Document:

364-Day Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 

  
 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 dated as of 
  
 DECEMBER 17, 2004 
  
 among 
  
 INERGY, L.P. 
  
 as the Borrower 
  
 The Lenders Party Hereto 

 
 and 
  
 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
 as Administrative Agent, 
  
 LEHMAN
COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL 
 ASSOCIATION, 
 as Co-Syndication Agents 
  
 and

  
 FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Documentation Agent 
  

  
 J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., 
 as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Lead
Arrangers 
  

  
 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
	 	  	Page

	ARTICLE I	  	 
		
	Definitions	  	 
			
	 SECTION 1.01.
	  	 Defined Terms
	  	1
	 SECTION 1.02.
	  	 Classification of Loans and Borrowings
	  	24
	 SECTION 1.03.
	  	 Terms Generally
	  	24
	 SECTION 1.04.
	  	 Accounting Terms; GAAP
	  	25
		
	ARTICLE II	  	 
		
	The Credits	  	 
			
	 SECTION 2.01.
	  	 Commitments
	  	25
	 SECTION 2.02.
	  	 Loans and Borrowings
	  	25
	 SECTION 2.03.
	  	 Requests for Revolving Borrowings
	  	26
	 SECTION 2.04.
	  	 Intentionally Omitted
	  	26
	 SECTION 2.05.
	  	 Intentionally Omitted
	  	26
	 SECTION 2.06.
	  	 Intentionally Omitted
	  	26
	 SECTION 2.07.
	  	 Funding of Borrowings
	  	26
	 SECTION 2.08.
	  	 Interest Elections
	  	27
	 SECTION 2.09.
	  	 Termination and Reduction of Commitments
	  	28
	 SECTION 2.10.
	  	 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
	  	29
	 SECTION 2.11.
	  	 Prepayment of Loans
	  	29
	 SECTION 2.12.
	  	 Fees
	  	31
	 SECTION 2.13.
	  	 Interest
	  	32
	 SECTION 2.14.
	  	 Alternate Rate of Interest
	  	32
	 SECTION 2.15.
	  	 Increased Costs
	  	33
	 SECTION 2.16.
	  	 Break Funding Payments
	  	34
	 SECTION 2.17.
	  	 Taxes
	  	34
	 SECTION 2.18.
	  	 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
	  	35
	 SECTION 2.19.
	  	 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	  	37
		
	ARTICLE III	  	 
		
	Representations and Warranties	  	 
			
	 SECTION 3.01.
	  	 Organization; Powers; Ownership
	  	38
	 SECTION 3.02.
	  	 Authorization; Enforceability
	  	38
	 SECTION 3.03.
	  	 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
	  	38
	 SECTION 3.04.
	  	 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
	  	39

  

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	 SECTION 3.05.
	  	 Properties
	  	39
	 SECTION 3.06.
	  	 Litigation, Contingent Obligations, Labor and Environmental Matters
	  	39
	 SECTION 3.07.
	  	 Compliance with Laws; Governmental Approvals
	  	40
	 SECTION 3.08.
	  	 Investment and Holding Company Status
	  	41
	 SECTION 3.09.
	  	 Taxes
	  	41
	 SECTION 3.10.
	  	 ERISA
	  	41
	 SECTION 3.11.
	  	 Disclosure
	  	41
	 SECTION 3.12.
	  	 No Default
	  	41
	 SECTION 3.13.
	  	 Margin Stock
	  	42
	 SECTION 3.14.
	  	 No Burdensome Restrictions
	  	42
	 SECTION 3.15.
	  	 Solvency
	  	42
	 SECTION 3.16.
	  	 Debt and Permitted Investments
	  	42
	 SECTION 3.17.
	  	 Fiscal Year
	  	42
		
	ARTICLE IV	  	 
		
	Conditions	  	 
			
	 SECTION 4.01.
	  	 Effective Date
	  	42
	 SECTION 4.02.
	  	 Each Credit Event
	  	45
		
	ARTICLE V	  	 
		
	Affirmative Covenants	  	 
			
	 SECTION 5.01.
	  	 Financial Statements and Other Information
	  	46
	 SECTION 5.02.
	  	 Notices of Material Events
	  	47
	 SECTION 5.03.
	  	 Existence; Conduct of Business
	  	48
	 SECTION 5.04.
	  	 Payment of Obligations
	  	48
	 SECTION 5.05.
	  	 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
	  	48
	 SECTION 5.06.
	  	 Books and Records; Inspection Rights
	  	49
	 SECTION 5.07.
	  	 Compliance with Laws
	  	50
	 SECTION 5.08.
	  	 Use of Proceeds
	  	50
	 SECTION 5.09.
	  	 Subsidiary Guaranty
	  	50
	 SECTION 5.10.
	  	 Location of Collateral
	  	50
	 SECTION 5.11.
	  	 Performance of Obligations; Further Assurances
	  	51
	 SECTION 5.12.
	  	 Risk Management Policy
	  	52
	 SECTION 5.13.
	  	 Acquisition of Property and Assets
	  	52
	 SECTION 5.14.
	  	 ERISA
	  	52
	 SECTION 5.15.
	  	 Environmental Reports
	  	53

  

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	ARTICLE VI	  	 
		
	Negative Covenants	  	 
			
	 SECTION 6.01.
	  	 Debt
	  	53
	 SECTION 6.02.
	  	 Liens
	  	53
	 SECTION 6.03.
	  	 Mergers; Sales of Assets; Sale-Leasebacks and other Fundamental Changes
	  	53
	 SECTION 6.04.
	  	 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
	  	54
	 SECTION 6.05.
	  	 Hedging Agreements; Put Agreements
	  	55
	 SECTION 6.06.
	  	 Restricted Payments
	  	55
	 SECTION 6.07.
	  	 Transactions with Affiliates
	  	55
	 SECTION 6.08.
	  	 Restrictive Agreements
	  	56
	 SECTION 6.09.
	  	 Changes in Accounting Principles; Fiscal Year
	  	56
	 SECTION 6.10.
	  	 Lease Obligations
	  	56
	 SECTION 6.11.
	  	 Amendments to Organic Documents
	  	56
	 SECTION 6.12.
	  	 Financial Covenants
	  	57
		
	ARTICLE VII	  	 
		
	Events of Default	  	 
		
	ARTICLE VIII	  	 
		
	The Administrative Agent	  	 
		
	ARTICLE IX	  	 
		
	Miscellaneous	  	 
			
	 SECTION 9.01.
	  	 Notices
	  	64
	 SECTION 9.02.
	  	 Waivers; Amendments
	  	64
	 SECTION 9.03.
	  	 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	  	65
	 SECTION 9.04.
	  	 Successors and Assigns
	  	66
	 SECTION 9.05.
	  	 Survival
	  	69
	 SECTION 9.06.
	  	 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	  	69
	 SECTION 9.07.
	  	 Severability
	  	70
	 SECTION 9.08.
	  	 Right of Setoff
	  	70
	 SECTION 9.09.
	  	 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
	  	70
	 SECTION 9.10.
	  	 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	  	71
	 SECTION 9.11.
	  	 Headings
	  	71
	 SECTION 9.12.
	  	 Confidentiality
	  	71
	 SECTION 9.13.
	  	 USA PATRIOT Act
	  	71

  

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 SCHEDULES: 
  

	
	 Schedule 2.01 — Commitments

	 Schedule 3.01 — Subsidiaries

	 Schedule 3.05 — Properties

	 Schedule 5.10 — Location of Collateral

	 Schedule 6.01 — Existing Debt

	 Schedule 6.02 — Permitted Liens

  
 EXHIBITS: 
  

	
	 Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and Assumption

	 Exhibit B — Form of Opinion of Borrower’s Counsel

	 Exhibit C — Form of Written Money Transfer Instruction

	 Exhibit D — List of Closing Documents

	 Exhibit E — Form of Compliance Certificate

  

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 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of December 17, 2004, among INERGY, L.P., the LENDERS party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Syndication Agents and FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
as Documentation Agent. 
  
 The parties hereto agree as follows:

  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 Definitions 
  
 SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below: 
  
 “ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate. 
  
 “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate. 
  
 “Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in
its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder. 
  
 “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent. 
  
 “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified 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. 
  
 “Aggregate Combined Commitment” means the sum of the Aggregate Commitment and the “Aggregate Commitment” under the 5-Year Credit Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or modified at any
time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and the terms of the 5-Year Credit Agreement. On the Effective Date, the Aggregate Combined Commitment is Seven Hundred Million Dollars ($700,000,000). 
  
 “Aggregate Commitment” means the sum of the Commitments, as
such amount may be reduced or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. On the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is Three Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($375,000,000). 
  
 “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum
equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on 

  

 
such day plus 1⁄2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective
from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. 
  
 “Annual Budget” means a budget setting forth detailed quarterly projections of the earnings and expenditures of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries. 
  
 “Applicable Laws”
means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of all Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and
arbitrators. 
  
 “Applicable Percentage” means,
with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently
in effect, giving effect to any assignments. 
  
 “Applicable Pledge Percentage” means 100%, but (x) 65% in the case of a pledge of Capital Stock of a First Tier Foreign Subsidiary to the extent a 100% pledge would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem or (y) 0% in the case a
pledge of Capital Stock of such a Subsidiary would cause a Financial Assistance Problem. 
  
 “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Revolving Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per
annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread”, “Eurodollar Spread” or “Commitment Fee”, as the case may be, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as reflected in the then most recently delivered Financials:

  

												
	 Pricing Level:

	  	Total Leverage
Ratio:

	  	Commitment
Fee:

	 	 	ABR
Spread:

	 	 	Eurodollar
Spread:

	 
	 Level I
	  	£3.0x	  	0.300	%	 	0.250	%	 	1.750	%
	 Level II
	  	>3.0x but £3.5x	  	0.375	%	 	0.500	%	 	2.000	%
	 Level III
	  	>3.5x but £4.0x	  	0.375	%	 	0.750	%	 	2.250	%
	 Level IV
	  	>4.0x but £4.5x	  	0.500	%	 	1.000	%	 	2.500	%
	 Level V
	  	>4.5x	  	0.500	%	 	1.250	%	 	2.750	%

  
 For purposes of the
foregoing, 
  
 (i) if at any time the Borrower
fails to deliver the Financials required under Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) on or before the date such Financials are due, Pricing Level V shall be deemed applicable for the period commencing five (5) Business Days after such required date of delivery
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is five (5) Business Days after such Financials are actually delivered, after which the Pricing Level shall be determined in accordance with the table above
as applicable; 
  
 (ii) adjustments, if any, to
the Pricing Level then in effect shall be effective five (5) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable Financials (it being understood and agreed that each change in Pricing Level shall apply during the period
commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change); and 
  
 (iii) each determination of the Applicable Rate made by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the foregoing shall, if reasonably
determined, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and each Lender. 
  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Pricing Level V shall be deemed to be applicable until the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the applicable Financials for the period ending on or about December 31, 2004 and
adjustments to the Pricing Level then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the preceding provisions. 
  
 “Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04. 
  
 “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee
(with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. 
  
 “Availability Period” means the period from and including
the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments. 
  
 “Available Cash” means, with respect to the Borrower, for any period: 
  
 (a) the sum of: 
  
 (1) all cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on hand at the end of such period; and 
  
 (2) all additional cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on hand on the date of determination of Available Cash for such period resulting from “Working Capital Loans” under, and as defined in, the 5-Year Credit Agreement, made after the end of such period; 
  

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 (b) less the total amount of any cash reserves that is necessary or appropriate in the reasonable
discretion of the Borrower to: 
  
 (1) provide
for the proper conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including reserves for future Capital Expenditures and for future credit needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) after such period; 
  
 (2) pay 50% of the interest to be paid on the Loans
hereunder and the “Loans” under, and as defined in, the 5-Year Credit Agreement and any Permitted Debt in the next fiscal quarter; and 
  
 (3) comply with applicable law or any debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party or its assets are subject; 
  
 provided, further,
that disbursements made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the end of such period but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash for such period shall be deemed to have
been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, within such period if the Borrower so determines. 
  
 “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America. 
  
 “Borrower” means Inergy, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership. 
  
 “Borrowing” means Revolving
Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. 
  

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03. 
  
 “BSA” means all Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations, as
amended. 
  
 “Business Day” means any day that is
not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market. 
  
 “Capital Expenditures” means expenditures made and liabilities incurred that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted
for as capital expenditures. 
  
 “Capital Lease”
means a lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. 
  

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 “Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights
to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any preferred interest, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company
membership interest. 
  
 “Change in Control”
means (i) the Borrower ceases to own and control 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of Inergy Propane; (ii) Inergy Holdings ceases to own and control 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of Inergy GP; (iii) any Person or group of Persons (within
the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than New Inergy Propane, shall acquire, directly or indirectly, more than 30% of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower; (iv) Inergy GP ceases to be the managing
general partner of the Borrower; (v) a majority of the seats on the board of directors (or other applicable governing body) of Inergy GP shall at any time after the Effective Date be occupied by Persons who were not nominated by Inergy GP or Inergy
Holdings, by a majority of the board of directors (or other applicable governing body) of Inergy GP or Inergy Holdings or by Persons so nominated; (vi) a majority of the seats on the board of directors (or other applicable governing body) of Inergy
Propane shall at any time after the Effective Date be occupied by Persons who were not nominated by Inergy Propane or Inergy Holdings, by a majority of the board of directors (or other applicable governing body) of Inergy Propane or Inergy Holdings
or by Persons so nominated; or (vii) any pledgor under any Pledge Agreement shall grant or suffer to exist any Lien on such pledgor’s interest in any Collateral described therein, except in each case for any Permitted Lien. 
  
