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	SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 9

	DATED 3 DECEMBER 2021

	BETWEEN

U. S. STEEL KOŠICE, S.R.O.

as the Company

AND

ING BANK N.V., POBOČKA ZAHRANIČNEJ BANKY

as Lender

relating to 

the agreement for the (originally) €10,000,000 committed credit facility

			
	

Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.

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CONTENTS
Clause    Page
						
	1.    Interpretation
	1

	2.    Amendments
	2

	3.    Representations and warranties
	2

	4.    Consents
	3

	5.    No representations or advice
	4

	6.    Arrangement fee
	4

	7.    Expenses
	4

	8.    Incorporation
	4

	9.    Counterparts
	5

	10.    Governing law
	5

	11.    Enforcement
	5

Schedule    
						
	 1.           Conditions Precedent Documents
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	2.           Restated Credit Agreement	7

		
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THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT (the Agreement) is dated 3 December 2021 and is made
BETWEEN:
(1)U. S. STEEL KOŠICE, S.R.O. (U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.) with its registered seat at Vstupný areál U. S. Steel, Košice 044 54, Slovak Republic, registered in the Commercial Register of District Court Košice I, insert No. 11711/V, section Sro, company identification number (IČO): 36 199 222 as the borrower (the Company); and
(2)ING BANK N.V., with its registered seat at Bijlmerplein 888, 1102MG Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a company limited by shares, registered in the Trade Register of Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Amsterdam under file No. 33031431 acting through ING Bank N.V., pobočka zahraničnej banky, Pribinova 10, Bratislava 811 09, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Identification No. 30 844 754, registered in the Commercial register maintained by the District Court of Bratislava I, in Section Po, inserted file No. 130/B (the Lender).
BACKGROUND
(A)This Agreement is supplemental to and amends and restates the agreement for (originally) €10,000,000 committed credit facility dated 11 December 2009, between the Company and the Lender, as amended and restated by supplemental agreement no. 1 dated 17 December 2011, supplemental agreement no. 2 dated 22 June 2011, supplemental agreement no. 3 dated 4 May 2012, supplemental agreement no. 4 dated 23 October 2012, supplemental agreement no. 5 dated 11 December 2015, supplemental agreement no. 6 dated 7 December 2018, supplemental agreement no. 7 dated 7 February 2020 and supplemental agreement no. 8 dated 3 July 2020 (the Credit Agreement).
(B)The Parties wish to further amend the Credit Agreement on the terms specified in this Agreement. 
(C)This Agreement provides for amendments required to the Credit Agreement to enable the transition from LIBOR, which is used to calculate interest and/or other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement, to a risk-free rate for USD, to adjust for certain differences between LIBOR and the replacement rates, and to reflect operational and mechanical changes to the calculation and notification of interest and other amounts. 
(D)In the opinion of the Lender and the Company, the Screen Rate, in relation to LIBOR, for USD and all tenors is no longer appropriate for the purposes of calculating interest under the Credit Agreement.
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1.INTERPRETATION
1.1Definitions
(a)In this Agreement:
									
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Effective Date means the date upon which the Lender issues the notification referred to in paragraph (b) of Clause 2 (Amendments).
Restated Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement as amended and restated by this Agreement, as attached in Schedule 2 (Restated Credit Agreement).
Syndicated Facility Agreement means the EUR300,000,000 senior multicurrency revolving credit facility agreement dated 29 September 2021 (as amended from time to time) and entered into between (among others) the Company as a borrower and ING Bank N.V. as facility agent.
(b)Capitalised terms defined in the Credit Agreement have, unless expressly defined in this Agreement, the same meaning in this Agreement.
1.2Construction
The principles of construction set out in the Credit Agreement will have effect as if set out in this Agreement, except that references therein to the Credit Agreement are to be construed as references to this Agreement.
2.AMENDMENTS
(a)Subject as set out below, the Credit Agreement will be amended from the Effective Date so that it reads as if it were restated in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Restated Credit Agreement).
(b)The Credit Agreement will be amended by this Agreement with effect from the date on which the Lender notifies the Company that it has received all of the documents set out in Schedule 1 (Conditions Precedent Documents) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender. The Lender must give this notification as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than two Business Days after receipt of such documents.
3.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1Representations and warranties
The representations and warranties set out in this Clause are made by the Company to the Lender on the date of this Agreement and on the Effective Date.
3.2Powers and authority
It has the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary action to authorise, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.3Legal validity
This Agreement:
									
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(a)constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms; and
(b)is in proper form for its enforcement in the Republic if accompanied by a certified Slovak translation,
save that enforcement of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement may be affected by insolvency, bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
3.4Non-conflict
The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement will not:
(a)violate in any respect any provision of:
(i)any applicable law or regulation of the Republic or any order of any governmental, judicial or public body or authority in the Republic binding on the Company; 
(ii)the laws and documents incorporating and constituting the Company; or 
(iii)any mortgage, agreement or other financial undertaking or instrument to which the Company is a party or which is binding upon any Assets of the Company; or
(b)to the best of the Company’s knowledge, result in the creation or imposition of any Security Interest on any Assets of the Company pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, agreement or other undertaking or instrument to which the Company is a party or which is binding upon it.
3.5Authorisations
All authorisations and other requirements of governmental, judicial and public bodies and authorities required by any member of the Group or advisable in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of this Agreement have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.
3.6No default
No Default is outstanding.
3.7Immunity
(a)The entry into by it of this Agreement constitutes, and the exercise by it of its rights and the performance of its obligations under, the Finance Documents will constitute, private and commercial acts performed for private and commercial purposes.
(b)It will not be entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in any proceedings taken in its jurisdiction of incorporation in relation to the Finance Documents.
									
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3.8Credit Agreement
(a)Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Company makes the representations and warranties set out in clause 19 (Representations and warranties) of the Credit Agreement and confirms to the Lender that these representations and warranties are true on the date of this Agreement and on the Effective Date, with reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.
(b)The Company will not make a representation or warranty if such representation or warranty set out in clause 19 (Representations and warranties) of the Credit Agreement is expressed to be given at a specific date other than as a result of the operation of paragraph (a) of clause 19.21 (Times for making representations and warranties) of the Credit Agreement.
4.CONSENTS
The Company agrees to the amendment and restatement of the Credit Agreement as contemplated by this Agreement.
5.NO REPRESENTATIONS OR ADVICE 
(a)The Company confirms to the Lender that it has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the merits and effect of the amendments contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation:
(i)the impact of those amendments on the payments to be made under the Restated Credit Agreement (and under any associated transaction, including any hedging or derivative transaction entered into or to be entered into in relation to the Restated Credit Agreement); 
(ii)the administration of, submission of data to, or any other matter related to, any risk-free rate referred to in, or contemplated by, the Restated Credit Agreement;
(iii)the suitability of any rate referred to in, or contemplated by, the Restated Credit Agreement for the Company or any entity related to it; and
(iv)the composition or characteristics of any rate referred to in, or contemplated by, the Restated Credit Agreement, including whether it is similar to, produces the same value or economic equivalence to, or has the same volume or liquidity as, any rate which it replaces (in whole or in part). 
(b)The Lender makes no representation as to any matter referred to in paragraph (a) above. The Company agrees that it has not relied on any such representation, acknowledges that it is responsible for taking its own advice in relation to this Agreement and the matters referred to in paragraph (a) above and agrees that it has not received or relied upon any such advice from the Lender, and waives all rights and remedies in respect of those matters.
6.ARRANGEMENT FEE
(a)In consideration for entering into this Agreement, the Company must pay to the Lender a fee of €60,000. 
									
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(b)The Company shall pay the fee pursuant to paragraph (a) above no later than ten days after the date of this Agreement.
7.EXPENSES
The Company shall reimburse to the Lender within five Business Days from receipt of the relevant invoice from the Lender all fees and expenses reasonably incurred by the Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Agreement.
8.INCORPORATION
(a)Each of this Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement is a Finance Document.
(b)Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
(c)From the Effective Date:
(i)the Credit Agreement and this Agreement will be read and construed as one document; and
(ii)unless the context requires otherwise, all references in all Finance Documents to the Credit Agreement will be read and construed as references to the Restated Credit Agreement.
(d)Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Finance Documents remain in full force and effect.
(e)No waiver is given by this Agreement, and the Lender expressly reserve all its rights and remedies that is has or may at the date of this Agreement or subsequently in respect of any breach of, or other Default under, the Finance Documents.
9.COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts. This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
10.GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
11.ENFORCEMENT
Clause 38 (Enforcement) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement as though it was set out in full in this Agreement except that references therein to the Credit Agreement are to be construed as references to this Agreement.
THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
									
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Schedule 1
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS
1.A copy of the up-to-date constitutional documents of the Company being in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement or a confirmation of the Company that the constitutional documents of the Company submitted to the facility agent under the Syndicated Facility Agreement or the most recent supplemental agreement thereto are in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
2.A specimen of the signature of each person authorised to sign this Agreement on behalf of the Company and to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by the Company under or in connection with this Agreement or a confirmation of the Company that each person authorised to sign the Syndicated Facility Agreement or the most recent supplemental agreement thereto is also authorised to sign this Agreement on behalf of the Company and to sign and/or despatch all documents and notices to be signed and/or despatched by the Company under or in connection with this Agreement.
									
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Schedule 2
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
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	AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSOLIDATED VERSION

	AGREEMENT
	DATED 11 DECEMBER 2009

as amended and restated by
supplemental agreement no. 1 dated 17 December 2010,
supplemental agreement no. 2 dated 22 June 2011, 
supplemental agreement no. 3 dated 4 May 2012,
supplemental agreement no. 4 dated 23 October 2012,
supplemental agreement no. 5 dated 11 December 2015
supplemental agreement no. 6 dated on or about 7 December 2018 and
supplemental agreement no. 7 dated 7 February 2020
supplemental agreement no. 8 dated 3 July 2020
supplemental agreement no. 9 dated 3 December 2021

	

EUR20,000,000
COMMITTED CREDIT FACILITY
FOR
U. S. STEEL KOŠICE, S.R.O.

PROVIDED BY

	ING BANK N.V., POBOČKA ZAHRANIČNEJ BANKY
	

			
	

Allen & Overy Bratislava, s.r.o.

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CONTENTS
Clause    Page
						
	1.    Interpretation
	1

	2.    Facility
	18

	3.    Purpose
	18

	4.    Conditions precedent
	18

	5.    Utilisation – Revolving Loans
	19

	6.    Utilisation – Overdraft
	20

	7.    Utilisation – Letters of Credit
	20

	8.    Letters of Credit
	21

	9.    Optional Currencies
	24

	10.    Repayment
	26

	11.    Prepayment and Cancellation
	27

	12.    Interest
	31

	13.    Terms
	33

	14.    Market disruption
	34

	15.    Taxes
	35

	16.    Increased Costs
	37

	17.    Mitigation
	39

	18.    Payments
	39

	19.    Representations and warranties
	40

	20.    Information Covenants
	44

	21.    General covenants
	47

	22.    Default
	49

	23.    Evidence and calculations
	51

	24.    Fees
	52

	25.    Indemnities and Break Costs
	52

	26.    Expenses
	53

	27.    Amendments and waivers
	54

	28.    Changes to the Parties
	55

	29.    Disclosure of information
	58

	30.    Set-off
	59

	31.    Severability
	59

	32.    Counterparts
	59

	33.    Notices
	59

	34.    Language
	60

	35.    General Terms and Conditions
	61

	36.    Contractual recognition of bail-in
	61

	37.    Governing law
	62

	38.    Enforcement
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Schedules
						
	3.           Conditions precedent documents	65

	4.           Form of Request - Loans	66

	5.           Form of Transfer Certificate	67

	6.           Form of Legal opinion of legal adviser to the Company	69

	7.           Compounded Rate Terms	74

	8.           Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate	77

	9.           Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate	79

									
	
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 11 December 2009 as amended and restated by (i) supplemental agreement no. 1 on 17 December 2010, (ii) supplemental agreement no. 2 dated 22 June 2011, (iii) supplemental agreement no. 3 dated 4 May 2012, (iv) supplemental agreement no. 4 dated 23 October 2012, (v) supplemental agreement no. 5 dated 11 December 2015, (vi) supplemental agreement no. 6 dated on or about 7 December 2018, (vii) supplemental agreement no. 7 dated 7 February 2020, (viii) supplemental agreement no. 8 dated 3 July 2020 and (ix) supplemental agreement no. 9 dated 3 December 2021 (the Agreement) is made
BETWEEN:
(3)U. S. STEEL KOŠICE, S.R.O. (U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.) with its registered seat at Vstupný areál U. S. Steel, Košice 044 54, Slovak Republic, registered in the Commercial Register of District Court Košice I, insert No. 11711/V, section Sro, company identification number (IČO): 36 199 222 as the borrower (the Company); and
(4)ING BANK N.V., with its registered seat at Bijlmerplein 888, 1102MG Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a company limited by shares, registered in the Trade Register of Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Amsterdam under file No. 33031431 acting through ING Bank N.V., pobočka zahraničnej banky, Pribinova 10, Bratislava 811 09, Slovak Republic, Identification No. 30 844 754, registered in the Commercial register maintained by the District Court of Bratislava I, in Section Po, inserted file No. 130/B (the Lender)
IT IS AGREED as follows:
12.INTERPRETATION
12.1Definitions
In this Agreement:
Additional Business Day means any day specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Backstop Rate Switch Date means, in respect of USD, 30 June 2023 or any other date agreed as such between the Lender and the Company.
Affiliate means a Subsidiary or a Holding Company of a person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
Assets mean a person's present and future business, undertaking, properties, assets and revenues (including, without limitation, any uncalled capital).
Availability Period means the period from and including the date of this Agreement until (but excluding) the Final Maturity Date.
Break Costs means the amount (if any) that the Lender is entitled to receive under Clause 25.3 (Break Costs).
									
	
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Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London, in New York and in Bratislava and:
(a)if on that day a payment in euro is to be made, that is also a TARGET Day; and
(b)(in relation to:
(i)any date for payment or purchase of an amount relating to a Compounded Rate Loan; or
(ii)the determination of the first day or the last day of a Term for a Compounded Rate Loan, or otherwise in relation to the determination of the length of such a Term),
which is an Additional Business Day relating to that Loan.
Central Bank means the National Bank of Slovakia.
Central Bank Rate has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Central Bank Rate Adjustment has the meaning given to that term in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Compounded Rate Currency means any Rate Switch Currency in respect of which the Rate Switch Date has occurred.
Compounded Rate Interest Payment means the aggregate amount of interest that:
(a)is, or is scheduled to become, payable under any Finance Document; and
(b)relates to a Compounded Rate Loan.
Compounded Rate Loan means any Loan in a Compounded Rate Currency which is, or becomes, a "Compounded Rate Loan" pursuant to Clause 11A (Rate Switch). 
Compounded Rate Supplement means, in relation to any currency, a document which:
(a)is agreed in writing by the Company and the Lender;
(b)specifies for that currency the relevant terms which are expressed in this Agreement to be determined by reference to Compounded Rate Terms; and
(c)has been made available to the Company and the Lender.
Compounded Rate Terms means in relation to:
(a)a currency;
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(c)a Term for such a Loan (or other period for the accrual of commission or fees in a currency); or
(d)any term of this Agreement relating to the determination of a rate of interest in relation to such a Loan,
the terms set out for that currency in Schedule 5 (Compounded Rate Terms) or in any Compounded Rate Supplement. 
Compounded Reference Rate means, in relation to any RFR Banking Day during the Term of a Compounded Rate Loan, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:
(a)the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate for that RFR Banking Day; and
(b)other than in respect of a Compounded Rate Loan that is an Overdraft, the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread.
Compounding Methodology Supplement means, in relation to the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate or the Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate, a document which:
(a)is agreed in writing by the Company and the Lender;
(b)specifies a calculation methodology for that rate; and
(c)has been made available to the Company and the Lender.
Credit Adjustment Spread means, in respect of any Compounded Rate Loan, any rate which is either:
(a)specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms; or
(b)determined by the Lender in accordance with the methodology specified in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate means, in relation to a Term for a Compounded Rate Loan, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Lender in accordance with the methodology set out in Schedule 7 (Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate) or in any relevant Compounding Methodology Supplement.
Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate means, in relation to any RFR Banking Day during a Term for a Compounded Rate Loan, the percentage rate per annum determined by the Lender in accordance with the methodology set out in Schedule 16 (Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate) or in any relevant Compounding Methodology Supplement.
Daily Rate means the rate specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Centre of Main Interests means the "centre of main interests" of the Company for the purposes of the Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (the Regulation) as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Regulation.
									
