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 (p) Liens granted on assets of Subsidiaries of such Borrower (other than
a Subsidiary which is a Borrower) securing indebtedness of such Person incurred in connection with the sale or issuance of Structured Finance Securities, provided that no Borrower or Subsidiary has any recourse obligations with respect thereto;

  
 (q) in the case of Nationwide
Life, Liens securing Rate Management Obligations of Nationwide Life incurred in connection with funding agreements issued by Nationwide Life to support its Medium Term Note Program; 
  
 (r) Liens on mortgage loans and foreclosure receivables securing indebtedness of a Borrower
or its Subsidiaries under a warehousing credit facility in an aggregate principal or face amount at any date not to exceed $150,000,000; 
  
 (s) Liens created in connection with Capitalized Lease Obligations; provided, that the principal amount of the
Indebtedness secured by any and all such Liens shall not at any time exceed $200,000,000; 
  
 (t) Liens granted by Subsidiaries of such Borrower, which Subsidiaries are hedge funds or mutual funds, provided that no
Borrower or Subsidiary has any recourse obligations with respect thereto; and 
  
 (u) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section 6.12 securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal or face amount at any date not to exceed (i) in the case of
Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, 5% of such Borrower’s Statutory Surplus and (ii) in the case of NFS, 5% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of NFS. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.12, in no event shall Nationwide Mutual or its
Subsidiaries create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on the stock of NFS, and in no event shall NFS create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on the stock of Nationwide Life. 
  
 
6.13 Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of any Property or service) with, or make any payment
or transfer to, any Affiliate except in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction; provided, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.13 shall not prohibit any such Person from declaring or paying any
lawful dividend or other payment ratably in respect of all of its capital stock of the relevant class so long as, after giving effect thereto, no Default in respect of such Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing. 
  
 
6.14 ERISA Compliance. With respect to any Plan, neither such Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall or shall permit any other member of the Controlled Group to: 
  
 (a) engage in any “prohibited
transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) for which a civil penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code in excess of $5,000,000 
  

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 for all Plans in the aggregate (less amounts determined pursuant to clauses (b), (c) and
(d)) could reasonably be expected to be imposed; 
  
 (b) permit an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA) in excess of $5,000,000 for all Plans in the aggregate (less amounts determined pursuant to clauses (a), (c)
and (d)) to be incurred whether or not waived, or permit any Unfunded Liability which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
  
 (c) permit the occurrence of any Reportable Event which could reasonably be expected to result in liability (i) to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 for all Plans in the aggregate (less amounts determined pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (d)) or (ii) to any other member of the Controlled Group in an amount which could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; 
  
 (d) fail to make any contribution or payment to any Multiemployer Plan which any member of the Controlled Group may be required to make under any agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan or any law pertaining thereto which results in
or could result in a liability (i) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 for all Plans in the aggregate (less amounts determined pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c)) or (ii) of any other member of the Controlled Group which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or 
  
 (e) permit the establishment or amendment of any Plan or cause or permit any Plan to fail to comply with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, which establishment, amendment or failure
could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any member of the Controlled Group which individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
6.15 Financial Covenants. 
  
 6.15.1 Statutory Surplus of Nationwide Mutual. Nationwide Mutual will not permit its Statutory Surplus, determined as at the end of each fiscal quarter of Nationwide Mutual, to be less than $5,010,000,000.

  
 6.15.2 Statutory Surplus
of Nationwide Life. Nationwide Life will not permit its Statutory Surplus, determined as at the end of each fiscal quarter of Nationwide Life, to be less than $1,560,000,000 at any time. 
  
 6.15.3 Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of
NFS. NFS will not permit its Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, determined as at the end of each fiscal quarter of NFS, to be less than $2,285,000,000 at any time. 
  
 6.15.4 Leverage Ratio of Nationwide Mutual. Nationwide Mutual will not permit the
ratio, determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Nationwide Mutual, of (a) Indebtedness of Nationwide Mutual to (b) Total Capitalization of Nationwide Mutual, to be greater than 0.35 to 1.0. 
  

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 6.15.5 Leverage Ratio of NFS. NFS will not permit the ratio,
determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of NFS, of (a) Indebtedness of NFS and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time to (b) Total Capitalization of NFS, to be greater than 0.40 to 1.0. 
  
 
ARTICLE VII 
  
 DEFAULTS

  
 The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events with respect to any Borrower shall constitute a Default with respect to such Borrower: 
  
 
7.1 Representation or Warranty. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Agent under or in connection with this
Agreement, any Loan, or any certificate or information delivered by or on behalf of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be materially false on the date as of which made.

  
 
7.2 Non-Payment of Obligations. Nonpayment of principal of any Loan made to such Borrower when due, or nonpayment of interest upon any Loan made to such Borrower or of any Facility Fee or Utilization Fee or other
obligations of such Borrower under any of the Loan Documents within five days after the same becomes due. 
  
 
7.3 Specific Defaults. The breach by such Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of Section 6.2, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.14 or 6.15. 
  
 
7.4 Other Defaults. The breach by such Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes a Default under another Section of this Article VII) of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement which is not
remedied within twenty (20) days after written notice from the Agent or any Lender. 
  
 
7.5 Cross-Default. Failure of such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates to pay when due any Indebtedness aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 (“Material Indebtedness”); or the default by
such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates in the performance (beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any) of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement under which any such Material Indebtedness was
created or is governed, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to
its stated maturity; or any Material Indebtedness of such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated
maturity thereof; or such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates shall not pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due. 
  
 
7.6 Voluntary Proceedings. Such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates shall (a) have an order for relief entered with respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy or state insurance insolvency laws as now or
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 of creditors, (c) apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian,
trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any Substantial Portion of its Property, (d) institute any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy or state insurance insolvency laws as now or hereafter in
effect or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (e) take any corporate or partnership action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing actions set forth in
this Section 7.6 or (f) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 7.7. 
  