 “Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for
purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the date of this Agreement. 
  
 “Class”, when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, as Revolving Loans. 
  
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 
  
 “Collateral” means all property and interests in property
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party in or upon which a security interest, lien or mortgage is granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations, whether under the Pledge and Security
Agreement, under any of the other Collateral Documents or under any of the other Credit Documents. 
  
 “Collateral Documents” means all agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection with this Agreement or the 5-Year Credit
Agreement pursuant to which the Administrative Agent is granted a security interest in Collateral, including, without limitation, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security agreements, loan agreements, notes, guarantees,
subordination agreements, pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, fee letters, notices, leases, financing statements and all other 

  

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written matter whether heretofore, now, or hereafter executed by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and delivered to the Administrative
Agent or any of the Lenders, together with all agreements and documents referred to therein or contemplated thereby. 
  
 “Collateral Release Event” is defined in Section 5.10. 
  
 “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to
time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Commitment, as applicable. 
  
 “Consolidated”
means the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP. 
  
 “Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for any period, an amount equal to: (i) net income for such period, plus (ii) amounts deducted in the computation thereof
for (a) interest expense, (b) federal, state and local income taxes, and (c) depreciation and amortization, plus or minus, as the case may be, (iii) gains or losses from the sale of assets in the ordinary course of business, and plus or
minus, as the case may be, (iv) extraordinary non-cash gains or losses for such period; provided, that for the purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period during which a Permitted Acquisition is consummated, Consolidated
EBITDA shall be adjusted in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to give effect to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition on a pro forma basis, as if such Permitted Acquisition occurred on the first day
of such period. 
  
 “Consolidated Interest
Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any period, an amount equal to (i) all interest in respect of Debt accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period), plus
(ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) under interest rate Hedging Agreements accrued during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period) plus (iii) on a pro-forma basis, the sum
of all interest accrued relating to Debt incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition calculated in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, excluding in each case up front financing fees payable in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 “Consolidated Subsidiary” means for any Person, each Subsidiary of such Person (whether existing on the Effective Date or thereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have been)
consolidated with the financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP. 
  
 “Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such
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 “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. 

 
 “Controlled Subsidiary” means a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of the Borrower and with respect to which the Borrower owns not less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting equity interests of such Subsidiary. 
  

“Co-Syndication Agent” means each of Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association in its capacity as
co-syndication agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement. 
  
 “Credit Documents” means this Agreement, the 5-Year Credit Agreement, any promissory notes executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(e), the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Collateral Documents and any
and all other instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing. 
  
 “Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors. 
  
 “Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind (including repurchase obligations, but not including customer deposits), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments or letters of credit in support of bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement relating to property purchased by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (including, without duplication,
obligations under a non-compete or similar agreement) to the extent such obligations are reportable under GAAP, (f) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capital Leases of such Person or leases of such Person for which such Person retains
tax ownership of the property subject to a lease, (g) all obligations of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property or assets owned or acquired by
such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (h) all Guaranties of such Person, (i) all obligations of such Person with respect to interest rate protection agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate
Hedging Agreements) or foreign currency exchange agreements (valued at the termination value thereof computed in accordance with a method approved by the International Swap Dealers Association and agreed to by such Person in the applicable Hedging
Agreement, if any), (j) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit (1) securing Debt (other than letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices) or (2)
obtained for any purpose not in the ordinary course of business or not consistent with past practices, (k) all obligations of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (l) all current liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits
under a Pension Plan covered by ERISA; provided that accrued expenses and accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business shall not constitute Debt. The Debt of any Person shall include the Debt of any other entity (including any
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partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except
to the extent the terms of such Debt provide that such Person is not liable therefor. 
  
 “Deemed Dividend Problem” means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign Subsidiary’s accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated to the
Borrower or the applicable parent Domestic Subsidiary under Section 956 of the Code and the effect of such repatriation causing materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or such parent Domestic Subsidiary, in each case as determined by the
Borrower in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in consultation with its legal and tax advisors. 
  
 “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless
cured or waived, become an Event of Default. 
  
 “Documentation Agent” means Fleet National Bank in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement. 
  
 “dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America. 
  
 “Domestic Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America. 
  
 “Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02). 
  
 “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules,
regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human health (including, but not limited to employee health and safety) or the environment, including, but not
limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials. 
  
 “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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, as amended from time to time. 
  

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

  
 “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable
event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated
funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding
standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from
the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to
the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA. 
  
 “Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate. 
  
 “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII. 
  
 “Excluded Subsidiary” means Inergy Canada Corporation, a Canadian ULC, so long as such Subsidiary meets all
of the following conditions: (i) the Borrower’s and its other Subsidiaries’ investments in and advances to such Subsidiary are less than $5,000,000; (ii) the fair market value of the assets of such Subsidiary totals less than $1,000,000
(as determined by the Borrower in good faith); and (iii) EBITDA (as defined below) from such Subsidiary is less than $1,000,000 per annum. For the purposes of this definition, “EBITDA” means, with respect to such Subsidiary, for any
period, an amount equal to: (1) net income for such period, plus (2) amounts deducted in the computation thereof for (a) interest expense, (b) federal, state, provincial and local income taxes, and (c) depreciation and amortization, plus
or minus, as the case may be, (3) gains or losses from the sale of assets in the ordinary course of business, and plus or minus, as the case may be, (4) extraordinary non-cash gains or losses for such period. 
  
 “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States
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the jurisdiction of any Lender’s applicable lending office and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the
Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign
Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the
Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a) (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that any withholding tax imposed on a Foreign Lender as a result of a Change in Law or regulation or
interpretation thereof occurring after the time such Foreign Lender became a party to this Agreement shall not be an Excluded Tax). 
  
 “Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 27, 2004 by and among Inergy
Propane, the lenders party thereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association as administrative agent, as the same has been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Effective Date. 
  
 “Existing Senior Debt” means the Debt of the Credit Parties
under the Existing Credit Agreement and the loan documents executed in connection therewith. 
  
 “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. 
  
 “Financial Assistance Problem” means, with respect to any
Foreign Subsidiary, the inability of such Foreign Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor or to permit its Capital Stock from being pledged pursuant to a Pledge Agreement on account of legal or financial limitations imposed by the jurisdiction
of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary or other relevant jurisdictions having authority over such Foreign Subsidiary. 
  
 “Financial Officer” means, as to any Person, the president, chief financial officer or controller of such Person. 
  
 “First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means each Foreign
Subsidiary with respect to which any one or more of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries directly owns or controls more than 50% of such Foreign Subsidiary’s Capital Stock. 
  
 “Fiscal Year” means the 52-week fiscal year of any Person ending September 30 of each calendar year.

  
 “Financials” means the annual or quarterly
financial statements, and accompanying certificates and other documents, of the Borrower required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b). 
  

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 “5-Year Credit Agreement” means that certain 5-Year Credit Agreement dated as of the
Effective Date by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

  
 “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary
which is not a Domestic Subsidiary. 
  
 “GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. 
  
 “Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities. 
  
 “Governmental Authorities” means any nation, province, state
or political subdivision thereof, and any government or any Person exercising executive, legislative, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or
capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing. 
  
 “Guaranty” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person (the “primary obligor”)
(excluding endorsements of checks for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or
supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Debt, (ii) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the
owner of such Debt of the payment of such Debt or (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt. 
  
 “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. 
  
 “Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates,
currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions;
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former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement. 
  
 “Holders of Secured Obligations” means the holders of the
Obligations and the holders of the “Obligations” under the 5-Year Credit Agreement, in each case from time to time and shall include (i) each Lender in respect of its Loans and each lender under the 5-Year Credit Agreement in respect of
its “Loans” and “LC Exposure” thereunder, (ii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the lenders under the 5-Year Credit Agreement in respect of all other present and future obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and
each Subsidiary of every type and description arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, the 5-Year Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (iii) each Lender, each affiliate of such Lender, each lender under the 5-Year Credit
Agreement and each affiliate of such lender, in each case in respect of Hedging Agreements entered into with such Person by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) each indemnified party under Section 9.03 in respect of the obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower to such Person hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and (v) their respective successors and (in the case of a Lender, permitted) transferees and assigns. 
  
 “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. 
  
 “Inergy GP” means Inergy GP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company. 
  
 “Inergy Holdings” means
Inergy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 
  
 “Inergy Propane” means Inergy Propane, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 
  
 “Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November 2004 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

  
 “Interest Coverage Ratio” means, at any time,
the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case for the four fiscal quarters then most recently ended.

  
 “Interest Election Request” means a request
by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08. 
  
 “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at
intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period. 
  
 “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is
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twelve months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving
Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing. 
  
 “Investment” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by such Person of stock or other
securities of any other Person, or any direct or indirect loan, advance or capital contribution by such Person to any other Person and any other item which would be classified as an “investment” on a balance sheet of such Person prepared
in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation any direct or indirect contribution by such Person of property or assets to a joint venture, partnership or other business entity in which such Person retains an interest (it being understood
that a direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by such Person of assets of any other Person (other than stock or other securities) shall not constitute an “Investment” for purposes of this Agreement). 
  
 “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any
other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. 
  
 “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing
for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Market Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason,
then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $3,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal
London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. 
  
 “Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge security
interest, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement, charge or encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever (including,
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foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing). 
  
 “Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement. 
  
 “Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under
this Agreement or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. 
  
 “Material Debt” means Debt (other than the Loans and the “Loans” and “Letters of Credit” under the 5-Year Credit
Agreement), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Debt, the “principal
amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required
to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time. 
  
 “Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (i) which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, contributes greater than three percent (3%) of the
Borrower’s Consolidated EBITDA for such period or (ii) the consolidated total assets of which as of the end of such fiscal quarter were greater than three percent (3%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Assets as of such date;
provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of the Consolidated EBITDA contributed by, or consolidated total assets of, all Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries exceeds five percent (5%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated
EBITDA for any such period or five percent (5%) of the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of any such fiscal quarter, the Borrower (or, in the event the Borrower has failed to do so within ten days, the Administrative Agent)
shall designate sufficient Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Subsidiaries. 
  
 “Maturity Date” means December 17, 2005. 
  
 “Midstream Business” means the business of storage,
processing, marketing and/or transmission of gas, oil or products thereof, including, without limitation, owning and operating pipelines, storage facilities, processing plants and facilities and gathering systems, and other assets related thereto.

  
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. 
  
 “Mortgage” means each of those
certain mortgages and deeds of trust entered into by the Credit Parties pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  

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 “Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA. 
  
 “New Inergy Propane, LLC” means New
Inergy Propane, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 
  
 “Obligations” means all Loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Affiliate of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, or any indemnified Person hereunder, of any kind or nature, present or future, arising under this Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, any Collateral Document, any Hedging Agreement (to the extent such Hedging Agreement is with a
Lender or its Affiliate) or any other Credit Document, whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty or other instrument, whether or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan, guaranty, indemnification,
or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired. The term includes, without limitation, all interest,
charges, expenses, fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, reasonable paralegals’ fees (in each case whether or not allowed), and any other sum chargeable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement or any
other Credit Document. 
  
 “Organic Documents”
means, relative to any Credit Party, its partnership agreement, limited liability company or operating agreement, bylaws, certificate or articles of partnership, certificate or articles of formation, certificate or articles of incorporation and
other like documents, and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any of its authorized shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests. 
  
 “Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or
property taxes, charges or similar levies (other than Excluded Taxes) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement. 
  
 “Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.

  
 “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions. 
  