	
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Code means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Cost of Funds Rate means the rate per annum determined by the Lender which represents the Lender’s actual funding costs of the respective Loan.
Credit means a Loan or a Letter of Credit.
Current Account means:
(a)current account No. 9000025647 (IBAN: SK3173000000009000025647) maintained by the Lender for the Company in CZK;
(b)current account No. 9000017946 (IBAN: SK8773000000009000017946) maintained by the Lender for the Company in EUR;
(c)current account No. 9000017962 (IBAN: SK4373000000009000017962) maintained by the Lender for the Company in USD; and
(d)any other account agreed between the Parties after date of this Agreement in writing.
CZK mean the lawful currency for the time being of the Czech Republic.
Default means:
(a)an Event of Default; or
(b)an event or circumstance which, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or fulfilment of any other applicable condition (or any combination of the foregoing) set out in Clause 22 (Default), would constitute an Event of Default.
ERISA means the US Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA Affiliate means any person treated as a single employer with the Company for the purpose of section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Plan means an employee benefit plan as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA:
(a)maintained by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate; or
(b)to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is required to make any payment or contribution.
Establishment means any "establishment" of the Company for the purposes of the Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast) (the Regulation) as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Regulation. 
EURIBOR means for a Term Rate Overdraft or a Term of any Term Rate Revolving Loan denominated in euro:
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(b)only in relation to a Term Rate Revolving Loan, if no Screen Rate is available for the Term of that Term Rate Revolving Loan, the Interpolated Screen Rate for that Term Rate Revolving Loan,
as of the Specified Time on the Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in euro for a period equal in length to:
(i)the case of a Term Rate Overdraft, one month; and
(ii)in the case of a Term Rate Revolving Loan, the Term of that Term Rate Revolving Loan, 
and, in each case, if any such rate is below zero, EURIBOR will be deemed to be zero.
euro or EUR or € means the single currency of the Participating Member States and the lawful currency for the time being of the Slovak Republic.
Event of Default means an event specified as such in Clause 22 (Default).
Facility means the credit facility made available under this Agreement.
Facility Office means the office through which the Lender will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
FATCA means:
(a)sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations;
(b)any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a); or
(c)any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
FATCA Deduction means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.
FATCA Exempt Party means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.
Final Maturity Date means the date falling three years after the date of the Ninth Supplemental Agreement.
Finance Document means:
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(b)a Transfer Certificate; 
(c)any Compounded Rate Supplement; 
(d)any Compounding Methodology Supplement; or
(e)any other document designated as such by the Lender and the Company.
Financial Indebtedness means, without duplication, Indebtedness (whether being principal, premium, interest or other amounts) for or in respect of:
(a)money borrowed;
(b)liabilities under or in respect of any acceptance or acceptance credit;
(c)any notes, bonds, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock or other debt securities offered, issued or distributed whether by way of public offer, private placing, acquisition consideration or otherwise and whether issued for cash or in whole or in part for a consideration other than cash;
(d)any interest rate and/or currency swap, forward foreign exchange transaction, financial or commodity futures transaction, commodity swap or other derivative transaction (and when calculating the value of any of the foregoing transactions, only the mark-to market value shall be taken into account);
(e)liabilities pursuant to any lease which are capitalised in accordance with USGAAP (other than operating lease obligations); or
(f)liabilities under any guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against financial loss given in relation to any of the foregoing.
Fixed Assets means, in relation to the Group, those assets treated as Fixed Assets (e.g. property, plant and equipment) for the purposes of the Latest Accounts.
General Terms and Conditions means the Wholesale Banking Conditions of ING Bank N.V., pobočka zahraničnej banky.
Group means the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Holding Company of any other person means an entity in respect of which that other person is a Subsidiary.
IBOR means EURIBOR, LIBOR or PRIBOR.
Increased Cost means:
(a)an additional or increased cost;
(b)a reduction in the rate of return from a Facility or on the Lender's (or its Holding Company's) overall capital; or
									
	
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(c)a reduction of an amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
that is incurred or suffered by the Lender or its Holding Company but only to the extent attributable to the Lender having entered into any Finance Document or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.
Indebtedness means any obligation for the payment or repayment of money in whatever currency denominated, whether as principal or as surety and whether present or future, actual, deferred or contingent.
Interest Payment Date has the meaning in Clause 12.4 (Payment of interest).
Interpolated Screen Rate means, in relation to EURIBOR, LIBOR or PRIBOR for any Term Rate Revolving Loan, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a)the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Term of that Term Rate Revolving Loan, provided that if any such rate is below zero, then the applicable Screen Rate will be deemed to be zero; and 
(b)the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Term of that Term Rate Revolving Loan, provided that if any such rate is below zero, then the applicable Screen Rate will be deemed to be zero, 
each as of the Specified Time on the Rate Fixing Day for the currency of that Term Rate Revolving Loan.
Latest Accounts means the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group last delivered to the Lender under Clause 20.2 (Financial Information).
Letter of Credit means:
(a)a letter of credit (akreditív); or 
(b)a bank guarantee (banková záruka) issued for the account of the Company or for the account of a third party identified by the Company in the Request,
in each case issued at the request of the Company for the benefit of a third party and in form and substance acceptable to the Lender and the Company.
LIBOR means for a Term Rate Overdraft or a Term of any Term Rate Revolving Loan denominated in USD:
(a)the applicable Screen Rate; or
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as of the Specified Time on the Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in USD  for a period equal in length to:
(i)the case of an Term Rate Overdraft, one month; and
(ii)in the case of a Term Rate Revolving Loan, the Term of that Term Rate Revolving Loan,
and, in each case, if any such rate is below zero, LIBOR will be deemed to be zero.
Loan means, unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, the principal amount of each borrowing under this Agreement or the principal amount outstanding of that borrowing.
Lookback Period means the number of days specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Margin means:
(a)in relation to a Loan (including any Overdraft), 1.70 per cent. per annum; and
(b)in relation to a Letter of Credit, 0.80 per cent per annum.
Margin Regulations means Regulations U and X issued by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System.
Margin Stock has the meaning given to it in the Margin Regulations.
Maturity Date means the last day of the Term of a Credit.
Ninth Supplemental Agreement means the supplemental agreement dated 3 December 2021 entered into between, among others, the Company and the Lender, in relation to this Agreement.
Overdraft means a Loan in the form of an overdraft.
Participating Member State means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
Party means a party to this Agreement.
Permitted Debit Balance means the aggregate debit balance on the Current Accounts up to the amount representing the difference between:
(a)the Total Commitment; and
(b)all of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and Revolving Loans.
Permitted Disposal means any of the following:
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(b)disposals on normal commercial terms of obsolete Assets or Assets no longer used or useful in the Company’s business;
(c)payment of cash as consideration for the acquisition of any Asset on normal commercial terms;
(d)temporary application of funds not immediately required in the Company’s business for the purchase of investments or the realisation of such investments;
(e)exchange of Assets for other assets of a similar nature and value, or the sale of Assets on normal commercial terms for cash that is payable in full on completion of the sale and is to be, and is, applied toward the purchase of similar Assets within six months;
(f)disposals of Assets located outside the Republic; 
(g)any disposal that the Lender agrees in writing is a Permitted Disposal; and
(h)any disposal approved in writing by the Lender.
Permitted Merger means:
(a)a merger of any Subsidiary of the Company into the Company, such that the Company acquires all the assets and liabilities of such Subsidiary and the Company is the surviving legal entity, provided the Company's post-merger consolidated net worth equals or exceeds the immediately preceding pre-merger consolidated net worth of the Company and that Subsidiary as determined on the basis of accounting principles and practices consistent with the preparation of the Latest Accounts; 
(b)any other merger or corporate restructuring approved in advance in writing by the Lender; and
(c)a merger of any Subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation into the Company, such that the Company acquires all the assets and liabilities of such Subsidiary and the Company is the surviving legal entity, provided the Company's post-merger consolidated net worth equals or exceeds the immediately preceding pre-merger consolidated net worth of the Company and that Subsidiary as determined on the basis of accounting principles and practices consistent with the preparation of the Latest Accounts.
Permitted Security Interest means any of the following:
(a)Security Interests existing on the date of this Agreement and disclosed to the Lender in writing;
(b)any Security Interests incurred in connection with the acquisition of any asset, the assumption of any Security Interest previously existing on such acquired asset or any Security Interest existing on any asset of any person when it becomes a Subsidiary of the Company in each case provided that the Indebtedness secured by such Security 
									
	
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Interest does not exceed the fair market value of that asset as at the date of that acquisition;
(c)easements, rights-of-way, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar encumbrances on real property having no material adverse effect on the then current use or value of such real property, or on the then current conduct of the business of any member of the Group;
(d)unexercised liens for taxes not being delinquent or contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which reserves, adequate under USGAAP, are being maintained;
(e)any Security Interest on equipment of the Company arising solely under leases of such equipment that, in accordance with USGAAP, are required to be capitalised, provided that any such Security Interest extends to no other property and secures no other Indebtedness and the Indebtedness secured by any such Security Interest does not exceed the fair market value of such equipment;
(f)purchase money Security Interests on equipment acquired by the Company after the Completion Date incurred simultaneously with or within 45 days after the completion of installation thereof solely to secure payment of all or part of the purchase price thereof provided that each such Security Interest secures no other Indebtedness and extends to no other property and the Indebtedness secured by any such Security Interest does not exceed the fair market value of such equipment;
(g)liens arising solely by operation of law (or by an agreement evidencing the same) in the ordinary course of Company's business in respect of Indebtedness that either: (i) has been due for less than 90 days; or (ii) is being contested in good faith by appropriate means and for which reserves, adequate under USGAAP, are being maintained;
(h)Security Interests arising out of title retention provisions in a supplier's standard conditions of supply of goods acquired by Company in the ordinary course of its business;
(i)any Security Interest approved by the Lender; 
(j)any lien in favour of a financial institution arising from a documentary letter of credit in the ordinary course of business;
(k)any renewal of or substitution for any Security Interest permitted under any preceding paragraph; and
(l)liens arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with: (i) the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature; (ii) deposit accounts; (iii) the issuance of documentary letters of credit by financial institutions; and (iv) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to cash collateralized letters of credit, provided that the aggregate book value of Assets to which the liens described 
									
	
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in this paragraph (l) are attached does not exceed euro 50,000,000 or its equivalent at any time; provided, however, the maximum amount under this paragraph (l) does not apply to cash deposits that are subject to any bank's general right of set-off but does apply in situations where a specific security agreement exists, including, without limitation, any specific security interest providing a creditor with the treatment of a secured creditor with a right to separate satisfaction of its claim under the Slovak Act No. 7/2005 Coll., on bankruptcy and restructuring (as amended) or any similar right to separate satisfaction in case of bankruptcy or similar proceedings under any applicable laws.
PRIBOR means for an Overdraft or a Term of any Revolving Loan denominated in CZK:
(a)the applicable Screen Rate; or
(b)only in relation to a Revolving Loan, if no Screen Rate is available for the Term of that Revolving Loan, the Interpolated Screed Rate for that Revolving Loan, as of the Specified Time on the Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in CZK for a period equal in length to:
(i)the case of an Overdraft, one month; and
(ii)in the case of a Revolving Loan, the Term of that Revolving Loan,
and, in each case, if any such rate is below zero, PRIBOR will be deemed to be zero.
Quoted Tenor means, in relation to the Screen Rate for a Term Reference Rate applicable to Loans in a currency, any period for which that Screen Rate is customarily displayed on the relevant page or screen of an information service other than the 1-week and 2-month USD LIBOR settings.
Rate Switch Currency means any currency for which there are Compounded Rate Terms.
Rate Switch Date means:
(a)in relation to a Rate Switch Currency, the earlier of:
(i)the Backstop Rate Switch Date; and
(ii)any Rate Switch Trigger Event Date,
for that Rate Switch Currency; or
(b)in relation to a Rate Switch Currency which:
(i)becomes a Rate Switch Currency after the date of this Agreement; and
(ii)for which there is a date specified as the "Rate Switch Date" in the Compounded Rate Terms for that currency,
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Rate Switch Trigger Event means:
(a)in relation to any Rate Switch Currency and the Screen Rate for the Term Reference Rate applicable to Loans in that Rate Switch Currency:
(i)
(A)the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that such administrator is insolvent; or
(B)information is published in any order, decree, notice, petition or filing, however described, of or filed with a court, tribunal, exchange, regulatory authority or similar administrative, regulatory or judicial body which reasonably confirms that the administrator of that Screen Rate is insolvent,
provided that, in each case, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate;
(ii)the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that it has ceased or will cease to provide that Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor permanently or indefinitely and, at that time, there is no successor administrator to continue to provide that Screen Rate for that Quoted Tenor;
(iii)the supervisor of the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces that such Screen Rate has been or will be permanently or indefinitely discontinued for any Quoted Tenor; or
(iv)the administrator of that Screen Rate or its supervisor publicly announces that that Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor may no longer be used; and
(b)in relation to any Rate Switch Currency and the Screen Rate for the LIBOR applicable to Loans in that Rate Switch Currency, the supervisor of the administrator of that Screen Rate publicly announces or publishes information stating that that Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor is no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative of the underlying market and the economic reality that it is intended to measure and that such representativeness will not be restored (as determined by such supervisor) .
Rate Switch Trigger Event Date means, in relation to a Rate Switch Currency:
(a)in the case of an occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event for that Rate Switch Currency described in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of "Rate Switch Trigger Event", the date on which the relevant Screen Rate ceases to be published or otherwise becomes unavailable; 
(b)in the case of an occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event for that Rate Switch Currency described in paragraphs (a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (a)(iv) of the definition of "Rate 
									
	
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Switch Trigger Event", the date on which the relevant Screen Rate for the relevant Quoted Tenor ceases to be published or otherwise becomes unavailable; and
(c)in the case of an occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event for that Rate Switch Currency described in paragraph (b) of the definition of "Rate Switch Trigger Event", the date on which the relevant Screen Rate for the relevant Quoted Tenor ceases to be representative of the underlying market and the economic reality that it is intended to measure (as determined by the supervisor of the administrator of such Screen Rate).
Rate Fixing Day means:
(a)for a Revolving Loan, the second TARGET Day before the first day of a Term, or such other day as the Lender determines is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in the relevant interbank market;
(b)for an Overdraft in euro, each TARGET Day; or
(c)for an overdue amount (including an Unauthorised Overdraft) or an Overdraft other than, in each case, euro, each Business Day.
Relevant Taxes means Taxes imposed or levied by the Republic (or any political subdivision or taxing authority of the Republic) or by any other jurisdiction from or through which any payment is made by the Company under the Finance Document, but excludes Taxes imposed by the Republic which are so imposed as a direct consequence of the Lender maintaining a permanent establishment in the Republic and of that establishment being directly involved in any Loan.
Repeating Representations means the representations and warranties that are then made or deemed to be repeated under Clause 19.21 (Times for making representations and warranties).
Reportable Event means: 
(a)an event specified as such in section 4043 of ERISA or any related regulation, other than an event in relation to which the requirement to give notice of that event is waived by any regulation; or
(b)a failure to meet the minimum funding standard under section 412 of the Code or section 302 of ERISA, whether or not there has been any waiver of notice or waiver of the minimum funding standard under section 412 of the Code.
Reporting Day means the day (if any) specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
Reporting Time means the relevant time (if any) specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
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Republic means the Slovak Republic.
Request means:
(a)a request for a Loan other than an Overdraft, substantially in the form of Schedule 2 (Form of Request - Loans);
(b)a request for a Letter of Credit in the appropriate standard form of this kind of request approved by the Lender from time to time or in any other form acceptable to the Lender; and
(c)for an Overdraft, a payment order from the Current Account in any form used by the Lender to make payments or a request for the withdrawal of money from the Current Account in any form used by the Lender (including, for the avoidance of doubt, funds transfer orders, collection transfer orders and other similar instructions).
Revolving Loan means a Loan in the form of a revolving loan.
Rollover Loan means one or more Revolving Loans: 
(a)to be made on the same day that:
(i)a maturing Revolving Loan is due to be repaid; or
(ii)the Company is obliged to pay to the Lender the amount of any claim under a Letter of Credit;
(b)the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Revolving Loan;
(c)in the same currency as the maturing Revolving Loan; and
(d)to be made for the purpose of:
(i)refinancing a maturing Revolving Loan; or
(ii)satisfying the obligations of the Company to pay the amount of any claim under a Letter of Credit.
Screen Rate means: 
(a)for EURIBOR, the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate);
(b)for LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 
									
	
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of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate);
(c)for PRIBOR, the Prague Interbank Offered Rate administered by the Financial Markets Association of the Czech Republic (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page PRIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate);
or, in each case, on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters. If the relevant page or the service ceases to be available, the Lender (after consultation with the Company) may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate.
Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge (including a floating charge), assignment (whether conditional or otherwise), hypothecation or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having the effect of conferring security, or any other arrangement having a similar economic effect including (without limitation) total transfer, 'flawed asset', sale and repurchase, buyback or conditional transfer arrangements.
Slovak Banking Act means the Slovak Act No. 483/2001 Coll., as amended. 
Slovak Public Sector Partners Act means Slovak Act No. 315/2016 Coll. on the registry of public sector partners, as amended.
Specified Time means:
(a)for the purposes of determining EURIBOR, 11.00 a.m. on the Rate Fixing Date;
(b)for the purposes of determining LIBOR, noon on the Rate Fixing Date; and
(c)for the purposes of determining PRIBOR, 11.00 a.m. on the Rate Fixing Date.
Syndicated Facility means the credit facility made available under the Syndicated Facility Agreement.
Syndicated Facility Agent means ING Bank N.V. or any other person appointed as Facility Agent under the Syndicated Facility Agreement.
Syndicated Facility Agreement means the EUR300,000,000 unsecured sustainability linked revolving credit facility agreement dated 29 September 2021 (as amended from time to time) and entered into between (among others) the Company as a borrower and the Syndicated Facility Agent.
Subsidiary means an entity of which a person has direct or indirect control or owns directly or indirectly more than 50 per cent. of the voting capital or similar right of ownership and control for this purpose means the power to direct the management and the policies of the entity whether through the ownership of voting capital, by contract or otherwise.
									