 
7.7 Involuntary Proceedings. Without the application, approval or consent of such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official shall be appointed for
such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates or any Substantial Portion of its Property, or a proceeding described in Section 7.6(d) shall be instituted against such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates and such appointment continues
undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days. 
  
 
7.8 Condemnation. Any court, government or governmental agency shall condemn, seize or otherwise appropriate, or take custody or control of, all or any portion of the Property of such Borrower and its Material
Affiliates which, when taken together with all other Property of such Borrower and its Material Affiliates so condemned, seized, appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the twelve-month period ending with the month in which any such
action occurs, constitutes a Substantial Portion. 
  
 
7.9 Judgments. Such Borrower or any of its Material Affiliates shall fail within 30 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge one or more (a) judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000
(or the equivalent thereof in currencies other than U.S. Dollars) in the aggregate, or (b) nonmonetary judgments or orders which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which judgment(s), in
any such case, is/are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith. 
  
 
7.10 Change in Control. Any Change in Control shall occur. 
  
 
7.11 Rate Management Obligation. Nonpayment by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Rate Management Obligation in respect of any Rate Management Transaction entered into between such Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries and any Lender or Affiliate thereof with respect to the Obligations under this Agreement when due or the breach by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any material term, provision or condition contained in any Rate
Management Transaction entered into with respect to the Obligations under this Agreement. 
  
 
7.12 License. Any License of such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower in a material jurisdiction of such Person (a) shall be
revoked by the Governmental Authority which issued such License, or any action (administrative or judicial) which could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of such License shall have been commenced against such Borrower or 

 

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 any such Material Insurance Subsidiary and shall not have been dismissed within thirty (30) days after
the commencement thereof, (b) shall be suspended by such Governmental Authority for a period in excess of thirty (30) days or (c) shall not be reissued or renewed by such Governmental Authority upon the expiration thereof following application for
such reissuance or renewal of such Borrower or such Material Insurance Subsidiary. For the purposes of this Section 7.12, “material jurisdiction” shall mean a jurisdiction in which such Borrower or Material Insurance Subsidiary
generates 10% or more of its total premiums. 
  
 
7.13 Violation of Insurance Laws. Such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary of such Borrower shall be the subject of a final non-appealable order
imposing a fine in an amount in excess of $2,000,000 in any single instance or other such orders imposing fines in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate after the Closing Date by or at the request of any state insurance regulatory agency as a result
of the violation by such Borrower or such Material Insurance Subsidiary of such state’s applicable insurance laws or the regulations promulgated in connection therewith. 
  
 
7.14 Directive or Mandate. Such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) or any Material Insurance Subsidiary shall become subject to any conservation, rehabilitation or liquidation order
(which, in the case of any Material Insurance Subsidiary, is not stayed within ten (10) days), directive or mandate issued by any Governmental Authority or such Borrower (in the case of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life) or any Material
Insurance Subsidiary shall become subject to any other directive or mandate issued by any Governmental Authority which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 
7.15 Cross-Default With Respect to Other Borrowers. The occurrence of a Default under Section 7.2, 7.6 or 7.7 with respect to any other Borrower. 
  
 
ARTICLE VIII 
  
 ACCELERATION, WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES 
  
 
8.1 Acceleration. If any Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 occurs with respect to any Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall automatically terminate and the
Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without any election or action on the part of the Agent or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, the Required Lenders (or the Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) may terminate or
suspend the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans to such Borrower hereunder, or declare the Obligations of such Borrower to be due and payable, or both, whereupon the Obligations of such Borrower shall become immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which each Borrower hereby expressly waives. 
  
 If, within 30 days after acceleration of the maturity of any or all of the Obligations or termination of the obligations of the Lenders to
make Loans to one or more of the Borrowers hereunder as a result of any Default (other than any Default as described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 with respect to any Borrower) and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the
Obligations due shall have been obtained or entered, the Required Lenders (in their sole discretion) shall so direct, the Agent shall, by notice to the affected Borrower or Borrowers, rescind and annul such acceleration and/or termination.

  

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8.2 Amendments. Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, the Required Lenders (or the Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Borrowers may enter into agreements
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or the Borrowers hereunder or waiving any Default hereunder; provided, however, that no
such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of all of the Lenders: 
  
 (a) Extend the final maturity of any Loan or forgive all or any portion of the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon. 

 
 (b) Reduce the percentage specified in
the definition of Required Lenders. 
  
 (c) Extend the Revolving Credit Termination Date (other than pursuant to Section 2.17) or the Facility Termination Date, or reduce the amount or extend the payment date for, the mandatory payments required under Section 2.1.4,
or increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender hereunder (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.5(d)), or permit the Borrowers to assign their rights under this Agreement. 
  
 (d) Amend this Section 8.2.

  
 No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to
the Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Agent. The Agent may waive payment of the fee required under Section 12.3.2 without obtaining the consent of any other party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
upon the execution and delivery of all documentation required by Section 2.5(d) to be delivered in connection with an increase of the Aggregate Commitment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended without further action by any party to reflect,
as applicable, the new Lenders and their new Commitments and any increase in the Commitment of any existing Lender. 
  
 
8.3 Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence
therein, and the making of a Loan to any Borrower notwithstanding the existence of a Default with respect to such Borrower or the inability of such Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or
acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Loan
Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.2, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the Loan Documents or by law afforded
shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have been paid in full. 
  

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ARTICLE IX 
  
 GENERAL
PROVISIONS 
  
 
9.1 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement shall survive the making of the Loans herein contemplated. 
  
 
9.2 Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to any Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition
provided by any applicable statute or regulation. 
  
 
9.3 Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents. 
  
 
9.4 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the Borrowers, the
Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof other than the fee letter described in Section 10.13. 
  
 
9.5 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement. The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to
which the Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any
right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, provided, however, that the parties hereto expressly agree that each Arranger shall enjoy the benefits of the
provisions of Sections 9.6, 9.10 and 10.11 to the extent specifically set forth therein and shall have the right to enforce such provisions on its own behalf and in its own name to the same extent as if it were a party to this
Agreement. 
  