 “Permitted Acquisition” means an acquisition (or series of related acquisitions) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor of all or
any part of the assets of another Person (such assets being referred to herein as the “Target Assets”) or of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting equity interests of another Person (such Person, together with any and all
Subsidiaries of such Person, being referred to herein as the “Target”) in each case made in compliance with all of the following terms and conditions: 
  
 (1) the Target is in, or the Target Assets are employed in, the same line of business as the Borrower, or in
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 (2) in the case of an equity acquisition, the Target is (or, immediately after giving
effect to such acquisition, will be) a Controlled Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of an equity acquisition in the form of a merger, (a) the Target is merged with and into the Borrower or a Controlled Subsidiary, with the Borrower or such
Controlled Subsidiary, as the case may be, being the surviving entity, or (b) the Target is merged with and into a Controlled Subsidiary with the Target being the surviving entity, provided that such surviving entity qualifies as a Controlled
Subsidiary); 
  
 (3) no Default or Event of
Default exists at the time of the acquisition or would result therefrom; 
  
 (4) unless the Borrower demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that the Total Leverage Ratio (adjusted in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative to give effect to such
acquisition on a pro forma basis) would not exceed 3.5 to 1.0, the purchase price (including assumed Debt) of any Target or Target Assets shall not exceed $100,000,000. Any acquisition in excess of the individual purchase price
limitation set forth above shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; 
  
 (5) within a reasonable time prior to such acquisition, the Administrative Agent (and any Lender, upon
request) shall have received a complete copy of the executed purchase agreement (or, in the event that the purchase agreement is not being executed until closing, then a substantially complete unexecuted version of the purchase agreement, with the
complete copy of the executed purchase agreement to follow promptly upon closing of such acquisition) for the applicable Target or Target Assets, a breakdown of the purchase price for such acquisition, a detailed schedule of assets being acquired
and values reasonably assigned to such assets at the time of such acquisition, the anticipated amount to be borrowed under the “Acquisition Commitments” under the 5-Year Credit Agreement and such other information related to such
acquisition as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; 
  
 (6) within 90 days (or such later date as is agreed to by the Administrative Agent after the consummation of such acquisition), the Administrative Agent shall have (or shall have received, as the case may be), subject
to Article VIII: 
  
 (a) in the case of an asset
acquisition, with respect to the Target Assets, a perfected Lien on (1) such fee-owned real properties as constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of the fee-owned real properties included in the Target Assets, as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (2) such motor vehicles as constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of the motor vehicles included in the Target Assets, as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (3) all other material personal property assets included in the Target Assets (to the extent that (a) a Lien can be perfected thereon by the filing of UCC financing statements in the appropriate
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required by the Administrative Agent, a Lien can be perfected thereon by possession or other methods under the UCC), all subject to no other Lien other than
Permitted Liens (and, in connection therewith, the Borrower shall have submitted to the Administrative Agent a revised Schedule 5.10 to this Agreement reflecting the location of the Collateral, inclusive of Target Assets on which the Administrative
Agent has a perfected Lien); 
  
 (b) in the case
of an equity acquisition, (i) a Guaranty from the Target in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which such Target guarantees, in favor of the Administrative Agent, the payment and performance of all
Obligations, (ii) a perfected Lien on (1) such fee-owned real properties as constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of all existing fee-owned real properties of the Target, as determined by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion, (2) such motor vehicles as constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of all existing motor vehicles of the Target, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion, (3) all other material existing personal property assets of the Target (to the extent that (a) a Lien can be perfected thereon by the filing of UCC financing statements in the appropriate jurisdictions, and (b) if required by the
Administrative Agent, a Lien can be perfected thereon by possession or other methods under the UCC), all subject to no other Lien other than Permitted Liens (and, in connection therewith, the Borrower shall have submitted to the Administrative Agent
a revised Schedule 5.10 to this Agreement reflecting the location of the Collateral, inclusive of such assets of the Target on which the Administrative Agent has a perfected Lien), (iii) a Lien on all of the existing and future equity interests in
the Target, subject to no other Lien other than Permitted Liens, and (iv) the Borrower shall have submitted to the Administrative Agent a revised Schedule 3.01 to this Agreement reflecting the ownership structure of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries; 
  
 (c) if any Target Assets (or
any assets of the Target) consist of fee-owned real properties, then, with respect to such fee-owned real properties as constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of the fee-owned real properties included in the
Target Assets and other assets of the Target, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, at no expense to the Administrative Agent a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt, as applicable, satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and granting the Administrative Agent a perfected Lien on each such fee interest; and 
  
 (d) such UCC financing statements, loan and security agreements and other documents (including, without limitation, opinions of counsel to
the Borrower and the Target regarding, among other things, the authority of the Target to guarantee the Obligations and to grant Liens) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with the conditions set forth in this subpart
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 (7) the Borrower shall have paid all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its counsel in connection with such acquisition, including, without limitation, all such costs and expenses incurred to satisfy the conditions set forth in subpart (6) above; and 
  
 (8) the Administrative Agent shall have received such other
assurances and documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the acquisition and the conditions set forth above. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, subject to Article VIII, the conditions set forth in subpart (6) shall not apply
to the acquisition of Target Assets (whether acquired in one or more related or unrelated transactions) to the extent that the aggregate purchase price of such Target Assets does not exceed $10,000,000. 
  
 “Permitted Debt” means: 
  
 (1) Debt under this Agreement (including, Guaranties of Debt
under this Agreement), Debt under the 5-Year Credit Agreement (including, Guaranties of Debt under the 5-Year Credit Agreement) and Debt under the Existing Credit Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date; 
  
 (2) Permitted Junior Debt and Guaranties of Permitted Junior
Debt; 
  
 (3) Debt of any Credit Party to any
other Credit Party; 
  
 (4) Debt of the type
described in clause (i) of the definition “Debt,” provided such Debt is incurred in connection with interest rate protection agreements (including, Hedging Agreements) covering the floating rate portion of the Obligations under this
Agreement; 
  
 (5) Other Debt in existence on the
Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01 hereto and refinancings or renewals thereof; provided that any such refinancing Debt is of the same type, of the same tenor, and in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate
principal amount of the Debt being renewed or refinanced, plus the amount of any premiums required to be paid thereon and reasonable fees and expenses associated therewith, 
  
 (6) Guaranties of Debt otherwise permitted under this definition; 
  
 (7) Debt arising in connection with endorsement of
instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business; 
  
 (8) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the
ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence; 
  

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 (9) Other Debt, provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Debt
(with respect to all Credit Parties) does not exceed $20,000,000 at any time; and 
  
 (10) Other Debt approved in advance by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in writing. 
  
 “Permitted Junior Debt” means (1) (i) the Senior Unsecured
Notes so long as the Debt thereunder is incurred on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) other Debt which is issued on terms and conditions substantially similar to the terms and conditions applicable to the Senior
Unsecured Notes and the indenture entered into in connection therewith (it being agreed that changes in the rate, tenor or maturity (other than changes in maturity which would provide for or cause such Debt to mature within six months after the
Effective Date) shall not cause such Debt to not be on substantially similar terms) and (2) the aggregate Debt of the Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, which is either unsecured Debt, or second Lien Debt that is subordinated to the
Obligations pursuant to the terms of a Subordination Agreement. Permitted Junior Debt may be incurred only so long as each of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) at the time of the incurrence of such Debt (a) no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing (or would result from the incurrence of such Debt), and (b) the Total Leverage Ratio is less than the maximum Total Leverage Ratio permitted under Section 6.12(a) at such time, calculated on a pro forma basis; (ii)
such Debt shall not mature, and no installments of principal shall be due and payable on such Debt, prior to the Termination Date; and (iii) other than in connection with the Senior Unsecured Notes and the other Debt described in clause (1)(ii) of
the preceding sentence, such Debt shall not be incurred upon covenants more restrictive than those set forth in this Agreement. 
  
 “Permitted Junior Debt Documents” means any document, agreement or instrument evidencing any Permitted Junior Debt or entered into in
connection with any Permitted Junior Debt. 
  
 “Permitted
Liens” means any of the following: 
  
 (1) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are maintained on the books of the Borrower or
relevant Subsidiary; 
  
 (2) Liens arising out of
deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security or retirement benefits legislation; 
  

(3) deposits or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory
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other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of the business of the Borrower or relevant Subsidiary; 
  
 (4) Liens imposed by law, such as mechanics’,
workers’, materialmen’s, carriers’ or other like liens (excluding, however, any statutory or other Lien in favor of a landlord under a written or oral lease) arising in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business which secure
the payment of obligations which are not past due or which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are maintained on the books of the Borrower or the relevant
Subsidiary; 
  
 (5) rights of way, zoning
restrictions, easements and similar encumbrances affecting the Borrower’s real property which do not materially interfere with the use of such property; 
  

(6) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations; 
  
 (7) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar
Liens existing solely with respect to cash and cash equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such
accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements; 
  
 (8) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention,
consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practice; 
  
 (9) Liens arising out of judgments, attachments or awards not resulting in a Default and in respect of which
the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review in respect of which there shall be secured a subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings; 
  
 (10) Liens existing on the Effective Date and listed on
Schedule 6.02 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property and Debt covered thereby is not increased; 
  
 (11) second Liens securing Permitted Junior Debt that is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of a Subordination
Agreement; and 
  
 (12) purchase money security
interests for the purchase of equipment to be used in the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business, encumbering only the equipment so purchased, and which secures only the purchase-money Debt incurred to acquire the equipment so
purchased and which Debt qualifies as Permitted Debt. 
  

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 “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. 
  
 “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of
which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA. 
  
 “Pledge Agreements” means the pledge agreements, share
mortgages, charges and comparable instruments and documents from time to time executed pursuant to the terms hereof in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “Pledge and
Security Agreement” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “Pledge Subsidiary” means each Domestic Subsidiary and First Tier Foreign Subsidiary. 
  
 “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in
effect at its principal office; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. 
  
 “Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04. 
  
 “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified
Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates. 
  

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of
the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time. 
  
 “Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans. 
  
 “Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.

  
 “Risk Management Policy” means that certain
Trading and Risk Management Policy dated October 1, 2002 of Inergy Propane and its Subsidiaries, as the same may be amended from time to time and adopted by the Board of Directors of Inergy Propane; provided that a copy of each amendment shall be
delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the effective date thereof. 
  

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 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 
  
 “Senior Secured Funded
Debt” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at any time, the total amount of secured Debt at such time, whether such Debt is matured, unmatured, absolute, contingent or otherwise minus the aggregate
outstanding principal amount at such time of such secured Debt which is Permitted Junior Debt. 
  
 “Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at any time, the ratio of (i) Senior Secured Funded Debt (other than Debt under clause (i) of the
definition of “Debt”), at such time, to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended. For purposes of calculating Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, Senior Secured
Funded Debt shall not include any outstanding “Working Capital Loans” or “Swingline Loans” (as each such term is defined in the 5-Year Credit Agreement) if the Borrower is in compliance with Section 2.11(b)(ii) of the 5-Year
Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Senior Unsecured Notes”
means the $425,000,000 of 6.875% Senior Notes of the Borrower and Inergy Finance Corp. due December 15, 2014 issued pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of December 22, 2004 between the Borrower and Inergy Finance Corp., as issuers, certain
subsidiaries of the Borrower, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. 
  
 “Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) has capital sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about to engage and
is able to pay its debts as they mature, (b) owns property having a value, both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value, greater than the amount required to pay its probable liabilities (including contingencies), and (c) does not
believe that it will incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay such debts or liabilities as they mature. 
  
 “Star Gas Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Borrower and Inergy Propane of substantially all of the Star Gas Acquired Business.

  
 “Star Gas Acquired Business” means the
propane business of Star Gas Partners, L.P. and Star Gas LLC pursuant to the Star Gas Acquisition Agreement. 
  
 “Star Gas Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of November 18, 2004 entered into by and among
Star Gas Partners, L.P., Star Gas LLC, Inergy Propane and the Borrower. 
  
 “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including
any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject, with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such
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requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D
or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. 
  
 “Subordination Agreement” means a subordination agreement between the Administrative Agent (on behalf of
itself and the Lenders) and the holders of any second Lien Permitted Junior Debt, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, pursuant to which such second Lien Permitted Junior Debt is subordinated to
the Obligations, with only such modifications as are approved by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders. 
  
 “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date,
as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. 
  
 “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower. 
  
 “Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary (other than the Excluded Subsidiary and any other Foreign Subsidiary to the extent that designation of such Foreign Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor
would (a) be prohibited by applicable law or (b) cause a Deemed Dividend Problem - each such Foreign Subsidiary, an “Affected Foreign Subsidiary”). The Subsidiary Guarantors on the Effective Date are identified as such in Schedule
3.01 hereto. 
  
 “Subsidiary Guaranty” means that
certain Guaranty dated as of the Effective Date (and any and all supplements thereto) executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor and, in the case of any guaranty by a Foreign Subsidiary, any other guaranty agreements as are requested by the
Administrative Agent and its counsel, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any
Governmental Authority. 
  
 “Total Funded Debt”
means, with respect to the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at any time, the total amount of Debt at such time, whether such Debt is matured, unmatured, absolute, contingent or otherwise. 
  
 “Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at any time, the ratio of (i) Total Funded Debt (other than Debt under clause (i) of the definition of “Debt”), at such time, to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.
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Consolidated Subsidiaries under Section 6.12(a), Total Funded Debt shall not include any outstanding “Working Capital Loans” or “Swingline
Loans” (as each such term is defined in the 5-Year Credit Agreement) if the Borrower is in compliance with Section 2.11(b)(ii) of the 5-Year Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof. 
  
 “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the Alternate Base Rate. 
  
 “UCC” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, as amended or modified from time to time. 
  
 “United States” means the United States of America. 
  
 “Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA. 
  
 SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
(e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g.,
a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing”). 
  
 SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by
the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
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 SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of
an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to
eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. 
  
 ARTICLE II 
  
 The Credits 
  
 SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will
not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment and (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. 
  
 SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other
Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. 
  
 (b) Subject
to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign
branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 (c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $3,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $3,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class
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there shall not at any time be more than a total of eight (8) Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding in the aggregate. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall
not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date. 
  
 SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not
later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02: 
  
 (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing; 
  
 (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; 

 
 (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing; 
  
 (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and 
  
 (v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

  
 If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested
Borrowing. 
  