	
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TARGET2 means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilises a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November 2007.
TARGET Day means any day on which TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.
Tax means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any related penalty or interest).
Tax Deduction means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.
Term means each period determined under this Agreement:
(a)in relation to:
(i)Revolving Loan; and
(ii)an overdue amount which is not an Unauthorised Overdraft,
by reference to which interest on a Revolving Loan or an overdue amount is calculated;
(b)in relation to Overdraft or Unauthorised Overdraft, each day on which the Company utilises the Overdraft or there is an Unauthorised Overdraft; or
(c)for which the Lender may be liable under a Letter of Credit. 
Term Rate Overdraft means any Overdraft which is not a Compounded Rate Loan.
Term Rate Revolving Loan means any Revolving Loan which is not a Compounded Rate Loan.
Term Reference Rate means:
(a)in relation to any Loan in USD, LIBOR;
(b)in relation to any Loan in EUR, EURIBOR; or
(c)in relation to any Loan in CZK, PRIBOR.
Total Commitment means EUR 20,000,000 to the extent not cancelled or reduced under this Agreement.
Transfer Certificate means a certificate, substantially in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of Transfer Certificate), with such amendments as the Lender may approve or reasonably require or any other form agreed between the Lender and the Company.
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US means the United States of America.
USD means the lawful currency for the time being of the US.
USGAAP means the generally accepted accounting principles and practices in the United States of America in effect from time to time.
Utilisation Date means each date on which the Facility is utilised.
12.2Construction
(a)In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to:
(i)an amendment includes a supplement, novation, restatement or re-enactment and amended will be construed accordingly;
(ii)assets mean assets as this term is defined in the Latest Accounts;
(iii)an authorisation includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration or notarisation;
(iv)disposal means a sale, transfer, grant, lease or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary, and dispose will be construed accordingly;
(v)indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money;
(vi)know your customer requirements are the identification checks that the Lender requests in order to meet its obligations under any applicable law or regulation to identify a person who is (or is to become) its customer;
(vii)a person includes any individual, company, corporation, unincorporated association or body (including without limitation a partnership, trust, joint venture or consortium), government, state, agency, organisation or other entity whether or not having separate legal personality;
(viii)a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the force of law, being of a type with which any person to which it applies is accustomed to comply) of any governmental, inter-governmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
(ix)a currency is a reference to the lawful currency for the time being of the relevant country;
(x)a Default being outstanding means that it has not been remedied or waived;
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(xii)a Clause, a Subclause or a Schedule is a reference to a clause or subclause of, or a schedule to, this Agreement;
(xiii)a Party or any other person includes its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;
(xiv)the determination of the extent to which a rate is for a period equal in length to a Term shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Term being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
(xv)a Finance Document or another document is a reference to that Finance Document or other document as amended; 
(xvi)the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”; and
(xvii)a time of day is a reference to Central European time (i.e., CET or CEST, as applicable in the given time of year).
(b)Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a month is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month or the calendar month in which it is to end, except that: 
(i)if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, the period will end on the next Business Day in that month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not);
(ii)if there is no numerically corresponding day in that month, that period will end on the last Business Day in that month; and
(iii)notwithstanding sub-paragraph (i) of this Clause 1.2(b), a period which commences on the last Business Day of a month will end on the last Business Day in the next month or the calendar month in which it is to end, as appropriate.
(c)Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a party to a Finance Document may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and, notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, no consent of any third party is required for any amendment (including, without limitation, any release or compromise of any liability) or termination of any Finance Document.
(d)Unless the contrary intention appears:
(i)a reference to a Party will not include that Party if it has ceased to be a Party under this Agreement;
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(iii)if there is an inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Finance Document, this Agreement will prevail; 
(iv)any non-payment obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents remain in force for so long as any payment obligation of the Company is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents; and
(v)an accounting term used in this Agreement is to be construed in accordance with USGAAP.
(e)Utilisation of Loan in the form of revolving loan means that the Loan may be utilised in several lump sums, which lump sums may be repaid and reused during the term of this Agreement until the end of the Availability Period.
(f)Utilisation of Loan in the form of an overdraft means that the Loan may be utilised by giving a payment order or allowing withdrawal from the Current Account in any form provided for in the General Terms and Conditions even if there are not sufficient funds in the Current Account. The Loan may be repaid in full or in instalments at any time, but by no later than the Final Maturity Date.
(g)The headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation.
(h)A reference in this Agreement to a page or screen of an information service displaying a rate shall include:
(i)any replacement page of that information service which displays that rate; and
(ii)the appropriate page of such other information service which displays that rate from time to time in place of that information service,
and, if such page or service ceases to be available, shall include any other page or service displaying that rate specified by the Lender after consultation with the Company.
(i)A reference in this Agreement to a Central Bank Rate shall include any successor rate to, or replacement rate for, that rate.
(j)Any Compounded Rate Supplement relating to a currency overrides anything relating to that currency in:
(i)Schedule 5 (Compounded Rate Terms); or
(ii)any earlier Compounded Rate Supplement.
(k)A Compounding Methodology Supplement relating to the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate or the Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate overrides anything relating to that rate in:
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(ii)any earlier Compounding Methodology Supplement.
12.3Slovak terms
In this Agreement and any other Finance Document (except if expressly stipulated otherwise in the relevant Finance Document), a reference to:
(a)a novation includes privatívna novácia and kumulatívna novácia;
(b)a Security Interest includes záložné právo, zádržné právo, zabezpečovací prevod práva, and zabezpečovacie postúpenie pohľadávky;
(c)a bankruptcy, insolvency or administration includes konkurzné konanie, konkurz, reštrukturalizačné konanie, reštrukturalizácia, and nútená správa; 
(d)being bankrupt or insolvent includes being v úpadku, predlžený, platobne neschopný, v konkurze, v reštrukturalizácii, and v nútenej správe; 
(e)an expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress, execution or analogous process includes vyvlastnenie, exekúcia and výkon rozhodnutia;
(f)winding up, administration or dissolution includes likvidácia, zrušenie s likvidáciou, zrušenie bez likvidácie bez právneho nástupcu, konkurzné konanie, konkurz, reštrukturalizačné konanie, reštrukturalizácia, and nútená správa; 
(g)a receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or similar officer includes likvidátor, konkurzný správca (including predbežný správca), reštrukturalizačný správca, nútený správca, and súdny exekútor; 
(h)a moratorium includes reštrukturalizačné konanie, reštrukturalizácia and dočasná ochrana; and
(i)constitutional documents include spoločenská zmluva, zakladateľská listina, zakladateľská zmluva, zriaďovacia listina, štatút, and stanovy.
13.FACILITY
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lender makes available to the Company a multicurrency revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitment to be utilised:
(a)by way of a revolving credit facility; 
(b)by way of overdraft facility; and
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14.PURPOSE
14.1Credits
Each Credit may be used for general corporate purposes.
14.2No obligation to monitor
The Lender is not bound to monitor or verify the utilisation of the Facility.
15.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
15.1Conditions precedent documents
A Request may not be given until the Lender has notified the Company that it has received all of the documents and evidence set out in Schedule 1 (Conditions precedent documents) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender. The Lender must give this notification to the Company promptly upon being so satisfied.
15.2Further conditions precedent
The obligation of the Lender to provide any Credit is subject to the further conditions precedent that on both the date of the Request and the Utilisation Date for that Credit:
(a)the Repeating Representations are correct in all material respects; and
(b)no Default or, in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is outstanding or would result from that Credit.
15.3Drawstop
No Request may be made if there is a Default continuing under, and as defined and construed in, the Syndicated Facility Agreement or if the lenders under the Syndicated Facility Agreement are not obliged to participate in any utilisation under the Syndicated Facility Agreement (a Drawstop Event). Following a Drawstop Event, no further Requests may be made until the Lender notifies the Company in writing that it may submit a Request. The Lender shall so notify the Company promptly after the Lender receives evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that such Drawstop Event (i) is no longer continuing; or (ii) has been waived in accordance with the Syndicated Facility Agreement; or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii).
16.UTILISATION – REVOLVING LOANS
16.1Giving of Requests
(a)The Company may borrow a Revolving Loan by giving to the Lender a duly completed Request.
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(c)Each Request is irrevocable unless otherwise agreed by the Lender.
16.2Completion of Requests
A Request for a Loan will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(a)the Utilisation Date is a Business Day falling within the Availability Period;
(b)the amount of the Revolving Loan requested is:
(i)a minimum of EUR250,000 and an integral multiple of EUR250,000;
(ii)the maximum undrawn amount available under the Facility on the proposed Utilisation Date; or
(iii)such other amount as the Lender may agree;
(c)the proposed currency complies with this Agreement; and
(d)the proposed Term complies with this Agreement.
Only one Revolving Loan may be requested in a Request.
16.3Advance of Revolving Loan
(a)The Lender is not obliged to provide a Revolving Loan if, as a result the Credits would exceed the Total Commitment. 
(b)If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the Lender must make the Revolving Loan available to the Company through its Facility Office on the Utilisation Date.
17.UTILISATION – OVERDRAFT
17.1Giving of Requests
(a)The Company may borrow an Overdraft by giving to the Lender a duly completed Request.
(b)Each Request is irrevocable unless otherwise agreed by the Lender.
17.2Completion of Requests
A Request for a Loan will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(a)the Utilisation Date is a day falling within the Availability Period;
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17.3Advance of Overdraft
(a)The Lender is not obliged to provide an Overdraft if, as a result the Credits would exceed the Total Commitment. 
(b)If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the Lender must make the Overdraft available to the Company through its Facility Office on the Utilisation Date by executing the payment orders for the domestic or cross-border fund transfers and withdrawals as instructed by the Company in the form set out mainly in the General Conditions or in the agreement between the Lender and the Company which governs the establishment and maintenance of the Current Account and by debiting the Current Account by the Amount of the relevant Overdraft.
18.UTILISATION – LETTERS OF CREDIT
18.1Giving of Requests
(a)The Company may request a Letter of Credit to be issued by giving to the Lender a duly completed Request.
(b)Unless the Lender otherwise agrees, the latest time for receipt by the Lender of a duly completed Request is 11.00 a.m. seven Business Days before the proposed Utilisation Date.
(c)Each Request is irrevocable unless otherwise agreed by the Lender.
18.2Completion of Requests
A Request for a Letter of Credit will not be regarded as being duly completed unless:
(a)it specifies that it is for a Letter of Credit;
(b)it is made using the appropriate standard form for of this kind of request approved by the Lender at the time of making of the Request or in any other form acceptable to the Lender;
(c)the Utilisation Date is a Business Day falling within the Availability Period;
(d)the face amount of the Letter of Credit requested is denominated in euro and is:
(i)not more than the maximum undrawn amount available under the Facility on the proposed Utilisation Date; or
(ii)such other amount as the Lender may agree; and
(e)the form of the requested Letter of Credit is attached; 
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(g)the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit does not exceed the earlier of:
(i)the date falling 36 months after the proposed issue date of that Letter of Credit; and
(ii)the Final Maturity Date, 
provided, however, that the expiry date may be later that the Final Maturity Date if agreed between the Company and the Lender prior to submission of Request for such Letter of Credit; and
(h)the delivery instructions for the requested Letter of Credit are specified.
Only one Letter of Credit may be requested in a Request.
18.3Issue of Letter of Credit 
(a)The Lender is not obliged to issue any Letter of Credit if as a result the Credits would exceed the Total Commitment.
(b)The Lender is not obliged to issue any Letter of Credit if the content of the Letter of Credit as requested by the Company is not acceptable to the Lender (acting reasonably).
(c)If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the Lender must issue the Letter of Credit on the Utilisation Date. 
19.LETTERS OF CREDIT
19.1General
(a)A Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid to the extent that:
(i)the Company provides cash cover for that Letter of Credit;
(ii)the maximum amount payable under the Letter of Credit is reduced or cancelled in accordance with its terms; or
(iii)the Lender is reasonably satisfied that it has no further liability under that Letter of Credit.
The amount by which a Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid under sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph (a) is the amount of the relevant cash cover, reduction or cancellation. 
(b)When a Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid, the Total Commitment will be available to the extent of the repayment or prepayment of that Letter of Credit, except when a Letter of Credit is prepaid by providing cash cover for that Letter of Credit in accordance with Clause 11.3 (Voluntary prepayment) at any time before the Lender is satisfied that it has no further liability under that Letter of Credit. In that case, the Total Commitment remains unavailable to the extent of the amount of that cash cover until the Lender is reasonably satisfied that it has no further liability under that Letter of Credit.
									
	
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(c)If a Letter of Credit or any amount outstanding under a Letter of Credit becomes immediately payable under this Agreement, the Company must repay or prepay that amount immediately.
(d)Cash cover is provided for a Letter of Credit if the Company pays an amount in the currency of the Letter of Credit to an interest-bearing account with the Lender in the name of the Company and the following conditions are met:
(i)until no amount is or may be outstanding under that Letter of Credit, withdrawals from the account may only be made to pay the Lender under this Clause 8; and
(ii)the Company has executed and delivered a security document over that account, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, creating a first ranking Security Interest over that account.
(e)The outstanding or principal amount of a Letter of Credit at any time is the maximum amount that is or may be payable by the Company in respect of that Letter of Credit at that time.
(f)When calculating the undrawn amount available under the Facility, the amount a Letter of Credit for which a cash cover has been provided, will still be considered to be an utilised amount of the Facility until the Lender is reasonably satisfied that it has no further liability under that Letter of Credit.
19.2Illegality
(a)The Lender must notify the Company promptly in writing if it becomes aware that it is unlawful in any jurisdiction for the Lender to have outstanding a Letter of Credit (each an Unlawful Letter of Credit).
(b)After notification under paragraph (a) above:
(i)the Company must employ all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the release of the liability of the Lender under each Unlawful Letter of Credit or, failing this, repay or prepay each Unlawful Letter of Credit on the date specified in paragraph (c) below; and
(ii)no further Letters of Credit will be issued in the affected jurisdiction.
(c)The date for the release of the liability of the Lender under an Unlawful Letter of Credit or for the repayment or prepayment of an Unlawful Letter of Credit will be the last day of any applicable grace period allowed by law (which date shall be specified by the Lender in the notification it provides pursuant to paragraph (a) above).
19.3Fees in respect of Letters of Credit
(a)The Company must pay to the Lender a letter of credit fee computed at the rate of the Margin on the outstanding amount of each Letter of Credit requested by it for the period from the issue of that Letter of Credit until its Maturity Date.
									
	
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(b)Accrued letter of credit fee is payable quarterly in arrears (or any shorter period that ends on the Maturity Date for that Letter of Credit). Accrued letter of credit fee is also payable to the Lender on the cancelled amount of the Total Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective if the Total Commitment is cancelled in full and the Letters of Credit are prepaid or repaid in full.
(c)If the Company provides cash cover for any part of a Letter of Credit, then:
(i)the letter of credit fee payable for the account of the Lender in respect of any part of a Letter of Credit which is the subject of cash cover will continue to be payable until the expiry of that Letter of Credit; but
(ii)the Company will be entitled to withdraw the interest accrued on the amount of the cash cover.
(d)The Company must pay to the Lender all fees applicable under the General Terms and Conditions in relation to each Letter of Credit.
19.4Claims under a Letter of Credit
(a)The Company irrevocably and unconditionally authorises the Lender to pay any claim made or purported to be made under a Letter of Credit requested by it and that appears on its face to be in order (a claim).
(b)The Company must immediately on demand pay to the Lender an amount equal to the amount of any claim.
(c)The Company acknowledges that the Lender:
(i)is not obliged to carry out any investigation or seek any confirmation from any other person before paying a claim; and
(ii)deals in documents only and will not be concerned with the legality of a claim or any underlying transaction or any available set-off, counterclaim or other defence of any person.
(d)The obligations of the Company under this Clause 8.4 will not be affected by:
(i)the sufficiency, accuracy or genuineness of any claim or any other document; or
(ii)any incapacity of, or limitation on the powers of, any person signing a claim or other document.
19.5Indemnities
(a)The Company must immediately on demand indemnify the Lender against any loss or liability which the Lender incurs under or in connection with any Letter of Credit requested by it, except to the extent that the loss or liability is directly caused by: (i) the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Lender; or (ii) breach by the Lender of its obligations under this 
									
	
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Agreement, including, without limitation, its obligation under Clause 8.8 (Lender's Obligations).
(b)The obligations of the Company under this Clause 8.5 are continuing obligations and will extend to the ultimate balance of all sums payable by the Company under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
19.6Rights of contribution
The Company will not be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity from the Lender in respect of any payment it may make under this Clause 8, save for where the loss is caused by the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Lender.
19.7Rights of subrogation
Until all amounts which are or may become payable by the Company under the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, the Company shall not, by virtue of any payment made by it under or in connection with or referable to this Clause 8 or otherwise, be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held or received by the Lender or be entitled at any time to exercise, claim or have the benefit of any right of contribution or subrogation or similar right against of the Lender.
19.8Lender's Obligations
Before paying a claim, the Lender shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to determine whether documents presented to it under a Letter of Credit on their face comply with the terms of that Letter of Credit. The Lender shall not make payment upon presented documents that, in the Lender's opinion, do not on their face comply with the terms of the relevant Letter of Credit.
20.OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
20.1General
In this Clause 9:
Lender's Spot Rate of Exchange means the exchange rate published by European Central Bank on its website on a particular day for the relevant currency. 
euro Amount of a Credit or part of a Credit means:
(a)if the Credit is denominated in euros, its amount; 
(b)if the Credit is a Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, its equivalent in euros calculated on the basis of the Lender's Spot Rate of Exchange one Business Day before the Utilisation Date for that Letter of Credit, and thereafter adjusted in the same manner at each Facility utilisation as described in Clause 9.6 (Credit in Optional Currency); or
									
	
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(c)if the Credit is a Loan denominated in an Optional Currency, its equivalent in euros calculated on the basis of the Lender's Spot Rate of Exchange one Business Day before the Rate Fixing Day for its Term.
Optional Currency means any currency (other than euros) in which a Credit may be denominated under this Agreement.
20.2Selection
(a)The Company must select the currency of a Credit in its Request.
(b)The amount of a Credit requested in an Optional Currency must be a minimum amount of the equivalent of EUR250,000 in the Optional Currency. However, no such minimums apply if the Credit is a Letter of Credit, or if Lender agrees to different amount upfront.
(c)Unless the Lender otherwise agrees, the Credits may not be denominated at any one time in more than four currencies.
20.3Conditions relating to Optional Currencies
(a)A Credit may be denominated in an Optional Currency for a Term if:
(i)that Optional Currency is readily available in the amount required and freely convertible into euros in the relevant interbank market on the Rate Fixing Day and the first day of that Term; 
(ii)that Optional Currency is CZK or USD or has been previously approved by the Lender; and
(iii)with respect to an Overdraft, the Current Account is maintained for the Company in such currency by the Lender.
(b)If the Lender has received a request from the Company for a currency (other than the Optional Currency specified paragraph (a)(ii) above) to be approved as an Optional Currency, the Lender must, within five Business Days, confirm to the Company:
(i)whether or not it approves the request; and
(ii)if approval has been given, the minimum amount (and, if required, integral multiples) for any Credit in that currency.
20.4Revocation of currency
(a)Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, if before 9.30 a.m. on any Rate Fixing Day the Lender finds out that:
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(ii)making a Loan in the proposed Optional Currency contravenes or could reasonably be expected to contravene any law or regulation applicable to it,
the Lender must give notice to the Company to that effect promptly and in any event before noon on that day.
(b)In this event:
(i)the Lender must make the Loan in euros; and
(ii)the Loan will be treated as a separate Loan denominated in euros during that Term.
(c)Any part of a Loan treated as a separate Loan under this Subclause will not be taken into account for the purposes of any limit on the number of Loans or currencies outstanding at any one time.
(d)A Revolving Loan will still be treated as a Rollover Loan if it is not denominated in the same currency as the maturing Revolving Loan by reason only of the operation of this Subclause.
20.5Optional Currency equivalents
The euro Amount of a Credit or part of a Credit in an Optional Currency shall be used for the purposes of calculating:
(a)whether any limit under this Agreement has been exceeded;
(b)the amount of a Credit;
(c)the amount of any repayment or prepayment of a Credit; or
(d)the undrawn amount of the Total Commitment.
20.6Credit in Optional Currency
(a)If a Credit is denominated in an Optional Currency, the Lender will at each utilization of the Facility recalculate the euro Amount of that Credit by notionally converting the outstanding amount of that Credit into euro on the basis of the Lender's Spot Rate of Exchange on the date of calculation.
(b)The Company must, if requested by the Lender within 10 Business Days of any calculation under paragraph (a) above, ensure that sufficient Credits are prepaid to prevent the euro Amount of the Credits under the Facility exceeding the Total Commitment following any adjustment to the euro Amount under paragraph (a) above.
20.7Notification
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21.REPAYMENT
21.1Repayment of Revolving Loans
(a)The Company must repay each Revolving Loan made to it in full on its Maturity Date.
(b)Where the Maturity Date for an outstanding Revolving Loan coincides with the Utilisation Date for a new Revolving Loan to be denominated in the same currency as the outstanding Revolving Loan, the Lender will apply the new Revolving Loan in or towards repayment of the outstanding Revolving Loan so that:
(i)where the amount of the outstanding Revolving Loan exceeds the amount of the new Revolving Loan, the Company will only be required to repay the excess;
(ii)where the amount of the outstanding Revolving Loan is exactly the same as the amount of the new Revolving Loan, the Company will not be required to make any payment; 
(iii)where the amount of the new Revolving Loan exceeds the amount of the outstanding Loan, the Company will not be required to make any payment and the excess will be advanced to the Company, 
provided that nothing in this paragraph (b) shall have the effect or be deemed to have the effect of converting the whole of the Revolving Loan or any part of it into a term loan.
(c)Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts repaid under paragraph (a) above may be re-borrowed.
21.2Repayment of Overdraft
(a)The Company must repay each Overdraft by paying in full the debit balance on each Current Account on the Final Maturity Date at the latest; provided, however, that the Company may repay an Overdraft in full or in instalments at any earlier time.
(b)If any funds are credited to the Current Account when the Overdraft is utilised, such payment shall represent an immediate repayment of the Overdraft and shall decrease the amount of the Overdraft by the amount of such credit. 
21.3Repayment of Unauthorised Overdraft
The Company must repay any Unauthorised Overdraft immediately after its occurrence by ensuring that the debit balance on any of the Current Accounts does not exceed the Permitted Debit Balance. 
21.4Repayment of Letters of Credit
(a)The Company must repay each Letter of Credit in full on its Maturity Date.
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22.PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
22.1Mandatory prepayment - illegality
(a)If at any time:
(i)it is necessary under the laws and constitution of the Republic:
(A)in order to enable the Lender to enforce its rights under the Finance Documents; or 
(B)by reason only of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Lender,
that the Lender should be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in the Republic;
(ii)the Lender is or will be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on business in or subject to the laws of the Republic by reason only of the execution, delivery, performance and/or enforcement of any Finance Document; 
(iii)in any proceedings taken in the Republic in respect of any Finance Document or for the enforcement of any Finance Document, the choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Document will not be recognised; or
(iv)it is or becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender to give effect to any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Credit, 
and the occurrence of any of the foregoing causes the Lender (acting reasonably) to believe it is materially prejudiced thereby then:
(A)the Lender must notify the Company accordingly; and
(B)the Company shall prepay the Credits on the date specified in paragraph (b) below, together with all other amounts payable by it to the Lender under the Finance Documents and the Total Commitment shall forthwith be reduced to zero,
except that subparagraphs (a)(i) and (ii) above do not apply to the Lender acting through its Facility Office or having a permanently established office or branch in the Republic.
(b)The date for repayment or prepayment of the Credit will be:
(i)the last day of the current Term of that Credit; or
(ii)if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notification under paragraph (a)(iv)(A) above and which must not be earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period allowed by law.
									
