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Exhibit 10.3

 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT

“THE REAL HIP-HOP NETWORK”

 

DIRECTV, INC.

and

“REAL HIP-HOP NETWORK BROADCAST, CORP.”

 

 

 

  

 

  

EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT, made as of May 8, 2013, by and between “REAL HIP-HOP NETWORK BROADCAST CORPORATION”, a Delaware Corporation] (“Programmer”), and DIRECTV, INC., a California corporation (“Affiliate”).

WHEREAS:

A.           Affiliate has established a direct to home (“DTH”) satellite-based television system in North America; and

B.           Programmer desires to purchase time on the DIRECTV Distribution System (as defined in Section 1.2.2 below) for the distribution of “The Real Hip-Hop Network” the “Service,” as defined in Section 1.3.1 below).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.           Term; Grant of Rights.

1.1           Term; Extension; Service Commencement Date. The term of this Agreement shall be for the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the first anniversary of the Service Commencement Date (the “Term”). Affiliate shall have the option to extend the Agreement for one (1) additional year upon notice to Programmer at least sixty (60) days prior to the scheduled expiration of the Term (and the “Term” shall be deemed to include any such extension period). The “Service Commencement Date” means the date on which Affiliate commences distribution of the Service via the DIRECTV Distribution System for revenue-generating purposes, which date shall be on or about December 1, 2013

1.2           Distribution; Certain Definitions.

 

1.2.1           Distribution Rights. Programmer hereby grants to Affiliate the non-exclusive right to distribute the Service in the United States, its territories and possessions (the “Territory”) via the DIRECTV Distribution System to DIRECTV Subscribers (as defined in Section 1.2.2 below) during the Term hereof.

 

1.2.2           Certain Definitions. The term “DIRECTV Distribution System” shall mean the distribution system for video and other programming services whereby the programming satellite signal or feed is received from Programmer’s delivery source by a DIRECTV turnaround earth-station facility which compresses and processes the signal or feed and then uplinks it to a DTH communications satellite (a “DTH Satellite”) for transmission to DIRECTV Subscribers. The DIRECTV Distribution System also shall include any other method of distribution that Affiliate currently and/or subsequently uses to deliver the Service feed to DIRECTV Subscribers, including, without limitation, MMDS, broadband, Internet, Internet protocol, fiber optic, twisted pairs and coaxial cable, provided that in connection with such delivery methods, Affiliate complies with the following: (i) the end users to whom Affiliate distributes the Service are DIRECTV Subscribers, (ii) such delivery is made via a secure distribution path to such DIRECTV Subscribers and expressly

  

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excludes any open distribution to the general public, and (iii) any change to Affiliate’s current delivery system does not require material costs by Programmer, in which case Programmer shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement (unless Affiliate agrees to promptly reimburse Programmer for the material incremental delivery costs). “DIRECTV Subscribers” shall mean those customers (both residential and non-residential) authorized by Affiliate to receive service via the DIRECTV Distribution System.

1.3           The Service.

1.3.1           The “Service” shall mean and consist of the national feed (or, if Programmer uses multiple feeds for the Service, such other of such multiple feeds designated by Affiliate) of the programming service currently known as the “Real Hip-Hop Network” and/or “RHN”, which shall consist exclusively of the type of programming described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto, presented on a 24-hour per day, 7 days a week schedule. No other types of programming, including but not limited to, religious programming, and children’s programming, shall be permitted. At all times the programming on the Service shall meet the description set forth at Exhibit A hereto and, in no event, shall the Service contain (i) any sexual dialogue or situations, nudity, profanity, violence, obscene gestures or similarly objectionable material (i.e., it shall be suitable for a general audience), (ii) any crawls or other mentions disparaging DIRECTV or its Affiliated Companies, or (iii) via Infomercials or other Service programming, the sale of products competitive to the DIRECTV service. Affiliate shall determine the channel position in its sole discretion (or such channel position as determined by Affiliate from time to time, however, Affiliate shall give Programmer at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any such channel position change).

1.3.2           All rights and title in and to the entire contents of the Service, including, but not limited to, films and recordings thereof, title or titles, names, trademarks, concepts, stories, plots, incidents, ideas, formulas, formats, general content and any other literary, musical, artistic, or other creative material included therein shall, as between Programmer and Affiliate, remain vested in Programmer.

1.3.3           Affiliate is authorized to distribute the Service using satellite master antenna television system (or similar terrestrial-based transmission infrastructures) (“SMATV”) operators (including telephone companies and similar service providers) that serve multiple dwelling locations, master planned communities, multiple dwelling unit buildings or complexes or commercial or business establishments with multiple television viewing sites via such SMATV systems directly to end users within such buildings or establishments.

 

 

1.3.4           Programmer shall not propose or impose upon Affiliate, nor shall Affiliate be obligated to pay, any surcharge or other cost for receipt and distribution of the Service.

1.4           Other Distribution Obligations. In addition, the parties agree as follows:

1.4.1            Subject to Programmer’s obligations hereunder and Affiliate’s rights under Section 16, Affiliate shall distribute the Service as transmitted by Programmer, in its entirety, in the order and at the time transmitted by Programmer without any intentional and willful editing, delays, alterations, interruptions, deletions or additions (collectively, the “Alterations”) excepting: (i) Affiliate’s electronic guides (including without limitation, any mosaic or similar guides), (ii) news bulletins and other public announcements as may be required by emergencies or applicable law; and

  

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(iii) a DIRECTV Subscriber’s use of equipment, programming or other data supplied by Affiliate or any third party to make Alterations to the signal as viewed on a monitor/television screen. Programmer acknowledges that the DIRECTV Distribution System requires and applies digital compression and encryption processes prior to transmission and decryption and decompression processes upon reception and agrees that such processing does not constitute an alteration and/or other modification of the Service.

1.4.2           Programmer shall, at its sole expense, deliver the feed of the Service from a U.S. domestic communications satellite commonly used for transmission of television programming in the Territory (the “Delivery Source”) to each of Affiliate’s uplink and broadcast facilities currently located in Los Angeles, California (the “Broadcast Center”). In connection with the foregoing, Programmer shall, at its sole cost and expense, provide Affiliate with two receivers and decoders for the Service for each of the Broadcast Centers. Affiliate shall be responsible for all costs of signal delivery from Affiliate’s headend to DIRECTV Subscribers. In the event Programmer seeks to change the primary delivery mechanism from which the Service is delivered at any time during the Term, Programmer shall provide Affiliate with not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days’ prior written notice of such proposed change and, in the event Affiliate approves such change, Programmer shall provide Affiliate with the necessary equipment for both Broadcast Centers required to receive the Service, via the new delivery method. The delivery of all feeds hereunder shall be pursuant to the technical specifications set forth at Exhibit “B” hereto (as such Exhibit may be amended by Affiliate from time to time).

1.4.3           Programmer and Affiliate shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to maintain for the Service a high quality of signal transmission in accordance with their respective technical standards and procedures. Programmer agrees to include closed-captioning of the audio portion of the Service as delivered by Programmer to Affiliate in a manner sufficient to allow Affiliate to comply with any closed-captioning obligations as may be imposed upon Affiliate or Programmer by the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) or other governmental body during the Term, as modified from time to time, and Programmer shall provide Affiliate certificates of compliance in connection with the above obligations on a quarterly basis during the Term. Other than as required pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Affiliate shall have no liability in connection with Programmer’s failure to prepare, insert or include closed-captioning in the Service as required by this Section 1.4.3. Accordingly Programmer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Affiliate, as provided in Section 8 hereof, against and from any and all losses, liabilities, claims, costs (including without limitation, any costs of preparing and including closed-captioning and/or video description in the Service), damages and expenses, including without limitation, fines, forfeitures, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and court or administrative costs, arising out of Programmer’s breach of this Section 1.4.3.

1.5           Program Guide. During the Term, Programmer, at its sole cost and expense, shall provide the daily programming schedule for the Service to Tribune Media Service (or such other service designated by Affiliate) in order that Affiliate may access the program schedule for purposes of the on-screen program guide. Affiliate shall, at its expense, include the Service in its electronic program guide under the listing “RHN”.

1.6           On-Screen Logos. It is understood and agreed that Affiliate may superimpose a logo or “bug” in a corner of the screen identifying Affiliate over the programming of the Service; provided, however, that (i) Affiliate’s bug shall appear only intermittently during any portion of the Service, (ii) Affiliate shall not delete the Service’s own promotion bug or its on-screen graphics, and

  

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(iii) the Service will be treated in a nondiscriminatory manner vis-à-vis other comparable programming services.

1.7           Must Carry Waivers. Programmer represents and warrants that it does not provide on a weekly basis, either directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more Service programming to any full power local broadcast stations licensed in any “designated market areas” (defined in 17 U.S.C. §122(j)(2)(C)) (“DMA”) served by the DIRECTV Distribution System. If, at any time during the Term Programmer does provide fifty percent (50%) or more Service programming to any such station, Programmer shall obtain an agreement from the owner and operators of such station (each, an “Station”), whereby said owner and operators (including Programmer, if applicable) shall agree not to assert, exercise, elect or seek in any fashion to enforce any and all rights arising from or under the Must Carry Rights (as defined below) for their respective Station during the Term of this Agreement, and said agreement shall be in the form and substance provided by Affiliate (the “Must Carry Waiver”). For purposes of this Agreement, “Must Carry Rights” means the statutory provisions of 47 U.S.C. § 338 and 17 U.S.C. §§ 122 and 501, as amended; the regulations adopted by the FCC implementing these statutory provisions, currently codified at 47 C.F.R. 76.66 et seq., as those regulations may be amended from time to time; and the requirements of applicable decisions of the FCC or federal courts interpreting such statutory provisions or regulations.

1.8           Liquidated Damages. Affiliate and Programmer agree that, in the event of a breach of Section 1.7 above (i.e., assertion or enforcement of the Must Carry Rights for any Station), then in addition to Affiliate’s other rights and remedies pursuant to this Agreement, at law or equity, Programmer shall pay to Affiliate the sum of $400,000 annually as liquidated damages for each Station that is the subject of such breach. Programmer recognizes and agrees that this sum is a reasonable assessment of the damagers that will follow from the improper assertion of enforcement of the Must Carry Rights.