 
9.6 Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Borrower jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Agent and the Arrangers for any reasonable costs, internal charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agent, which attorneys may be employees of the Agent) paid or incurred by the Agent or the Arrangers in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, syndication,
review, amendment, modification, and administration of the Loan Documents. Each Borrower also jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders for any costs, internal charges and out-of-pocket expenses (including
attorneys’ fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, which attorneys may be employees of the Agent, the Arrangers or the Lenders) paid or incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender in connection
with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents. Expenses being reimbursed by the Borrowers under this Section include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Reports described in the following sentence.
Each Borrower acknowledges that from time to time Bank One may prepare and may distribute to the Lenders (but shall have no obligation or duty to prepare or to distribute to the Lenders) certain audit reports (the “Reports”)
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 information furnished to it by or on behalf of such Borrower, after Bank One has exercised its rights of
inspection pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 (b) Each Borrower hereby further jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Agent, each Arranger, each Lender, their respective affiliates, and each of their directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims, damages,
penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Agent, any Arranger, any Lender or any affiliate is a party thereto) which any of them may pay or
incur arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder except to the extent that they are
determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification and except as provided in Section 3.5. The obligations of
the Borrowers under this Section 9.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 
  
 
9.7 Numbers of Documents. All statements, notices, closing documents, and requests hereunder shall be furnished to the Agent with sufficient counterparts so that the Agent may furnish one to each of the Lenders.

  
 
9.8 Accounting. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles. 
  
 
9.9 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or
invalid without affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.

  
 
9.10 Nonliability of Lenders. The relationship between the Borrowers on the one hand and the Lenders and the Agent on the other hand shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Agent, any Arranger nor
any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to any Borrower. Neither the Agent, any Arranger nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to any Borrower to review or inform such Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of such
Borrower’s business or operations. Each Borrower agrees that neither the Agent, any Arranger nor any Lender shall have liability to such Borrower (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered by the Borrower in
connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith, unless it is determined in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party from which recovery is sought. Neither the Agent, any Arranger nor any Lender shall have any
liability with respect to, and each Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue for, any special, indirect or consequential damages suffered by such Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents
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9.11 Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to hold any confidential information which it may receive from the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement in confidence, except for disclosure (a) to its Affiliates and to
other Lenders and their respective Affiliates, provided that such Persons agree to keep such information confidential to the same extent required by the Lenders hereunder, (b) to legal counsel, accountants, and other professional advisors to such
Lender or to a Transferee, (c) to regulatory officials, (d) to any Person as requested pursuant to or as required by law, regulation, or legal process, (e) to any Person in connection with any legal proceeding to which such Lender is a party and is
legally required to disclose such information, (f) of public information such Lender receives from any Borrower to its direct or indirect contractual counterparties in swap agreements or to legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors
to such counterparties, and (g) permitted by Section 12.4. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, confidential information shall not include, and each Lender (and each employee, representative or other agent of any Lender) may
disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the “tax treatment” and “tax structure” (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the transactions contemplated hereby and all
materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are or have been provided to such Lender relating to such tax treatment or tax structure; provided that with respect to any document or similar item that in either case
contains information concerning such tax treatment or tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby as well as other information, this sentence shall only apply to such portions of the document or similar item that relate to such tax
treatment or tax structure. 
  
 
9.12 Nonreliance. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) for the repayment of
the Loans provided for herein. 
  
 
9.13 Disclosure. Each Borrower and each Lender hereby acknowledge and agree that Bank One and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with any
Borrower and its Affiliates. 
  
 
9.14 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION. The following notification is provided to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318: 
  
 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT. To help
the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or entity that opens an account, including any
deposit account, treasury management account, loan, other extension of credit, or other financial services product. What this means for the Borrowers: When a Borrower opens an account, if such Borrower is an individual, the Agent and the Lenders
will ask for such Borrower’s name, residential address, tax identification number, date of birth, and other information that will allow the Agent and the Lenders to identify such Borrower, and, if such Borrower is not an individual, the Agent
and the Lenders will ask for such Borrower’s name, tax identification number, business address, and other information that will allow the Agent and the Lenders to identify such Borrower. The Agent and the Lenders may also ask, if such Borrower
is an individual, to see such Borrower’s driver’s license or other identifying documents, and, if such Borrower is not an individual, to see such Borrower’s legal organizational documents or other identifying documents. 
  

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ARTICLE X 
  
 THE AGENT

  
 
10.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship. Bank One, NA is hereby appointed by each of the Lenders as its contractual representative (herein referred to as the “Agent”) hereunder and under each
other Loan Document, and each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Agent to act as the contractual representative of such Lender with the rights and duties expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. The Agent agrees to act as
such contractual representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article X. Notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Agent,” it is expressly understood and agreed that the Agent shall not have any fiduciary
responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that the Agent is merely acting as the contractual representative of the Lenders with only those duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders’ contractual representative, the Agent (a) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (b) is a “representative” of the Lenders within the meaning of Section
9-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code and (c) is acting as an independent contractor, the rights and duties of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to assert
no claim against the Agent on any agency theory or any other theory of liability for breach of fiduciary duty, all of which claims each Lender hereby waives. 
  
 
10.2 Powers. The Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by the Loan Documents to be taken by the Agent. 
  
 
10.3 General Immunity. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrowers, any Borrower, the Lenders or any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith except to the extent such action or inaction is determined in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person. 
  