	
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22.2Mandatory prepayment - change of control
(a)The Company shall, within ten days after the occurrence of a Change of Control notify such to the Lender. Such notice shall describe in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances giving rise thereto and the date of such Change of Control and the Lender may, by notice to the Company given not later than fifty days after the date of such Change of Control, declare any amounts payable by the Company under the Finance Documents for its account to be, and such amounts shall become, due and payable, in each case on the sixtieth day after the date of such Change of Control (or if such day is not a Business Day, the succeeding day that is), without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company.
(b)For purposes of paragraph (a) above, the following terms have the following meanings:
A Change of Control shall occur if: 
(i)any person or group of persons shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder), or shares of Voting Stock representing 35 per cent. or more of the Voting Power of United States Steel Corporation; 
(ii)any person or group of related persons shall acquire all or substantially all of the assets of United States Steel Corporation, unless United States Steel Corporation shall have merged or consolidated with or transferred all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation and the surviving or successor or transferee corporation is no more leveraged than was United States Steel Corporation immediately prior to such event. For the purposes of this definition, the term leveraged when used with respect to any corporation shall mean the percentage represented by the total assets of that corporation divided by its stockholders' equity, in each case determined and as would be shown in a consolidated balance sheet of such corporation prepared in accordance with USGAAP; or
(iii)the entire commercial participation of the Company or any part thereof after the date of this Agreement ceases to be directly or indirectly beneficially owned by United States Steel Corporation, unless such cessation results from a Permitted Merger.
Voting Power as applied to the stock of any corporation means the total voting power represented by all outstanding Voting Stock of such corporation.
Voting Stock as applied to the stock of any corporation means stock of any class or classes (however designated) having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors of such corporation, other than stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
22.3Voluntary prepayment
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(i)in respect of Term Rate Revolving Loan, by giving not less than 15 Business Days' prior notice to the Lender; or
(ii)in the case of a Compounded Rate Loan, five RFR Banking Days' (or such shorter period as the Lender and the Company may agree) prior notice,
prepay any Credit at any time in whole or in part. 
(b)A prepayment of part of a Credit must be in a minimum amount of EUR250,000 and an integral multiple of EUR250,000 (or its equivalent in an Optional Currency).
(c)A prepayment of all or part of a Credit must be on an Interest Payment Date.
(d)For avoidance of doubt, repayment of an Overdraft under paragraph (b) of Clause 10.2 (Repayment of Overdraft) before the date of delivery of notice by the Lender requesting repayment of the debit balance on the Current Accounts or before the Final Maturity Date shall not be considered to be an event of voluntary prepayment.
22.4Automatic cancellation
The Total Commitment will be automatically cancelled at the close of business on the last day of the Availability Period.
22.5Voluntary cancellation
(a)The Company may, by giving not less than five Business Days' prior notice to the Lender, cancel the unutilised amount of the Total Commitment in whole or in part.
(b)Partial cancellation of the Total Commitment must be in a minimum amount of EUR250,000 and an integral multiple of EUR250,000.
22.6Additional right of repayment and cancellation
(a)If the Company is, or will be, required to pay to the Lender:
(i)a Tax Payment; or
(ii)an Increased Cost,
the Company may, while the requirement continues, give notice to the Lender requesting prepayment and cancellation. 
(b)After notification under paragraph (a) above: 
(i)the Company must repay or prepay the Credit on the date specified in paragraph (c) below; and
(ii)the Total Commitment will be immediately cancelled.
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(i)the last day of the Term for that Credit or, in case of a Letter of Credit, 10 Business Days after the date of the notification; or 
(ii)if earlier, the date specified by the Company in its notification.
22.7Mandatory prepayment and cancellation due to an Syndicated Facility Agreement Cancellation Event 
(a)The Company shall notify the Lender of an Syndicated Facility Agreement Cancellation Event within three Business Days of its occurrence and shall include in that notice the total commitments under the Syndicated Facility Agreement immediately prior to the Syndicated Facility Agreement Cancellation Event, the amount of cancelled commitment(s) and the percentage of cancelled commitment(s) to the total commitments under, in each case, the Syndicated Facility Agreement (the Cancellation Percentage) and the date of that Syndicated Facility Agreement Cancellation Event. 
(b)The Total Commitment will be automatically cancelled on the date falling five Business Days following such Syndicated Facility Agreement Cancellation Event in a proportion equal to the Cancellation Percentage. 
(c)If the amount of any Loans outstanding would exceed the Total Commitment after the cancellation in paragraph (b) above, the Company shall, on the date falling no later than immediately prior to the cancellation of the Total Commitment in accordance with paragraph (a) above, prepay sufficient amounts outstanding under the Loans in order for the amount outstanding to not exceed the Total Commitment after the cancellation in paragraph (b) above.
In this Clause 11.7, Syndicated Facility Agreement Cancellation Event means any of the commitments being cancelled, in whole or in part, under the Syndicated Facility Agreement.
22.8Re-borrowing of Credits
Any voluntary prepayment of a Credit under Clause 11.3 (Voluntary prepayment) may be re-borrowed subject to the terms of this Agreement. Any mandatory or involuntary prepayment of a Credit may not be re-borrowed. 
22.9Miscellaneous provisions
(a)Any notice of prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement is irrevocable and must specify the relevant date(s) and the affected Credits, and, in case of cancellation, if any of the affected Credit is an Overdraft, how the Permitted Debit Balance on the relevant Current Account has been reduced.
(b)All prepayments under this Agreement must be made with accrued interest on the amount prepaid. No premium or penalty is payable in respect of any prepayment except for Break Costs.
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(d)No prepayment or cancellation is allowed except in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement.
(e)No amount of the Total Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may subsequently be reinstated.
11A.    RATE SWITCH
11A.1    Switch to Compounded Reference Rate
Subject to Clause 11A.2 (Delayed switch for existing Term Rate Overdrafts and Term Rate Revolving Loans), on and from the Rate Switch Date for a Rate Switch Currency:
(a)use of the Compounded Reference Rate will replace the use of the Term Reference Rate for the calculation of interest for Loans in that Rate Switch Currency; and
(b)any Loan in that Rate Switch Currency shall be a "Compounded Rate Loan" and Clause 12.3 (Calculation of interest – Compounded Rate Loans) shall apply to each such Loan.
11A.2    Delayed switch for existing Term Rate Overdrafts and Term Rate Revolving Loans 
If the Rate Switch Date for a Rate Switch Currency falls before the last day of a Term for Term Rate Overdraft or Term Rate Revolving Loan in that currency:
(c)that Loan or Overdraft shall continue to be a Term Rate Overdraft or Term Rate Revolving Loan for that Term and Clause 12.1 (Calculation of interest – Term Rate Revolving Loan) or Clause 12.2 (Calculation of interest – Term Rate Overdraft), as applicable, shall continue to apply to that Loan for that Term;
(d)any provision of this Agreement which is expressed to relate to a Compounded Rate Currency shall not apply in relation to that Loan for that Term; and
(e)on and from the first day of the next Term (if any) for that Loan:
(i)that Loan shall be a "Compounded Rate Loan"; and
(ii)Clause 12.3 (Calculation of interest – Compounded Rate Loans) shall apply to that Loan.
11A.3    Notifications by the Lender
(a)Subject to paragraph (c) below, following the occurrence of a Rate Switch Trigger Event for a Rate Switch Currency, the Lender shall:
(i)promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of that Rate Switch Trigger Event, notify the Company of that occurrence; and
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(b)The Lender shall, promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of the Rate Switch Date for a Rate Switch Currency, notify the Company of that occurrence.
(c)The Parties agree that the FCA Cessation Announcement constitutes a Rate Switch Trigger Event in relation to USD, that the Rate Switch Trigger Event Date applicable to such Rate Switch Trigger Event in relation to USD will be 30 June 2023 and that the Lender is not under any obligation under paragraph (a) above to notify the Company of such Rate Switch Trigger Event or Rate Switch Trigger Event Date resulting from the FCA Cessation Announcement.
(d)For the purposes of paragraph (c) above, the "FCA Cessation Announcement" means the announcement on 5 March 2021 by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority that all LIBOR settings will, as of certain specified future dates, either cease to be provided by any administrator or no longer be representative of the market and economic reality that they are intended to measure and that such representativeness will not be restored.
23.INTEREST
23.1Calculation of interest – Term Rate Revolving Loan
The rate of interest on each Term Rate Revolving Loan for its Term is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable:
(a)Margin; and
(b)the respective IBOR.
23.2Calculation of interest – Term Rate Overdraft
The rate of interest on each Term Rate Overdraft for its Term is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable: 
(a)Margin; and
(b)the respective IBOR applicable for the relevant day for which the interest is calculated.
23.3Calculation of interest – Compounded Rate Loans 
(a)The rate of interest on each Compounded Rate Loan for any day during a Term is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
(i)Margin; and
(ii)Compounded Reference Rate for that day.
(b)If any day during a Term for a Compounded Rate Loan is not an RFR Banking Day, the rate of interest on that Compounded Rate Loan for that day will be the rate applicable to the immediately preceding RFR Banking Day.
									
	
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23.4Payment of interest
Except where it is provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company must pay accrued interest:
(a)on each Revolving Loan made to it on the last day of its Term; or
(b)on each Overdraft on the first day of each calendar month, in respect of the immediately preceding calendar month;
(the Interest Payment Date) in any case in accordance with supporting documentation supplied to the Company by the Lender via email on monthly basis in a form agreed between the Parties.
23.5Interest on overdue amounts
(a)If the Company fails to pay any amount payable by it under the Finance Documents, it must immediately on demand by the Lender pay interest on the overdue amount from its due date up to the date of actual payment.
(b)Interest on an overdue amount is payable at a percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable:
(i)Margin; 
(ii)Cost of Funds Rate; and
(iii)two per cent. per annum.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the Lender may (acting reasonably) (except with respect to an Unauthorised Overdraft) in respect of a Term Rate Overdraft or Term Rate Revolving Loan:
(A)select successive Terms of any duration of up to three months; and
(B)determine the appropriate Rate Fixing Day for that Term.
(c)Notwithstanding paragraph (b) above, if the overdue amount is a principal amount of a Term Rate Overdraft or Term Rate Revolving Loan and becomes due and payable before the last day of its current Term, then:
(i)the first Term for that overdue amount will be the unexpired portion of that Term; and
(ii)the rate of interest on the overdue amount for that first Term will be two per cent. per annum above the rate then payable on that Loan.
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(d)Interest (if unpaid) on an overdue amount will be compounded with that overdue amount at the end of each of its Terms but will remain immediately due and payable.
23.6Notification of rates of interest
(a)The Lender must promptly notify the Company of the determination of a rate of interest relating to a Term Rate Overdraft or a Term Rate Revolving Loan.
(b)The Lender shall promptly upon a Compounded Rate Interest Payment being determinable notify:
(i)the Company of that Compounded Rate Interest Payment; and
(ii)the Company of each applicable rate of interest relating to the determination of that Compounded Rate Interest Payment.
This paragraph (b) shall not apply to any Compounded Rate Interest Payment in relation to a Loan to which the Cost of Funds Rate applies.
(c)The Lender shall promptly notify the Company of the determination of a rate of interest relating to a Compounded Rate Loan to which the Cost of Funds Rate applies. 
(d)This Clause 12.5 shall not require the Lender to make any notification to the Company on a day which is not a Business Day.
23.7Acknowledgement
The Company acknowledges and confirms for the benefit of the Lender that it has been informed about the amount of the annual percentage rate of interest of each Loan and on the fees that the Company shall pay under the Finance Documents in compliance with section 37(2) of the Slovak Banking Act.
24.TERMS
24.1Selection
(a)Each Revolving Loan has one Term only.
(b)The Company must select the Term for a Revolving Loan in the relevant Request.
(c)Subject to the following provisions of this Clause 13, each Term for a Revolving Term Rate Loan will be one, two or three months.
24.2No overrunning the Final Maturity Date
If a Term would otherwise overrun the Final Maturity Date, it will be shortened (subject to paragraph (g) of Clause 7.2 (Completion of Requests) so that it ends on the Final Maturity Date. The Company will have no obligation to pay Break Costs or other costs arising from such shortening.
									