 SECTION 2.04. Intentionally Omitted.

  
 SECTION 2.05. Intentionally Omitted. 
  
 SECTION 2.06. Intentionally Omitted. 
  
 SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each
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most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in Chicago, Illinois or such other account, in each case, as is designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

  
 (b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. 
  
 SECTION 2.08.
Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such
Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this
Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. 
  
 (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a
Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. 
  
 (c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02: 
  
 (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request
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be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each
resulting Borrowing); 
  
 (ii) the effective date
of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day; 
  
 (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and 
  
 (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing,
the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”. 
  
 If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. 
  
 (d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. 
  
 (e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with
respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is
continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto. 
  
 SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction
of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. 
  
 (b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall
be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the applicable Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance
with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments. 
  
 (c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least
three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
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delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments
shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments. 
  
 SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date. 
  
 (b) Each Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such
Lender from time to time hereunder. 
  
 (c) The Administrative
Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due
and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. 
  
 (d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or
(c) of this Section shall, absent manifest error, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 
  

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such
Lender a single promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory
note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by a promissory note in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to
such payee and its registered assigns). 
  
 SECTION 2.11.
Prepayment of Loans. 
  
 (a) Voluntary Prepayments.
The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice as follows: the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any
prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving
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11:00 a.m., Chicago, Illinois time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal
amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of
prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall
be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by (x) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13, (y) any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.16 and (z) a
reduction in like amount of the Commitments. 
  
 (b) Mandatory
Prepayments. 
  
 (i) Excess Loans. If
at any time (x) the outstanding principal amount of all Loans exceeds the sum of the Commitments, the Borrower shall repay immediately upon notice from the Administrative Agent, by payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders,
the Loans in an amount equal to such excess. Each such repayment shall be accompanied by any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.16. 
  
 (ii) Intentionally Omitted. 
  
 (iii) Asset Dispositions. If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sells or otherwise disposes of any assets (other than the sale
of inventory and motor vehicles in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business, sales of assets between Credit Parties and the sale or disposition of obsolete or worn-out equipment), or if any Collateral or other assets of the Borrower or
its Subsidiaries is taken by condemnation or other governmental taking, then in each case the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders and the lenders under the 5-Year Credit Agreement, as a mandatory prepayment
of the Loans and the loans under the 5-Year Credit Agreement (in the manner set forth in clause (v) below), a sum equal to the Applicable Prepayment Percentage of the net proceeds received by the Borrower or Subsidiary from such sale or
condemnation; provided, however, that (i) the Borrower shall not be obligated to remit the first Applicable Retention Amount of any such proceeds received in any Fiscal Year, and (ii) the Borrower shall not be obligated to remit any such
proceeds to the Administrative Agent if, prior to such sale or condemnation, the Borrower gives the Administrative Agent written notice that the Borrower intends to use such proceeds to purchase replacement assets of a similar type within sixty (60)
days thereafter (such notice to specify in reasonable detail the nature and specifics of such replacement purchase) and such proceeds are in fact used within such time period to purchase such replacement assets. As used herein, (A)
“Applicable Prepayment Percentage” means (i) 100% until the Aggregate Combined Commitment shall have been reduced (other than pursuant to Article VII) to an amount equal to or less than $325,000,000 and (ii) 50% thereafter and (B)
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than pursuant to Article VII) to an amount equal to or less than $325,000,000 and (ii) $50,000,000 thereafter. 
  
 (iv) Issuance of Debt or Equity. Unless the Aggregate
Combined Commitment has been reduced to an amount equal to or less than $325,000,000, in the event the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any special purpose financing vehicle established by any of them (i) incurs any Debt (other than (1)
refinancing Debt set forth on Schedule 6.01 hereto and existing on the Effective Date of the same type and in an amount not to exceed such existing Debt, and (2) Debt that complies with the requirements of subparts (6) or (7) of the definition of
Permitted Debt, or (ii) issues any Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock issued in connection with the exercise of stock options in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices), after the Effective Date, then, in any such
case, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders and the lenders under the 5-Year Credit Agreement, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, as a mandatory prepayment of the Loans and the loans under
the 5-Year Credit Agreement (in the manner set forth in clause (v) below), a sum equal to the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower therefrom. 
  
 (v) Order of Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Any prepayment pursuant to Sections 2.11(b)(iii) or (iv) shall be applied first
to the outstanding principal balance of the Loans under this Agreement, and, upon payment in full thereof, then to the outstanding principal balance of the “Loans” under, and as defined in, the 5-Year Credit Agreement. Each such prepayment
shall be accompanied by (x) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13, (y) any amount required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.16 and (z) a reduction in like amount of the Commitments. 
  
 SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the
date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date
to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). 
  
 (b) Intentionally Omitted. 
  
 (c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own
account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. 
  
 (d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case
of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances. 
  

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 SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. 
  
 (b) The Loans
comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the
Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any
Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

  
 (d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event
of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. 
  
 (e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360
days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be
payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. 
  
 SECTION 2.14. Alternate
Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing: 
  
 (a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means
do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or 
  
 (b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such
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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of
any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that if the circumstances giving
rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted. 
  
 SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall: 
  
 (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or 
  
 (ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such
Lender or participation therein; 
  
 and the result of any of the foregoing shall
be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar 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 otherwise), then 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) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law 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 or the Loans made by such Lender to a level
below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. 
  
 (c) 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 paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender, as the
case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof. 
  
 (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right
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to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days 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; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive,
then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. 
  
 SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay
any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than
on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such
event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount reasonably determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the
principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the
case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such
Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is
entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

  
 SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case
may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law. 
  
 (b) In addition, the Borrower
shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. 
  
 (c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any
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Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or
not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability, together with evidence of such payment, delivered to the
Borrower by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. 
  
 (d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. 
  
 (e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled
to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate. 
  
 (f) If the
Administrative Agent or a Lender reasonably determines that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request
of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event
the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other
information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. 
  
 SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. 
  
 (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or of
amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon Chicago, Illinois time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may,
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received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its
main office at Chicago, Illinois, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account
of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the
case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars. 
  
 (b) 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 (i) first, towards payment 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 (ii)
second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties. 
  
 (c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any
principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender,
then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary 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 Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower
pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or 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 or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation. 
  
 (d) 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
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amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. 
  
 (e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent
may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such
unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. 
  
 SECTION 2.19.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

  
 (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or
if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, 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 Section 9.04), all its interests,
rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
  
 Representations and Warranties 
  
 The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that: 
  
 SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Ownership. Each Credit Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The jurisdictions of formation and
the jurisdictions in which the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower is organized and qualified to do business are described on Schedule 3.01 hereto (as supplemented from time to time). The parties acknowledge that in connection with the Star
Gas Acquisition, Star Gas, L.P. is converting to a Delaware limited liability company and changing its name to Inergy Gas, LLC and Stellar Propane Service Corp. is merging into Stellar Propane Service, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. To
the extent that the conversion and/or the merger affects the qualification of such entities, the Borrower will promptly take such action as is necessary to comply with Section 5.03. The capitalization of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the
Borrower consists of the Capital Stock, authorized, issued and outstanding, of such classes and series, with or without par value, described on Schedule 3.01 hereto. All such outstanding Capital Stock has been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable. The owners of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower and the percentage of Capital Stock owned by each are described on Schedule 3.01 hereto. 
  
 SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. Each of the Credit
Parties has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents to which it is a party in accordance with
their respective terms. This Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Credit Party thereto, and each such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Credit Party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief laws from time to time in
effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies. 
  
 SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which
each such Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the borrowings hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby and under the other Credit Documents do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or
otherwise, (i) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to any Credit Party, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
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relating to such Person, or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Person other than Liens arising under the Credit Documents. 
  
 SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2004, and the related statements
of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, fairly present in all material respects the assets, liabilities and financial position of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended in accordance with GAAP. All such financial statements, including the related schedules
and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no Debt, obligation or other unusual forward or long-term commitment which is not fairly reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the
notes thereto. 
  
 (b) Since September 30, 2004, there has been no
material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. 
  
 SECTION 3.05. Properties. (a) Each Credit Party has good and defensible title to all assets and other property purported to be owned by it, except
for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes. Set forth on Part 1 of Schedule 3.05 hereto is a complete list by Credit
Party of each parcel of real property by street address owned or leased by a Credit Party, as of the date of the most recent update to such Schedule delivered by the Borrower with the officer’s compliance certificate pursuant to Section 5.01.
Set forth on Part 2 of Schedule 3.05 hereto is a complete list by Credit Party of all motor vehicles owned by a Credit Party, as of the date of the most recent update to such Schedule delivered by the Borrower with the officer’s compliance
certificate pursuant to Section 5.01. None of the properties and assets of the Credit Parties is subject to any Lien, except Permitted Liens. Except as permitted hereunder, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of Secured
Obligations, has a perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral subject to no other Liens except for Permitted Liens. 
  
 (b) Each Credit Party owns or possesses rights to use all franchises, licenses, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses,
patent applications, trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and rights with respect to the foregoing which are required to conduct its business, except where the failure to own or possess any such right could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred which permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would permit, the revocation or termination of any such rights, and no Credit Party is liable to any Person
for infringement under Applicable Law with respect to any such rights as a result of its business operations, except where the loss of any such right or the liability for any such infringement could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. 
  
 SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Contingent
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Borrower, threatened against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting any Credit Party or any Credit Party’s respective properties in any
court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority, except for actions, suits or proceedings that, if adversely determined, could, individually or in the aggregate, not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 (b) There are no pending, or to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, material strikes, material work stoppages, material unfair labor practice claims, or other material labor disputes against or affecting any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate or their respective employees;
provided, however, that if any such event is pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, then the Borrower shall provide prompt written notice of the specifics of such event to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent, in its reasonable discretion, may waive such representation and warranty as it relates to such event. The hours worked and payments made to employees of each Credit Party and ERISA Affiliate have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other Applicable Law dealing with such matters except for violations that either alone or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All material payments due from a Credit Party,
or for which any claim may be made against a Credit Party, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the applicable Credit Party, in compliance with
GAAP. 
  
 (c) Each Credit Party has complied in all respects with
all Environmental Laws except for violations that either alone or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party manages or handles any hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous
materials, toxic substances or toxic pollutants referred to in or regulated by Environmental Laws in violation of such laws or of any other applicable law where such violation could reasonably be expected to result, individually or together with
other violations, in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding or threatened citations, notices or orders of non-compliance issued to any Credit Party or relating to its facilities, leaseholds, assets or other property that either alone or
in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party has been issued all licenses, certificates, permits or other authorizations required under any Environmental Law or by any federal, state or
local governmental or quasi-governmental entity, except where the failure to have such licenses, certificates, permits or other authorizations either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. There are no liabilities or contingent liabilities relating to environmental or employee health and safety matters (including on-site or off-site contamination) relating to any Credit Party or any property owned, leased or used by any Credit
Party, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws; Governmental Approvals. Each Credit Party (i) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for
it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, is final and not subject to review on appeal and is not the subject of any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened attack by direct or collateral proceeding, and (ii) is in
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or any of its respective properties, except, in each case, to the extent that such non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 SECTION 3.08. Investment and Holding Company Status. No Credit Party
is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each such term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is, or after giving effect to any Borrowing will be, subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or the Interstate Commerce Act, each as amended, or any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to
incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
  
 SECTION 3.09. Taxes. Each Credit Party has duly filed or caused to be filed all material federal, state and local tax returns required by Applicable Law to be filed, and has paid, or made adequate provision for the payment of, all
federal, state, local and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it and its property, income, profits and assets which are due and payable, other than those the validity of which the applicable Credit Party is contesting in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the applicable Credit Party shall, to the extent required by GAAP, have set aside on its books adequate reserves. No Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien or other claim against
any Credit Party with respect to unpaid taxes which has not been discharged or resolved, other than those the validity of which the applicable Credit Party is contesting in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the
applicable Credit Party shall, to the extent required by GAAP, have set aside on its books adequate reserves. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of Credit Parties in respect of federal, state, local and other taxes for all Fiscal Years
and portions thereof since the organization of each such Credit Party are in the judgment of the Borrower adequate, and the Borrower does not anticipate any additional taxes or assessments for any of such years. 
  
 SECTION 3.10. ERISA. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate is in
material compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder. 
  
 SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. All written information, reports and other papers and data produced by or on behalf of each Credit Party and furnished to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (other than financial projections concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all of which have been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions) were, at the time the same were so furnished,
complete and correct in all material respects. No document furnished or written statement made to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by any Credit Party in connection with the negotiation, preparation or execution of this Agreement or any of
the Credit Documents contains or will contain any untrue statement of a fact material to the creditworthiness of any Credit Party or omits or will omit to state a fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.

  
 SECTION 3.12. No Default. No event has occurred or is
continuing which constitutes (i) a Default or an Event of Default or (ii) which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute, a default or event of default by any Credit Party under any material
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Credit Party or any of their respective properties may be bound or which would require a Credit Party to make any payment thereunder prior to the scheduled
maturity date therefore, where (in the case of this clause (ii)) such default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 SECTION 3.13. Margin Stock. No Credit Party is engaged principally or as one of its activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose
of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used in the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans will be
used for purchasing or carrying margin stock in violation of, or for any purpose which violates, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors. 
  