 
10.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (a) any
statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan Document or any borrowing hereunder; (b) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document, including, without
limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish information directly to each Lender; (c) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article IV, except receipt of items required to be delivered solely to the Agent; (d) the existence or
possible existence of any Default or Unmatured Default; (e) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness, sufficiency or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith; (f) the value,
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perfection or priority of any Lien in any collateral security; or (g) the financial condition of any Borrower or any guarantor of any of the Obligations or
of any Borrower’s or any such guarantor’s respective Subsidiaries. The Agent shall have no duty to disclose to the Lenders information that is not required to be furnished by any Borrower to the Agent at such time, but is voluntarily
furnished by any Borrower to the Agent (either in its capacity as Agent or in its individual capacity). 
  
 
10.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under any other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions
signed by the Required Lenders, and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary
action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take
any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any
such action. 
  
 
10.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Agent may execute any of its duties as Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be
answerable to the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. The Agent shall be entitled to advice of
counsel concerning the contractual arrangement between the Agent and the Lenders and all matters pertaining to the Agent’s duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document. 
  
 
10.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Agent, which counsel may be employees of the Agent. 
  
 
10.8 Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Agent ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, in
proportion to their Commitments immediately prior to such termination) (a) for any amounts not reimbursed by the Borrowers for which the Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents, (b) for any other expenses
incurred by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, for any expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with
any dispute between the Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders) and (c) for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever
which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby (including, without
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connection with any dispute between the Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders), or the enforcement of any of the terms of the Loan
Documents or of any such other documents, provided that (i) no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent any of the foregoing is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent and (ii) any indemnification required pursuant to Section 3.5(g) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10.8, be paid by the relevant Lender in
accordance with the provisions thereof. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 10.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement. 
  
 
10.9 Notice of Default. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default hereunder unless the Agent has received written notice from a Lender or a
Borrower referring to this Agreement describing such Default or Unmatured Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Agent receives such a notice, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Lenders. 
  
 
10.10 Rights as a Lender. In the event the Agent is a Lender, the Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan Document with respect to its Commitment and its Loans as any Lender
and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, at any time when the Agent is a Lender, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual capacity.
The Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in addition to those contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, with any Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in which such Borrower or such Subsidiary is not restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person. The Agent, in its individual capacity, is not obligated to remain a Lender. 
  
 
10.11 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and based on the financial statements prepared by the
Borrowers and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and
without reliance upon the Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents. 
  
 
10.12 Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrowers, such resignation to be effective upon the appointment of a successor Agent or, if no
successor Agent has been appointed, forty-five days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intention to resign. The Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by written notice received by the Agent from the Required Lenders, such
removal to be effective on the date specified by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers and the Lenders, a successor Agent. If no successor Agent
shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders within thirty days after the resigning Agent’s giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers and the Lenders, a successor Agent.
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without the consent of any Borrower or any Lender, appoint any of its Affiliates which is a commercial bank as a successor Agent hereunder. If the Agent has
resigned or been removed and no successor Agent has been appointed, the Lenders may perform all the duties of the Agent hereunder and the Borrowers shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations to the applicable Lender and for all other
purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No successor Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Agent shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained
earnings of at least $100,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning
or removed Agent. Upon the effectiveness of the resignation or removal of the Agent, the resigning or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents. After the effectiveness of the
resignation or removal of an Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in effect for the benefit of such Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Agent hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents. In the event that there is a successor to the Agent by merger, or the Agent assigns its duties and obligations to an Affiliate pursuant to this Section 10.12, then the term “Prime Rate” as used in this
Agreement shall mean the prime rate, base rate or other analogous rate of the new Agent. 
  
 
10.13 Agent and Arranger Fees. The Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent and the Arrangers, for their respective accounts, the fees agreed to by the Borrowers, the Agent and BOCM pursuant to that certain letter
agreement dated April 7, 2004. 
  
 
10.14 Delegation to Affiliates. The Borrowers and the Lenders agree that the Agent may delegate any of its duties under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates. Any such Affiliate (and such Affiliate’s
directors, officers, agents and employees) which performs duties in connection with this Agreement shall be entitled to the same benefits of the indemnification, waiver and other protective provisions to which the Agent is entitled under Articles
IX and X. 
  
 
10.15 Co-Agents, Documentation Agent, Syndication Agent, Managing Agent, etc. Neither any of the Lenders identified in this Agreement as a “co-agent” nor any Documentation Agent, Syndication Agent or
Managing Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a
fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to such Lenders as it makes with respect to the Agent in Section 10.11. 
  
 
ARTICLE XI 
  
 SETOFF;
RATABLE PAYMENTS 
  
 
11.1 Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if any Borrower becomes insolvent, however evidenced, or any Default occurs, any and all deposits (including
all account balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender to or for the credit or account of such Borrower may be
offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender, whether or not the Obligations, or any part thereof, shall then be due. 
  

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11.2 Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it upon its Loans (other than payments received pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5 or
payments of principal or interest on Competitive Bid Loans by any Borrower at a time when no Default is continuing with respect to such Borrower) in a greater proportion than that received by any other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly upon
demand, to purchase a portion of the Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will hold its ratable proportion of Loans. If any Lender, whether in connection with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or
otherwise, receives collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such
collateral ratably in proportion to their Loans. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made. 
  
 
ARTICLE XII 
  
 BENEFIT OF
AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS 
  
 
12.1 Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of the Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that
(a) no Borrower shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the Loan Documents and (b) any assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance with Section 12.3. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that clause (b) of
this Section 12.1 relates only to absolute assignments and does not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement and any Note to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that no such pledge or assignment creating a security interest shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder unless and until the parties thereto
have complied with the provisions of Section 12.3. The Agent may treat the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until such Person complies with Section 12.3;
provided, however, that the Agent may in its discretion (but shall not be required to) follow instructions from the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note to direct payments relating to such Loan or Note to another Person.
Any assignee of the rights to any Loan or any Note agrees by acceptance of such assignment to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any Person, who at the time of making such request or
giving such authority or consent is the owner of the rights to any Loan (whether or not a Note has been issued in evidence thereof), shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder or assignee of the rights to such Loan. 
  