	
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24.3Notification
The Lender must notify the Company of the duration of each Term promptly after ascertaining its duration.
25.MARKET DISRUPTION
25.1Market disruption – prior to Rate Switch Date 
(a)In this Clause 14, a market disruption event occurs if: 
(i)the Screen Rate is not available; and
(ii)in relation to a Term Rate Revolving Loan only, it is not possible to calculate an Interpolated Screen Rate for that Term Rate Revolving Loan.
(b)The Lender must promptly notify the Company of a market disruption event.
(c)After notification under paragraph (b) above, the rate of interest on the affected Loan for the relevant Term will be the aggregate of the applicable:
(i)Margin; and
(ii)Cost of Funds Rate.
25.2Alternative basis of interest or funding
(a)If a market disruption event occurs and the Lender or the Company so requires, the Company and the Lender must enter into negotiations for a period of not more than 30 days with a view to agreeing an alternative basis for determining the rate of interest and/or funding for the affected Loan.
(b)Any alternative basis agreed will be binding on all the Parties.
25.3Interest calculation if no RFR or Central Bank Rate
If:
(a)there is no applicable RFR or Central Bank Rate for the purposes of calculating the Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate for an RFR Banking Day during a Term for a Compounded Rate Loan; and
(b)"Cost of funds will apply as a fallback" is specified in respect of that Loan in the Compounded Rate Terms for that Loan,
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26.TAXES
26.1Gross-up
All payments by the Company under the Finance Documents shall be made without any Tax Deduction, except to the extent that the Company is required by law to make payment subject to any Taxes. If any Relevant Tax or amounts in respect of any Relevant Tax must be deducted from any amounts payable or paid by the Company, or paid or payable by the Lender under the Finance Documents, the Company shall, subject to Clause 15.4 (Exception to the gross-up), pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the Lender receives a net amount equal to the full amount which it would have received had that payment not been made subject to any Relevant Tax.
26.2Tax receipts
All Taxes required by law to be deducted or withheld by the Company from any amounts paid or payable under the Finance Documents shall be paid by the Company when due and the Company shall, within 15 days of receipt of evidence of the payment being made, deliver the same to the Lender.
26.3Reimbursement of tax credit
If the Company pays any additional amount (a Tax Payment) under Clause 15.1 (Gross-up) for the account of a Lender, and the Lender effectively obtains, or could have effectively obtained by taking reasonable action (in which case the Lender shall be treated as actually having obtained), a refund of Tax, or credit against Tax, by reason of that Tax Payment (a Tax Credit), then the Lender shall reimburse to the Company such amount as the Lender shall reasonably determine to be the proportion of the Tax Credit as will leave the Lender (after that reimbursement) in no better or worse position than it would have been in if the Tax Payment had not been required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lender may choose not to make or to limit the amount or alter the timing of any Tax Credit if to do otherwise would result in a material adverse effect to the Lender or on its relationship with the relevant Tax authority. Upon reasonable request from the Company, the Lender shall provide the Company with a certification concerning whether or not a Tax Credit was obtained or was attempted to be obtained by the Lender as well as reasonable detail concerning the amount of the Tax Credit. The Lender is not obliged to disclose any information regarding its Tax affairs or computations to any other person.
26.4Exception to the gross-up
The Company is not required to pay an additional amount for the account of a Lender under Clause 15.1 (Gross-up):
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requested to do so by the Company and at the cost of the Company) any form, certificate or other documentation:
(i)the provision of which would have relieved (in whole or in part) the Company from the relevant withholding obligation; and 
(ii)which it is fully within the power of the Lender to provide;
(b)if the Lender has not complied with its obligations under paragraph (a) of Clause 15.5 (Tax confirmation) for a period of 90 days from the date that Lender became aware that it could not give the confirmation referred to in paragraph (a) of Clause 15.5 (Tax confirmation); or
(c)if the confirmation provided by the Lender under paragraph (a) of Clause 15.5 (Tax confirmation) is incorrect when made.
26.5Tax confirmation
(a)The Lender confirms to the Company that on the date of this Agreement under the terms of a double taxation treaty between the jurisdiction in which the Lender is resident and the Republic payments due to it under the Finance Documents may be made without deduction or withholding on account of any Tax imposed or levied by the Republic (or any political subdivision or taxing authority of the Republic) under the laws of the Republic, as interpreted and applied on the date of this Agreement.
(b)If a Lender becomes aware that it could not, on any particular day, give the confirmation referred to in paragraph (a) above, it shall promptly but in any event within 90 days, notify such to the Company.
26.6Stamp taxes
The Company must pay and indemnify the Lender against any stamp duty, registration or other similar Tax payable in connection with the entry into, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document, except for any such Tax payable in connection with the entry into a Transfer Certificate.
26.7Value added taxes
(a)Any amount (including costs, fees and expenses) payable under a Finance Document by the Company is exclusive of any value added tax or similar tax that might be chargeable in connection with that amount. If any such value added tax or similar tax is chargeable, the Company must pay (in addition to and at the same time as it pays that amount) an amount equal to the amount of that value added tax or similar tax.
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26.8FATCA information
(a)Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party must, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:
(i)confirm to that other Party whether it is:
(A)a FATCA Exempt Party; or
(B)not a FATCA Exempt Party; and
(ii)supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party requests to enable that other Party to comply with FATCA.
(b)If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be, a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party must notify that other Party reasonably promptly.
(c)No Party is obliged to do anything under paragraphs (a) or (b) above which would reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of any of the following:
(i)applicable law or regulation;
(ii)its fiduciary duty to any third party; or
(iii)its duty of confidentiality to any third party.
(d)If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply forms, documentation or other information relating to its status under FATCA requested in accordance with paragraph (a) (including where paragraph (c) above applies), then that Party may be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until it provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.
26.9Other information
(a)Subject to paragraph (b) below, each Party must, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party, supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other Party requests to enable that other Party to comply with any regulations made under any applicable law or regulation implementing international arrangements for the exchange of Tax or financial information between jurisdictions.
(b)No Party is obliged to do anything under paragraph (a) above which would reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of any of the following:
(i)applicable law or regulation;
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(iii)its duty of confidentiality to any third party.
26.10FATCA Deduction
(a)Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party is required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.
(b)Each Party must, promptly on becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment.
27.INCREASED COSTS
27.1Increased Costs
Except as hereinafter provided in this Clause 16, the Company must pay to the Lender the amount of any Increased Cost incurred by the Lender or its Holding Company as a result of:
(a)the introduction of, or any change in, or any change in the interpretation, or application of, any law or regulation; or
(b)compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; or
(c)the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III or CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV. 
The Lender agrees to notify the Company promptly upon becoming aware that this Clause 16.1 applies.
27.2Exceptions
(a)The Company need not make any payment for an Increased Cost to the extent that the Increased Cost is:
(i)compensated for under another Clause or would have been but for an exception to that Clause; 
(ii)a tax on the overall net income of the Lender or its Holding Company;
(iii)attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;
(iv)attributable to the Lender or its Holding Company wilfully failing to comply with any law or regulation; 
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(vi)attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (but excluding any amendment arising out of Basel III or CRD IV) (Basel II) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, the Lender or any of its Affiliates).
(b)In this Agreement:
Basel III means:
(i)the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee in December 2010, each as amended; and
(ii)any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee relating to "Basel III".
Basel Committee means the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
CRD IV means:
(i)Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU No 648/2012); and 
(ii)Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC.
27.3Claims
(a)The Lender intending to make a claim for an Increased Cost must notify the Company of the circumstances giving rise to and the amount of the claim.
(b)The Lender must, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Company, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Cost.
28.MITIGATION
If circumstances arise that would, or would on the giving of notice, result in:
(a)any additional amounts becoming payable under Clause 15 (Taxes); 
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(c)any prepayment or cancellation under Clause 11 (Prepayment and Cancellation); or
(d)the Lender incurring any cost of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of its supervising and regulating entity,
then, without limiting the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and without prejudice to the terms of Clauses 15 (Taxes), 16 (Increased Costs) and 11 (Prepayment and Cancellation), the Lender shall, in consultation with the Company, take such reasonable steps as may be open to it to mitigate or remove the relevant circumstance, including (without limitation) changing its Facility Office to one in another jurisdiction or the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another person, unless to do so might (in the reasonable opinion of the Lender) be materially prejudicial to it.
29.PAYMENTS
29.1Place
Unless a Finance Document specifies that payments under it are to be made in another manner, all payments by the Company under the Finance Documents must be made to the Lender to its account at such office or bank in the principal financial centre of a Participating Member State or London, as it may notify to the Company for this purpose by not less than ten Business Days' prior notice.
29.2Funds
Payments under the Finance Documents to the Lender must be made for value on the due date at such times and in such funds as the Lender may acting reasonably specify to the Party concerned as being customary at the time for the settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place for payment.
29.3Currency 
(a)Unless a Finance Document specifies that payments under it are to be made in a different manner, the currency of each amount payable under the Finance Documents is determined under this Clause 18.3.
(b)Interest is payable in the currency in which the relevant amount in respect of which it is payable is denominated.
(c)A repayment or prepayment of any principal amount is payable in the currency in which that principal amount is denominated on its due date.
(d)Amounts payable in respect of Taxes, fees, costs and expenses are payable in the currency in which they are incurred.
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29.4No set-off or counterclaim
All payments made by the Company under the Finance Documents must be calculated and made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
29.5Business Days
(a)If a payment under the Finance Documents is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for that payment will instead be the next Business Day.
(b)During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal under this Agreement interest is payable on that principal at the rate payable on the original due date.
29.6Partial payments
(a)If the Lender receives a payment insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Finance Documents, the Lender must apply that payment towards the obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents in the following order:
(i)first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Lender under the Finance Documents;
(ii)secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest or fee due but unpaid under this Agreement;
(iii)thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal amount due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
(iv)fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
(b)The Lender may vary the order set out in sub-paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above.
(c)This Subclause will override any appropriation made by the Company.
29.7Timing of payments
If a Finance Document does not provide for when a particular payment is due, that payment will be due 30 days after receipt by the Company of a claim (accompanied by, if available, separate invoices) signed on behalf of the Lender specifying the amount due, the provision of the Finance Document under which the Company’s liability to pay arises and setting out in reasonable detail a calculation of the amount due.
30.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
30.1Representations and warranties
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30.2Status
(a)It is a limited liability company duly organised and validly existing under the laws of the Republic.
(b)It has the power to own its property and Assets. 
(c)It has power to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.
30.3Powers and authority
It has the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary action to authorise, the execution, delivery and performance of the Finance Documents to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.
30.4Legal validity
Each Finance Document to which it is a party:
(a)constitutes, or when executed will constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms; and 
(b)is in proper form for its enforcement in the Republic if accompanied by a certified Slovak translation, 
save that enforcement of the Company’s obligations under the Finance Documents may be affected by insolvency, bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
30.5Non-conflict
The execution, delivery and performance of the Finance Documents to which it is or will be a party by it will not:
(a)violate in any respect any provision of:
(i)any applicable law or regulation of the Republic or any order of any governmental, judicial or public body or authority in the Republic binding on the Company; 
(ii)the laws and documents incorporating and constituting the Company; or 
(iii)any mortgage, agreement or other financial undertaking or instrument to which the Company is a party or which is binding upon any Assets of the Company; or
(b)to the best of the Company’s knowledge result in the creation or imposition of any Security Interest on any Assets of the Company pursuant to the provisions of any mortgage, agreement or other undertaking or instrument to which the Company is a party or which is binding upon it.
									
	
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30.6No default
No Default is outstanding.
30.7Authorisations
All authorisations and other requirements of governmental, judicial and public bodies and authorities required by any member of the Group or advisable in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of the Finance Documents have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect. 
30.8Litigation
Except to the extent as disclosed in writing to the Lender: 
(a)there is no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to any member of the Group that is material to the Company, the same are not current or pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened; and
(b)no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings are current or pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
30.9Title
Except to the extent disclosed in writing to the Lender, it has valid leases or good and marketable title to all its material Fixed Assets which are reflected in the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Group delivered to the Lender under Clause 20.2 (Financial Information), subject to any disposal permitted under Clause 21.7 (Disposals) and to no Security Interest securing Financial Indebtedness over such Fixed Assets, except any Permitted Security Interest.
30.10Borrowing limits
The borrowing of the full amount available under this Agreement will not cause any limit on its borrowing or other powers or on the exercise of such powers by its board of directors whether imposed by the Company's Articles of Association or similar document or by statute, regulation, or agreement, to be exceeded. 
30.11Immunity
Subject to any general provisions of law with respect to immunity of certain assets from attachment and from execution, referred to in any legal opinion required under this Agreement, it is not entitled to claim immunity from suit, attachment, enforcement or other legal process in the Republic.
30.12Solvency
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(b)it has not taken any action nor, so far as it is aware have any steps been taken or legal proceedings been started or threatened against it for winding-up, dissolution, reorganisation, or bankruptcy the enforcement of any encumbrance over its assets or for the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver or administrator, trustee or similar officer of it or of any or all of its assets or revenues.
30.13Information
(a)All factual information provided in writing by an officer of any member of the Group, United States Steel Corporation or any Subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation to the Lender in connection with the Finance Documents was true and accurate in all material respects as at its date or (if appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be given by that person. 
(b)Nothing was omitted from the information referred to in paragraph (a) above which, if disclosed, would make that information untrue or misleading in any material respect.
(c)Nothing has occurred since the date of the information referred to in paragraph (a) above which, if disclosed, would make that information untrue or mislead in any material respect. 
30.14No notarial deed
No member of the Group has created any notarial deed (as referred to in section 45.2 of the Slovak Act No. 233/1995 Coll., as amended) in relation to any Financial Indebtedness.
30.15Financial statements
Its audited consolidated financial statements most recently delivered to the Lender (which, at the date of the Ninth Supplemental Agreement, are the Financial Statements dated 31 December 2020):
(a)have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in its jurisdiction of incorporation, consistently applied; and
(b)fairly represent its consolidated financial condition as at the date to which they were drawn up,
except, in each case, as disclosed to the contrary in those financial statements.
30.16Slovak Banking Act
(a)It represents that it is not a person having any special relationship (osobitný vzťah) as defined in the Slovak Banking Act, to the Lender.
(b)When making any payment under or in connection with any Finance Document, it will use solely the funds owned by it.
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30.17Slovak Public Sector Partners Act
It is duly registered as a public sector partner (partner verejného sektora) in the register of public sector partners (register partnerov verejného sektora) in accordance with the Slovak Public Sector Partners Act.
30.18ERISA
Each ERISA Plan of the Company and of each ERISA Affiliate of the Company complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulation. No Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any ERISA Plan, and no steps have been taken to terminate any ERISA Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan or initiated any steps to do so that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
30.19Margin Regulations 
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
30.20Centre of Main Interests
Its Centre of Main Interests is situated in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no Establishment in any other jurisdiction.
30.21Times for making representations and warranties
(a)The Company makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 19 on the date of this Agreement.
(b)Unless a representation and warranty is expressed to be given at a specific date (other than as a result of the operation of paragraph (a) above), each representation and warranty is deemed to be repeated by the Company on the date of each Request and the first day of each Term except that the representations and warranties in Clauses 19.5(a)(iii) and 19.5(b) (Non-conflict), 19.8(a) (Litigation) and 19.18 (ERISA) shall not be repeated by the Company.
(c)When the representation and warranty in Clause 19.6 (No default) is repeated on a Request for a Rollover Loan or the first day of a Term for a Loan (other than the first Term for that Loan), the reference to a Default will be construed as a reference to an Event of Default. 
(d)Each representation or warranty deemed to be made after the date of this Agreement shall be deemed to be made by reference to the facts and circumstances existing at the date the representation or warranty is deemed to be made.
									
	
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31.INFORMATION COVENANTS
31.1Duration
The undertakings in this Clause 20 (Information Covenants) remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is or may be outstanding under any Finance Document.
31.2Financial Information
The Company shall furnish to the Lender:
(a)the annual audited unconsolidated financial statements of the Company including the report of independent auditors and accompanying notes for each of its financial years as soon as practicable (and in any event within 210 days from the financial year-end), such financial statements:
(i)to be prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards consistently applied; 
(ii)to be audited by an internationally recognised firm of accountants; 
(iii)to give a true and fair view of the financial condition of the Company or Group (as applicable) and the result of its operations for the period ended on the date to which such financial statements were prepared; and
(iv)signed by the chief financial officer (or equivalent), or by two senior officers of the Company;
(b)the annual unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group to be prepared in accordance with USGAAP consistently applied, annually, i.e. for each of its financial years as soon as practicable (and in any event within 120 days after the end of each of its financial years) certified by the chief financial officer (or equivalent) of the Company; 
(c)the quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group to be prepared in accordance with USGAAP consistently applied, i.e. for the first three quarters (i.e. each of the quarterly periods ending on 31 March, 30 June and 30 September each year) of each financial year, whereas, for the avoidance of doubt:
(i)financial statements submitted for the quarter ending on 31 March shall contain financial data for the period starting on 1 January of the given financial year and ending on 31 March of the given financial year;
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(iii)financial statements submitted for the quarter ending on 30 September shall contain financial data for the period starting on 1 January of the given financial year and ending on 30 September of the given financial year;
as soon as practicable (and in any event within 60 days after the end of the relevant quarter) certified by the chief financial officer (or equivalent) of the Company;
(d)together with the financial statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, a certificate of the Company signed by the chief financial officer (or equivalent) of the Company certifying: 
(i)that no Event of Default has occurred (or, if it has, specifying it and the steps being taken to remedy it); and
(ii)the identity of its all Subsidiaries.
(A)whose total assets (being the total of fixed assets and current assets) (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has one or more Subsidiaries) represent not less than 7.5 per cent, of the Company's total consolidated fixed assets: and/or
(B)whose gross revenues (being gross revenues less internal revenues (excluding exceptionals), before operating expenses and depreciation) (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has one or more Subsidiaries) represent not less than 7.5 per cent, of the consolidated gross revenues of the Group (being gross revenues (excluding exceptionals) before operating expenses and depreciation on a consolidated basis as shown in the Latest Accounts); and
(e)together with the financial statements referred to in paragraph (c) above, a certificate of the Company signed by the chief financial officer (or equivalent) of the Company listing the following information:
(i)the average production capacity (in percentage) which the Company used in the quarter for which such certificate is furnished to the Lender;
(ii)the average selling prices of steel which the Company realised in the quarter for which such certificate is furnished to the Lender.
31.3Information - miscellaneous
(a)The Company shall furnish to the Lender from time to time with reasonable promptness, such further information regarding the business and financial condition of the Company as the Lender may reasonably request.
(b)The Company shall promptly notify the Lender of any material business or financial event, including without limitation, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other proceedings being commenced, which would reasonably be expected to adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
									
	
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(c)Subject to paragraph (d) below, the Company must promptly on the request of Lender supply to the Lender any documentation or other evidence that is reasonably requested by the Lender (whether for itself or any prospective new Lender) to enable the Lender or prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all applicable know your customer requirements.
(d)The Company is only required to supply any information under paragraph (c) above, if the necessary information is not already available to the Lender and the requirement arises as a result of:
(i)the introduction of any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
(ii)any change in the status of the Company or any change in the composition of shareholders of the Company after the date of this Agreement; or
(iii)a proposed assignment or transfer by the Lender of any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement to a person that is not a Lender before that assignment or transfer.
31.4Notification of Default
The Company must notify the Lender of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
31.5Slovak banking regulations
(a)Subject to paragraph (b) below, in case of any change to: (i) the amount of the Company's registered capital; or (ii) the participation interest(s) in the Company; or (iii) the voting rights attached to any and all participation interest(s) in the Company, the Company must supply to the Lender a list of its participants reflecting the situation after such change, promptly after the effectiveness of such change but in each case no later than within five Business Days after the effectiveness of such change.
(b)The Company is not obliged to supply the list of participants under paragraph (a) above if any such change concerns a participant (spoločník) holding: (i) a participation interest not exceeding 10 per cent. of the registered capital of the Company; or (ii) voting rights not exceeding 10 per cent. of all voting rights in the Company. 
(c)For the purposes of this Clause 20.5, a list of participants means a list of persons (whether individuals or legal entities) holding: (i) a participation interest exceeding 10 per cent. of the registered capital of the Company; or (ii) voting rights exceeding 10 per cent. of all voting rights in the Company, containing:
(i)in case of individuals, the name, family name, business name, identification number or birth certificate number, permanent address or place of business (if different from the permanent address) of that participant; and
									