1.9           Preemptions. The parties agree that Affiliate may preempt the Service due to Affiliate’s coverage of live or taped sporting or entertainment events; provided, however, that in such event the Fee will be credited based on the number of hours the Service is preempted pursuant to the Rate Equivalent Chart at Exhibit “D” hereto. Affiliate will provide Programmer with as much advance notice as possible for any such preemptions.

1.10           Technical and Customer Support. Programmer shall provide live master control and customer service support for the Service on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis throughout the Term.

2.           Payments.

2.1           Payments. Programmer shall pay to Affiliate the net rates per week set forth at Exhibit “C” hereto (the “Fee”) as consideration for Affiliate’s distribution of the Service. Payment of the applicable Fee shall be made by Programmer every two (2) weeks during the Term on a strict two (2) week cash in advance basis, with payments due to Affiliate by the close of business on the Monday two weeks prior to the Monday that is the “week of air” date. DIRECTV shall submit a summary of payments due to Programmer by the Thursday prior to the Payment Due Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Programmer acknowledges and agrees that during any period of time for which the Fee has not been paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.1, DIRECTV shall have no obligation to distribute the Service and Affiliate may

  

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discontinue distribution of the Service immediately and without notice. Affiliate’s discontinuation of distribution of the Service as provided for above shall be without prejudice to Affiliate’s right to seek termination of this Agreement as provided for elsewhere in this Agreement.

2.2           Non-Refundable Deposit. Programmer acknowledges and agrees upon execution of this Agreement, Affiliate will incur certain costs and expenses in order to reserve space on its system to launch Service (including, without limitation, lost fees for foregoing to release such space to other providers of content). As such, Programmers agrees to a one time non-refundable deposit to Affiliate in the amount of [XXXX] (the “Deposit”) concurrently with the execution of this Agreement. Programmer and Affiliate acknowledge and agree The Deposit shall be non-refundable; provided however, that (i) in the event there is no material breach by Programmer under this Agreement during the term, the Deposit shall be applied against Programmer’s last payment due under this Agreement or (ii) in the event of a material breach of this agreement by Programmer at any time during the Term (including, without limitation, Programmer’s failure to comply with strict 2 week cash in advance payment provision outlined under Section 2.1 above and/or Programmer’s failure to launch the service Commencement Date in accordance with terms of this agreement), the Deposit shall be forfeited by Programmer at the time of such breach of this agreement by Programmer shall in no way limit any other rights or remedies available to affiliate, at law or otherwise, under this agreement.

2.3           Late or Non-Payments. In addition to any other rights and remedies available to Affiliate under this Agreement (and not in lieu thereof), any amounts that are not paid by Programmer after the date payment is due pursuant to Section 2.1 shall accrue interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month or at the highest lawful rate, whichever shall be the lesser, from the date such amounts were due until they are paid. Programmer shall be liable for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable court costs and attorneys’ fees) incurred by Affiliate in collecting any past due payments.

2.4           Most Favored Nation.

2.4.1           Programmer agrees that if, at any time during the Term (or any portion thereof), Programmer allows (including, without limitation, by way of agreements that Programmer previously entered into) any other distributor to distribute the Service (or any successors thereto or variations thereof) in the Territory or in any portion thereof via any means of television distribution (including satellite, cable, broadcast or telco) (“Other Distributor”) at a net weekly rate that is higher than the net weekly rate paid to Affiliate hereunder (“Favored Fees”), then Programmer shall promptly notify Affiliate in writing of such Favored Fees and Affiliate shall be immediately entitled to incorporate into this Agreement the Favored Fees effective as of the first day on which Programmer first allows such Other Distributor to distribute the Service in exchange for the Favored Fees. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall require Affiliate to incorporate the Favored Fees into this Agreement.

2.4.2           At Affiliate’s election, Programmer shall (i) permit Affiliate’s independent representatives, which shall have first entered into a reasonable and customary nondisclosure agreement with Programmer, to review, during the Term (no more than once each calendar year) and for one (1) year and on a one-time basis only thereafter, such Programmer records as required for the sole purpose of verifying Programmer’s compliance with the terms of Section 2.4.1, at reasonable times, upon reasonable advance written notice and during normal business hours at Programmer’s offices, or (ii) provide to Affiliate an annual statement, certified by Programmer’s

 

"Portions herein identified by [XXXX] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission"

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chief financial officer, certifying compliance with the provisions of Section 2.4.1. Such review shall be at Affiliate’s sole cost and expense, unless such review reveals an underpayment to Affiliate of more than five percent (5%), in which case, Programmer shall promptly reimburse Affiliate for the reasonable cost of such audit and shall promptly make payment of any monies due and owing, provided Programmer does not have a bona fide dispute with the audit findings. The information derived from and the process of such review shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of Section 15, and any third party auditor shall be required to acknowledge in writing its agreement to such confidentiality provisions.

3.           Intentionally Omitted.

4.           Packaging and Marketing.

4.1           Packaging. Affiliate shall determine the packaging of the Service in its sole discretion; provided that, at a minimum, Affiliate shall distribute the Service in its most highly penetrated package of programming services, which is currently “Total Choice.”

4.2           Programmer’s Sales and Marketing Materials. Programmer shall provide Affiliate, upon Affiliate’s request, with promotional and marketing advice for purposes of Affiliate’s marketing of the Service. Programmer shall promptly provide Affiliate, upon the same terms as provided to any Other Distributor, with any and all promotional, marketing or other related or similar materials of (or related to) the Service which it produces or provides to such Other Distributor. Programmer shall promote Affiliate’s carriage of the Service at least as favorably as it promotes the carriage of the Service by an Other Distributor (including, without limitation, the frequency, prominence and calling by specific name).

5.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

5.1           By Affiliate. Affiliate warrants, represents and covenants to Programmer that it:

5.1.1           is in compliance with and will comply with all material Laws (as defined below) with respect to its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, all relevant provisions of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (as may be amended and any successor, replacement or similar Law or statute) and any and all regulations issued pursuant thereto. As used herein, “Law” shall mean any FCC and any other governmental (whether international, federal, state, municipal or otherwise) statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, directive and order, including without limitation, any court order;

5.1.2           has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to fully perform its obligations hereunder and, once executed, this Agreement shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Affiliate enforceable in accordance with its terms;

5.1.3           shall distribute the Service in the Territory in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

5.1.4           shall not, without Programmer’s consent, knowingly authorize or cause or knowingly permit any portion of the Service to be recorded, duplicated, cablecast, exhibited or otherwise used (except on a videocassette recorder or other home or personal taping device for

  

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private, noncommercial use) for any purpose other than for distribution by Affiliate at the time the same is made available;

5.1.5           shall not, without Programmer’s prior written approval, use the names, titles or logos of the Service or any of its programs, or the names, voices, photographs, likenesses or biographies of any individual participant or performer in, or contributor to, any program or any variations thereof, for any purpose other than in material intended to advise DIRECTV Subscribers or potential DIRECTV Subscribers of the availability and scheduling of the Service or as a channel identifier. The restrictions set forth in this Section 5.1.5 shall apply only to the extent they are applied by Programmer uniformly with respect to all of its distributors of the Service, and shall not apply if Affiliate has received a valid authorization from a third party for any of the uses described in this Section 5.1.5; and

5.1.6           has obtained, and shall maintain in full force during the Term hereof, such international, federal, state and local authorizations as are material and necessary to operate the business it is conducting in connection with its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

5.2           By Programmer. Programmer warrants, represents and covenants to Affiliate that:

5.2.1           it is in compliance with and will comply with all material Laws with respect to its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, all relevant provisions of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (as such Law may be amended and any successor, replacement or similar Law or statute) and any and all regulations issued pursuant thereto;

5.2.2           it has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to fully perform its obligations hereunder and once executed this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding agreement of Programmer enforceable in accordance with its terms;

5.2.3           the general quality and quantity of programming on the Service shall not materially change from that existing as of the date of this Agreement, and the genre of programming shall not materially change from that described in Section 1.3.1 and existing on the date of this Agreement;

5.2.4           it has obtained, and shall maintain in full force during the Term hereof, such federal, state and local authorizations as are material and necessary to operate the business it is conducting in connection with its rights and obligations under this Agreement;

5.2.5           it has secured and shall maintain in full force during the Term hereof all rights necessary for Affiliate to use and enjoy its rights in connection with its distribution of the Service, including, without limitation, obtaining all necessary trademarks, copyrights, licenses and any and all other proprietary intellectual property and other use rights necessary in connection with, and for Affiliate’s distribution of, the Service and to perform its obligations hereunder and grant the rights granted pursuant to Section 1;

5.2.6           it shall not, without Affiliate’s prior written approval, use the name or logo for “DIRECTV” or any other works owned or controlled by Affiliate (and its Affiliated Companies); provided that, without Affiliate’s prior approval, Programmer shall be permitted to list

  

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Affiliate’s name in materials distributed to clients, advertisers and programmers identifying the sources of distribution of the Service;

5.2.7           as of the date hereof, the programming on the Service consists of and during the Term hereof such programming shall consist of, that programming described in Section 1.3.1 (including Exhibits A and B);

5.2.8           there are no (and it covenants that it shall not, during the Term, enter into directly or indirectly, allow or otherwise permit any) affiliation, distribution or any other agreements, whether written or oral, granting to distributors and/or any other third party, person or entity any form or type of exclusive or other rights that would limit or restrict in any way Affiliate’s rights as granted herein to distribute the Service in the Territory;

5.2.9           Programmer is in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to the distribution of the Service (including without limitation, all applicable provisions of the Children’s Television Act of 1990 and the closed captioning requirements as set out in FCC regulations under 47 C.F.R.§79.1), with which the failure to comply would result in a material adverse effect on Affiliate; and

5.2.10                      it is in compliance with and will comply with the most favored nations provision set forth in Section 2.4 hereof.