 
12.2 Participations. 
  
 12.2.1. Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other entities
(“Participants”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of 
  

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such Lender under the Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations
under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the owner of its Loans and the holder of any Note issued to it
in evidence thereof for all purposes under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the Borrowers under this Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and the Borrowers and the Agent shall continue
to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents. 
  
 12.2.2. Voting Rights. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant,
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents other than any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to any Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an interest which would require consent of all of the
Lenders pursuant to the terms of Section 8.2 or of any other Loan Document. 
  
 12.2.3. Benefit of Setoff. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in Section 11.1 in respect of its participating interest
in amounts owing under the Loan Documents to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under the Loan Documents, provided that each Lender shall retain the right of setoff provided in
Section 11.1 with respect to the amount of participating interests sold to each Participant. The Lenders agree to share with each Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the right of setoff provided in Section 11.1, agrees to
share with each Lender, any amount received pursuant to the exercise of its right of setoff, such amounts to be shared in accordance with Section 11.2 as if each Participant were a Lender. 
  
 
12.3 Assignments. 
  
 12.3.1. Permitted Assignments. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time assign to one or more banks or other entities
(“Purchasers”) all or any part of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents. Such assignment shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C or in such other form as may be agreed to by the parties thereto. The
consent of the Borrowers and the Agent shall be required prior to an assignment becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that if a Default has occurred and is
continuing, the consent of the Borrowers shall not be required. Such consent of the Agent and, if applicable, the Borrowers shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each such assignment with respect to a Purchaser which is not a Lender or an
Affiliate thereof shall (unless each of the Borrowers and the Agent otherwise consents) be in an amount not less than the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 or (b) the remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment (calculated as at the date of
such assignment) or outstanding Loans (if the applicable Commitment has been terminated). 
  

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 12.3.2. Effect; Effective Date. Upon (a) delivery to the Agent of
an assignment, together with any consents required by Section 12.3.1, and (b) payment to the Agent by the Purchaser or the Lender of a $3,500 fee in respect of any assignment under this Section 12.3 for processing such assignment
(unless such fee is waived by the Agent), such assignment shall become effective on the effective date specified in such assignment. The assignment shall contain a representation by the Purchaser to the effect that none of the consideration used to
make the purchase of the Commitment and Loans under the applicable assignment agreement constitutes “plan assets” as defined under ERISA and that the rights and interests of the Purchaser in and under the Loan Documents will not be
“plan assets” under ERISA. On and after the effective date of such assignment, such Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and any other Loan Document executed by or on behalf of the Lenders and shall have all
the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto, and no further consent or action by the Borrowers, the Lenders or the Agent shall be required to release the transferor
Lender with respect to the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment and Loans assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation of any assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section 12.3.2, the transferor Lender, the Agent and the Borrowers
shall, if the transferor Lender or the Purchaser desires that its Loans be evidenced by Notes, make appropriate arrangements so that new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement Notes are issued to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as
appropriate, replacement Notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts reflecting their respective Commitments, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment. 
  
 
12.4 Dissemination of Information. Each Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a
“Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender’s possession concerning the creditworthiness of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including without limitation any information contained in
any Reports; provided that each Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees to be bound by Section 9.11 of this Agreement. 
  
 
12.5 Tax Treatment. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States or any State thereof, the transferor
Lender shall cause such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply with the provisions of Section 3.5(d). 
  
 
12.6 Designation. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Designating Lender”) may grant to one or more special purpose funding vehicles (each, an
“SPV”), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Designating Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, the option to provide to the Borrowers all or any part of any Loan that such Designating Lender would
otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan, (ii) if an SPV elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide
all or any part of such Loan, the Designating Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) the Designating Lender shall remain liable for any indemnity or other payment obligation with respect to its Commitment
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The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Designating Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such
Designating Lender. 
  
 (b) As to
any Loans or portion thereof made by it, each SPV shall have all the rights that a Lender making such Loans or portion thereof would have had under this Agreement; provided, however, that each SPV shall have granted to its Designating
Lender an irrevocable power of attorney, to deliver and receive all communications and notices under this Agreement (and any Loan Documents) and to exercise on such SPV’s behalf, all of such SPV’s voting rights under this Agreement. In the
event that any Notes have been issued to the Designated Lender hereunder, no additional Notes shall be required to evidence the Loans or portion thereof made by an SPV; and the related Designating Lender shall be deemed to hold its Notes as agent
for such SPV to the extent of the Loans or portion thereof funded by such SPV. In addition, any payments for the account of any SPV shall be paid to its Designating Lender as agent for such SPV. 
  
 (c) Each party hereto hereby agrees that no
SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or payment under this Agreement for which a Lender would otherwise be liable. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreements shall survive the termination of this Agreement)
that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPV any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. 
  
 (d) In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 12.6 or otherwise in this
Agreement, any SPV may (i) at any time and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign or participate all or a portion of its interest in any Loans to the Designating Lender or, with the prior consent of the Borrowers and the Agent (provided,
that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrowers shall not be required) to any financial institutions providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV to support the funding or maintenance of
Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loan to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancements to such SPV, provided that such
Persons agree to keep such information confidential to the same extent required by the Lenders hereunder. This Section 12.6 may not be amended without the written consent of any Designating Lender affected thereby. 
  
 
ARTICLE XIII 
  
 NOTICES 
  
 
13.1 Notices. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 2.12 with respect to borrowing notices, all notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including
electronic transmission, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party: (a) in the case of any Borrower or the Agent, at its address or facsimile number set 
  

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forth on the signature pages hereof, (b) in the case of any Lender, at its address or facsimile number set forth below its signature hereto or (c) in the
case of any party, at such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Agent and the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. Each such notice, request or
other communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the facsimile number specified in this Section and confirmation of receipt is received, (ii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is
deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered (or, in the case of electronic transmission, received) at the address specified in this Section; provided
that notices to the Agent under Article II shall not be effective until received. 
  