 SECTION 3.14. No Burdensome Restrictions. No Credit Party is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any
restriction in its organizational documents that (i) will have the effect of prohibiting or restraining, or will impose adverse conditions upon, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or in the other Credit Documents or the payment of dividends
or the making of any loans, investments or transfers by any Subsidiary to or in the Borrower or (ii) has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party is subject to any Governmental Approval or
Applicable Law which is so unusual or burdensome as in the foreseeable future could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower does not presently anticipate that future expenditures of the Credit Parties needed to meet
the provisions of any statutes, orders, rules or regulations of a Governmental Authority will be so burdensome as to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 SECTION 3.15. Solvency. As of the Effective Date and after giving effect to each Borrowing made hereunder, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, will be Solvent. 
  
 SECTION 3.16. Debt and
Permitted Investments. No Credit Party has any Debt other than Permitted Debt. No Credit Party has made any Investments other than Investments permitted under Section 6.04 of this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 3.17. Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of each Credit Party begins
on October 1 and ends on September 30 of the following calendar year. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
  
 Conditions 
  
 SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make
Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02): 
  

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement
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transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable
written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, counsel for the Credit Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, and covering such other matters relating to
the Credit Parties, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion. 
  
 (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent
or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of each Credit Party, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Credit Parties, this Agreement or the
Transactions, as set forth in Exhibit D and all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. 
  
 (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or
a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02. 
  
 (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Existing Credit Agreement has been
terminated and cancelled, that all Debt outstanding thereunder has been fully repaid or will be fully repaid with the proceeds of the initial Revolving Loans and that all liens and security interests granted pursuant thereto have been fully released
and terminated. 
  
 (f) The Administrative Agent
shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

  
 (g) The Administrative Agent and the
Co-Syndication Agents (collectively, the “Agents”) shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to them that the Borrower’s and the relevant seller’s respective general partners, directors or other managers and, if
necessary, unitholders, shall have approved the Star Gas Acquisition and all regulatory and legal approvals for the Star Gas Acquisition shall have been obtained and any required waiting periods shall have expired or been terminated. 
  
 (h) There shall exist an absence of injunction or temporary
restraining order which, in the judgment of the Agents would prohibit the making of the Loans or the consummation of the Star Gas Acquisition or the Transactions; and there shall exist an absence of litigation which would reasonably be expected to
result in a material adverse effect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the Star Gas Acquired Business; provided, however, that no litigation with respect to the Star Gas Acquired Business or the Star Gas Acquisition shall be
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or is reasonably likely to result, in a decrease in the value of the Star Gas Acquired Business by more than $47,500,000. 
  
 (i) The total consideration paid in connection with the Star
Gas Acquisition shall not exceed $475,000,000, subject to working capital adjustments, plus fees and expenses related thereto. 
  
 (j) The representations and warranties in the Star Gas Acquisition Agreement shall be accurate in all material respects as of the date of
the Star Gas Acquisition closing (provided, that, with respect to the Star Gas Acquisition and the Star Gas Acquired Business, the representations and warranties shall be deemed to be accurate in all material respects, unless the inaccuracies
result, or are reasonably likely to result, in a decrease in the value of the Star Gas Acquisition or the Star Gas Acquired Business by more than $47,500,000) and the conditions therein shall have been satisfied or waived with the consent of the
Agents and the Borrower must have received an opinion of counsel concerning the enforceability of the Star Gas Acquisition Agreement and its compliance with all applicable law. 
  
 (k) The Borrower shall have received net cash proceeds from equity contributions of at least $80,000,000.

  
 (l) The Agents and the Lenders shall have
received audited financial statements for (i) the Borrower for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2004 and (ii) the Star Gas Acquired Business for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2003 and September 30, 2004. 

 
 (m) The Agents shall have received a pro forma
opening balance sheet as if the Star Gas Acquisition had closed on September 30, 2004 (“Pro Forma Opening Balance Sheet”) reflecting consummation of the Star Gas Acquisition and five year financial statement projections
(“Projections”), together with such information as the Agents may reasonably request to confirm the tax, legal, and business assumptions made in such Pro Forma Opening Balance Sheet and Projections. The Pro Forma Opening Balance
Sheet, the capital structure of the Borrower and the Projections must demonstrate, in the reasonable judgement of the Agents, together with all other information then available to the Agents, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have the ability
to repay their debts and satisfy the respective other obligations as and when due and to comply with the financial covenants in the Credit Documents. 
  
 (n) The Star Gas Acquisition shall have been consummated on the terms contained in the Star Gas Acquisition Agreement (unless waived by
the Agents and the Borrower) substantially concurrently with the initial funding hereunder. 
  
 (o) If requested by the Agents, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agents an environmental review report, reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to them, from an environmental review firm reasonably acceptable to them, as to any environmental hazards or liabilities and with the Borrower’s plans with respect thereto. 
  

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 (p) No Default or Event of Default shall exist on the Effective Date. No material adverse
change shall have occurred in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since September 30, 2003 or of the Star Gas Acquired Business
since September 30, 2003; provided, however, that a change with respect to the Star Gas Acquired Business shall not be deemed materially adverse, unless it results, or is reasonably likely to result, in a decrease in the value of the Star Gas
Acquired Business by more than $47,500,000. 
  
 (q) The Agents shall have determined that there is an absence of any material adverse change or disruption in primary or secondary loan syndication markets or capital markets generally that would likely impair syndication of the credit
facility evidenced hereby. 
  
 The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower
and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is
satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., Chicago, Illinois time, on the Effective Date (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time). 
  
 SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make
a Loan is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: 
  
 (a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of the making of such Loan, except to the extent that such representations and
warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date. 
  
 (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Loan, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. 
  
 The making of each Loan shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty the
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 ARTICLE V 
  
 Affirmative Covenants 
  
 Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid
in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: 
  
 SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender: 
  
 (a) (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year,
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the
notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and audited by Ernst & Young, LLP or other independent certified public accountants of national standing reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operation of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during
the year, and accompanied by a report thereon by such certified public accountants that is not qualified with respect to scope limitations imposed by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or with respect to accounting principles
followed by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP (it being agreed that purposes hereof, the delivery of the Borrower’s appropriately completed Annual Report on Form 10-K will be sufficient in lieu of
delivery of the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries) and (ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, unaudited consolidating balance sheet of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and unaudited consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable
detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year, certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP; 
  
 (b) as soon as practicable and in any event within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters, unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited consolidated statements of
income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and
prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP other than the absence of footnotes and subject to year-end audit and adjustments and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any
change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower to present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended other than the absence of footnotes and subject to year-end audit and adjustments (it
being agreed that for purposes hereof, the delivery of the Borrower’s appropriately completed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q will be sufficient in lieu of delivery of the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries); 
  
 (c) concurrently with any
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specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations
demonstrating (A) compliance with Sections 6.01, 6.03, 6.04, 6.06 and 6.12 and (B) the determination of the Applicable Rate and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited
financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate; 
  
 (d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate of the
accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines); 
  
 (e) as soon
as practicable, but in any event no later than August 31 of the preceding Fiscal Year, the Borrower shall submit to the Administrative Agent an Annual Budget for the next Fiscal Year, approved by management of the Borrower. As soon as practicable,
but in any event no later than November 30 of the applicable Fiscal Year, the Borrower shall submit to the Administrative Agent the Annual Budget for the then current Fiscal Year, approved by the board of directors (or analogous governing board) of
the Borrower; 
  
 (f) as soon as available, but
in any event within 5 Business Days after the creation or acquisition of any new Subsidiary, or the sale or dissolution of any existing Subsidiary, an updated Schedule 3.01 hereto reflecting the addition of such new Subsidiary or the removal of such
existing Subsidiary (as applicable); and 
  
 (g)
promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may reasonably request. 
  
 SECTION 5.02. Notices of
Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender prompt (but in no event later than ten (10) days after an officer of a Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof) written notice of the
following: 
  
 (a) the commencement of all
proceedings and investigations by or before any Governmental Authority and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator against or involving any Credit Party or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses, which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
  
 (b) any notice of any violation received by any Credit Party from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any notice of violation of Environmental Laws or ERISA which, in any such case, could
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 (c) any labor controversy that has resulted in a strike or other work action against any
Credit Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; 
  
 (d) any dispositions of any Collateral or other assets or property of any Credit Party (other than (i) dispositions in the ordinary course
of its business, (ii) sales of assets between Credit Parties and (iii) sales or dispositions of obsolete or worn-out equipment) within ten (10) days of the disposition thereof; 
  
 (e) any Default or Event of Default; 
  
 (f) any event which makes any of the representations set forth in Article III inaccurate in any respect;

  
 (g) any other development that has resulted
in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; and 
  
 (h) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all reports, if any, submitted to any Credit Party or its respective board of directors (or
analogous governing body) by its respective independent public accountants in connection with their auditing function, including, without limitation, accountant letters, management reports and management responses thereto. 
  
 Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial
Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto. 
  
 SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) carry on and conduct its principal business substantially as it is now being conducted, (ii) maintain in good standing its existence and its right to transact business in those states in which it is now or
may after the Effective Date be doing business, and (iii) maintain all licenses, permits and registrations necessary to the conduct of its business, except where the failure to so maintain its right to transact business or to maintain such licenses,
permits or registrations would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  
 SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge, before they become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it, its
properties, or any part thereof, or upon the income or profits therefrom and all claims for labor, materials or supplies which if unpaid might be or become a Lien or charge upon any of its property and other material obligations, except such items
as it is in good faith appropriately contesting and as to which adequate reserves have been provided to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction. 
  
 SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) (i) maintain, preserve and
keep its properties and every part thereof in good repair, working order and condition (except for such properties as the Borrower in good faith determines are not useful in the conduct of its or its Subsidiaries’ business), (ii) from time to
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additions and improvements thereto so that at all times the efficiency thereof shall be fully preserved and maintained (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and
(iii) maintain all leases of real or personal property in good standing, free of any defaults by the Credit Party that is party thereto, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect and (b) keep insured at all times with financially sound and reputable insurers which are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (i) all of its property of an insurable nature (other than residential tanks and racks and cylinders on
a cylinder exchange program), including, without limitation, all real estate, equipment, fixtures and inventories, against fire and other casualties in such a manner and to the extent that like properties are usually insured by others owning
properties of a similar character in a similar locality or as otherwise reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, with the proceeds of such casualty insurance payable to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and (ii)
against liability on account of damage to persons or property (including product liability insurance, pollution legal liability insurance and all insurance required under all applicable worker’s compensation laws) caused by it or its officers,
members, employees, agents or contractors in such a manner and to the extent that like risks are usually insured by others conducting similar businesses in the places where it conducts its business or as otherwise required by the Administrative
Agent; provided, however, that the Borrower may self-insure against casualty all of its property of an insurable nature, so long as (y) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Agreement, and (z) adequate reserves (as are
customary in the case of self-insured entities of similarly situated companies engaged in the same or a similar line of business in accordance with GAAP) are maintained for such purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any property
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is not accepted by the applicable insurer for inclusion under the Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s pollution legal liability policy, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall not be required
to maintain pollution legal liability insurance coverage on such property provided that (i) the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with notice of the rejection of such property by the insurer, and (ii) at the Administrative Agent’s
option, such property shall not be included in the Collateral. The Borrower shall cause the insurers under all of its and its Subsidiaries’ insurance policies to (a) provide the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice of the termination of any such policy before such termination shall be effective and (b) agree to such other matters in respect of any such casualty insurance as provided in the Administrative Agent’s loss payee endorsement. In addition,
the Borrower will, upon request of the Administrative Agent at any time, furnish a written summary of the amount and type of insurance carried by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the names of the insurers and the policy numbers, and deliver to the
Administrative Agent certificates with respect thereto. 
  
 SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to (i) maintain complete and accurate books and financial records in accordance with GAAP; (ii) during normal working
hours permit the Administrative Agent and Persons designated by the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect its properties and to conduct any environmental tests or audits thereon, to perform audits of its accounts receivable and inventory and to
inspect its books and financial records (including its journals, orders, receipts and correspondence which relate to its accounts receivable and inventory), to make copies and to take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and
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designated by the Administrative Agent to perform audits of such books and financial records at the expense of the Borrower when and as requested by the
Administrative Agent. 
  
 SECTION 5.07. Compliance with
Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and all orders of any Governmental Authority, applicable to it or any of its property, business, operations or
transactions (including ERISA and all Environmental Laws), except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and provide prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent following the
receipt of any notice of any violation of any such laws, rules, regulations or orders from any Governmental Authority charged with enforcing the same where such violation could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

  
 SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, only use the proceeds of the Loans to finance the Star Gas Acquisition and related transaction expenses. No proceeds of any Loans shall be used to acquire or carry any “margin stock” (as such term is
defined or used in the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). 
  
 SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guaranty. As promptly as possible but in any event within thirty (30) days (or such later date as may agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after any Person becomes a Subsidiary or a
Subsidiary ceases to be an “Excluded Subsidiary” under the definition of that term, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing the material
assets of such Person and shall cause each such Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent the Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to which such Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of thereof, such Subsidiary Guaranty to be
accompanied by appropriate authorizing resolutions, other Organic Documents and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. 
  
 SECTION 5.10. Collateral. (a) The Borrower will cause, and will cause each other Credit Party to cause, all of its
owned Property (subject to the exceptions contained herein and in any Collateral Document) to be subject at all times to first priority, perfected Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations to
secure the Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, subject in any case to Permitted Liens. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower will cause the Applicable Pledge Percentage of the
issued and outstanding equity interests of each Pledge Subsidiary) directly owned by the Borrower or any other Credit Party to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or such other security documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to the extent, and within such time period as is, reasonably required by the Administrative
Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no pledge agreement in respect of the equity interests of a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required hereunder to the extent such pledge thereunder is prohibited by applicable law or the Administrative Agent or
its counsel reasonably determines that such pledge would not provide material credit support for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations pursuant to legally valid, binding and enforceable pledge agreements and (2) the vehicle titles for
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vehicles owned by the Credit Parties on the Effective Date need not be retitled to reflect the Administrative Agent as the lienholder, and no Mortgages are
required to be delivered hereunder, in each case, until March 17, 2005 or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in the exercise of its reasonable discretion (it being understood and agreed that the failure to deliver such retitled
vehicle titles and Mortgages by the required date shall constitute a Default under clause (d)(i) of Article VII hereof) with respect to (a) the real property owned by the Credit Parties on the Effective Date; provided that the Borrower hereby
agrees to use its best efforts to cause the delivery of such retitled vehicle titles and Mortgages as soon as practicable after the Effective Date. 
  
 (b) The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep all Collateral, other than inventory in transit, motor vehicles, residential tanks
and bulk storage tanks, at one or more of the locations set forth on Schedule 5.10 hereto and not remove any such Collateral therefrom except for, (i) inventory sold in the ordinary course of business; (ii) dispositions of obsolete or worn out
equipment to the extent permitted under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; and (iii) the storage of inventory or equipment at locations within the continental United States other than those described on Schedule 5.10 hereto;
provided that (a) this Section 5.10 shall be deemed inapplicable during the continuation of the Collateral Release Event (as defined below) and (b) the Borrower shall take all actions necessary for the Administrative Agent’s Lien on such
inventory and equipment to continue to be a perfected first priority Lien subject to no other Lien other than Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary,
the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in the event the Borrower receives, after the Effective Date, investment grade ratings for its senior unsecured long-term debt securities (without third-party credit enhancement) from both S&P (at
least BBB-) and Moody’s (at least Baa3), the security interests granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents will be released (the “Collateral Release Event”); provided that if either such investment grade rating from S&P or
Moody’s subsequently falls below BB+ or Ba1 respectively, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will re-grant the security interests in the Collateral pursuant to comparable Collateral Documents and no further ratings-based collateral releases will
be permissible. 
  
 SECTION 5.11. Performance of Obligations;
Further Assurances. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, if the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders so elects in their sole discretion, to pay or perform any of the Borrower’s Obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Documents and to reimburse the Administrative Agent, on demand, or, if the Administrative Agent so elects, by
the Administrative Agent making one or more Loans (as the Administrative Agent may elect) on the Borrower’s behalf and charging the accounts of any Credit Party held by the Administrative Agent accordingly, for all amounts expended by or on
behalf of the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, and all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent in connection therewith. Subject to the limitations contained in Section 5.13, the Borrower further agrees
to, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to, other than during the continuation of the Collateral Release Event, execute, deliver or perform, or cause to be executed, delivered or performed, all such Collateral Documents and other documents,
agreements or acts, as the case may be, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to create, perfect, continue or otherwise assure the Administrative Agent with respect to any Lien on all assets of each Credit Party or
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purported to be created by any of the Credit Documents or to otherwise create, evidence, assure or enhance the Administrative Agent’s and the
Lender’s rights and remedies under, or as contemplated by, the Credit Documents or at law or in equity. 
  
 SECTION 5.12. Risk Management Policy. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply, and require its Subsidiaries to
comply, with (i) the retail and wholesale inventory distribution and trading procedures, (ii) the dollar and volume limits, and (iii) all other material provisions of the Risk Management Policy. 
  
 SECTION 5.13. Acquisition of Property and Assets. Subject to the
provisions of Section 5.10 and Article VIII, assets and properties acquired by any Credit Party after the Effective Date but excluding such period during which the Collateral Release Event is continuing, consisting of (i) such real properties as
constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of the real properties acquired, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (ii) such motor vehicles as constitute at least seventy-five
percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of the motor vehicles acquired, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, and (iii) all other material personal property assets acquired (to the extent that (a) a Lien can be
perfected thereon by the filing of UCC financing statements in the appropriate jurisdictions, and (b) if required by the Administrative Agent, a Lien can be perfected thereon by possession or other methods under the UCC), shall be part of the
Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations on which the Administrative Agent shall have a perfected Lien, and the applicable Credit Party shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative
Agent, at the Borrower’s reasonable expense, such documents (including, without limitation, Collateral Documents, UCC financing statements, fixture filings and opinions of counsel) and other assurances as the Administrative Agent may request in
order to create and perfect Liens in such assets and properties in favor of the Administrative Agent, subject to no other Liens other than Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, the conditions set forth in clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) shall not apply to the acquisition of assets and properties (whether acquired in one or more related or unrelated transactions) to the extent that the aggregate purchase price of such assets and properties does not exceed
$10,000,000. 
  
 SECTION 5.14. ERISA. The Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) notify the Administrative Agent promptly of the establishment or joinder of any Plan, except that prior to the establishment of any “welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA) covering any employee of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate for any period after such employee’s termination of employment other than such period required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of l986 or “defined
benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA) or joinder of, or contribution to, any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), it will obtain the Administrative Agent’s prior written approval of
such establishment; (ii) at all times make prompt payments or contributions to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code, with respect to each Plan; (iii) promptly after the filing thereof, furnish to the Administrative Agent a
copy of any report required to be filed pursuant to Section 103 of ERISA in connection with each Plan for each plan year, including but not limited to the Schedule B attached thereto, if applicable; (iv) notify the Administrative Agent promptly of
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termination thereof by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to
administer the Plan, the initiation of any audit or inquiry by the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor of any Plan or transaction(s) involving or related to any Plan, or any “prohibited transaction” as defined in Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (v) notify the Administrative Agent prior to any action that could result in the assertion of liability under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA caused by the complete or
partial withdrawal from any multiemployer plan or to terminate any defined benefit plan sponsored by a Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate; and (vi) promptly furnish such additional information concerning any Plan as the Administrative Agent may
from time to time reasonably request. 
  
 SECTION 5.15.
Environmental Reports. If an Event of Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 5.07 (as such Section relates to Environmental Laws) shall have occurred and be continuing, at the request of the Required Lenders through the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, provide to the Lenders within forty-five (45) days after such request, at the expense of the Borrower, an environmental site assessment report for the properties
which are the subject of such Event of Default prepared by an environmental consulting firm acceptable to the Administrative Agent and consented to by the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), indicating the
presence or absence of hazardous materials and the estimated cost of any compliance or remedial action in connection with such properties. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 Negative Covenants 
  
 Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

  
 SECTION 6.01. Debt. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Debt, except Permitted Debt. 
  
 SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any
property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except Permitted Liens. 
  
 SECTION 6.03. Mergers; Sales of Assets; Sale-Leasebacks and other
Fundamental Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) merge or consolidate with or otherwise acquire, or be acquired by, any other Person; provided that the Borrower may consummate Permitted Acquisitions; and
(ii) sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or any part of its assets other than, (a) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, (b) the disposition of obsolete or worn out equipment subject to Section 2.11(b)(iii)
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(e) the sale of other assets not in the ordinary course of business in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 (or $50,000,000 if the Aggregate Combined
Commitment has been reduced (other than pursuant to Article VII) to an amount equal to or less than $325,000,000) in any Fiscal Year. 
  
 (b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement with any lender or investor or to which such lender
or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such lender or investor or to any
Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such transactions which, together with all other such
transactions entered into by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, involve real and personal property having a fair market value not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate. 
  
 (c) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create any Subsidiary or manufacture any goods,
render any services or otherwise enter into any business which is not substantially similar to that existing on the Effective Date; provided, however, that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may engage in, or create one or more
Controlled Subsidiaries to engage in, Midstream Business. 
  
 SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to: 
  

(a) subject to clause (b) below, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or any other investment in any Person (including any equity holders
of the Borrower or of any of its Affiliates), except (1) investments in (i) interest-bearing United States Government obligations, (ii) certificates of deposit issued by or time deposits with any commercial bank organized and existing under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof having capital and surplus of not less than $25,000,000, (iii) prime commercial paper rated AAA by S&P or Prime P-1 by Moody’s and (iv) agreements involving the sale and guaranteed repurchase of
United States Government securities, (2) investments in securities of trade creditors or customers in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Borrower’s or such Subsidiaries’ past practices that are received in settlement
of bona fide disputes or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers, (3) loans and advances to directors, employees and officers of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes, in aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding, (4) investments in Inergy Canada Corporation in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000, (5) investments in the
Borrower, (6) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may (i) acquire and hold accounts receivables owing to any of them if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms, (ii)
endorse negotiable instruments held for collection in the ordinary course of business and (iii) make lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business, (7) a Subsidiary provided that (i) such Subsidiary is a wholly
owned Subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of the Borrower; (ii) such Subsidiary guarantees the Obligations under the Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, (iii) such Subsidiary grants to the Administrative
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security interest in all assets and properties of such Subsidiary (subject only to Permitted Liens) in accordance with Section 5.13 pursuant to the Pledge
and Security Agreement and, in the case of real property owned by such Subsidiary, a Mortgage and (iv) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary is pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations pursuant to the
Pledge and Security Agreement, (8) Guaranties permitted under Section 6.01, (9) Permitted Acquisitions and (10) other investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year. All instruments and documents evidencing such
investments shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent promptly after the relevant Person’s receipt thereof, shall be security for the Obligations, and shall be Collateral hereunder; and 
  
 (b) acquire any assets or property of any other Person (other than a Credit
Party) other than (i) pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, (ii) subject to Section 5.13, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and (iii) as part of a Capital Expenditure. 
  
 SECTION 6.05. Hedging Agreements; Put Agreements. The Borrower will
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, except (a) Hedging Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure regardless of maturity (other
than those in respect of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Hedging Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to
another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Furthermore, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any put agreement or
similar agreement with any other Person granting such Person put rights or similar arrangements with respect to the Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than in connection with compensation arrangements with directors, officers
or employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary). 
  
 SECTION 6.06.
Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions in respect of any membership interests or other equity interests (other than in
connection with compensation arrangements with directors, officers or employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary) or redeem or otherwise acquire any such membership or other equity interests without in each instance obtaining the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders; provided, however, that (i) any Credit Party which is a Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay regularly scheduled dividends or make other distributions to the Borrower and (ii) if no Default or Event of
Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may pay cash distributions, free of any Lien, to its unitholders in an aggregate amount not to exceed Available Cash. 
  
 SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
enter into or be a party to any transaction or arrangement, including without limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property of any kind or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to
the reasonable requirements of such Person’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to such Person as those which would be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction with a non-Affiliate except that the
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and employee compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and indemnification
arrangements, (3) the existence of, and the performance by any Credit Party of its obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company, limited partnership or other Organic Document or securityholders agreement (including any registration
rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date, and which has been disclosed to the Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date, and similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter;
provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by any Credit Party of obligations under, any amendment to any such existing agreement or any such similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be
permitted by this Section 6.07 to the extent not more adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect than the provisions of any of such documents and agreements as in effect on the Closing Date and (4) transactions between and among
the Credit Parties. The foregoing shall not prohibit the creation of, or an arrangement with, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other acquisition of assets and properties pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, provided, that the structure of any such proposed transaction is disclosed to the Administrative Agent and is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. 
  
 SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that conflicts with any provision of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents. Furthermore, the Borrower will
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Debt (other than Permitted Junior Debt) which contains any covenants (including, without limitation, a negative pledge on assets that does not permit the Liens securing the
Obligations) more restrictive than the provisions of Articles V and VI, or enter into any Permitted Junior Debt (other than the Senior Unsecured Notes and the other Debt described in clause (1)(ii) of the first sentence of the definition of
Permitted Junior Debt) which contains any covenants more restrictive than the provisions of Article VI or any negative pledge on assets that does not permit the Liens securing the Obligations. 
  
 SECTION 6.09. Changes in Accounting Principles; Fiscal Year. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any change in its principles or methods of accounting as currently in effect, except such changes as are required by GAAP, nor, without first obtaining the Administrative
Agent’s written consent, change its Fiscal Year. 
  
 SECTION
6.10. Lease Obligations. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, permit the aggregate obligations that are due and payable during any Fiscal Year under leases or agreements to lease (other than obligations under
Capital Leases) to exceed $20,000,000. 
  