6.           Termination.

6.1           Termination for Breach, Bankruptcy; Discontinuance of Business. Without limiting any other rights or remedies available to the applicable party under this Agreement, in equity, at law or otherwise, this Agreement may be terminated by either party, (the “Affected Party”), in its discretion, at any time after any of the following occurrences, except as provided in this Agreement, with respect to the other party (the “Other Party”):

6.1.1           any breach of any material representation, warranty or covenant made herein or the failure by the Other Party, its successors or assigns to perform any material obligation hereunder which is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice thereof from the Affected Party; provided, however, that Programmer shall not be entitled to a cure period for a failure by Programmer to timely pay to Affiliate the Fee due under Section 2 of this Agreement;

6.1.2           the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization by or against the Other Party under any bankruptcy act; the assignment by the Other Party for the benefit of its creditors, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian for all or a substantial part of the Other Party’s property, and the order of appointment is not vacated within thirty (30) days; or the assignment or encumbrance by the Other Party of this Agreement contrary to the terms hereof; or

6.1.3           if Affiliate discontinues operation of the DIRECTV Distribution System, or Programmer discontinues operation and distribution of the Service. Neither party shall have any further liability to the other, other than as set forth in Section 6.5 below, for the discontinuance of the DIRECTV Distribution System or the Service, as the case may be; provided that such discontinuance is not in connection with, and does not arise from, Affiliate’s or Programmer’s breach of this Agreement.

  

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6.2           Termination by Affiliate. Without limiting any other rights or remedies available to it under this Agreement, in equity, at law, or otherwise, Affiliate may terminate this Agreement:

6.2.1           at any time that Programmer is not in compliance with the strict two-week cash in advance payment obligation pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof;

6.2.2           in the event of a Programmer Transfer (as defined below) other than (i) with Affiliate’s prior written consent, (ii) as the result of a merger into or sale or transfer directly or indirectly to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Programmer, (iii) or a transfer of a percentage of the assets or stock ownership of Programmer or the Service where Programmer retains ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the assets or stock thereof. “Programmer Transfer” shall mean a change in the ownership of Programmer (or the parent of Programmer) or any assignment, conveyance, exclusive license, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or business of Programmer (or the parent of Programmer), whether by operation of law or otherwise, the result of which is that a new entity, person or group of persons, directly or indirectly, has the ability (x) to elect or control the votes of the majority of the board of directors or other governing body of Programmer (or the parent of Programmer), (y) to control more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests of Programmer (or the parent of Programmer), or (z) to direct or cause the direction of the general management and policies of the Service or Programmer (or the parent of Programmer); or

6.2.3           at any time, upon at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Programmer.

6.3           Intentionally Omitted.

6.4           Force Majeure. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, neither Programmer nor Affiliate shall have any liability to the other or any other person or entity with respect to any failure of Programmer or Affiliate, as the case may be, to transmit or distribute the Service or perform its obligations hereunder if such failure is due to the DTH Satellite(s) or transponders on such satellites (as applicable) or of the DIRECTV Distribution System (in which case, Affiliate shall be excused from its distribution obligations under this Agreement), or of any scrambling/descrambling equipment or any other equipment owned or maintained by others (including, without limitation, Affiliate’s automated billing and authorization system), any failure at the origination and uplinking center used by Programmer or Affiliate, any labor dispute, fire, flood, riot, legal enactment, government regulation, Act of God, or any cause beyond the reasonable control of Programmer or Affiliate, as the case may be (a “Force Majeure”), and such non-performance shall be excused for the period of time such failure(s) causes such non-performance; provided, however, that if either party determines in its sole discretion that it is commercially or technically unfeasible to cure a Force Majeure with respect to the DIRECTV Distribution System and so notifies the other party, then either party may terminate this Agreement effective upon written notice to the other party. The parties acknowledge and agree that although the Services may at any given time be uplinked to only one of several DTH Satellites, failure or degradation in any of such DTH Satellites may require Affiliate to reduce the number of programming services available for allocation among all of the DTH Satellites, with such reduction including, without limitation, curtailment or termination of the distribution of the Service by Affiliate, at Affiliate’s sole discretion. Accordingly, Programmer further acknowledges and agrees that the provisions set forth in the first sentence of this

  

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Section 6.4 shall apply and shall exculpate Affiliate and excuse the performance of Affiliate hereunder in the event of a failure or degradation of any of the DTH Satellites or the transponders on any such satellites, regardless of whether the satellite to which the Service is uplinked at the time of such failure or degradation is itself the subject of such failure or degradation, in which case Programmer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in whole only at Programmer’s sole discretion. In addition, Programmer shall receive a Fee credit for any periods that Affiliate is unable to perform this Agreement due to a Force Majeure.

6.5           Survival. Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6 shall not relieve either party of any of its liabilities or obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation those set forth below in Section 8, which shall have accrued on or prior to the date of such termination.

7.           Separate Entities. No officer, employee, agent, servant or independent contractor of either party hereto or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates shall at any time be deemed to be an employee, servant or agent of the other party for any purpose whatsoever, and the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any such misrepresentation. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any joint venture, partnership or principal-agent relationship between Programmer and Affiliate, and neither shall hold itself out in its advertising or in any other manner which would indicate any such relationship with the other.

8.           Indemnification; Limitation of Liability.

8.1           By Programmer. Programmer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of Affiliate, its Affiliated Companies (as defined below), Affiliate’s contractors, subcontractors and authorized distributors and the directors, officers, employees and agents of Affiliate, such Affiliated Companies and such contractors, subcontractors and distributors (collectively, the “Affiliate Indemnitees”) from, against and with respect to any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and expert’s fees) incurred in connection with any claim against any of the Affiliate Indemnitees arising out of (i) Programmer’s breach or alleged breach of any provision of this Agreement, (ii) material or programming supplied by Programmer pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) the distribution or cablecast of any programming on the Service that violates or requires payment for use or performance of any copyright, right of privacy or literary, music performance, dramatic or other intellectual property right, or that violates any Law or that infringes upon the rights of any third party, (iv) Programmer’s advertising and marketing of the Service, (v) any other materials, including advertising or promotional copy, supplied or permitted by Programmer, (vi) any false or misleading statements or representations contained in any programming on the Service, (vii) any failure of Programmer or its clients to deliver any advertised product or service, and/or (viii) any product liability. In addition, Programmer shall pay and hold the Affiliate Indemnitees harmless from any international, federal, state, or local taxes or fees which are based upon revenues derived by, or the operations of, Programmer. As used in this Section 8, “Affiliated Company(ies)” shall mean, with respect to any person or entity, any other person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control (i.e., the power to direct affairs by reason of ownership of voting stock, by contract or otherwise) with such person or entity and any member, director, officer or employee of such person or entity.

8.2           By Affiliate. Affiliate shall indemnify and hold harmless each of Programmer, its Affiliated Companies, Programmer’s contractors, subcontractors and authorized distributors, each supplier to Programmer of any portion of the Service hereunder and each

  

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participant therein and the directors, officers, employees and agents of Programmer, such Affiliated Companies, such contractors, subcontractors and distributors and such suppliers and participants therein (collectively, the “Programmer Indemnitees”) from, against and with respect to any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees) incurred in connection with any claim against the Programmer Indemnitees arising out of (i) Affiliate’s breach of any provision of this Agreement, (ii) the distribution by Affiliate of the Service via the DIRECTV Distribution System (except with respect to claims relating to the content of the Service for which Programmer is solely responsible), (iii) Affiliate’s advertising and marketing of the Service (except with respect to such advertising and marketing materials or content supplied or approved by Programmer), and (iv) any other materials, including advertising or promotional copy, supplied by Affiliate. In addition, Affiliate shall pay and hold Programmer harmless from any international, federal, state, or local taxes or fees, including any fees payable to local franchising authorities, which are based upon revenues derived by, or the operations of, Affiliate.

8.3           Survival. Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the continuing obligations of each of the parties hereto as indemnitors hereunder. The party wishing to assert its rights set forth in this Section 8 shall promptly notify the other of any claim or legal proceeding with respect to which such party is asserting such right. Upon the written request of an indemnitee, the indemnitor will (i) assume the defense of any claim, demand or action against such indemnitee and/or (ii) allow the indemnitee to participate in the defense thereof, such participation to be at the expense of the indemnitee. Settlement by the indemnitee without the indemnitor’s prior written consent shall release the indemnitor from the indemnity as to the claim, demand or action so settled.

8.4           NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS AGREEMENT:

8.4.1           IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT, OCCASIONED BY ANY FAILURE TO PERFORM OR THE BREACH OF ANY OBLIGATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.

8.4.2            IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PROJECTIONS, FORECASTS, ESTIMATIONS OF SALES AND/OR MARKET SHARE OR EXPECTED PROFITS, OR OTHER ESTIMATIONS OR PROJECTIONS BY EITHER PARTY OR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR AFFILIATES, REGARDING OR RELATED TO SUCH PARTY’S BUSINESS BE BINDING AS COMMITMENTS OR, IN ANY WAY, PROMISES BY AFFILIATE.

9.           Notices. Except as set forth below, all notices hereunder shall be in writing and delivered by hand or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, fax, or by an overnight delivery service to the receiving party at its address set forth above or as otherwise designated by written notice. Notice to Programmer shall be provided as follows:

 

 

REAL HIP-HOP NETWORK BROADCAST CORPORATION

1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 400

Washington, DC 20004

Attention: Atonn  Fatir Muhammad, President and CEO

Phone: (202) 379-3115 ext. 101

  

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Fax: (202) 478-0832

 

 

Notice to Affiliate shall be provided as follows:

DIRECTV, Inc.

2230 East Imperial Highway

El Segundo, California 90245

Attention: [XXXX]

Fax: [XXXX]

cc: [XXXX]

Fax: [XXXX]

cc: [XXXX]

Fax: [XXXX]

Notice given by hand shall be considered to have been given on the date delivered or, if delivery is refused, as of the date presented. Notice given by mail shall be considered to have been given five (5) days after the date of mailing, postage prepaid certified mail (return receipt requested). Notice given by facsimile machine shall be considered to have been given on the date receipt thereof is electronically acknowledged. Notice given by an overnight delivery service shall be considered to have been given on the next business day.

10.           Waiver. The failure of any party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or similar nature. Subject to Section 8.4 above, all rights and remedies reserved to either party shall be cumulative and shall not be in limitation of any other right or remedy which such party may have at law or in equity.