 
13.2 Change of Address. Any Borrower, the Agent and any Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties hereto. 
  
 
ARTICLE XIV 
  
 COUNTERPARTS 
  
 This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement shall be effective when it
has been executed by the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders and each party has notified the Agent by facsimile transmission or telephone that it has taken such action. 
  
 
ARTICLE XV 
  
 CHOICE OF
LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 
  
 
15.1 CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, 735 ILCS
SECTION 105/5-1 ET SEQ, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS. 
  
 
15.2 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING 
  

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HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL
PROCEEDING BY ANY BORROWER AGAINST THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN
A COURT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
  
 
15.3 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH BORROWER, THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR
OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent have executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Carol L. Dove

	 Title:
	 	 Vice President – Assistant Treasurer

	 	 	 One Nationwide Plaza 1-32-06
 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2220
 Attention: Carol L. Dove
 Telephone: (614) 249-6963
 FAX: (614) 249-2739

  

			
	 NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Carol L. Dove

	 Title:
	 	 Vice President – Assistant Treasurer

	 	 	 One Nationwide Plaza 1-32-06
 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2220
 Attention: Carol L. Dove
 Telephone: (614) 249-6963
 FAX: (614) 249-2739

  

			
	 NATIONWIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Carol L. Dove

	 Title:
	 	 Vice President – Assistant Treasurer

	 	 	 One Nationwide Plaza 1-32-06
 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2220
 Attention: Carol L. Dove
 Telephone: (614) 249-6963
 FAX: (614) 249-2739

  

 S-1 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 BANK ONE, NA, as Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

	 	 	 1 Bank One Plaza, Suite IL1-0085
 Chicago, Illinois 60670
 Attention: Cynthia W. Priest
 Telephone: (312) 732-9565
 FAX: (312) 732-4033

  

 S-2 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

  

			
	 CITICORP USA, INC., as Syndication Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-3 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-4 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-5 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Mary K. Young
 Vice President and Portfolio Manager

  

 S-6 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-7 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-8 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 HSBC BANK USA, as Senior Managing Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-9 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 MELLON BANK, N.A., as Senior Managing Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-10 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Senior Managing Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-11 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Managing Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-12 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as Managing Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-13 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Managing Agent and as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-14 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 FIFTH THIRD BANK (CENTRAL OHIO), as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-15 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 HARRIS NESBITT FINANCIAL, INC., as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-16 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Lawrence Palumbo, Jr.
 Vice President

  

 S-17 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 NATIONAL CITY BANK, as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-18 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

			
	 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender

		
	 By:
	 	  

		
	 Title:
	 	  

  

 S-19 
 [TO 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

 
PRICING SCHEDULE 
  

																			
	 	  	LEVEL I
STATUS

	 	 	LEVEL II
STATUS

	 	 	LEVEL III
STATUS

	 	 	LEVEL IV
STATUS

	 	 	LEVEL V
STATUS

	 	 	LEVEL VI
STATUS

	 
	 Eurodollar Rate
	  	0.200	%	 	0.240	%	 	0.305	%	 	0.400	%	 	0.475	%	 	0.550	%
	 Facility Fee Rate
	  	0.050	%	 	0.060	%	 	0.070	%	 	0.100	%	 	0.125	%	 	0.200	%
	 Utilization Fee Rate
	  	0.050	%	 	0.050	%	 	0.050	%	 	0.100	%	 	0.125	%	 	0.250	%
	 Term-Out Premium Rate
	  	0.125	%	 	0.125	%	 	0.125	%	 	0.250	%	 	0.250	%	 	0.350	%

  
 For
the purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings, subject to the final paragraph of this Schedule: 
  
 “Level I Status” exists (a) with respect to Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life, at any date if, on such date, such
Person’s Moody’s Rating is Aa2 or better or such Person’s S&P Rating is AA or better and (b) with respect to NFS, at any date if, on such date, NFS’s Moody’s Rating is A1 or better or NFS’s S&P Rating is A+ or
better. 
  
 “Level II Status”
exists with respect to any Borrower at any date if, on such date, (a) such Borrower has not qualified for Level I Status and (b) (i) with respect to Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life, such Person’s Moody’s Rating is Aa3 or better or
such Person’s S&P Rating is AA- or better and (ii) with respect to NFS, NFS’s Moody’s Rating is A2 or better or NFS’s S&P Rating is A or better. 
  
 “Level III Status” exists with respect to any Borrower at any date if, on such date, (a)
such Borrower has not qualified for Level I Status or Level II Status and (b) (i) with respect to Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life, such Person’s Moody’s Rating is A1 or better or such Person’s S&P Rating is A+ or better and
(ii) with respect to NFS, NFS’s Moody’s Rating is A3 or better or NFS’s S&P Rating is A- or better. 
  
 “Level IV Status” exists with respect to any Borrower at any date if, on such date, (a) such Borrower has not qualified
for Level I Status, Level II Status or Level III Status and (b) (i) with respect to Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life, such Person’s Moody’s Rating is A2 or better or such Person’s S&P Rating is A or better and (ii) with
respect to NFS, NFS’s Moody’s Rating is Baa1 or better or NFS’s S&P Rating is BBB+ or better. 
  
 “Level V Status” exists with respect to any Borrower at any date if, on such date, (a) such Borrower has not qualified
for Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status or Level IV Status and (b) (i) with respect to Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Life, such Person’s Moody’s Rating is A3 or better or such Person’s S&P Rating is A- or better
and (ii) with respect to NFS, NFS’s Moody’s Rating is Baa2 or better or NFS’s S&P Rating is BBB or better. 
  

 “Level VI Status” exists with respect to any Borrower at any date if, on
such date, such Borrower has not qualified for Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status, or Level V Status. 
  
 “Moody’s Rating” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, the financial
strength rating issued by Moody’s and then in effect with respect to such Person, and (b) with respect to NFS, the rating issued by Moody’s and then in effect with respect to NFS’s senior unsecured long-term debt securities without
third-party credit enhancement. 
  