 SECTION 6.11.
Amendments to Organic Documents. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise modify their respective Organic Documents in any manner that would affect the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, except for amendments or other modifications that modify administrative provisions or amendments that reflect the issuance, redemption or transfer of Capital
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 SECTION 6.12. Financial Covenants. 
  
 (a) Maximum Total Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio, determined as of the end of
each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after the Effective Date for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, to be greater than (i) 5.50 to 1.0 as of the end of the fiscal quarters ending December
31, 2004 and March 31, 2005 and (ii) 4.75 to 1.0 as of the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter. 
  
 (b) Maximum Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, determined as of the end of each of its
fiscal quarters ending on and after December 31, 2005 for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, to be greater than 3.75 to 1.0. 
  
 (c) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio, determined as of the
end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after the Effective Date for the period of 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, to be less than 2.5 to 1.0. 
  
 SECTION 6.13. Permitted Junior Debt and Amendments to Permitted Junior
Debt Documents. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire, any Permitted Junior Debt or any Debt from
time to time outstanding under the Permitted Junior Debt Documents. Furthermore, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, amend the Permitted Junior Debt Documents or any document, agreement or instrument evidencing any Debt
incurred pursuant to the Permitted Junior Debt Documents (or any replacements, substitutions, extensions or renewals thereof) or pursuant to which such Debt is issued where such amendment, modification or supplement provides for the following or
which has any of the following effects: 
  
 (a)
increases the overall principal amount of any such Debt or increases the amount of any single scheduled installment of principal or interest; 
  
 (b) shortens or accelerates the date upon which any installment of principal or interest becomes due or adds any additional mandatory
redemption provisions; 
  
 (c) shortens the final
maturity date of such Debt or otherwise accelerates the amortization schedule with respect to such Debt; 
  
 (d) amends or modifies any financial or negative covenant (or covenant which prohibits or restricts the Borrower or any Subsidiary from
taking certain actions) in a manner which is more onerous or more restrictive in any material respect to the Borrower or such Subsidiary or which is otherwise materially adverse to the Borrower, any Subsidiary and/or the Lenders or, in the case of
any such covenant, which places material additional restrictions on the Borrower or such Subsidiary or which requires the Borrower or such Subsidiary to comply with more restrictive financial ratios or which requires the Borrower to better its
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 (e) amends, modifies or adds any affirmative covenant in a manner which (i) when taken as
a whole, is materially adverse to the Borrower, any Subsidiary and/or the Lenders or (ii) is more onerous than the existing applicable covenant in the Permitted Junior Debt Documents or the applicable covenant in this Agreement. 
  
 ARTICLE VII 
  
 Events of Default 
  
 If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur: 
  
 (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise; 
  
 (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days; 
  
 (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement, the
Subsidiary Guaranty, any Pledge Agreement, any other Credit Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this
Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, any other Credit Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; 
  
 (d) (i) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition
or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence), 5.08, 5.09 or 5.10 or in Article VI (other than Sections 6.07, 6.09, 6.10 and 6.11) or (ii) any of the Credit Documents shall cease in any material respect
to be in full force and effect or shall be declared to be null and void in whole or in a material part by the final judgment of a court or other governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability thereof shall
be contested by, or on behalf of, any Credit Party; or any Credit Party shall renounce any of the same or deny that it has any or further liability under any Credit Document to which it is a party; or any security interest purported to be created by
any Credit Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Credit Party not to be, a valid, perfected, first priority (except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement or such Credit Document) security interest in the Collateral
covered thereby; 
  
 (e) the Borrower shall fail to observe or
perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any Credit Party shall be in breach of any of the terms or provisions of any other Credit Document
(beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any), and such failure or breach shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier to occur of (i) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which
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request of any Lender) or (ii) an officer of the Borrower becomes aware of any such failure or breach; 
  
 (f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of
principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Debt, when and as the same shall become due and payable; 
  
 (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Debt (other than Material Debt under Hedging Agreements) becoming due prior to its
scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Debt or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Debt to become due, or to
require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or any default occurs under any Hedging Agreement that constitutes Material Debt which default could enable the other counterparty to terminate
the Hedging Agreement; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Debt that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Debt; 
  
 (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition
shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and,
in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; 
  
 (i) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate
manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or
for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing; 
  
 (j) the Borrower or any
Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; 
  
 (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance) shall be
rendered against the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a
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 (l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together
with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or 
  
 (m) a Change in Control shall occur. 
  
 then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and
thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and
payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, shall become due and payable
immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments
shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 The
Administrative Agent 
  
 Each of the Lenders hereby
irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 
  
 The bank 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 such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as
if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. 
  
 The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated
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percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as
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 with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until
written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or
in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm
receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vi) the perfection or priority of any of the Liens on any of the Collateral. 
  

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 believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent 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 be
made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. 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. 
  
 The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more subagents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such subagent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply
to any such subagent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such subagent, 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. 
  
 Subject to the appointment and
acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the
consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
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successor Administrative Agent; provided, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no consent of the Borrower shall be required.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. 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 Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 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 it was acting as Administrative Agent. 
  
 Each Lender acknowledges that 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 Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender 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 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder
or thereunder. 
  
 None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this
Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent or a Documentation Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of
such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their capacity as Co-Syndication Agents or Documentation Agent as it
makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph. 
  
 Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender, in accordance with Section 9.08, the proceeds of which are applied in accordance with this Agreement, each Lender agrees that it will not take any
action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, against the Borrower or with respect to any Credit Document, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or, as may be provided in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, with the
consent of the Administrative Agent. 
  
 The Lenders are not
partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the
exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a “representative” of
the Holders of Secured Obligations within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which
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documents. Each Lender agrees that no Holder of Secured Obligations (other than the Administrative Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to
realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations upon the terms of
the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver
on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations any Credit Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations. The Lenders hereby
authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien granted to or held by the Administrative Agent upon any Collateral (i) upon termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all of the
Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and Obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements) at any time arising under or in respect of this Agreement or the Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (ii) as
permitted by, but only in accordance with, the terms of the applicable Credit Document; or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, unless such release is required to be approved by all of the Lenders hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. Upon any sale or transfer of assets constituting
Collateral which is permitted pursuant to the terms of any Credit Document, or consented to in writing by the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as applicable, and upon at least five Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Holders of Secured Obligations herein or pursuant hereto upon the Collateral that was sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in
the Administrative Agent’s opinion, would expose the Administrative Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any
manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens upon (or obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of) all interests retained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale,
all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral. 
  
 The Lenders and the Borrower irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, in the event that, at any time, the Administrative Agent determines that it does not have a perfected Lien on (i) such
fee-owned real properties of the Credit Parties as constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of all fee-owned real properties of the Credit Parties, and/or (ii) such motor vehicles of the Credit Parties as
constitute at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate market value of motor vehicles of the Credit Parties, to obtain perfected Liens on such unencumbered fee-owned real properties and/or unencumbered motor vehicles as the Administrative
Agent deems necessary to reach the seventy-five percent (75%) aggregate market value threshold. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with all information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent from time to time related to
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and the execution of documents necessary to facilitate such Lien perfection and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent and its counsel in connection therewith. 
  
 ARTICLE IX

  
 Miscellaneous 
  
 SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by
certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows: 
  
 (i) if to the Borrower, to it at Two Brush Creek Blvd., Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Attention of Brooks Sherman, Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (816) 531-3685); 
  
 (ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 1 Bank One Plaza IL 1-0010, Chicago, Illinois 60670, Attention of Kenneth Fecko (Telecopy No. (312) 385-7096, with copies to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 1 Bank One Plaza IL 1-0365, Chicago, Illinois 60670,
Attention of Joseph Giampetrone (Telecopy No. (312) 325-3030); and 
  
 (iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number or e-mail address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. 
  
 (b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications
pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent
or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications. 
  
 (c) Any party hereto may
change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed to have been given on the date of receipt. 
  
 SECTION
9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or
any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder
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rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. 
  
 (b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or
modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement
shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of
each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the
scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written
consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights
hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender or (vi) other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, release any Guarantor
which is a Material Subsidiary or release all or substantially all of the Collateral which is subject to the Credit Documents (other than pursuant to the Collateral Release Event); provided further that no such agreement shall amend,
modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. 
  
 SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and
administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) 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 in connection with this Agreement,
including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans. 
  
 (b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and 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
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counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) 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 (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory 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 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. 
  
 (c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such. 
  
 (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions,
any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. 
  
 (e) All amounts
due under this Section shall be payable not later than 15 days after written demand therefor. 
  
 SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) 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 (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be
null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. 
  
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Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) of: 
  
 (A) the Borrower,
provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and 
  
 (B) the Administrative Agent. 
  
 (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

  
 (A) except in the case of an assignment to a
Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or 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) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent,
provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; 
  
 (B) 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; 
  
 (C) the
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and 
  
 (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire and shall agree to be bound by Section 9.12 hereof. 
  
 For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning: 
  
 “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans
and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and 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. 

 
 (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph
(b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto 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
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obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17
and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 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 paragraph (c) of this Section. 
  
 (iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount 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, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may 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, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. 
  
 (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed
Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment
required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment
shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. 
  
 (b) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment
and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and
(C) 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. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to
which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to
paragraph (b)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
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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 2.18(c) as though it
were a Lender. 
  
 (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with
the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender. 
  
 (c) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. 
  
 SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in
the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making
of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at
the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long
as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Loans and the Commitments or the
termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. 
  
 SECTION
9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall
constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all
previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
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 SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
  
 SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by
such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall
have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

  
 SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to
Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks. 
  
 (b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself
and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced
in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. 
  
 (c) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum
to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. 
  
 (d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
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 SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. 
  
 SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (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, (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 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 or obligations under
this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section,
“Information” means all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. 
  
 SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law
October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information 

  

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includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

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

			
	INERGY, L.P., as the Borrower
		
	 By:
	 	 INERGY GP, LLC,

	 its managing general partner

		
	By	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 	 	 Name: R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 	 	 Title: Senior Vice President and CFO

  
 Signature Page to

 364-Day Credit Agreement 
 Inergy, L.P. 
  

			
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jane Bek Keil

	 Name:
	 	 Jane Bek Keil

	 Title:
	 	 Director

	
	LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., individually and as Co-Syndication Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ritam Bhalla

	 Name:
	 	 Ritam Bhalla

	 Title:
	 	 Authorized Signatory

	
	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually and as Co-Syndication Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Yann Pirio

	 Name:
	 	 Yann Pirio

	 Title:
	 	 Vice President

  
 Signature Page to

 364-Day Credit Agreement 
 Inergy, L.P.Guaranty

 Exhibit 10.3 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 GUARANTY 
  
 THIS GUARANTY (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”) is made as of
December 17, 2004, by each of Inergy Propane, LLC, L & L Transportation, LLC, Inergy Transportation, LLC, Inergy Sales & Service, Inc., Inergy Finance Corp., Inergy Acquisition Company, LLC, Stellar Propane Service, LLC and Inergy Gas, LLC
(each an “Initial Guarantor”, and together with any additional Domestic Subsidiaries which become parties to this Guaranty by executing a Supplement hereto in the form attached hereto as Annex I, the
“Guarantors”), in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations under the Credit Agreements described below. Each
capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreements described below. 
  
 WITNESSETH: 
  
 WHEREAS, Inergy, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), has entered into (i) a 5-Year Credit Agreement dated as of the
date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “5-Year Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, certain financial institutions from time
to time party thereto (collectively, the “5-Year Lenders”) and (ii) a 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“364-Day Credit Agreement” and, together with the 5-Year Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”) by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain financial institutions from time to time party
thereto (collectively, the “364-Day Lenders” and together with the 5-Year Lenders, the “Lenders”) which Credit Agreements provide, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit and other
financial accommodations by the Lenders to the Borrower; 
  
 WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the extensions of credit by the Lenders under each Credit Agreement that each of the Guarantors (constituting all of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower required to execute this Guaranty
pursuant to Section 5.09 of each Credit Agreement) execute and deliver this Guaranty, whereby each of the Guarantors, without limitation and with full recourse, shall guarantee the payment when due of all Obligations, including, without limitation,
all principal, interest, letter of credit reimbursement obligations and other amounts that shall be at any time payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreements or the other Credit Documents; and 
  
 WHEREAS, in consideration of the direct and indirect financial and other
support that the Borrower has provided, and such direct and indirect financial and other support as the Borrower may in the future provide, to the Guarantors, and in order to induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit
Agreements, each of the Guarantors is willing to guarantee the Obligations under the Credit Agreements and the other Credit Documents; 
  

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 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 Section 1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreements and to make the Loans and the other financial
accommodations to the Borrower and to issue the Letters of Credit described in the Credit Agreements, each of the Guarantors represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent as of the date of this Agreement, giving effect to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents on the Closing Date, and thereafter on each date as required by Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreements that: 
  
 (a) It (i) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the business by it
makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as the
case may be, to own, operate and encumber its property and to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted. 
  
 (b) It has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver
this Guaranty and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty and the performance by each of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by proper proceedings, and this Guaranty constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of each Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyances, reorganization or similar laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing.