	
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(ii)in case of legal entities, the business name, the legal form, identification number and the registered seat of that participant.
32.GENERAL COVENANTS
32.1Authorisations
The Company shall obtain and promptly renew from time to time all authorisations as may be required under any applicable law or regulation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents, or required for the validity or enforceability of any Finance Document, shall comply with the terms of the same and will ensure the availability and transferability of sufficient foreign exchange to enable it to comply with its obligations under the Finance Documents.
32.2Slovak Public Sector Partners Act
The Company shall, to the extent required by law or regulation including without limitation legal regulations, in particular the Slovak Public Sector Partners Act, ensure that it is at all times duly registered as a public sector partner (partner verejného sektora) in the register of public sector partners (register partnerov verejného sektora) in accordance with the Slovak Public Sector Partners Act.
32.3Corporate existence
(a)The Company shall maintain its corporate existence and its right to carry on its operations and will acquire, maintain and renew all rights, licences, concessions, contracts, powers, privileges, leases, lands, sanctions and franchises necessary or useful for the conduct of its operations except, in each case, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the Company's ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
(b)The Company shall not:
(i)change its name; or
(ii)change its financial year end from 31 December.
32.4Insurance
The Company shall effect and maintain such insurance over and in respect of its Assets and business covering such risks and in such amounts as United States Steel Corporation maintains from time to time with respect to other similar steel-making facilities owned by United States Steel Corporation, subject to such deductibles and other forms of self-insurance as from time to time are generally applicable to such other steel-making facilities provided such coverage is available to the Company on similar or better terms. 
32.5Pari passu
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and will rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness issued, created or assumed by it other than amounts which are afforded priority by applicable law.
32.6Negative pledge
The Company shall not without the prior consent of the Lender in writing, create, assume or permit to exist any Security Interest over all or any of its Assets to secure Financial Indebtedness other than a Permitted Security Interest.
32.7Disposals
(a)Except with the prior consent of the Lender in writing or as provided in paragraph (b) below, the Company shall not either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions whether related or not and whether voluntary or involuntary, sell, transfer, grant or lease or otherwise dispose of (in each case whether conditionally or otherwise) any of its Fixed Assets other than Permitted Disposals. 
(b)Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, in any financial year of the Company, Fixed Assets having an aggregate book value in, or included for the purposes of, the Latest Accounts, not exceeding the aggregate of 30 per cent. of all Fixed Assets (as shown in or included for the purposes of the Latest Accounts) may be disposed of where the disposal is on arm's length commercial terms; provided, however, that in no case shall the Company be permitted to dispose of more than 50 per cent of all Fixed Assets (as shown in or included for purpose of the consolidated financial statement of the Company for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021).
32.8Mergers
The Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Lender in writing, enter into any merger or other arrangement of a similar nature other than a Permitted Merger.
32.9Change of business
Except with the prior consent of the Lender in writing, the Company shall not make or threaten to make any substantial change in its business as conducted on the date of this Agreement.
32.10Environmental compliance
Except to the extent disclosed in writing to the Lender, the Company shall comply with applicable Environmental Law except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents. For this purpose, Environmental Law means:
(a)all environmental authorisations applicable to the Company; and 
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capable of causing harm to man or any other living organism or the environment or public health or welfare, including, without limitation, hazardous, toxic, radioactive or dangerous waste.
32.11Lending and Borrowing
(a)Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Company shall not, and the Company shall procure that no member of the Group shall incur any Financial Indebtedness other than:
(i)Financial Indebtedness not exceeding EUR600,000,000 (or its equivalent) in aggregate (including amounts borrowed under the Finance Documents);
(ii)Financial Indebtedness upon terms approved by the Lender;
(iii)currency and commodity hedging used only to mitigate the risks relating to fluctuations in currencies and commodity prices, provided each such hedging arrangement is entered into for a period no longer than 18 months;
(iv)for the avoidance of doubt, operating lease obligations;
(v)for the avoidance of doubt, trade payables and other contractual obligations to suppliers and customers in the ordinary course of trading; 
(vi)debt subordinated to the Loans under subordination agreements acceptable to the Lender; and
(vii)any refinancing of any of the foregoing up to the same principal amount.
(b)The obligation under paragraph (a) above shall apply only until the Company delivers to the Facility Agent under, and as defined in, the Syndicated Facility Agreement the first Compliance Certificate (as defined in the Syndicated Facility Agreement) in accordance with clause 17.4 (Compliance Certificate) of the Syndicated Facility Agreement which confirms that the Company complies with its obligations under clause 18 (Financial covenants) of the Syndicated Facility Agreement.
32.12No notarial deed
The Company shall not and the Company shall procure that no other member of the Group will, create any notarial deed (as referred to in section 45.2 of the Slovak Act No. 233/1995 Coll., as amended) in relation to any Financial Indebtedness.
32.13No Margin Stock
The Company may not:
(a)extend credit for the purpose, directly or indirectly, of buying or carrying Margin Stock; or
(b)use any Loan or allow any Loan to be used, directly or indirectly, to buy or carry Margin Stock or for any other purpose in violation of the Margin Regulations.
									
	
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32.14Centre of Main Interests
The Company must not cause or allow its registered office or Centre of Main Interests to be in, or maintain an Establishment in, any jurisdiction other than its jurisdiction of incorporation.
33.DEFAULT
33.1Events of Default
Each of the events set out in Clauses 22.2 (Non-payment) to 22.10 (Cross-acceleration) (inclusive) is an Event of Default (whether or not caused by any reason whatsoever outside the control of the Company or any other person).
33.2Non-payment
The Company does not pay on the due date any amount payable by it under the Finance Documents at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable and (if the failure to pay is caused solely by technical or administrative error) it is not remedied within five Business Days of its due date.
33.3Breach of other obligations
The Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 22.2 (Non-payment)) and the failure to comply (if it is capable of remedy) remains unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of:
(a)the day when the Lender gives the Company notice of the failure to comply; and
(b)the day when the Company became aware of the failure to comply.
33.4Misrepresentation
Any representation, warranty or statement made or repeated in the Finance Documents or in any written certificate or statement delivered, made or issued by or on behalf of the Company under the Finance Documents or in connection with the Finance Documents shall at any time be incorrect in any respect when so made or repeated or deemed to be made or repeated and the circumstances giving rise to such misrepresentation would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
33.5Insolvency/enforcement 
(a)Any action is taken by the Company or one of its Affiliates for the dissolution or termination of existence or liquidation of the Company; 
(b)an application by the Company for bankruptcy (konkurz), restructuring (reštrukturalizácia) or moratorium, or an arrangement with creditors of the Company is entered into, or any other proceeding or arrangement by which the Assets of the Company are submitted to the control of its creditors occurs or is entered into; 
									
	
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(c)the Company is adjudged bankrupt pursuant to a final non-appealable order; 
(d)there is appointed a liquidator, trustee, administrator, receiver or similar officer of the Company or a receiver of all or substantially all of the Assets of the Company; 
(e)all or substantially all of the Assets of the Company are attached or distrained upon or the same become subject at any time to any order of a court or other process and such attachment, distraint, order or process remains in effect and is not discharged within thirty days; 
(f)the Company becomes insolvent (v úpadku) or is declared insolvent by a competent governmental or judicial authority or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they fall due; 
(g)a moratorium is made or declared in respect of all or any Financial Indebtedness of the Company; or
(h)the Company becomes a “company in crisis” for the purposes of section 67a of the Slovak Commercial Code (Act No. 513/1991 Coll., as amended).
33.6Cessation of business
The Company ceases or threatens to cease to carry on the whole or a substantial part of its business, save as permitted by Clause 21.7 (Disposals) and Clause 21.8 (Mergers).
33.7Revocation of authorisation
(a)Any authorisation or other requirement of any governmental, judicial or public body or authority necessary to enable the Company under any applicable law or regulation to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents or for its businesses or required for the validity or enforceability of the Finance Documents is modified, revoked, withdrawn or withheld in any material respect or fails to remain in full force and effect for more than 30 days. 
(b)The Company fails to comply with any authorisation or other requirement set out in paragraph (a) above.
33.8Expropriation
All or any substantial part of the Assets of the Company is seized or expropriated by any authority.
33.9Unlawfulness
At any time it is unlawful for the Company to perform such of its obligations under the Finance Document as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, material.
33.10Cross-acceleration
(a)Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
									
	
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(b)No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 22.10 if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness for Financial Indebtedness falling within paragraph (a) above is less than EUR50,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
33.11Acceleration
If an Event of Default is outstanding, the Lender may by notice to the Company: 
(a)cancel all or any part of the Total Commitments; and/or
(b)declare that all or part of any amounts outstanding under the Finance Documents are:
(i)immediately due and payable; and/or
(ii)payable on demand by the Lender; and/or
(c)declare that full cash cover in respect of each Letter of Credit is immediately due and payable.
Any such notice will take effect in accordance with its terms.
34.EVIDENCE AND CALCULATIONS
34.1Accounts
Accounts maintained by the Lender in connection with this Agreement are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate for the purpose of any litigation or arbitration proceedings.
34.2Certificates and determinations
Any certification or determination by the Lender of a rate or amount under the Finance Documents will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
34.3Calculations
(a)Any interest or fee accruing under this Agreement accrues from day to day and the amount of any such interest, commission or fee is calculated: 
(i)on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or otherwise, depending on what the Lender determines is market practice; and
(ii)subject to paragraph (b) below, without rounding.
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35.FEES
35.1Commitment fee
(a)The Company must pay to the Lender a commitment fee at the rate of 0.70 per cent. per annum on the unutilised, uncancelled amount of the Total Commitment. 
(b)Accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears. Accrued commitment fee is also payable to the Lender on the date the Total Commitment is cancelled in full.
36.INDEMNITIES AND BREAK COSTS
36.1Currency indemnity
(a)If the Lender receives an amount in respect of the Company’s liability under the Finance Documents or if that liability is converted into a claim, proof, judgement or order in a currency other than the currency (the contractual currency) in which the liability is expressed to be payable under the relevant Finance Document:
(i)the Company shall indemnify the Lender against any loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion;
(ii)if the amount received by the Lender, when converted into the contractual currency at a market rate in the usual course of its business is less than the amount owed in the contractual currency, the Company shall pay to the Lender an amount in the contractual currency equal to the deficit; and
(iii)the Company shall pay to the Lender concerned any exchange costs and taxes payable in connection with any such conversion.
(b)The Company waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
36.2Other indemnities 
(a)The Company must indemnify the Lender against any loss or liability which the Lender incurs as a consequence of:
(i)the occurrence of any Event of Default;
(ii)Clause 22.11 (Acceleration);
(iii)any failure by the Company to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date;
(iv)(other than by reason of negligence or default by the Lender) a Credit not being made after a Request has been delivered for that Credit; or
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The Company's liability in each case includes any loss or expense on account of funds borrowed, contracted for or utilised to fund any amount payable under any Finance Document or any Credit.
(b)The Company must indemnify the Lender against any loss or liability incurred by the Lender as a result of:
(i)investigating any event which the Lender reasonably believes to be a Default; or
(ii)acting or relying on any notice that the Lender reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.
36.3Break Costs
(a)Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Company must pay to the Lender its Break Costs as compensation if any part of a Loan is prepaid.
(b)Paragraph (a) above shall apply in respect of a Compounded Rate Loan if an amount is specified as Break Costs in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
(c)Break Costs are:
(i)in respect of any Term Rate Revolving Loan or Term Rate Overdraft, the amount (if any) reasonably determined by the relevant Lender by which:
(A)the interest which the Lender would have received for the period from the date of receipt of any part of that Loan in that currency to the last day of the applicable Term for that Loan if the principal received had been paid on the last day of that Term;
exceeds
(B)the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the amount received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the appropriate interbank market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt and ending on the last day of the applicable Term; or
(ii)in respect of any Compounded Rate Loan, any amount specified as such in the applicable Compounded Rate Terms.
(d)The Lender must promptly supply to the Company details of the amount of any Break Costs claimed by it under this Clause 25.3.
37.EXPENSES
37.1Subsequent costs
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(a)the negotiation, preparation, printing and entry into of any Finance Document (other than a Transfer Certificate) executed after the date of this Agreement; and
(b)any amendment, waiver or consent requested by or on behalf of the Company or specifically allowed by this Agreement.
37.2Enforcement costs
The Company must pay to or reimburse on demand the Lender the amount of all costs and expenses (including documented legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.
38.AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived with the agreement of the Company and the Lender. 
38.1Change of currency
If a change in any currency of a country occurs (including where there is more than one currency or currency unit recognised at the same time as the lawful currency of a country), the Finance Documents will be amended to the extent the Lender (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) determines is necessary to reflect the change.
38.2Waivers and remedies cumulative
The rights of the Lender under the Finance Documents:
(a)may be exercised as often as necessary;
(b)are cumulative and not exclusive of its rights under the general law; and
(c)may be waived only in writing and specifically.
Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right is not a waiver of that right.
38.3Changes to reference rates
(a)Any amendment or waiver which relates to:
(i)providing for the use of a  Replacement Reference Rate; and
(ii)aligning any provision of any Finance Document to the use of that  Replacement Reference Rate;
(A)enabling that  Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the calculation of interest under this Agreement (including, without limitation, any consequential changes required to enable that  Replacement Reference Rate to be used for the purposes of this Agreement);
									
	
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(B)implementing market conventions applicable to that  Replacement Reference Rate; 
(C)providing for appropriate fallback (and market disruption) provisions for that  Replacement Reference Rate; or
(D)adjusting the pricing to reduce or eliminate, to the extent reasonably practicable, any transfer of economic value from one Party to another as a result of the application of that  Replacement Reference Rate (and if any adjustment or method for calculating any adjustment has been formally designated, nominated or recommended by the Relevant Nominating Body, the adjustment shall be determined on the basis of that designation, nomination or recommendation),
may be made with the consent of the Lender and the Company.
(b)An amendment or waiver that relates to, or has the effect of, aligning the means of calculation of interest on a Compounded Rate Loan in any currency under this Agreement to any recommendation of a Relevant Nominating Body which:
(i)relates to the use of a risk-free reference rate on a compounded basis in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets; and
(ii)is issued on or after the date of this Agreement,
may be made with the consent of the Company and the Lender.
(c)For the purposes of this Clause:
Published Rate means:
(i)an RFR; or
(ii)the Screen Rate for any Quoted Tenor.
Relevant Nominating Body means any applicable central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority or a group of them, or any working group or committee sponsored or chaired by, or constituted at the request of, any of them or the Financial Stability Board.
Replacement Reference Rate means a reference rate which is:
(iii)formally designated, nominated or recommended as the replacement for a Published Rate by:
(A)the administrator of that Published Rate (provided that the market or economic reality that such reference rate measures is the same as that measured by that Published Rate); or
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and if replacements have, at the relevant time, been formally designated, nominated or recommended under both paragraphs, the " Replacement Reference Rate" will be the replacement under paragraph (B) above; 
(ii)in the opinion of the Lender and the Company, generally accepted in the international or any relevant domestic syndicated loan markets as the appropriate successor to a Published Rate; or
(iii)in the opinion of the Lender and the Company, an appropriate successor to a Published Rate.
39.CHANGES TO THE PARTIES
39.1Assignments and transfers by the Company
The Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents without the prior consent of the Lender.
39.2Assignments and transfers by Lender
(a)Subject to paragraph (b) below, Lender (the Existing Lender) may, with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), at any time assign or transfer (including by way of novation) any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another bank or financial institution (the New Lender).
(b)No consent shall be required from the Company if:
(i)the proposed New Lender is an Affiliate of the Existing Lender; or
(ii)if an Event of Default is outstanding on the date of the assignment/transfer.
(c)A transfer of obligations will be effective only if either:
(i)the obligations are novated in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 28; or
(ii)the New Lender confirms to the Company in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender that it is bound by the terms of this Agreement as a Lender. On the transfer becoming effective in this manner the Existing Lender will be released from its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that they are transferred to the New Lender.
(d)Any reference in this Agreement to the Lender includes a New Lender but excludes the Lender if no amount is or may be owed to or by it under this Agreement.
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Transfer Date means, for a Transfer Certificate, the Transfer Date specified in that Transfer Certificate.
(b)A novation is effected if the Existing Lender and the New Lender duly complete the Transfer Certificate. The New Lender must send a copy of that Transfer Certificate to the Company.
(c)The Company irrevocably authorises the Lender to execute any duly completed Transfer Certificate on its behalf.
(d)On the Transfer Date:
(i)the New Lender will assume the rights and obligations of the Existing Lender expressed to be the subject of the novation in the Transfer Certificate in substitution for the Existing Lender; and
(ii)the Existing Lender will be released from those obligations and cease to have those rights.
39.4Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lender
(a)Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
(i)the financial condition of the Company; or
(ii)the legality, validity, effectiveness, enforceability, adequacy, accuracy, completeness or performance of:
(A)any Finance Document or any other document; 
(B)any statement or information (whether written or oral) made in or supplied in connection with any Finance Document, or
(C)any observance by the Company of its obligations under any Finance Document or other documents,
and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
(b)Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender that it:
(i)has made, and will continue to make, its own independent appraisal of all risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents (including, without limitation, the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its related entities and the nature and extent of any recourse against any Party or its assets) in connection with its participation in this Agreement; and
(ii)has not relied exclusively on any information supplied to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document.
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(i)accept a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 28; or
(ii)support any losses incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by the Company of its obligations under any Finance Document or otherwise.
39.5Costs resulting from change of Lender or Facility Office
If:
(a)the Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
(b)as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Company would be obliged to pay a Tax Payment or an Increased Cost,
then, unless the assignment, transfer or change is made by the Lender to mitigate any circumstances giving rise to the Tax Payment, Increased Cost or right to be prepaid and/or cancelled by reason of illegality, the Company need only pay that Tax Payment or Increased Cost to the same extent that it would have been obliged to if no assignment, transfer or change had occurred.
39.6Security over Lender's rights
(a)In addition to the other rights provided to the Lender under this Clause 28 and subject to paragraph (b) below, the Lender may at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security Interest in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of the Lender including, without limitation:
(i)any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
(ii)in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by the Lender as security for those obligations or securities,
except that no such charge, assignment or Security Interest shall:
(A)release the Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security Interest for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
(B)require any payments to be made by the Company other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
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(i)without consulting with, or obtaining consent from, the Company, if the charge, assignment, or other form of Security Interest over the rights of the Lender is created:
(A)in favour of a federal reserve or central bank; or 
(B)in connection with receipt by the Lender or any of its Affiliates of public aid or other form of state or international subsidy in favour of: 
I.any government, governmental entity or agency, regulatory agency, international or public institution or other similar entity; or 
II.any entity or institution appointed for this purpose by any institution specified in paragraph I. by any such person for this purpose; or
(ii)with the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in case other than pursuant to subparagraph (b)(i) above.
40.DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
(a)The Lender must keep confidential any information supplied to it by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the Finance Documents. However, the Lender is entitled to disclose information:
(i)which is publicly available, other than as a result of a breach by the Lender of this Clause 29; 
(ii)in connection with any legal or arbitration proceedings;
(iii)if required to do so under any law or regulation;
(iv)to a governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority;
(v)to its professional advisers;
(vi)to any person to whom or for whose benefit the Lender charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security Interest (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 28.6 (Security over Lender's rights)
(vii)to the extent allowed under paragraph (b) below; or
(viii)with the agreement of the Company.
(b)Lender may disclose to an Affiliate or any person with whom it may enter, or has entered into, any kind of transfer, participation or other agreement in relation to this Agreement (a participant):
(i)a copy of any Finance Document; and
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However, before a participant may receive any confidential information, it must agree with the Lender to keep that information confidential on the terms of paragraph (a) above.
(c)This Clause 29 supersedes any previous confidentiality undertaking given by the Lender in connection with this Agreement prior to it becoming a Party.
41.SET-OFF
(a)Lender may set off any matured obligation owed to it by the Company under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Lender) against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by the Lender to the Company, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Lender may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off. If either obligation is unliquidated or unascertained, the Lender may set off in an amount estimated by it in good faith to be the amount of that obligation.
(b)The Company agrees to and confirms a Lender's rights of banker's lien and set-off under applicable law and nothing herein shall be deemed a waiver or prohibition of such right. The Lender agrees to exercise such rights only after the Company’s failure to pay following proper demand and to promptly notify the Company after any such set off and application; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
42.SEVERABILITY
If a term of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any jurisdiction, that will not affect:
(a)the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other term of the Finance Documents; or
(b)the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other term of the Finance Documents.
43.COUNTERPARTS
Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts. This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.
44.NOTICES
44.1Giving of notices
All notices or other communications under or in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by letter or facsimile. Any such notice will be deemed to be given as follows:
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(b)if by facsimile, when received in legible form.
However, a notice given in accordance with this Clause 33.1 but received on a non-working day or after business hours in the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on the next working day in that place.
44.2Addresses for notices
(a)The address and facsimile number of the Company are:
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.
Vstupný areál U. S. Steel
04454 Košice, 
The Slovak Republic
Attention:    GM Credit and Banking
Fax:    +421-55-673-7704
E-mail:    mzupcanova@sk.uss.com
    milanjusko@sk.uss.com 
and copied to:
United States Steel Corporation
600 Grant Street, 61st Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention:    Treasurer and Chief Risk Officer
Fax        +1 412 433 1167
or such other as the Company may notify to the Lender by not less than five Business Days' notice.
(b)The address and facsimile number of the Lender are:
ING BANK N.V., pobočka zahraničnej banky
Pribinova 10
811 09 Bratislava
Slovakia
Attention:    Peter Kover
Tel. No.:     +421 907 789 180
E-mail:        peter.kover@ing.com
or such other as the Lender may notify to the other Parties by not less than five Business Days' notice.
45.LANGUAGE
(a)Any notice given in connection with a Finance Document must be in English.
(b)Any other document provided in connection with a Finance Document must be:
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(ii)(unless the Lender otherwise agrees) accompanied by a certified English translation. In this case, the English translation prevails unless the document is a statutory or other official document.
46.GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(a)The General Terms and Conditions apply to this Agreement only to the extent to which the General Terms and Conditions do not contravene the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(b)In case there is a discrepancy between the provisions of this Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions, the provisions of this Agreement shall apply.
47.CONTRACTUAL RECOGNITION OF BAIL-IN
(a)Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and accepts that any liability of the other under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of: 
(i)any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without limitation):
(A)a reduction, in full or in part, in the principal amount, or outstanding amount due (including any accrued but unpaid interest) in respect of any such liability;
(B)a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it; and
(C)a cancellation of any such liability; and
(ii)a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
(b)In this Clause:
Article 55 BRRD means Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms. 
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
Bail-In Legislation means:
(i)in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time;
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(iii)in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country and the United Kingdom, any analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation. 
EEA Member Country means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time.
Resolution Authority means any body which has authority to exercise any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
UK Bail-In Legislation means Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
Write-down and Conversion Powers means:
(i)in relation to any Bail-In Legislation described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time, the powers described as such in relation to that Bail-In Legislation in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule;
(ii)in relation to the UK Bail-In Legislation, any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
(iii)in relation to any other applicable Bail-In Legislation:
(A)any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
									