 “S&P Rating” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Life, the financial strength rating issued by S&P and then in effect with respect to such Person, and (b) with respect to NFS,
the rating issued by S&P and then in effect with respect to NFS’s senior unsecured long-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement. 
  
 “Status” means either Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status, Level V Status or Level VI
Status. 
  
 The Applicable Margin and the
Applicable Facility Fee Rate with respect to each Borrower shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table based on such Borrower’s Status as determined from its then-current Moody’s and S&P Ratings. The Applicable
Utilization Fee Rate and the Applicable Term-Out Premium Rate shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table based on the Status of the Borrower which has the lowest Status (with Level I Status being the highest Status and Level VI
Status being the lowest Status) of all Borrowers to which Advances are then outstanding. 
  
 The credit rating in effect on any date for the purposes of this Schedule is that in effect at the close of business on such date. If at any time a Borrower has no Moody’s Rating or no
S&P Rating, Level VI Status shall exist. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Moody’s Rating and the S&P Rating are more than one level apart, then Status shall be based on the level which is one level above the lower of the two
levels. 
  

 
SCHEDULE I 
  
 COMMITMENTS 
  

				
	 Lender

	  	Commitment

	 Bank One, NA
	  	 	28,500,000
	 Citicorp USA, Inc.
	  	 	28,500,000
	 ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
	  	 	23,100,000
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	 	23,100,000
	 KeyBank National Association
	  	 	23,100,000
	 The Bank of New York
	  	 	23,100,000
	 Wachovia Bank, National Association
	  	 	23,100,000
	 HSBC Bank USA
	  	 	18,000,000
	 Mellon Bank, N.A.
	  	 	18,000,000
	 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
	  	 	18,000,000
	 PNC Bank, National Association
	  	 	12,000,000
	 The Huntington National Bank
	  	 	12,000,000
	 US Bank, National Association
	  	 	12,000,000
	 Fifth Third Bank (Central Ohio)
	  	 	7,500,000
	 Harris Nesbitt Financial, Inc.
	  	 	7,500,000
	 JPMorgan Chase Bank
	  	 	7,500,000
	 National City Bank
	  	 	7,500,000
	 State Street Bank and Trust Company
	  	 	7,500,000
		
	 Aggregate Commitment:
	  	$	300,000,000
	 	  	
	

  

 
SCHEDULE 5.8 
  
 SUBSIDIARIES

 (as of December 31, 2003) 
  
 [Borrowers to update] 
  

1717 Advisory Services, Inc. 
 1717 Brokerage Services, Inc. 
 1717 Capital Management Company 
 1717 Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. 
 1717 Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc. 
 The 401(k) Companies, Inc. 
 The 401(k) Company 
 401(k) Investment Advisors, Inc. 
 401(k) Investment Services, Inc. 
 Affiliate Agency of Ohio, Inc. 
 Affiliate Agency, Inc. 
 AGMC Reinsurance Ltd. 
 AID Finance Services, Inc. 
 ALLIED Document Solutions, Inc. (fka Midwest Printing Services, Inc.) 
 ALLIED General Agency
Company 
 ALLIED Group Insurance Marketing Company 
 ALLIED Group, Inc. 
 ALLIED Property and Casualty Insurance Company

 Allied Texas Agency, Inc. 
 Allnations, Inc. 
 AMCO Insurance Company 
 American Marine Underwriters, Inc. 
 Asset Management Holdings, plc 
 Audenstar Limited 
 Cal-Ag Insurance Services, Inc. 
 CalFarm Insurance Agency 
 CalFarm Insurance Company 
 Cap Pro Advisory Services, Inc. 
 Cap Pro Brokerage Services, Inc. 
 Cap Pro Holding, Inc. 
 Cap Pro Insurance Agency Services, Inc. 
 Capital Professional Advisors, Inc. 
 Clarinet Life Insurance 
 CODA Capital Management LLC 
 Colonial County Mutual Insurance Company 
 Cooperative Service Company 
 Corviant Corporation 
 Damian Securities Limited 
 Danica Life S.A. 
  

 Delfi Realty Corporation 
 Depositors Insurance Company 
 Discover Insurance Agency of Texas, LLC 
 Discover Insurance Agency, LLC 
 DVM Insurance Agency, Inc. 
 F&B, Inc. 
 Farmland Mutual Insurance Company 
 Fenplace Limited 
 Financial Horizons Distributors Agency of Alabama, Inc. 
 Financial Horizons Distributors Agency of Ohio, Inc.

 Financial Horizons Distributors Agency of Oklahoma, Inc. 
 Financial Horizons Distributors Agency of Texas, Inc. 
 Financial Horizons Securities Corporation 
 Four P Finance Company

 G.I.L. Nominees Limited 
 Gartmore 1990 Limited 
 Gartmore 1990 Trustee Limited 
 Gartmore Capital Management Limited 
 Gartmore Distribution Services, Inc. 
 Gartmore Emerging Managers, LLC 
 Gartmore Fund Managers International Limited 
 Gartmore Fund Managers Limited 
 Gartmore Global Asset Management Trust 
 Gartmore Global Asset Management, Inc. 
 Gartmore Global Investments, Inc. 
 Gartmore Global Partners 
 Gartmore Global Ventures, Inc. 
 Gartmore Indosuez UK Recovery Fund (G.P.) Limited 
 Gartmore Investment Limited 

Gartmore Investment Management plc 
 Gartmore Investment Services GmbH 
 Gartmore Investment Services Limited 
 Gartmore Investor Services, Inc. 
 Gartmore Japan Limited 
 Gartmore Morley & Associates, Inc. 
 Gartmore Morley Capital Management, Inc. 
 Gartmore Morley Financial Services, Inc. 
 Gartmore Mutual Fund Capital Trust 
 Gartmore Nominees Limited 
 Gartmore Pension Trustees Limited 
 Gartmore Riverview, LLC 
 Gartmore S.A. Capital Trust 
 Gartmore Secretaries (Jersey) Ltd. 
 Gartmore Trust Company 
 Gartmore Securities Limited 
 Gartmore U.S. Limited 
 Gates, McDonald & Company 
  