  
 (c) Neither the execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty,
nor the consummation by it of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with the charter or other organizational documents of such Guarantor, (ii) conflict with, result in a
breach of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award (including, without limitation, any environmental property transfer laws or
regulations) applicable to such Guarantor or any provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which such Guarantor is party or is subject or which it or its property is bound or affected, or require termination of any such indenture,
instrument or agreement, except where such conflict, breach or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien whatsoever upon any of the property or
assets of such Guarantor, other than Liens permitted or created by the Credit Documents, or (iv) require any approval of such Guarantor’s board of directors or shareholders or unitholders except such as 

  

 
have been obtained. Except as set forth in Section 3.03 of the Credit Agreements the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantors of each of the
Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by any governmental authority, including under any environmental property
transfer laws or regulations, except filings, consents or notices which have been made. 
  
 (d) It has no Debt other than Debt permitted under Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreements. 
  
 In addition to the foregoing, each of the Guarantors covenants that, so long as any Lender has any Commitment outstanding under any Credit Agreement or
any amount payable under any Credit Agreement or any other Obligations shall remain unpaid, it will, and, if necessary, will enable the Borrower to, fully comply with those covenants and agreements of the Borrower applicable to such Guarantor set
forth in such Credit Agreement. 
  
 Section 2.
The Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Guarantors, the full and punctual payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise) of the Obligations, including, without limitation, (i) the principal of and interest on each Revolving Loan made to the Borrower pursuant to any Credit Agreement, (ii) any reimbursement obligations in respect of LC Disbursements of the
Borrower or the performance by it of such reimbursement obligations, (iii) all other amounts payable by the Borrower under any Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all obligations under Hedging Agreements,
and (iv) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance, and fulfillment by the Borrower of all of the agreements, conditions, covenants, and obligations of the Borrower contained in the Credit Documents (all of the foregoing being
referred to collectively as the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Upon (x) the failure by the Borrower, or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, to pay punctually any such amount or perform such obligation, and (y) such failure continuing
beyond any applicable grace or notice and cure period, each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay such amount or perform such obligation at the place and in the manner specified in the relevant Credit Agreement or the
relevant Credit Document, as the case may be. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that this Guaranty is an absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guaranty of payment and is not a guaranty of collection. 
  
 Section 3. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of
each of the Guarantors hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by: 
  
 (i) any extension, renewal, settlement, indulgence, compromise, waiver or release of or with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether (in any such case) by operation of law or otherwise, or any failure
or omission to enforce any right, power or remedy with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or 

  

 
with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
  
 (ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to any Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any
other Credit Document, including, without limitation, any such amendment which may increase the amount of, or the interest rates applicable to, any of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby; 
  
 (iii) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement,
waiver, subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, any other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other
obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed Obligations; 
  
 (iv) any change in the corporate, partnership or other
existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any of their respective assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
  
 (v) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantors may have at any time against the
Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Holder of Secured Obligations or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in connection with any unrelated transactions,
provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; 
  
 (vi) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of
any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, for any reason related to any Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower or any other guarantor of the
Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; 
  
 (vii) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any;

  
 (viii) the election by, or on behalf of, any
one or more of the Holders of Secured Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code; 
  

 (ix) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by the Borrower, as
debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; 
  
 (x) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of the claims of the Holders of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent for repayment of all or any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations; 
  
 (xi) the failure of any other
guarantor to sign or become party to this Guaranty or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof; or 
  
 (xii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the
Administrative Agent, any Holder of Secured Obligations or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section 3, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantor’s
obligations hereunder. 
  
 Section 4. Discharge
Only Upon Payment In Full; Reinstatement In Certain Circumstances. Each of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and
Obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements) shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments and all Letters of Credit issued under each Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired or, in the case of all Letters of Credit, are fully
collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Revolving Loan or reimbursement obligation in respect of LC Disbursements or any other amount payable by the
Borrower or any other party under any Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Credit Document is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or otherwise, each of
the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time. 
  
 Section 5. General Waivers; Additional Waivers. 
  
 (A) General Waivers. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand or
action on delinquency, protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein or under the other Credit Documents, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Borrower,
any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person. 
  
 (B) Additional Waivers. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Guarantors hereby absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives: 
  
 (i) any right it may have to revoke this Guaranty as to
future indebtedness or notice of acceptance hereof; 
  

 (ii) (1) notice of acceptance hereof; (2) notice of any loans or other financial
accommodations made or extended under the Credit Documents or the creation or existence of any Guaranteed Obligations; (3) notice of the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject, however, to each Guarantor’s right to make inquiry of
Administrative Agent and Holders of Secured Obligations to ascertain the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time; (4) notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower or of any other fact that might
increase such Guarantor’s risk hereunder; (5) notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instruments among the Credit Documents; (6) notice of any Default or Event of Default; and (7) all other notices
(except if such notice is specifically required to be given to such Guarantor hereunder or under the Credit Documents) and demands to which each Guarantor might otherwise be entitled; 
  
 (iii) its right, if any, to require the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations to
institute suit against, or to exhaust any rights and remedies which the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations have or may have against, the other Guarantors or any third party, or against any Collateral provided by the
other Guarantors or any third party; and each Guarantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other than the defense that the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and
indefeasibly paid) of the other Guarantors or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of the other Guarantors in respect thereof; 
  

(iv) (a) any rights to assert against the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations any defense (legal or
equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which such Guarantor may now or at any time hereafter have against the other Guarantors or any other party liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations; (b) any defense,
set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor; and (c) any
defense such Guarantor has to performance hereunder, and any right such Guarantor has to be exonerated, arising by reason of: the impairment or suspension of the Administrative Agent’s and the other Holders of Secured Obligations’ rights
or remedies against the other Guarantors; the alteration by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations of the Guaranteed Obligations; any discharge of the other Guarantors’ obligations to the Administrative Agent and
the other Holders of Secured Obligations by operation of law as a result of the Administrative Agent’s and the other Holders of Secured Obligations’ intervention or omission; or the acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the other
Holders of Secured Obligations of anything in partial satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations; and 
  
 (v) any defense arising by reason of or deriving from (a) any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative
Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations; or (b) any election by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Secured Obligations under Section 1111(b) of Title 11 of the United States 

  

 
Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect (or any successor statute), to limit the amount of, or any collateral securing, its
claim against the Guarantors: 
  
 Section 6.
Subordination of Subrogation. Until the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash and finally performed (other than contingent indemnity obligations and Obligations in respect of the Hedging Agreements) the Guarantors (i)
shall have no right of subrogation with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) waive any right to enforce any remedy which the Issuing Bank, Holders of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent now have or may hereafter have against
the Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations or any other Person, and until such time the Guarantors waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Holders of
Secured Obligations and the Administrative Agent to secure the payment or performance of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of the Borrower to the Holders of Secured Obligations. Should any Guarantor have the right,
notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, each Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably (A) subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or
set off that the Guarantor may have to the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations until the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnity obligations and Obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements)
and (B) waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnity obligations other than Obligations in respect of Hedging
Agreements). Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or
the enforceability of this Guaranty, and that the Administrative Agent, the Holders of Secured Obligations and their respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section
6. 
  
 Section 7. Contribution with Respect
to Guaranteed Obligations. 
  
 (a) To the extent that any
Guarantor shall make a payment under this Guaranty (a “Guarantor Payment”) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would
have been paid by or attributable to such Guarantor if each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Guarantor’s “Allocable Amount” (as defined below)
(as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following payment in full in cash of
the Guarantor Payment and the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and Obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements), and all Commitments and Letters of Credit have terminated or expired or, in the case of all Letters
of Credit, are fully collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Guarantor for the amount of
such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment. 
  

 (b) As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any Guarantor shall be equal to
the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Guarantor under this Guaranty without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law. 
  
 (c) This Section 7 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Guarantors, and nothing set forth in this Section 7 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Guarantors, jointly and
severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty. 
  
 (d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantor or Guarantors to
which such contribution and indemnification is owing. 
  
 (e) The
rights of the indemnified Guarantors against other Guarantors under this Section 7 shall be exercisable upon the full and indefeasible payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and Obligations in
respect of Hedging Agreements) in full in cash and the termination or expiry (or in the case of all Letters of Credit full collateralization), on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, of the Commitments and all Letters of Credit
issued under the Credit Agreements. 
  
 Section 8.
Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrower under any Credit Agreement, any counterparty to any Hedging Agreement or any other Credit Document is stayed upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any of their Affiliates, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Credit Document shall nonetheless be payable by
each of the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent. 
  
 Section 9. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be given in the manner prescribed in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the
Administrative Agent at its notice address therein and, with respect to any Guarantor, in the care of the Borrower at the address of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement, or such other address or telecopy number as such party may hereafter
specify for such purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of such Section 9.01. 
  
 Section 10. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Holders of Secured Obligations in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies
provided in this Guaranty, any Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. 
  

 Section 11. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations and their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided, that no Guarantor shall have any right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of the
Administrative Agent, and any such assignment in violation of this Section 11 shall be null and void; and in the event of an assignment of any amounts payable under any Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or the other Credit Documents in
accordance with the respective terms thereof, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective
successors and assigns. 
  
 Section 12. Changes
in Writing. Other than in connection with the addition of additional Subsidiaries, which become parties hereto by executing a Supplement hereto in the form attached as Annex I, neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50%
of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments under both Credit Agreements at such time (or more, if required pursuant to the terms of any Credit Agreement). 
  
 Section 13. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS. 
  

 Section 14. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL. 
  
 (A) CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR
THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY HOLDER OF SECURED OBLIGATIONS TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL
PROCEEDING BY ANY GUARANTOR AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY HOLDER OF SECURED OBLIGATIONS OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY HOLDER OF SECURED OBLIGATIONS INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT
OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK. 
  
 (B) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY
MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER. 
  
 Section 15. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto
have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or
burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty. 
  
 Section 16. Expenses of Enforcement, Etc. Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreements, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the 5-Year Credit Agreement, the 5-Year Lenders shall have the right at any time, and, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the 364-Day Credit Agreement, the 364-Day Lenders shall have the right at any time to
direct the Administrative Agent to commence enforcement proceedings with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations for any costs and out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and time charges of attorneys for the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations, which attorneys may be employees of the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Secured
Obligations) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Holders of Secured Obligation in connection with the collection and enforcement of amounts due under the Credit Documents, including without 

  

 
limitation this Guaranty. The Administrative Agent agrees to distribute payments received from any of the Guarantors hereunder to the Holders of Secured
Obligations on a pro rata basis for application in accordance with the terms of the respective Credit Agreements. 
  
 Section 17. Setoff. At any time after all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations have become due and payable (by acceleration or
otherwise), each Holder of Secured Obligations and the Administrative Agent may, without notice to any Guarantor and regardless of the acceptance of any security or collateral for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply toward the payment of all
or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (i) any indebtedness due or to become due from such Holder of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent to any Guarantor, and (ii) any moneys, credits or other property belonging to any Guarantor, at
any time held by or coming into the possession of such Holder of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent or any of their respective affiliates. 
  
 Section 18. Financial Information. Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial
condition of the Borrower and any and all endorsers and/or other Guarantors of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, that
diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that none of the Holders of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such condition or
any such circumstances. In the event any Holder of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to a Guarantor, such Holder of Secured
Obligations or the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation (i) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (ii) to disclose any information which such Holder of Secured Obligations or the Administrative
Agent, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (iii) to make any other or future disclosures of such information or any other information to such Guarantor. 
  
 Section 19. Severability. Wherever possible, each
provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty. 
  
 Section 20. Merger. This Guaranty represents the final agreement of each of the Guarantors with respect to the matters contained
herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements, or subsequent oral agreements, between the Guarantor and any Holder of Secured Obligations or the Administrative Agent. 
  
 Section 21. Headings. Section headings in this Guaranty
are for convenience of reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any provision of this Guaranty. 
  
 [SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW] 
  

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Initial Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by its authorized
officer as of the day and year first above written. 
  

									
	 INERGY PROPANE, LLC, as a Guarantor
	 	 	 	 L & L TRANSPORTATION, LLC, as a
 Guarantor

	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO
	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO

			
	 INERGY TRANSPORTATION, LLC, as a
 Guarantor
	 	 	 	 INERGY SALES & SERVICE, INC., as a
 Guarantor

					
	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO
	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO

			
	 INERGY FINANCE CORP., as a Guarantor
	 	 	 	 INERGY ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC,
 as a Guarantor

	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO
	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO

			
	 STELLAR PROPANE SERVICE, LLC, as a
 Guarantor
	 	 	 	 INERGY GAS, LLC, as a Guarantor

	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 By:
	 	 /s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	Name:	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.

	 Name:
	 	 R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President and CFO
	 	 	 	 	 	 
			
	 Acknowledged and Agreed to:
	 	 	 	 
	
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

					
	By:	 	 /s/ Jane Bek Kiel
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 Name:
	 	 Jane Bek Kiel
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 Title:
	 	 Director
	 	 	 	 	 	 

  
 Signature Page to
Guaranty

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