11.           Binding Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that it may not be assigned by transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the non-transferring party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that Affiliate may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement (i) to an Affiliated Company or to a successor entity to Affiliate’s business; and/or (ii) to a third party as part of preparing to go or going public or as part of a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the assigning party.

12.           Laws of California. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made and to be fully performed therein, except to the extent that the parties’ respective rights and obligations are subject to mandatory local, State and Federal laws or regulations. The parties hereby agree that the jurisdiction of, or the venue of, any action brought by either party shall be in a state or federal district court sitting in the Los Angeles, California and both parties hereby agree to waive any right to contest such jurisdiction and venue.

13.           Entire Agreement and Section Headings. This Agreement, of which the Exhibits attached hereto form an integral part, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements, or understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall not be modified other than in a writing, signed by each of the parties hereto. The section headings hereof are for the convenience

"Portions herein identified by [XXXX] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission"

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of the parties only and shall not be given any legal effect or otherwise affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

14.           Severability. The parties agree that each provision of this Agreement shall be construed as separable and divisible from every other provision and that the enforceability of any one provision shall not limit the enforceability, in whole or in part, of any other provision hereof. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that a restriction contained in this Agreement shall be unenforceable because of the extent of time or geography, such restriction shall be deemed amended to conform to such extent of time and/or geography as such court shall deem reasonable.

15.           Confidentiality. The parties agree that they and their employees have maintained and will maintain, in confidence, the terms and provisions of this Agreement, as well as all data, summaries, reports or information of all kinds, whether oral or written, acquired or devised or developed in any manner from the other party’s personnel or files or any proprietary or subscriber information provided by one party to the other party (the “Confidential Information”), and that they have not and will not reveal the same to any persons not employed by the other party except: (A) at the written direction of the other party; (B) to the extent necessary to comply with the law or the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, in which event the disclosing party shall so notify the other party as promptly as practicable (and, if possible, prior to making any disclosure) and shall seek confidential treatment of such information, or in connection with any arbitration proceeding; (C) as part of its normal reporting or review procedure to its parent company, its auditors and its attorneys, and such parent company, auditors and attorneys agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 15; (D) in order to enforce any of its rights pursuant to this Agreement; (E) to potential investors, insurers, financing entities and, in the case of Affiliate, to any entity engaged in its DTH business; provided, however, that such person described above agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 15; or (F) if at the time of disclosure the Confidential Information is in the public domain through no fault of the disclosing party. Promptly after the Execution Date, the parties shall use their best reasonable efforts to agree upon a mutually acceptable press release with respect to the parties’ general business relationship under this Agreement and to jointly issue and release such press release at a date mutually agreed upon. During the Term, neither party shall issue an independent press release with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the other party.

16.           Cessation of Program Distribution. If Affiliate reasonably determines that its provision of any Service programming violates any Law or may infringe upon the rights of any third party, then, following written notice to Programmer, Affiliate may cease distributing such programming to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary and for the time necessary, as reasonably determined by Affiliate, to prevent such violation or infringement from continuing.

17.           Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties contained herein or made by the parties, and each of them, in connection herewith shall survive any independent investigation made by either party.

18.           Publicity. Neither Programmer, its Affiliated Companies, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall initiate or have any oral or written communication (including, without limitation, announcements, correspondence and advertisements) with or directed to any person or entity (including, without limitation, the press, the public, Affiliate subscribers, the trade and governmental or quasi-governmental agencies, authorities or instrumentalities) (i) which concerns the negotiation (or other transactions in contemplation of),

  

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termination, amendment, modification, renewal, non-renewal or expiration of this Agreement or any other prior, then current or proposed agreement, arrangement; (ii) which includes disparaging statements regarding Affiliate, direct-to-home satellite television service, the direct-to-home satellite industry, or highlights particular programming and/or service available on another multichannel video programming distributor but not available on Affiliate’s DIRECTV Distribution System; or (iii) which would or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect relations between Affiliate and subscribers, potential subscribers or such agencies, authorities or instrumentalities, without the prior written approval of the form and content of such communication by Affiliate; provided, that such approval shall not be required if such communication is required by (x) any applicable Laws or (y) an order of a court, governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of competent jurisdiction; provided, further, that, prior to communication without such approval, Programmer shall have given reasonable prior notice to Affiliate of such intended communication and, if requested by Affiliate, shall have used reasonable efforts at Programmer’s expense to obtain a protective order or similar protection for the benefit of Affiliate. Sub-section (iii) of the preceding sentence shall not apply to (1) any national or local advertising or promotion of the Service or Service programming, provided that such advertising or promotion is not intended to target, adversely affect, disparage, and does not disparage and does not have the effect of disparaging (or is otherwise intended to negatively portray) direct-to-home satellite television service, the direct-to-home satellite industry, or Affiliate, and provided that such advertising or promotion does not highlight that particular programming is available on multichannel video programming distributor but not available on Affiliate; (2) any proceeding before any judicial body, (3) communications with Congress or with any other branch or agency of the Federal Government or (4) any communication by Programmer in direct response to a public communication by Affiliate that could reasonably be expected to cause Programmer harm. This Section 18 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement (regardless of the reason for such expiration or termination) for a period of two (2) years.

19.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. The parties also agree that this Agreement shall be binding upon the faxing by each party of a signed signature page thereof to the other party. If such a faxing occurs, the parties agree that they will each also immediately post, by Federal Express, a fully executed original counterpart of the Agreement to the other party.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

  

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

DIRECTTV, INC.

By:      /s/ [XXXX]                                                 

         Name: [XXXX]

Title: Vice President, [XXXX]

REAK HIP-HOP NETWORK BROADCAST CORPORATION

By:    /s/ [XXXX]                                                 

Name:  Atonn Muhammad

Title:  President/CEO

"Portions herein identified by [XXXX] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission"

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EXHIBIT A

SERVICE DESCRIPTION

The Real Hip-Hop Network is a channel that will deliver exclusive hip-bop content 24-hours a day. The channel will air movies, international hip-hop content, news, commentary, live concerts, original programming, documentaries and music videos. Popular shows include:

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

 

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

[XXXX]

"Portions herein identified by [XXXX] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission"

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EXHIBIT B

SD DELIVERY SPECIFICATIONS

Technical Requirements for New DIRECTV Standard Definition Continuous Non-Local Services

	
  

	
1.

	
A fully integrated broadcast quality NTSC program feed (in 4:3 aspect ratio) must be delivered to two DIRECTV Broadcast Centers (both to be selected solely by DIRECTV). All feeds must be delivered via satellite or fiber optic transmission. All costs associated with delivery to both Broadcast Centers to be borne solely by Programmer.

	
  

	
2.

	
Should Programmer elect to deliver via satellite, Programmer must use an encrypted C or Ku-band feed delivered via a geostationary satellite typically used for television program delivery and located in the US domestic arc (defined here to be 70 degrees WL to 139 degrees WL).

	
  

	
3.

	
Should Programmer elect fiber optic delivery to either or both DIRECTV Broadcast Centers, Programmer must use dedicated facilities providing continuous 24x7 end-end connectivity. Programmer to be named customer of record with all associated telecom service providers thereby assuming all operational, troubleshooting and preventative maintenance responsibilities associated with supporting the program feed. DIRECTV may, upon 90 days notice, require Programmer (at Programmer’s sole expense) to re-terminate a fiber optic feed to an alternate DIRECTV Broadcast Center or an alternate location within a DIRECTV Broadcast Center.

	
  

	
4.

	
Programmer must supply two sets of such receivers, decoders, codecs, delay units and all other equipment as required to produce both a main and a back-up program feed to both DIRECTV Broadcast Centers (four total). All required equipment must arrive at least one (1) month prior to start of testing. Testing shall commence approximately two (2) weeks prior to the Service Commencement Date.

	
  

	
5.

	
The technical quality of all supplied standard definition NTSC signals shall be of contribution quality. Analog signals shall be compliant with SMPTE 170M and digital signals compliant with SMPTE 259M. The video shall be essentially free of compression artifacts and noise when displayed on a professional monitor. Audio shall be free of noise and distortion in a professional listening environment.

	
  

	
6.

	
Prior to start of testing, Programmer must furnish to DIRECTV complete service specific technical details for the proposed transmission path between Programmer and DIRECTV’s Broadcast Centers. Such information to include all transmission service providers, satellites and coordinates, transponders, encryption methods, fiber circuit numbers, DTMF tone formats, 24x7 telephone contacts and such other information as needed to completely detail the path sufficient to facilitate immediate outage recovery in the event of a loss of continuity.

	
  

	
7.

	
Programmer to support a complete end-to-end thread test between the program origination point and DIRECTV’s Broadcast Centers using the actual transmission path, configuration and equipment to be used in on-going operations. Start of testing

  

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to begin approximately two (2) weeks prior to the start of service. Tests must be encrypted. Programmer to schedule and fully support such additional tests and all other work as required to ensure a successful DIRECTV start of service.

	
  

	
8.

	
In the event that Programmer delivers the feed of the Service in digital format during the Term, DIRECTV shall determine, in its sole discretion, the manner in which the digital feed is passed through to DIRECTV Subscribers (including, without limitation, via an analog to digital conversion). In addition, the video and audio signal quality shall be subject to the reasonable approval of DIRECTV Engineering. Quality must be comparable to other services delivered to DIRECTV and must be consistently maintained during testing and throughout the Term.

	
  

	
9.

	
Closed Captioning Specifications. Programmer shall deliver the closed captioning signal such that it is compliant with CEA-608-C. If delivery is via analog NTSC video, the signal must be compliant with CEA-608-C (carriage in NTSC video Line 21 Field 1/2). If delivery is via SDI video, the signal must be compliant with SMPTE 334M-2000 (carriage in SDI VANC). To the extent that Programmer delivers the signal in high definition format, Programmer shall deliver the closed captioning signal for the high definition feed such that it is compliant with CEA-708-B. If delivery of the high definition signal is via transport stream (terrestrial broadcast, etc) the signal must be compliant with ATSC A/53E (carriage in MPEG2 video user data). If delivery is via HD-SDI (provider specified decoder, etc) the signal must be compliant with SMPTE 334M-2000 (carriage in HD-SDI VANC).

NOTE: In the event of a conflict between the requirements set forth in this Exhibit “B” and those elsewhere in the Agreement, the requirements of this Exhibit “B” shall control with respect to SD delivery.