 Gates, McDonald & Company of New York, Inc. 
 Gates, McDonald & Company of Nevada 
 GatesMcDonald Health Plus Inc. 
 GGI Management LLC 
 Institutional Concepts, Inc. 
 Insurance Intermediaries, Inc. 
 Landmark Financial Services of New York, Inc. 
 Lone Star General Agency, Inc. 
 Market Street Fund 
 Market Street Investment Management Company 
 MedProSolutions, Inc. 
 National Casualty Company 
 National Deferred Compensation, Inc. 
 Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Company 
 Nationwide Affinity Insurance Company of America 
 Nationwide Affordable Housing, LLC

 Nationwide Agency, Inc. 
 Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company 
 Nationwide Arena, LLC 
 Nationwide Asset Management Holdings, Ltd. 
 Nationwide Assurance Company 
 Nationwide Capital Mortgage, LLC 
 Nationwide Cash Management Company 
 Nationwide Community Development Corporation, LLC 
 Nationwide Corporation 
 Nationwide Financial Assignment Company 
 Nationwide Financial Institution Distributors Agency, Inc. 
 Nationwide Financial Institution
Distributors Agency, Inc. of New Mexico 
 Nationwide Financial Institution Distributors Insurance Agency, Inc. of
Massachusetts 
 Nationwide Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd. 
 Nationwide Financial Services Capital Trust 
 Nationwide Financial Services Capital Trust II 
 Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

 Nationwide Financial Sp. z o.o 
 Nationwide Foundation 
 Nationwide General Insurance Company

 Nationwide Global Finance, LLC 
 Nationwide Global Funds 
 Nationwide Global Holdings, Inc. 

Nationwide Global Holdings, Inc.- Luxembourg Branch 
 Nationwide Global Holdings-NGH Brazil Participacoes, LTDA 
 Nationwide
Global Japan, Inc. 
 Nationwide Global Limited 
 Nationwide Health Plans, Inc. 
 Nationwide Home Mortgage Distributors,
Inc. 
 Nationwide Indemnity Company 
 Nationwide Insurance Company of America 
  

 Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida 
 Nationwide Insurance Sales Company, LLC 
 Nationwide International Underwriters 
 Nationwide Investment Services Corporation

 Nationwide Life and Annuity Company of America 
 Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company 
 Nationwide Life
Assurance Company, Ltd. 
 Nationwide Life Insurance Company 
 Nationwide Life Insurance Company of America, Inc. 
 Nationwide Life Insurance Company of Delaware 
 Nationwide Lloyds

 Nationwide Management Systems, Inc. 
 Nationwide Martíma Vida Previdência S.A. 
 Nationwide
Mortgage Holdings, Inc. 
 Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company 
 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company 
 Nationwide Properties, Ltd. 
 Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company 

Nationwide Provident Distributors, Inc. 
 Nationwide Provident Holding Company 
 Nationwide Realty Investors, Ltd.1 
 Nationwide Retirement Plan Services, Inc. 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Alabama 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Arizona 
 Nationwide
Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Arkansas 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Montana 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Nevada 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of New Mexico 
 Nationwide
Retirements Solutions, Inc. of Ohio 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Oklahoma 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of South Dakota 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc. of Texas 
 Nationwide Retirement
Solutions, Inc. of Wyoming 
 Nationwide Retirement Solutions Insurance Agency, Inc. 
 Nationwide Securities, Inc. 
 Nationwide Services Company, LLC 
 Nationwide Services Sp. z o.o. 
 Nationwide Strategic Investment Fund, LLC 
 Nationwide Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen na Zycie S.A. 

	 1
	 Nationwide Realty Investors, Ltd. (“NRI”) has, directly or indirectly, a majority interest in a number of entities that are not listed
herein (“NRI Subsidiaries”) despite the fact that each of said NRI Subsidiaries would be considered a “Subsidiary” pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.The NRI Subsidiaries are formed in the ordinary course of NRI’s
business primarily for ownership of, investments in, or development of real estate. A complete list of the NRI Subsidiaries is available upon request. 

  

 Nationwide Trust Company, FSB 
 Nationwide UK Asset Management Holdings, Ltd. 
 Nationwide UK Holding Company, Ltd. 
 NCC of America, Ltd. (Inactive)

 Newhouse Capital Partners, LLC 
 Newhouse Special Situations Fund I, LLC 
 NFS Distributors, Inc.

 NFSB Investments Ltd. 
 NGH Luxembourg, S.A. 
 NGH Netherlands, B.V. 
 NGH UK, Ltd. 
 NorthPointe Capital, LLC 
 PanEuroLife 
 Pension Associates, Inc. 
 PNAM, Inc. 
 Premier Agency, Inc. 
 Provestco, Inc. 
 RCMD Financial Services, Inc. 
 Retention Alternatives, Ltd. 
 RF Advisers, Inc. 
 Riverview Agency, Inc. 
 Riverview International Group, Inc. 
 SBSC Ltd (Thailand) 
 Scottsdale Indemnity Company 
 Scottsdale Insurance Company 
 Scottsdale Surplus Lines Insurance Company 
 Siam Ar-Na-Khet Company Limited 
 Software Development Corp. 
 TBG Insurance Services Corporation 
 Vertboise, SA 
 Veterinary Pet Insurance Company 
 Veterinary Pet Services, Inc. 
 Villanova Securities, LLC 
 VPI Services, Inc. 
 Washington Square Administrative Services, Inc. 
 Western Heritage Insurance Company 
  

 
SCHEDULE 6.12 
  
 LIENS

  
 NATIONWIDE ADVANTAGE MORTGAGE COMPANY 
 SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING DEBT – SCHEDULE 6.12 
 AS OF MAY, 2004 
  
 [to be provided by
Borrowers]

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