	
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(B)any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation.
48.GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
49.ENFORCEMENT
49.1Jurisdiction
(a)The English courts have jurisdiction to settle any dispute in connection with any Finance Document.
(b)References in this Clause 38.1 to a dispute in connection with a Finance Document include any dispute as to the existence, validity or termination of that Finance Document.
49.2Service of process
Without prejudice to any other mode of service, the Company:
(a)irrevocably appoints The London Law Agency Limited 69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, England as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document;
(b)agrees to maintain such an agent for service of process in England for so long as any amount is outstanding under this Agreement;
(c)agrees that failure by the process agent to notify the Company of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned;
(d)consents to the service of process relating to any such proceedings by the delivery a copy of the process at its address for the time being applying under Clause 33.2 (Addresses for notices); and
(e)agrees that if the appointment of any person mentioned in paragraph (a) of this Clause 38.2 ceases to be effective, the Company shall immediately appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf in England and, failing such appointment within 15 days, the Lender is entitled to appoint such a person by notice to the Company.
49.3Forum convenience and enforcement abroad
The Company:
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(b)agrees that a judgement or order of an English court in connection with a Finance Document is conclusive and binding on it and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
49.4Non-exclusivity
Nothing in this Clause 38 limits the right of the Lender to bring proceedings against the Company in connection with any Finance Document:
(a)in any other court of competent jurisdiction; or
(b)concurrently in more than one jurisdiction.
49.5Waiver of immunity
The Company irrevocably and unconditionally:-
(a)agrees not to claim any immunity from proceedings brought by the Lender against the Company in relation to a Finance Document and to ensure that no such claim is made on its behalf;
(b)consents generally to the giving of any relief or the issue of any process in connection with those proceedings; and
(c)waives all rights of immunity in respect of it or its assets.
49.6Waiver of trial by jury
EACH PARTY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FINANCE DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY ANY FINANCE DOCUMENT. THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO TRIAL BY COURT.
49.7Alternative forms of dispute resolution
The Lender in accordance with section 93b of the Slovak Banking Act hereby informs the Company that:
(a)if the Lender and the Company enter into an arbitration agreement, any disputes between the Parties arising from or in connection with this Agreement subject to such arbitration agreement may be, in addition to a complaints procedure or court proceedings, resolved in arbitration proceedings pursuant to the Slovak Act No. 244/2002 Coll. on arbitration proceedings; and
(b)if the Lender and the Company enter into an agreement to resolve disputes in mediation, any disputes between the Parties arising from or in connection with this Agreement subject to such agreement on mediation may be resolved in mediation pursuant to the Slovak Act No. 420/2004 Coll. on mediation.
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Schedule 3
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS
[OMITTED FROM THE AMENDED AND RESTATED FORM OF THIS AGREEMENT]

									
	
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Schedule 4
FORM OF REQUEST - LOANS
To:    ING Bank, N.V., pobočka zahraničnej banky as the Lender
From:    [               ]
Date:    [               ]

U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.- EUR20,000,000 committed credit facility agreement
(the Agreement)
1.We refer to the Agreement. This is a Request. 
2.We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:
(a)Utilisation Date: [               ]
(b)Amount/currency: [                    ]/ [***]
(c)Term: [                    ].
3.Our [payment/delivery]1 instructions are: [                  ].
4.We confirm that each condition precedent under the Agreement that must be satisfied on the date of this Request is so satisfied.
5.This Request is irrevocable.
6.With reference to Clause 20.5 (Slovak banking regulations), we [confirm that no change referred to in Clause 20.5 (Slovak banking regulations) has occurred since [the date of the Agreement/the date of our preceding Request]2/attach the up-to-date list of participants of the Company].3

By:
[               ]

1     Delete as applicable.
2     Delete as applicable.
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Schedule 5
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

To:    U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.
From:    [THE EXISTING LENDER] (the Existing Lender) and [THE NEW LENDER] (the New Lender)
Date:    [            ]
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.- EUR20,000,000 committed credit facility agreement
(the Agreement)
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. 
1.The Existing Lender transfers by novation to the New Lender the Existing Lender's rights and obligations referred to in the attached Schedule in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
2.The proposed Transfer Date is [  ].
3.The administrative details of the New Lender for the purposes of the Agreement are set out in the Schedule.
4.The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations in respect of this Transfer Certificate contained in the Agreement.
5.This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterpart were on a single copy of the Transfer Certificate.
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THE SCHEDULE
Rights and obligations to be transferred by novation
[insert relevant details, including applicable Commitment (or part)]
Administrative details of the New Lender
[insert details of Facility Office, address for notices and payment details etc.]

[EXISTING LENDER]    [NEW LENDER]
By:    By:

Accepted:
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.
By:    ________________
By:    ________________
									
	
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Schedule 6
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION OF LEGAL ADVISER TO THE COMPANY

Pittsburgh, [date]

ING Bank, N.V., pobočka zahraničnej banky as the Lender
Jesenského 4/C
811 02 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Re:    EUR10,000,000 Committed Credit Facility Agreement dated 11 December 2009 (the “Agreement”) with U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o. as the borrower
I am currently a General Attorney International of United States Steel Corporation (the “Corporation”) and have been educated and practice in the Slovak Republic. My most recent position was Assistant General Counsel of U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., a company organized and existing under the laws of the Slovak Republic (the "Company"). This opinion is being delivered in connection with the execution and delivery of the Agreement.
Capitalized terms that are used in this opinion letter that are not defined have the same meanings given to them in the Agreement.
In giving this opinion I have examined the following documents:
1.an executed copy of the Agreement; and
2.the following corporate documents of the Company:
(a)an extract of the Company Register of the District Court Košice 1, Section Sro, No. 11711/V of 9 December 2009 in respect of the Company;
(b)a copy of the foundation agreement of the Company dated 7th June, 2000; and
(c)a copy of the Memorandum of Association of the Company in full writing dated 28 November 2008.
I or persons under my supervision have examined originals or copies of all such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as they and I have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion.
In rendering this opinion I made the following assumptions:
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2.the genuineness of all signatures on all documents, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to me as originals and the completeness and conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies; and ́
3.that the Agreement constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company in accordance with its terms under English law, and is binding on the Parties in accordance with English law.
This opinion is limited to the substantive laws of the Slovak Republic currently in force and I have made no investigation and no opinion is expressed or implied as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. I express no opinion as to matters of fact. This opinion is given subject to matters not disclosed to me and about which I have no knowledge. I assume that there are no facts that would affect the conclusions in this opinion.
Based on the foregoing and subject to the foregoing assumptions and the following qualifications, I am of the opinion that, so far as the laws of the Slovak Republic are concerned at the date of this opinion:
1.Status. The Company is a limited liability company organised under the laws of the Slovak Republic.
2.Powers and authority. The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform the obligations expressed to be assumed by it under the Agreement and to borrow thereunder and, subject to a duly passed resolution of the executives of the Company approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and authorising the relevant members of the Company’s statutory body to execute the Agreement on behalf of the Company, has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the execution and performance of the Agreement. According to Section 13(4) and 133(3) of the Slovak Commercial Code (Act No. 513/1991 Coll., as amended), any restriction of the authority of a company’s statutory body to act for the company shall be ineffective vis-à-vis third parties (any disclosure of that restriction notwithstanding).
3.Execution. The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
4.Legal validity. The Agreement constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company in accordance with its terms and (subject to the preparation of the official translation into the Slovak language) is in the proper form for its enforcement in the courts of the Slovak Republic.
5.Non-conflict. The execution by the Company of the Agreement does not, and its performance of the Agreement will not, violate: (i) any mandatory provision of any Slovak law or regulation or the Constitution of the Slovak Republic; (ii) the constitutional documents of the Company; or (iii) any other agreement, document or obligation that is binding upon the Company or any of its Assets.
6.Consents. No authorisations, approvals, consents, licences, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations or other requirements of governmental, judicial or public bodies and authorities of the Slovak Republic are required in connection with the Company's entry into or performance of the Agreement, or for its validity or enforceability against the Company.
									
	
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7.Signatories. [] and [] have the right and power to execute the Agreement and to give any notices to the Lender under the Agreement.
8.Pari passu ranking. The obligations of the Company under the Agreement rank at least pari passu with all its other present or future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, save as provided under mandatory provisions of Slovak law. 
9.Borrowing limits. The borrowing of the full amount available under the Agreement will not cause any limit on the Company's borrowing or other powers or on the exercise of such powers by its executives, whether imposed by the Company's Articles of Association or similar document or by statute, regulation, or agreement, to be exceeded.
10.Stamp duties. Except for court fees and sworn translators' fees payable in connection with proceedings to enforce the Agreement and for any applicable notarial charges, there are no stamp, transfer or registration fees or similar taxes, charges or duties payable in the Slovak Republic in connection with the execution or enforcement of the Agreement.
11.No immunity.
(a)The Company is subject to civil and commercial law with respect to its obligations under the Agreement, and its entry into and performance of the Agreement constitutes private and commercial acts; and
(b)neither the Company nor any of its assets located in the Slovak Republic enjoys any right of immunity from suit, attachment prior to judgement or other legal process in respect of its obligations under the Agreement.
12.Bankruptcy. The Company has not been declared bankrupt and no step has been or is being taken by the Company nor am I aware of any other step being taken in respect of the Company, for bankruptcy or any similar proceedings in relation to the Company or any of its Assets.
13.Application of governing law. The choice of English law as the governing law of the Agreement would be upheld as a valid choice of law by the courts of the Slovak Republic.
14.Jurisdiction. The submission by the Company to the jurisdiction of the English courts under Clause 37 of the Agreement is a valid and binding submission to jurisdiction in respect of the Agreement and is not subject to revocation.
15.Enforcement of foreign judgements. A judgement duly obtained in the English courts shall be recognised and enforced in the Slovak Republic unless:
(a)the matter is one within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of a Member State of the European Union other than the courts of England pursuant to the Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, as amended; or
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(c)the party against whom such judgment is sought to be enforced has been deprived of an opportunity to participate in the foreign proceedings, especially if the summons or notice of the commencement of the foreign proceedings has not been duly served on the party; this exception does not apply if the party has not filed an appeal against the foreign judgement which has been duly served on it or if the party has waived the applicability of this exception; or
(d)a final decision in the same matter has previously been reached by a court of the Slovak Republic or by a foreign authority if that foreign authority's decision has been, or would be, enforced in the Slovak Republic; or
(e)recognition of the foreign judgement would be contrary to public policy (ordre public) of the Slovak Republic. 
This opinion is subject to the following qualifications:
1.The validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the Agreement against the Company are limited by all bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors' rights generally.
2.References in this opinion to the term "enforceable" mean that each obligation or document is of a type and form that the Slovak courts would enforce. It is not certain, however, that each obligation or document will be enforced in accordance with its terms in every circumstance, enforcement being subject to inter alia the nature of the remedies available in the Slovak courts, the acceptance by such courts of jurisdiction, the power of such courts to stay proceedings, the provisions of other principles of law of general application (such as e.g. the concept of fair business conduct) and all limitations resulting from the laws of bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, forced administration, any statutes of limitation and lapse of time or other laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights.
3.Any subsidies or other funds obtained by the Company from the state budget or from the budget of the European Union or any assets purchased from funds originated from the state budget are immune from attachment and from execution and would not be available to creditors in any enforcement proceedings.
4.Under the Foreign Exchange Act No. 202/1995 Coll., as amended, if the Government of the Slovak Republic declares a foreign exchange emergency, payments in foreign currency or abroad generally may be suspended for the duration of such emergency (not to exceed three months at any one time).
5.The effectiveness of terms exculpating a party from a liability or duty otherwise owed is limited by law.
6.Slovak courts may not give effect to any indemnity for legal costs incurred by a litigant in proceedings before Slovak courts.
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8.Slovak court may declare that it does not have jurisdiction if the civil proceedings concerning the same or a similar matter have already been commenced by a foreign court or an arbitration tribunal.
9.Under the provisions of the Act on Private and Procedural International Law No. 97/1963 Coll., as amended, a foreign law may not be applied as the governing law of the Agreement, or enforced, if such application or enforcement would create a result that would be, contrary to the basic principles of Slovak law including, but not limited to, public order (verejný poriadok).
10.Under the provisions of the Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual Obligations opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980, as amended (the “Rome Convention“), application or enforcement of foreign law as the governing law of the Finance Documents agreed to be governed by a foreign law may be refused by the courts of the Slovak Republic, if such application would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (verejný poriadok) of the Slovak Republic.
11.Pursuant to Article 3(3) of the Rome Convention, the fact that the parties to a contract have chosen a foreign law to govern their contract, whether or not accompanied by the choice of a foreign tribunal, shall not, where all the other elements relevant to the situation at the time of the choice are connected with one country only, prejudice the application of rules of the law of that country, which cannot be derogated from by contract.
This opinion expresses Slovak legal concepts in English. Such concepts are not always capable of precise expression in English without an extensive comparative law analysis that would not be appropriate for an opinion of this kind.
This opinion is given exclusively in connection with the Agreement and for no other purpose. It is strictly limited to the matters set forth herein and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. 
This opinion is given solely to the Lender as of the date of the Agreement and may not be given to or relied upon, by any other person.

Yours faithfully, 
JUDr. Martin Husár
Head of Group Commercial Law – Sales, U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o.
									
	
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Schedule 7
COMPOUNDED RATE TERMS

									
	CURRENCY:	USD.
	Cost of funds as a fallback		
	Cost of funds will apply as a fallback.	
	Definitions		
	Additional Business Days:	An RFR Banking Day.
		
	Break Costs:	Any cost or amount which is incurred or suffered by the Lender (as reasonably determined by the Lender) to the extent that it is attributable to a payment by the Company to the Lender of any amount of principal or interest due or which would have become due under the this Agreement prior to the date upon which such amount should have been repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
	Business Day Conventions (definition of "month"):	(a)If any period is expressed to accrue by reference to a month or any number of months then, in respect of the last month of that period: 

		(i)subject to paragraph (iii) below, if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;

		(i)if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and

		(i)if a Term begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Term shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Term is to end.

									
	
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		(b)If a Term would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Term will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not). 

	Central Bank Rate:	(a)The short-term interest rate target set by the US Federal Open Market Committee as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from time to time; or
(b)if that target is not a single figure, the arithmetic mean of:
(i)the upper bound of the short-term interest rate target range set by the US Federal Open Market Committee and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and
(ii)the lower bound of that target range.

	Central Bank Rate Adjustment:	In relation to the Central Bank Rate prevailing at close of business on any RFR Banking Day, the 20% trimmed arithmetic mean (calculated by the Lender) of the Central Bank Rate Spreads for the five most immediately preceding RFR Banking Days for which the RFR was available.
	Credit Adjustment Spread:	1 Month – 0.11448%
2 Months – 0.18456%
3 Months – 0.26161%
If an Interest Period is not 1, 2 or 3 Months (a Standard Duration), the Credit Adjustment Spread shall be the rate for the Interest Period with the next longest Standard Duration.

	Daily Rate:	The "Daily Rate" for any RFR Banking Day is:

		(a)the RFR for that RFR Banking Day; 

									
	
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		(b)if the RFR is not available for that RFR Banking Day, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:
(i)the Central Bank Rate for that RFR Banking Day; and
(ii)the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment; or

		(c)if paragraph (b) above applies but the Central Bank Rate for that RFR Banking Day is not available, the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of:
(i)the most recent Central Bank Rate for a day which is no more than five RFR Banking Days before that RFR Banking Day; and
(ii)the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment,
rounded, in either case, to four decimal places and if, in either case, the aggregate of that rate and the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread is less than zero, the Daily Rate shall be deemed to be such a rate that the aggregate of the Daily Rate and the applicable Credit Adjustment Spread is zero. 

	Lookback Period:	Five RFR Banking Days.
	Relevant Market:	The market for overnight cash borrowing collateralised by US Government securities.
	Reporting Day:	The Business Day which follows the day which is the Lookback Period prior to the last day of the Term.	
	RFR:	The secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any other person which takes over the publication of that rate).
	RFR Banking Day:	Any day other than:
(a)a Saturday or Sunday; and
(b)a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (or any successor organisation) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in US Government securities.
	