  

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EXHIBIT C

 

Time Period                        Net Weekly Rate                                              CPS

Term Year 1                                [XXXX]                                                       [XXXX]

Term Year 2                                [XXXX]                                                       [XXXX]

Term Year 3                                [XXXX]                                                       [XXXX]

	
  

	
·

	
Each term shall mean each consecutive twelve month period following the Service Commencement Date or the previous Term Year, as applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Portions herein identified by [XXXX] have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 406 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A complete copy of this document has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission"

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AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 21, 2013, is entered into by and among TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Loan Parties party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. in its capacity as the sole lender under the Existing Term Loan Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Lender”), and as the administrative agent under the Restated Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender entered into a Loan Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2012 (the “Existing Term Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lender made a term loan to the Borrower.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and the Lender has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, that the Existing Term Loan Agreement be amended and restated as provided herein and that Bank of America, N.A, serve as the administrative agent under the Restated Loan Agreement (as defined herein).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Borrower, the Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:
1.    Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Term Loan Agreement.
(a)    Effective as of the Restatement Date, upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to effectiveness in Section 2 hereof, (i) the Existing Term Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “Restated Loan Agreement”, with capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein or assigned a meaning herein having the meanings assigned to such terms in the Restated Loan Agreement), and as so amended and restated, is replaced and superseded by the terms, conditions, agreements, covenants, representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the Restated Loan Agreement and (ii) Bank of America, N.A. accepts appointment as the Administrative Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement.
(b)    Except as specifically set forth herein, the amendment and restatement contained herein shall not, in any manner, be construed to constitute payment of, or impair, limit, cancel or extinguish, or constitute a novation in respect of, the Obligations (as defined in the Existing Term Loan Agreement) of the Borrower evidenced by or arising under the Existing Term Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Term Loan Agreement). From and after the Restatement Date, all “Loans” (as defined in the Existing Term Loan Agreement) of the Lender outstanding under the Existing Term Loan Agreement immediately prior to the Restatement Date shall continue to be outstanding as “Loans” (as defined in the Restated Loan Agreement) of the Lender under the Restated Loan Agreement, and the terms of the Restated Loan Agreement will govern the rights and obligations of the Loan Parties, the Lender and the Administrative Agent with respect thereto.
(c)    The exhibits and schedules to the Existing Term Loan Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
2.    Conditions Precedent.  This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof (the “Restatement Date”) when all of the conditions set forth below have been satisfied:

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(a)    This Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower, the Lender and the Administrative Agent.
(b)    Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc.  The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:
(i)     copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Restatement Date;

(ii)    such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with the Restated Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and

(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization or formation; 

(c)    No Material Adverse Change.  There shall not have occurred a material adverse change since December 31, 2012 in the business, assets, Properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(d)    Litigation.  There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or proceeding against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
(e)    Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained herein, in the Restated Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Restatement Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (and incorporated in the Restated Loan Agreement by reference pursuant to Article VI thereof) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.
(f)    No Default.  No Default shall exist before or after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Agreement.
(g)    Closing Certificate.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2 have been satisfied

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(h)    Fees.  Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any fees required to be paid on or before the Restatement Date.
3.    Acknowledgment and Confirmation; Loan Document.  Each Loan Party hereby confirms and agrees that, after giving effect to this Agreement, the Restated Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party remain in full force and effect and enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms and shall not be discharged, diminished, limited or otherwise affected in any respect. This acknowledgement and confirmation by the Loan Parties is made and delivered to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lender to enter into this Agreement, and each Loan Party acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders would not enter into this Agreement in the absence of the acknowledgement and confirmation contained herein.  This Agreement shall constitute a “Loan Document” under, and as defined in, the Loan Agreement.
4.Miscellaneous.
(a)    This Agreement shall be binding upon and enforceable by and against the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(b)    Two or more duplicate originals of this Agreement may be signed by the parties, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and shall be effective when at least one counterpart shall have been executed by each party hereto, and each set of counterparts which, collectively, show execution by each party hereto shall constitute one duplicate original.  Execution of this Agreement by any of the parties may be evidenced by way of a faxed or electronic transmission of such party’s signature and such faxed or electronic signature shall be deemed to constitute the original signature of such party to this Agreement and shall be admissible into evidence for all purposes.
(c)    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF SUCH STATE THAT WOULD PERMIT OR REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE.
5.    Survival.  All warranties, representations, certifications and covenants made by or on behalf of the Loan Parties herein shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall survive the execution of this Agreement, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
6.    Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.    Entirety. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof.  These Loan Documents represent the final agreement between the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties.  There are no oral agreements between the parties.

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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

		
	BORROWER:
	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Susan L. Main
Name: Susan L. Main
Title:  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial             
           Officer

GUARANTORS:                TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By:/s/ Stephen F. Blackwood
Name:  Stephen F. Blackwood
Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By:/s/ Susan L. Main
Name: Susan L. Main
Title:  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial             
           Officer

TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By:/s/ Stephen F. Blackwood
Name:  Stephen F. Blackwood
Title:    Vice President and Treasurer

TELEDYNE LECROY, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By:/s/ Susan L. Main
Name: Susan L. Main
Title:  Senior Vice President 

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	LENDER:
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 
as the Lender

By:  /s/ Arthur Ng
Name:  Arthur Ng
Title:    Vice President 

		
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 
as Administrative Agent

By:  /s/ Robert Rittelmeyer
Name:  Robert Rittelmeyer
Title:    Vice President

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EXHIBIT A

[see attached]

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EXHIBIT A TO THE  
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT 
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 21, 2013

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 21, 2013

among

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED,
as the Borrower,

CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
as Guarantors,

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

and 

THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS4
1.01Defined Terms.    4
1.02Other Interpretive Provisions.    14
1.03References to Agreements and Laws.    15
1.04Times of Day.    15
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS15
2.01Term Loan.    15
2.02Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.    16
2.03Voluntary Prepayments.    17
2.04Termination of Commitments.    17
2.05Repayment of Loans.    17
2.06Interest and Fees.    18
2.07Computation of Interest and Fees.    18
2.08Evidence of Debt.    19
2.09Payments Generally.    19
2.10Sharing of Payments by Lenders.    20
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY21
3.01Taxes.    21
3.02Illegality.    21
3.03Inability to Determine Rates.    21
3.04Increased Costs.    22
3.05Funding Losses.    23
3.06Mitigation Obligations.    23
3.07Survival.    24
ARTICLE IV GUARANTY24
4.01The Guaranty.    24
4.02Obligations Unconditional.    24
4.03Reinstatement.    25
4.04Certain Additional Waivers.    26
4.05Remedies.    26
4.06Rights of Contribution.    26
4.07Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.    26
ARTICLE V [RESERVED]27
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS27
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES28
7.01Events of Default.    28
7.02Remedies Upon Event of Default.    30
7.03Application of Funds.    30

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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT31
8.01Appointment and Authority.    31
8.02Rights as a Lender.    31
8.03Exculpatory Provisions.    31
8.04Reliance by Administrative Agent.    32
8.05Delegation of Duties.    32
8.06Resignation of Administrative Agent.    33
8.07Non‐Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.    33
8.08No Other Duties, Etc.    34
8.09Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.    34
8.10Releases.    34
8.11Treasury Management Banks and Swap Banks.    35
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS35
9.01Amendments, Etc.    35
9.02Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.    36
9.03No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.    38
9.04Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.    38
9.05Payments Set Aside.    40
9.06Successors and Assigns.    40
9.07Confidentiality.    43
9.08Set‐off.    44
9.09Interest Rate Limitation.    44
9.10Counterparts.    45
9.11Integration.    45
9.12Survival of Representations and Warranties.    45
9.13Severability.    45
9.14Replacement of Lenders.    45
9.15Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.    46
9.16Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.    46
9.17No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.    47
9.18USA PATRIOT Act Notice.    47

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SCHEDULES

2.01    Outstanding Term Loan of the Lenders on the Restatement Date
9.02    Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

A    Form of Loan Notice
B    Form of Compliance Certificate
C    Form of Joinder Agreement
D    Form of Note
E    Form of Assignment and Assumption

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AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT is entered into as of November 21, 2013 among TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”).

The Borrower has requested and Bank of America has agreed to amend and restate the Existing Term Loan Agreement, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound covenant and agree as follows:

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ARTICLE I 
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01    Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
    
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
    
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.

“Agreement” means this Loan Agreement.

“Applicable Rate” means the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms hereof:

	
				
	Pricing Level
	Consolidated Leverage Ratio
	Base Rate Loans
	Eurocurrency Loans

	1
	Greater than or equal to 3.0 to 1.0
	0.750%
	1.750%

	2
	Greater than or equal to 2.5 to 1.0 but less than 3.0 to 1.0
	0.500%
	1.500%

	3
	Greater than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0 but less than 2.5 to 1.0
	0.250%
	1.250%

	4
	Greater than or equal to 1.5 to 1.0 but less than 2.0 to 1.0
	0.125%
	1.125%

	5
	Greater than or equal to 1.0 to 1.0 but less than 1.5 to 1.0
	0.000%
	1.000%

	6
	Less than 1.0 to 1.00
	0.000%
	1.000%

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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the delivery of a Compliance Certificate pursuant hereto; provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the first Business Day immediately following the date such Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance herewith, whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate.  The Applicable Rate in effect from the Restatement Date through the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant hereto for the fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2013 shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 4.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(b).

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel. 

“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.00%.  The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate.  Any change in the “prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.

“Business Day” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located or the State of California and (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of 

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any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Capital Stock” means (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (iv) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and (v) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Initial Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, guidelines and directives in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, are, in each case, deemed to have gone into effect and adopted after the Initial Closing Date.

“Change of Control” means if any Person or Persons acting in concert, together with the Affiliates thereof, shall become in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d‐3 and 13d‐5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% (by number of shares) of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower.

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender.

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” shall have the meaning specified for such term in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.

“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurocurrency 

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Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum.

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.06(b)(iii) and (v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.06(b)(iii)).

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions in each case relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any regulations issued pursuant thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).

“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means: 

(a)    for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in immediately available funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and

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(b)    for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in immediately available funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by the Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination.

“Eurocurrency Rate” means (a) for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period by (ii) one minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period and (b) for any day with respect to any Base Rate Loan the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for such Base Rate Loan for such day by (ii) one minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage for such Base Rate Loan for such day.

“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.” 

“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”).  The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan and for each outstanding Base Rate Loan the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“Existing Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2013, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, as amended prior to the Restatement Date and as further amended pursuant to any amendment thereto that is consented to in writing by the Required Lenders, in their capacity as Lenders under this Agreement.

“Existing Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2012, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower and Bank of America, N.A. as the lender.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the 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 by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on 

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the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated November 21, 2013 among the Company and the Administrative Agent.

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

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

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Guarantee” has the meaning given to such term in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.

“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article IV hereof.

“Guarantors” means collectively, (a) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, and (b) each Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant hereto or otherwise.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos‐containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Indebtedness” has the meaning given to such term in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.

“Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 8.04.

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07.

“Initial Closing Date” means the October 22, 2012.

“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after 

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the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:

(i)    any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(ii)    any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(iii)    no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C executed and delivered by a Subsidiary of the Borrower to join this Agreement as a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions hereof.

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

“Lenders” means each of the persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto and their successors and assigns and each Person that executes a lender joinder agreement in accordance with Section 2.02.

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Loan” means the Term Loan.

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“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Note, each Joinder Agreement, each Loan Notice, each Compliance Certificate and each other document, instrument or agreement from time to time executed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Responsible Officer thereof and delivered in connection with this Agreement. 

“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of the Term Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, Properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

“Maturity Date” means March 1, 2019.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09.

“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two (2) or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two (2) of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

“Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08. 

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. The foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank.

“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non‐U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation 

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or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06(d).

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06(d).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code.

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

“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

“Platform” has the meaning specified in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.

“Property” means any interest of any kind in any property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

“Pro Rata Share” means, as to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Loans of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the total outstanding Loans. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
    
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans representing more than 50% of the Loans of all Lenders.  
    
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer or treasurer of a Loan Party.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other 

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action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“Restatement Date” means November 21, 2013.

“Same Day Funds” means, with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than Capital Stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

“Swap Bank” means (a) any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time that it becomes a party to a Swap Contract with any Loan Party and (b) any Lender on the Restatement Date or Affiliate of such Lender that is party to a Swap Contract with any Loan Party in existence on the Restatement Date.

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark to market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

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

		
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	“Term Loan Commitment” means the obligation of the Lenders to make the Term Loan to the Borrower on the Initial Closing Date.

“Threshold Amount” means $50,000,000.

“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

“Treasury Management Bank” means (a) any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time that it becomes a party to a Treasury Management Agreement with any Loan Party and (b) any Lender on the Restatement Date or Affiliate of such Lender that is a party to a Treasury Management Agreement with any Loan Party in existence on the Restatement Date.

“Type” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock issued by such Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

1.02    Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a)    The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b)    (i)    The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii)    Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

(iii)    The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(iv)    The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

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(c)    In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(d)    Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

1.03    References to Agreements and Laws.

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

1.04    Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

ARTICLE II 
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01    Term Loan.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make a term loan (the “Term Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars in a single Borrowing on the Initial Closing Date, in an amount equal to its Term Loan Commitment.  The outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan of each Lender on the Restatement Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01.  Amounts repaid on the Term Loan may not be reborrowed.  The Term Loan may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

2.02    Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a)    The Borrowing of the Term Loan on the Initial Closing Date, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  The notice of the Borrowing of the Term Loan on the Initial Closing Date must be received not later than 10:00 am (i) three days prior to the Initial Closing Date if such Borrowing will be made as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, and (ii) on the Initial Closing Date, if such Borrowing will be made as a Base Rate Loan, and, in each case, shall be in a principal amount equal to the Term Loan Commitment.  Each notice of conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date.  Each conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.  Each conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.  Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written 

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Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of a Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans.  If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

(b)    If no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case as described in the preceding subsection.

(c)    Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan.  During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

(d)    The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in the Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e)    After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than four Interest Periods in effect with respect to the Term Loans.

2.03    Voluntary Prepayments.

The Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay the Term Loan in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (ii) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each 

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such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each prepayment.  If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.  Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.  

2.04    Termination of Commitments.

Upon the Borrowing of the Term Loan on the Initial Closing Date, the Term Loan Commitment shall automatically terminate.  As of the Restatement Date, the total Commitments of the Lenders was $-0-.

2.05    Repayment of Loans.

The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan in installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the table below:

	
				
	Date
	Amount

	March 31, 2015
	

	$1,250,000
	

	June 30, 2015
	

	$1,250,000
	

	September 30, 2015
	

	$1,250,000
	

	December 31 2015
	

	$1,250,000
	

	March 31, 2016
	

	$1,250,000
	

	June 30, 2016
	

	$1,250,000
	

	September 30 2016
	

	$1,250,000
	

	December 31, 2016
	

	$1,250,000
	

	March 31, 2017
	

	$1,875,000
	

	June 30, 2017
	

	$1,875,000
	

	September 30, 2017
	

	$1,875,000
	

	December 31, 2017
	

	$1,875,000
	

	March 31, 2018
	

	$2,500,000
	

	June 30, 2018
	

	$2,500,000
	

	September 30, 2018
	

	$2,500,000
	

	December 31, 2018
	

	$2,500,000
	

	Maturity
	Balance of outstanding principal
	

2.06    Interest and Fees.

(a)    Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

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(b)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(c)    Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

(d)    The Borrower shall pay the fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall be non-refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.07    Computation of Interest and Fees.

(a)    All computations of the Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360‐day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365‐day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.09(a), bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(b)    If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall, without duplication, immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period.  This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under 2.06(b) or under Article VII.  The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments of all of the Lenders and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

2.08    Evidence of Debt.

The Term Loan made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loan made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the 

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Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender to the Borrower made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note, which shall evidence such Term Loan made by such Lender in addition to such accounts or records.  Each such promissory note shall be in the form of Exhibit D (a “Note”).  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

2.09    Payments Generally.

(a)    General.  All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date specified herein.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.  If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.  

(b)    Insufficient Funds.  If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied first, toward costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Lender; second, toward repayment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties; and third, toward repayment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c)    Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.  Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d)    Obligations of Lenders Several.  The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make payments pursuant to Section 9.04(c) are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any payment under Section 9.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender 

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of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its payment under Section 9.04(c).

(e)    Funding Source.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate the Lenders to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by the Lenders that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

2.10    Sharing of Payments by Lenders.

If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:

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

the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (y) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party’s rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

ARTICLE III 
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01    Taxes.

If any payments to or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or any Loan Document are made from outside the United States, the Borrower will not deduct any foreign Taxes from any such payments.  If any such Taxes are imposed on any payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any Loan Document (including payments under this Section), the Borrower will pay such Taxes and will also pay to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders, as applicable, at the time interest is paid, any additional amount which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, specifies as necessary to preserve the after tax yield the Administrative Agent or such Lender would have received if such Taxes had not been imposed.  The Borrower will confirm that it has paid such Taxes by giving the Administrative Agent or such Lender official tax receipts (or notarized copies) within thirty (30) days after the due date.

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3.02    Illegality.

If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or convert all such Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.  

3.03    Inability to Determine Rates.

If for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) the Administrative Agent determines that deposits are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (b) the Required Lenders determine that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (c) the Required Lenders determine that for any reason the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and all Lenders.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case, until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

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3.04    Increased Costs.

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

(i)    subject the Lenders to any Taxes (excluding Taxes on any Lender's overall income or franchise Taxes) or changes the basis of taxation of payments to the Lenders (other than with respect to Taxes on any Lender's overall income or franchise Taxes) in respect of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan;

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

(iii)    impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, within ten (10) days of demand by the Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b)    Capital Requirements.  If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lender’s Lending Office or holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then within  ten (10) days of demand by such Lender the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

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

(d)    Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to 

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such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six‐month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

3.05    Funding Losses.

Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a)    any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or

(b)    any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of any Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower,

including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract.  The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Base Rate used in determining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank eurodollar market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall not be required to make any payments to any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.05 relating to any loss, cost or expense incurred by a Lender more than 180 days prior to such Lender’s request for any additional payment or compensation pursuant to this Section 3.05.

3.06    Mitigation Obligations.

(a)    Designation of a Different Lending Office.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04 or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then, at the request of the Borrower, such Lender shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.04, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b)    Replacement of Lenders.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 9.14.

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3.07    Survival.

All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE IV 
GUARANTY

4.01    The Guaranty.

(a)    Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender, each Swap Bank, each Treasury Management Bank, and the Administrative Agent, as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.  The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

(b)    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under applicable Debtor Relief Laws.

    
4.02    Obligations Unconditional.

The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, or other documents relating to the Obligations, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.  Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

(i)    at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

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(ii)    any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party, Swap Bank, or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be done or omitted;

(iii)    the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank, or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

(iv)    any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

(v)    any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).

With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, such Swap Contracts or such Treasury Management Agreements, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

4.03    Reinstatement.

The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any Debtor Relief Law.

4.04    Certain Additional Waivers.

Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.

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4.05    Remedies.

The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as specified in Section 7.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances specified in said Section 7.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01.

4.06    Rights of Contribution.

The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law.  Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.

4.07    Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.

The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

4.08    Eligible Contract Participant.

No Guarantor shall be deemed under this Article IV to be a guarantor of any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act (a “Swap Obligation”) if such Guarantor was not an “eligible contract participant” as defined in §1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act, at the time the guarantee under this Article IV becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation and to the extent that the providing of such guarantee by such Guarantor would violate the Commodity Exchange Act; provided however that in determining whether any Guarantor is an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act, each guarantee in this Article IV of the Obligations of such Guarantor and the provisions of Section 4.09 shall be taken into account.

4.09    Keepwell.

Each Guarantor that is an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined before giving effect to this Section 4.09) with total assets exceeding $10 million (or such other Subsidiary Guarantor as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant”) at the time the guarantee under this Article IV becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Loan Party that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act as may be needed by such other Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its Swap Obligations under this Article IV (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering any Guarantor’s undertakings under this Section voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance 

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or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The undertaking of each Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Each Loan Party intends this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Loan Party that would otherwise not constitute an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act

ARTICLE V 
[RESERVED]

    
ARTICLE VI 
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

The representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Incorporated Representations”) and the affirmative and negative covenants contained in Articles VII and VIII, respectively, of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Incorporated Covenants”) are incorporated herein by reference mutatis mutandis for the benefit of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders to the same extent and with the same effect as if set forth fully herein (such incorporation to include all other relevant provisions of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement related thereto, including without limitation the defined terms contained in Article I thereof which are used in the Incorporated Representations and the Incorporated Covenants and the applicable “Schedules” to the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement; provided that (a) all references to the “Company” or to any one or more “Borrowers” therein shall be deemed to refer solely to the “Borrower” as such term is defined herein, (b) all references to any “Guarantor”, the “Loan Parties”, the “Administrative Agent”, the “Lenders”, the “Required Lenders”, this “Agreement”, the “Loan Documents”, any “Commitment”, any “Loan”, the “Obligations”, the “Compliance Certificate”, the “Joinder Agreement” or any “Default” or “Event of Default” shall be deemed to refer to such terms as defined herein, (c) the foregoing incorporation herein by reference mutatis mutandis shall exclude Section 6.21 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement, (d) the reference to the “proceeds of the Credit Extensions” in Section 7.11 of the of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the proceeds of the Loans advanced under this Agreement on the Initial Closing Date and (e) the cross-reference to “Section 5.01(f)” in Section 7.12 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to Section 5.01(f) of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement for purposes of the foregoing incorporation herein by reference mutatis mutandis) and if the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement is terminated, then such representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement as of such termination (taking into account any amendments thereto in accordance with the definition of Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) shall continue to be the Incorporated Representations and Incorporated Covenants hereunder.

ARTICLE VII 
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

7.01    Events of Default.

Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a)    Non‐Payment.  The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, or (ii) within five Business Days 

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after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan, or any fee due hereunder, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b)    Specific Covenants.  The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.05(a), 7.10, 7.11, or 7.12 or Article VIII of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (as such provisions are incorporated herein by reference in accordance with Article VI hereof); or

(c)    Other Defaults.  Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default or (ii) the Borrower receiving written notice of such default from the Administrative Agent or any Lender (any such written notice to be identified as a "notice of default" and to refer specifically to this Section 7.01(c)); or

(d)    Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(e)    Cross‐Default.  (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder, Indebtedness under Swap Contracts and Indebtedness under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable; (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or (iii) an “Event of Default” (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) occurs under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement.

(f)    Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part 

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of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(g)    Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty (30) days after its issue or levy; or

(h)    Judgments.  There is entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third‐party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non‐monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, there is a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which such judgment is not vacated, satisfied or discharged or a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal posting of bond or otherwise, is not in effect; or 

(i)    If (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $150,000,000, (iv) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to Plans, or (v) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan; provided that any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (v) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(j)    Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or fails to give the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders the rights, powers and privileges purported to be created by the Loan Documents; or any Loan Party or any other Person on behalf of a Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or

(k)    Change of Control.  There occurs any Change of Control.

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7.02    Remedies Upon Event of Default.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:

(a)    declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitment shall be terminated; 

(b)    declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and

(c)    exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders and under the Loan Documents or applicable law;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

7.03    Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 7.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid principal of the Loans and breakage, termination or other payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and Swap Bank, payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements, Swap Banks or Treasury Management Banks, as applicable) in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

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ARTICLE VIII 
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
8.01    Appointment and Authority.

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.  Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

8.02    Rights as a Lender.

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

8.03    Exculpatory Provisions.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(a)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law; and

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the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 9.01 and 7.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment.  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

8.04    Reliance by Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

8.05    Delegation of Duties.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub‐agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub‐agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub‐agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub‐agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

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8.06    Resignation of Administrative Agent.

(a)    The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States.  If no such successor shall have been appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above.  Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

With effect from the Resignation Effective Date (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date), and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

8.07    Non‐Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

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8.08    No Other Duties, Etc.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the bookrunners, arrangers, documentation agents, syndication agent or co‐agents listed on the cover page hereof shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

8.09    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a)    to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than obligations under Swap Contracts or Treasury Management Agreements to which the Administrative Agent is not a party) that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.06(d) and 9.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 9.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

8.10    Releases.

The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.  

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Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 8.10.

8.11    Treasury Management Banks and Swap Banks.

No Treasury Management Bank or Swap Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 7.03 or the Guaranty or by virtue of the provisions hereof shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VIII to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Treasury Management Agreements and Swap Contracts unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Treasury Management Bank or Swap Bank, as the case may be.

ARTICLE IX 
MISCELLANEOUS

9.01    Amendments, Etc.

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall: 

(a)    extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 7.02) without the written consent of such Lender whose Commitment is being extended or increased (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent to the initial Borrowing or of any Default or Event of Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);

postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment;

reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan (subject to clause (i) of the final proviso to this Section 9.01), or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;

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change Section 2.10 or Section 7.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or the order of application of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; or

release the Borrower or, except in connection with a merger or consolidation permitted by this Agreement, all or substantially all of the Guarantors, from its or their obligations under the Loan Documents without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 8.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); 

provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.

9.02    Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.

(a)    General.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail, sent by facsimile or electronic mail as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 9.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and 

if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).

Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile or electronic mail shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient).  Notices and other communications (a) delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

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shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in each its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”  THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON‐INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of any materials regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

Change of Address, Etc.  The Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.  Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.

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purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower.  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

9.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.10), or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.10, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders

9.04    Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a)    Costs and Expenses.  The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of external counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall have no obligation to pay the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of external counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents executed and delivered on the Initial Closing Date and the Restatement Date, and (ii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with 

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this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such reasonable out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

(b)    Indemnification by the Borrower.  The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (z) are based on any theory of liability for punitive damages.

(c)    Reimbursement by Lenders.  To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub‐agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub‐agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Loans at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’ Pro Rata Shares (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided, further, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub‐agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub‐agent) in connection with such capacity.  The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.09(d).

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of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic, internet or other information transmission systems in connection with the Loans, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

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

(f)    Survival.  The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 9.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

9.05    Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set‐off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set‐off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set‐off had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

9.06    Successors and Assigns.

(a)    Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative 

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Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b)    Assignments by the Lender.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i)    Minimum Amounts.

(A)    in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B)    in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); 

(ii)    Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned;

(iii)    Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A)    the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or a “Lender” under (and as defined in) the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement; and

(B)    the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; 

(iv)    Assignment and Assumption.  The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the 

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Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.  

(v)    No Assignment to Certain Persons.  No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, or (B) to a natural Person.  

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 9.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment.  Upon request, each Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

(c)    Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent electronic form) and a register in which it shall record the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by each of the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d)    Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or any Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 9.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.

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instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (a) through (f) of Section 9.01(a) that affects such Participant.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 9.14 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive.  Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 9.14 with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.10 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

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

9.07    Confidentiality.

Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent and/or such Lender will give the Borrower as soon as reasonably practicable prior notice of any such requirement or subpoena so that the Borrower may seek a  protective order or other appropriate remedy to prevent such disclosure unless such applicable law or regulation or subpoena expressly provides that no such prior notice shall be given to the Borrower; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement 

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of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Loan Parties; (g) with the consent of the Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower who was not known by the Administrative Agent or such to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or legal obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information or (iii) is independently developed by the Administrative Agent or such Lender without the use of confidential information; or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about the Administrative Agent, any Lender or their respective Affiliates’ investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their respective Affiliates.  In addition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Loans.  For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party relating to any Loan Party or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the Initial Closing Date, such information is clearly identified in writing at the time of delivery as confidential.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same reasonable degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. 

9.08    Set‐off.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender or different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.  The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have.  Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

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permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

9.10    Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

9.11    Integration.

This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement.  Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

9.12    Survival of Representations and Warranties.

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

9.13    Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  

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9.14    Replacement of Lenders.

If the Borrower is entitled to replace a Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.06, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 9.06), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.04) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(a)    the Company shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 9.06(b);

such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower; and

such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

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

9.15    Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.

(a)    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

(b)    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON‐EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

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9.16    Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.

EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

9.17    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Loan Parties each acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related services performed in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s‐length commercial transaction between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand, and each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Administrative Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) the Administrative Agent has not assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent has advised or is currently advising any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates on other matters) and the Administrative Agent has no obligation to any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and Administrative Agent has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Administrative Agent has not provided nor will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate.  Each Loan Party hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.17 releases the Administrative Agent from fraudulent conduct.

9.18    USA PATRIOT Act Notice.

Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the 

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USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107‐56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow Administrative Agent or any Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

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

BORROWER:
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED,
a Delaware corporation

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

GUARANTORS:
TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

TELEDYNE LECROY, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

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TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

        

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

LENDER:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Lender

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

        

EXHIBIT B

[see attached]

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Schedule 2.01

OUTSTANDING TERM LOAN OF THE LENDERS ON THE RESTATEMENT DATE

	
						
	

Lender

	Outstanding Term Loan on Restatement Date
	Applicable Percentage of Outstanding Term Loan on Restatement Date

	Bank of America, N.A.
	

	$100,000,000.00
	

	100.000000000
	%

	TOTAL
	

	$100,000,000.00
	

	100.000000000
	%

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Schedule 9.02

LOAN PARTIES:

Borrower:

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Attn:  Stephen F. Blackwood
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4415
Facsimile:  805-373-4450
Email:  sblackwood@teledyne.com

-with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice)

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Attn:  Melanie S. Cibik
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4605
Facsimile:  805-373-4610
Email:  mcibik@teledyne.com

-and

Robert Vernon, Esq.
McGuireWoods LLP 
201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000 
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 
Phone: 704-373-8850  
Facsimile: 704-353-6175  
Email: rvernon@mcguirewoods.com

Guarantors:

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.
Attn:  Janice L. Hess
300 Sparkman Drive NW
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
Phone:  256-726-1414
Facsimile:   256-726-3114
Email:  jan.hess@tbe.com

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-with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice)

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Attn:  Melanie S. Cibik
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4605
Facsimile:  805-373-4610
Email:  mcibik@teledyne.com

-and

Robert Vernon, Esq.
McGuireWoods LLP 
201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000 
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 
Phone: 704-373-8850  
Facsimile: 704-353-6175  
Email: rvernon@mcguirewoods.com 

Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
Attn: Stephen F. Blackwood
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4415
Facsimile:  805-373-4450
Email:  sblackwood@teledyne.com

-with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice)

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Attn:  Melanie S. Cibik
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4605
Facsimile:  805-373-4610
Email:  mcibik@teledyne.com

-and

Robert Vernon, Esq.
McGuireWoods LLP 
201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000 
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 
Phone: 704-373-8850  

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Facsimile: 704-353-6175  
Email: rvernon@mcguirewoods.com

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
Attn: Stephen F. Blackwood
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4415
Fax:  805-373-4550
Email:  sblackwood@teledyne.com

- with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice)

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Attn:  Melanie S. Cibik
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4605
Fax:  805-373-4610
Email:  mcibik@teledyne.com

- and

Robert Vernon, Esq.
McGuireWoods LLP
201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Phone:  704-373-8850
Fax:  704-353-6175
Email:  rvernon@mcguirewoods.com

Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.
Attn:  Sean O’Connor
700 Chestnut Ridge Road
Chestnut Ridge, New York 10977-6499
Phone:  845-578-6102
Fax:  845-578-5989
Email:  sean.oconnor@teledynelecroy.com

- with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice)

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Attn:  Melanie S. Cibik
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, California 91360
Phone:  805-373-4605
Fax:  805-373-4610
Email:  mcibik@teledyne.com

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- and

Robert Vernon, Esq.
McGuireWoods LLP
201 North Tryon Street, Suite 3000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Phone:  704-373-8850
Fax:  704-353-6175
Email:  rvernon@mcguirewoods.com

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

Notices (other than Requests for Extension of Credit):

Bank of America
Attn:  Robert J. Rittelmeyer
1455 Market Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94103-1399
Phone:  415-436-2616
Fax:  415-503-5099
Email:  robert.j.rittelmeyer@baml.com

- with a copy to

Bank of America
Attn:  Arthur Ng
315 Montgomery Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104-1866
Phone:  415-913-4771
Fax:  415-913-2355
Email:  arthur.ng@baml.com

For Payments and Requests for Extension of Credit:

Bank of America
Attn:  James A. Underwood
101 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001
Phone:  980-683-2812
Fax:  704-548-5646
Email:  james.a.underwood@baml.com

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LOAN NOTICE

Date:  ___________, 201__
		
	To:
	Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

		
	Re:
	Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) dated as of November 21, 2013, among Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby requests:

A conversion or continuation of Loans

1.    On _______________, 201_ (which is a Business Day).

2.    In the amount of $_______________.1 

3.    Comprised of ________    .2 
        [Type of Loan requested]

4.    For Eurocurrency Rate Loans:  with an Interest Period of     .

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED,
a Delaware corporation

By:                        
Name:                        
Title:                        

 1Conversions and continuations shall be in minimum amounts of (a) $3,000,000 and a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (b) $1,000,000 and a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Base Rate Loans.
 2Select Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate, as appropriate.

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date: __________, 20__   

To:    Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent

		
	Re:
	Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) dated as of November 21, 2013, among Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that [he/she] is the _______________ of the Borrower, and that, in [his/her] capacity as such, [he/she] is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Borrower, and that:

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal year‐end financial statements:]

[1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the year‐end audited financial statements required by Section 7.01(a) of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (as such provision is incorporated in the Loan Agreement by reference in accordance with Article VI of the Loan Agreement) for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.]

[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter‐end financial statements:]

[1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the unaudited financial statements required by Section 7.01(b) of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (as such provision is incorporated in the Loan Agreement by reference in accordance with Article VI of the Loan Agreement) for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date.  Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period, subject only to normal year‐end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.]

2.    The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Loan Agreement and has made, or has caused to be made, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

3.    No Default or Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement.

4.    The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in the Loan Agreement (including those representations and warranties incorporated in the Loan Agreement by reference in accordance with Article VI of the Loan Agreement) or any other Loan Document, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and 

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except that for purposes of this Compliance Certificate, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.01 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (in each case, as such provisions are incorporated in the Loan Agreement by reference in accordance with Article VI of the Loan Agreement), including the statements in connection with which this Compliance Certificate is delivered.

5.    The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 2 hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of __________, 201_.

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED,
a Delaware corporation

By:                    
Name:
Title:

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Schedule 2

Consolidated Net Debt to EBITDA Ratio

(a)    Consolidated Net Debt

(i)    Consolidated Funded Indebtedness            $___________

(ii)    unencumbered cash and Cash Equivalents 
of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries 
in excess of $25,000,000, provided that the 
Total Revolving Outstandings are less than 
$100,000,000                        $___________

(iii)     Consolidated Net Debt 
[(i) – (ii)]                        $___________

(b)    Consolidated EBITDA

(i)     Consolidated Net Income                $___________

(ii)    Consolidated Interest Charges                $___________

(iii)    federal, state, local and foreign income taxes 
payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries        $___________

(iv)    depreciation and amortization expense             $___________

(v)    non‐cash items that reduce Consolidated Net Income     $___________

(vi)    reasonably documented fees and expenses paid or 
payable in cash to unaffiliated third parties in connection 
with the transactions contemplated hereby and with any 
other issuances of debt or equity permitted hereby, 
whether or not such issuances are successful         $___________

(vii)    reasonably documented fees and expenses paid or 
payable in cash to unaffiliated third parties in connection 
with Acquisitions or dispositions permitted hereby, 
whether or not such acquisitions or dispositions are 
successful                        $___________

(viii)    Consolidated EBITDA
[(i) + (ii) + (iii) + (iv) + (v) + (vi) + (vii)]        $___________

(c)    Consolidated Net Debt to EBITDA Ratio
[(a)(iii) / (b)(viii)]                        __________:1.0

2.    Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
    
(a)    Consolidated EBITDA (1(b)(viii) above)            $___________

(b)    Consolidated Interest Charges
        
(i)    all interest, premium payments, debt discount, 
fees, charges and related expenses of the Borrower 
and its Subsidiaries in connection with Indebtedness 

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(including capitalized interest and other fees and 
charges incurred under any asset securitization program) 
or in connection with the deferred purchase price of 
assets                            $__________

(ii)    the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and 
its Subsidiaries with respect to such period under 
Capital Leases or Synthetic Leases that is treated as 
interest                             $__________

(iii)    Consolidated Interest Charges            
[(i) + (ii)]                        $__________

(c)    Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
[(a) / (b)(iii)]                            _________:1.0

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 Exhibit C

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of __________, 201__ is by and between __________, a __________ (the “Material Subsidiary”), and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent under that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) dated as of November 21, 2013 among Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

The Loan Parties are required by Section 7.12 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (as such provision is incorporated in the Loan Agreement by reference in accordance with Article VI of the Loan Agreement) to cause the Material Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor” thereunder.  Accordingly, the Material Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows with the Administrative Agent:

1.    The Material Subsidiary hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the Material Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Loan Agreement and a “Guarantor” for all purposes of the Loan Agreement, and shall have all of the obligations of a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Loan Agreement.  The Material Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions applicable to the Guarantors contained in the Loan Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the Material Subsidiary hereby jointly and severally together with the other Guarantors, guarantees to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as provided in Article IV of the Loan Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.

2.    The Material Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent that the Material Subsidiary’s exact legal name and state of formation are as set forth on the signature pages hereto.

3.    The address of the Material Subsidiary for purposes of all notices and other communications is the address designated for all Loan Parties on Schedule 9.02 to the Loan Agreement or such other address as the Material Subsidiary may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent in writing.

4.    The Material Subsidiary hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative Agent of the guaranty by the Material Subsidiary under Article IV of the Loan Agreement upon the execution of this Agreement by the Material Subsidiary.

5.    This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one contract.

6.    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Material Subsidiary has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officer, and the Administrative Agent has caused the same to be accepted by its authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
    
[MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY]

By:                    
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and accepted:

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

By:                    
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF NOTE

____________, 201__

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of [___________________]. or its registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of the Term Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented and extended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) dated as of November 21, 2013 among the Borrower, the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan from the date of the Term Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Loan Agreement.  All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office.  If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Loan Agreement.

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Loan Agreement, is entitled to the benefits of the Loan Agreement and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Loan Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Loan Agreement.  The Term Loan made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. 

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and nonpayment of this Note.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation

By:                    
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided in the Loan Agreement identified below, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the attached Standard Terms and Conditions and the Loan Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor's rights and obligations as a Lender under the Loan Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Term Loan (including, without limitation, the Guarantees under the Term Loan) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Loan Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the “Assigned Interest”).  Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

1.    Assignor:        ______________________________

		
	2.
	Assignee:        ______________________________

[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]

		
	3.
	Borrower:        Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation

		
	4.
	Administrative Agent:    Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Loan Agreement

		
	5.
	Loan Agreement:    Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of November 21, 2013 among the Borrower, the Guarantors identified therein, the Lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent 

    
1 Select as Applicable

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6.    Assigned Interest:

	
			
	Aggregate Amount of 
Term Loans 
for all Lenders
	Amount of 
Term Loans 
Assigned1
	Percentage Assigned of Term Loans2

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

    
7.    Trade Date:        __________________3 

8.    Effective Date:        __________________4 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

ASSIGNOR:    [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:                      
Name: 
Title:

		
	ASSIGNEE:
	[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] 
 
By:                      
Name: 
Title:

[Consented to and]5 Accepted:

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

By:                      
Name: 
Title:

[Consented to:]6 

TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED

By:                     
Name:
Title:

1 Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
2 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Term Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
 3To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.
4 To be inserted by Administrative Agent and shall be the effective date of recordation of transfer in the register therefor.
5 To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Loan Agreement.
6 To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Loan Agreement.

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ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.  Representations and Warranties.  

1.1.  Assignor.  The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2.  Assignee.  The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Loan Agreement, (ii) it meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.06(b)(iii) and (v) of the Loan Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 9.06(b)(iii) of the Loan Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Loan Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (as such provision is incorporated in the Loan Agreement by reference in accordance with Article VI of the Loan Agreement), as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest, and (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2.   Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3.  General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This 

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Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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