									
	
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	Terms	
	Length of Term in absence of selection (paragraph (b) of Clause 13.1 (Selection)):
	Three months
	Periods capable of selection as Terms (paragraph (c) of Clause 13.1 (Selection)):
	One, two or three months

									
	
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Schedule 8
DAILY NON-CUMULATIVE COMPOUNDED RFR RATE

The "Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate" for any RFR Banking Day "i" during a Term for a Compounded Rate Loan is the percentage rate per annum (without rounding, to the extent reasonably practicable for the Lender, taking into account the capabilities of any software used for that purpose) calculated as set out below:
 
where:
"UCCDRi" means the Unannualised Cumulative Compounded Daily Rate for that RFR Banking Day "i";
"UCCDRi-1" means, in relation to that RFR Banking Day "i", the Unannualised Cumulative Compounded Daily Rate for the immediately preceding RFR Banking Day (if any) during that Term;
"dcc" means 360 or, in any case where market practice in the Relevant Market is to use a different number for quoting the number of days in a year, that number;
"ni" means the number of calendar days from, and including, that RFR Banking Day "i" up to, but excluding, the following RFR Banking Day; and
the "Unannualised Cumulative Compounded Daily Rate" for any RFR Banking Day (the "Cumulated RFR Banking Day") during that Term is the result of the below calculation (without rounding, to the extent reasonably practicable for the Lender, taking into account the capabilities of any software used for that purpose):

where:
"ACCDR" means the Annualised Cumulative Compounded Daily Rate for that Cumulated RFR Banking Day;
"tni" means the number of calendar days from, and including, the first day of the Cumulation Period to, but excluding, the RFR Banking Day which immediately follows the last day of the Cumulation Period;
"Cumulation Period" means the period from, and including, the first RFR Banking Day of that Term to, and including, that Cumulated RFR Banking Day;
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the "Annualised Cumulative Compounded Daily Rate" for that Cumulated RFR Banking Day is the percentage rate per annum (rounded to five decimal places) calculated as set out below:

where:
"d0" means the number of RFR Banking Days in the Cumulation Period; 
"Cumulation Period" has the meaning given to that term above;
"i" means a series of whole numbers from one to d0, each representing the relevant RFR Banking Day in chronological order in the Cumulation Period;
"DailyRatei-LP" means, for any RFR Banking Day "i" in the Cumulation Period, the Daily Rate for the RFR Banking Day which is the applicable Lookback Period prior to that RFR Banking Day "i";
"ni" means, for any RFR Banking Day "i" in the Cumulation Period, the number of calendar days from, and including, that RFR Banking Day "i" up to, but excluding, the following RFR Banking Day;
"dcc" has the meaning given to that term above; and
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Schedule 9
CUMULATIVE COMPOUNDED RFR RATE

The "Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate" for any Term for a Compounded Rate Loan is the percentage rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as is specified in the definition of "Annualised Cumulative Compounded Daily Rate" in Schedule 6 (Daily Non-Cumulative Compounded RFR Rate) calculated as set out below:

where:
"d0" means the number of RFR Banking Days during the Term;
"i" means a series of whole numbers from one to d0, each representing the relevant RFR Banking Day in chronological order during the Term;
"DailyRatei-LP" means for any RFR Banking Day "i" during the Term, the Daily Rate for the RFR Banking Day which is the applicable Lookback Period prior to that RFR Banking Day "i";
"ni" means, for any RFR Banking Day "i", the number of calendar days from, and including, that RFR Banking Day "i" up to, but excluding, the following RFR Banking Day;
"dcc" means 360 or, in any case where market practice in the Relevant Market is to use a different number for quoting the number of days in a year, that number; and
"d" means the number of calendar days during that Term.

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	U. S. STEEL KOŠICE, S.R.O.
	

By:    Silvia Gaálová                      
	

By:    Elena Petrášková                      

	Name:    Ing. Silvia Gaálová, FCCA
	Name:    JUDr. Elena Petrášková, LLM

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	ING BANK N.V., POBOČKA ZAHRANIČNEJ BANKY
	

By:    Marian Tatár                      
	

By:    Martin Borodovčák             

	Name:    Marian Tatár
	Name:    Martin Borodovčák

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United States Steel Corporation 2016 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan 
Performance Share Award Grant Agreement
United States Steel Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (herein called the "Corporation"), grants to the employee of the employing company identified below (the "Participant") a Performance Share Award representing the right to receive a specified number of shares of the common stock of the Corporation ("Shares") set forth below, which right, if payable, shall be paid in Shares:
Name of Participant:
Name of Employing Company: (The company recognized by the Corporation
on Date of Grant as employing the Participant.)
Target Number of Shares
Subject to Award:    SHARES
Maximum Number of Shares
Subject to Award:    Two times the Number of Shares Subject to the Award
Performance Period:    January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2025
Performance Goals:    See Exhibit A, attached
Date of Grant:    GRANT DATE
By accepting this Award in any manner and within the time period prescribed by the Corporation, the Participant agrees that (1) this Performance Share Award is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Corporation's 2016 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time (the "Plan"), and the Terms and Conditions contained herein including the Performance Goals set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and the special provisions for the Participant's country of residence, if any, attached hereto as Exhibit B (collectively, the "Agreement"), (2) he or she has reviewed the Plan and the Agreement in their entirety, and (3) he or she has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to accepting this Award and fully understands all provisions of the Plan and the Agreement.
United States Steel Corporation
By:  ______________________
Authorized Officer

Terms and Conditions
(1)Grant of Performance Share Award: The Performance Period for purposes of determining whether the Performance Goals have been met shall be the four-year Performance Period specified herein. The Performance Goals for purposes of determining whether, and the extent to which, the Performance Share Award is earned and payable are set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Performance Share Award shall become payable, if vested, following the Committee's determination and certification after the end of the Performance Period, as to whether and the extent to which the Performance Goals have been achieved; provided that the Committee retains no discretion to reduce or increase Performance Share Awards that become payable as a result of performance measured against the Performance Goals.
(2)Payment of Award: If and to the extent the Performance Share Award is vested, earned and payable, the Corporation shall cause a stock certificate to be issued in the Participant's name, for no cash consideration, for the number of shares of common stock of the Corporation determined by the Committee to be payable pursuant to paragraph 1 hereof. Payment shall be made following the end of the Performance Period and certification by the Committee, and in no event more than two and one-half months following the end of the calendar year in which the Performance Period ends, except as otherwise provided in Section 11. No dividends or dividend equivalents shall be payable with respect to the Performance Share Award before the Performance Goal has been achieved and the Performance Share Award has been determined to be earned.
(3)Transferability: The Participant shall not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any portion of the Performance Share Award and the right to receive Shares, and any attempt to sell, transfer, assign, pledge or encumber any portion of the Shares prior to the payment, if at all, of a stock certificate in the name of the Participant shall have no effect, regardless of whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise.
(4)Change in Control: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated herein, in the case of a Change in Control of the Corporation, (a) the Performance Period shall automatically end on the business day immediately preceding the closing date of the Change in Control, and (b) the actual performance for the abbreviated Performance Period as calculated below shall be measured against the established Performance Goals, the performance criteria shall be deemed satisfied at the greater of the actual performance level or the target performance level with respect to each Performance Goal (the "Achieved Performance Share Award"), and the balance of the Performance Share Award, if any, shall be forfeited. The Corporation's actual performance level for the abbreviated Performance Period shall be calculated as follows: completed measurement periods shall be measured against the established Performance Goals and the performance criteria shall be deemed satisfied only to the extent the actual performance was achieved; and incomplete measurement periods shall be deemed achieved at the established target Performance Goal.
(5)Vesting: To vest in this Performance Share Award, the Participant must continue as an active employee of an Employing Company during the Performance Period and through the date on which the Committee certifies whether the Performance Goal relating to the Performance Period has been achieved, subject to the following:
(a)Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a Termination of the Participant's employment due to death or becoming 
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Disabled, following the attainment of Normal Retirement Age, or following the attainment of Early Retirement Age, or under circumstances which would qualify the Participant for benefits under a severance plan of the Corporation (including, as applicable, the execution, without revocation, of a waiver and release of claims) the Performance Share Award vests based upon the number of complete months worked by the Participant during the Performance Period in relation to the number of whole months in the Performance Period and the remainder shall be forfeited. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a Termination with Consent, the Participant shall remain entitled to vest in the total number of Shares issuable under the Performance Share Award, subject to the determinations with respect to achievement of the Performance Goals. 
(b)The Performance Share Award will be forfeited automatically upon any other Termination of employment (including but not limited to any voluntary termination by the Participant or any Termination by the Corporation or the Employing Company for Cause or without Cause) prior to the date on which the Committee certifies whether the Performance Goal relating to the Performance Period has been achieved, such forfeiture being without consideration or without further action required of the Corporation or Employing Company.
(6)Termination of Employment: Notwithstanding any other terms or conditions of this Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of the Participant's Termination of employment, regardless of the reason for such Termination and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is employed or the terms of the Participant's employment agreement, if any, the Participant's rights under this Agreement will terminate effective as of the date that the Participant is no longer actively employed by an Employing Company and will not be extended by any notice period. For purposes of the Performance Share Award, active employment does not include any contractual notice period or any period of "garden leave" or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is employed or the terms of the Participant's employment agreement, if any. The Committee shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Participant is no longer actively employed for purposes of the Performance Share Award.
(7)Adjustments and Recoupment: The Target and Maximum number of Shares are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 of the Plan. The Participant shall be notified of such adjustment and such adjustment shall be binding upon the Corporation and the Participant. Consistent with Section 8 of this Agreement, this Award shall be administered in accordance with, and is subject to, any recoupment policies and provisions prescribed by the Plan at the time of such Award; notwithstanding the foregoing, this Award shall be subject to all recoupment provisions required by law from time to time. In its sole discretion, the Committee shall have the authority to amend, waive or apply the terms of any recoupment policies or provisions not required by law, in whole or in part, to the extent necessary or advisable to comply with applicable local laws, as determined by the Committee.
(8)Interpretation and Amendments: This Award and the issuance, vesting and delivery of Shares are subject to, and shall be administered in accordance with, the provisions of the Plan. No amendment of this Agreement or the Plan may, without the consent of the Participant, affect the rights of the Participant under this Award in a materially adverse manner. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, an amendment that 
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affects the tax treatment of the Performance Share Award or that is necessary to comply with securities or other laws applicable to the issuance of Shares shall not be considered as affecting the Participant's rights in a materially adverse manner. In the event of a conflict between the Plan and this Agreement, unless this Agreement specifies otherwise, the Plan shall control. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan.
(9)Compliance with Laws: The obligations of the Corporation and the rights of the Participant are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations including, without limitation, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended; the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and any other applicable laws, whether U.S. origin or otherwise. No Shares will be issued or delivered to the Participant under the Plan unless and until there has been compliance with such applicable laws.
(10)Acceptance of Award: The Award shall not be payable unless it is accepted by the Participant and notice of such acceptance is received by the Corporation.
(11)Taxes/Section 409A: The Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Corporation or the Employing Company, the ultimate liability for any or all income tax, social security, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding or liability in connection with any aspect of the Performance Share Award, including the grant, vesting, or settlement of the Performance Share Award or the subsequent sale of Shares ("Tax-Related Items") is and remains his or her responsibility and may exceed the amount withheld by the Corporation or the Employing Company. Furthermore, the Participant acknowledges that the Corporation and/or the Employing Company (a) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items; and (b) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant of the Performance Share Award or any aspect of the Participant's participation in the Plan to reduce or eliminate his or her liability for Tax-Related Items or to achieve any particular tax result. Further, if the Participant has become subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction between the Date of Grant and the date of any relevant taxable event, the Participant acknowledges that the Corporation and/or the Employing Company (or former Employing Company, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.  Prior to the relevant taxable event, the Participant shall pay or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Corporation and/or the Employing Company to satisfy all Tax-Related Items of the Corporation and/or the Employing Company. In this regard, the Participant shall pay any Tax-Related Items directly to the Corporation or the Employing Company in cash upon request. In addition, the Participant authorizes the Corporation and/or the Employing Company, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy the obligations with regard to all applicable Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following methods: (1) withholding from Participant's wages or other cash compensation paid to Participant by the Corporation and/or the Employing Company; (2) withholding from proceeds of the sale of Shares issued upon payment of the Performance Share Award either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Corporation (on the Participant's behalf pursuant to this authorization) through such means as the Corporation may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise); or (3) withholding in Shares to be issued upon payment of the Performance Share Award. If the Corporation gives the Participant the power to choose the withholding method, and the Participant does not make a choice, then the Corporation will at its discretion withhold in Shares as stated in alternative (3) herein.
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To avoid negative accounting treatment, the Corporation may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding amounts or other applicable withholding rates. If the Corporation withholds at a rate other than the minimum statutory rate, such as the maximum withholding rate, then the refund of any over-withheld amount shall be paid in cash and the Participant will have no entitlement to the Common Stock equivalent. If the Tax-Related Items are satisfied by withholding in Shares issuable upon vesting of the Performance Share Award, for tax purposes, the Participant is deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the Performance Share Award, notwithstanding that a number of the Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items. Finally, the Participant shall pay to the Corporation or the Employing Company any amount of Tax-Related Items due as a result of any aspect of the Participant's participation in the Plan. The Participant understands that no Shares or proceeds from the sale of Shares shall be delivered to Participant, notwithstanding the vesting of the Performance Share Award, unless and until the Participant shall have satisfied any obligation for Tax-Related Items with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 11 to the contrary, if the Performance Share Award is considered nonqualified deferred compensation, the fair market value of the shares withheld together with the amount of cash withheld may not exceed the liability for Tax-Related Items.
It is the intent that the vesting or the payments of this Performance Share Award shall either qualify for exemption from or comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code ("Section 409A"), and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so comply. The Corporation reserves the right, to the extent the Corporation deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, to unilaterally amend or modify this Agreement as may be necessary to ensure that all vesting or settlements provided under this Agreement are made in a manner that qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A; provided, however, that the Corporation makes no representation that the vesting or settlement of the Performance Share Award provided under this Agreement will be exempt from Section 409A and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A from applying to the vesting or settlement of Performance Share Awards provided under this Agreement. In the event that any payment to a U.S. taxpayer or Participant otherwise subject to U.S. taxation, with respect to a Performance Share Award is considered to be based upon separation from service, and not compensation the Participant could receive without separating from service, then such amounts may not be paid until the first business day of the seventh month following the date of the Participant's termination if the Participant is a "specified employee" under Section 409A of the Code upon his separation from service.
(12)Nature of the Award: Nothing herein shall be construed as giving Participant any right to be retained in the employ of an Employing Company or affect any right that the Employing Company may have to terminate the employment of such Participant. Further, by accepting this Performance Share Award, the Participant acknowledges that:
(a)the Plan is established voluntarily by the Corporation, it is discretionary in nature and may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Corporation at any time, to the extent permitted by its terms;
(b)the grant of the Performance Share Award is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future Performance Awards, or benefits in lieu of Performance Awards, even if Performance Awards have been granted in the past;
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(c)all decisions with respect to future Performance Award grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Committee;
(d)the Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan;
(e)the Performance Share Award and the Shares subject to the Performance Share Award are extraordinary items which do not constitute compensation of any kind for services of any kind rendered to the Corporation or to the Employing Company, and which are outside the scope of the Participant's employment contract, if any;
(f)the Performance Share Award and the Shares subject to the Performance Share Award are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, termination, dismissal, redundancy, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments and in no event should be considered as compensation for, or relating in any way to, past services for the Corporation or the Employing Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation;
(g)the Performance Share Award and the Shares subject to the Performance Share Award are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
(h)the grant of the Performance Share Award will not be interpreted to form an employment contract or relationship with the Corporation, the Employing Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation;
(i)the future value of the Shares underlying the Performance Share Award is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty;
(j)no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages arises from forfeiture of the Performance Share Award resulting from termination of the Participant's employment by the Corporation or the Employing Company (for any reason whether or not in breach of applicable labor laws or the terms of the Participant's employment agreement, if any), and in consideration of the grant of the Performance Share Award to which the Participant is not otherwise entitled, the Participant irrevocably agrees never to institute any claim against the Corporation or the Employing Company, waives his or her ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and releases the Corporation and the Employing Company from any such claim; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, the Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and agreed to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim;
(k)it is the Participant's sole responsibility to investigate and comply with any applicable exchange control laws in connection with the issuance and delivery of Shares pursuant to the vesting of the Performance Share Award;
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Company making any recommendations regarding the Participant's participation in the Plan or the Participant's acquisition or sale of the Shares underlying the Performance Share Award;
(m)the Participant is hereby advised to consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding his or her participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan;
(n)unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Corporation in its discretion, the Performance Share Award and the benefits evidenced by this Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Performance Share Award or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor to be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the Shares of the Corporation; and
(o)the following provisions apply only if the Participant is providing services outside the United States:
(i)the Performance Share Award and Shares underlying the Performance Share Award are not part of normal or expected compensation for any purpose; and
(ii)the Participant acknowledges and agrees that neither the Corporation nor the Employing Company shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between the local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Performance Share Award or of any amounts due to the Participant pursuant to the settlement of the Performance Share Award or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired upon settlement.
(13)Data Privacy:
(a)The Participant hereby explicitly, unambiguously and voluntarily consents to the collection, use, disclosure and transfer, in electronic or other form, of his or her personal data as described in this Agreement and any other Performance Share Award materials ("Data") by and among, as applicable, any Employing Company and the Corporation for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering, and managing his or her participation in the Plan.
(b)The Participant understands that any Employing Company and the Corporation may collect, maintain, process and disclose certain personal information about him or her, including, but not limited to, his or her name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Shares or directorships held in the Corporation, details of all equity awards or any other entitlement to Shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in his or her favor, for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering, and managing the Plan.
(c)The Participant acknowledges that Data will be transferred to any broker as designated by the Corporation and/or one or more stock plan service provider(s) selected by the Corporation, which may assist the Corporation with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. The 
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Participant understands that the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipient's country (e.g., the United States) may have different, including less stringent, data privacy laws and protections than his or her country. The Participant understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting his or her local human resources representative. The Participant authorizes the Corporation and any other possible recipients that may assist the Corporation (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purposes of implementing, administering and managing his or her participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Participant may elect to deposit any Shares acquired upon vesting of the Performance Share Awards.
(d)The Participant understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage his or her participation in the Plan, including to maintain records regarding participation. The Participant understands that if he or she resides in certain jurisdictions, to the extent required by applicable laws, he or she may, at any time, request access to Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents given by accepting these Performance Share Awards, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing his or her local human resources representative. Further, the Participant understands that he or she is providing these consents on a purely voluntary basis. If the Participant does not consent or if he or she later seeks to revoke his or her consent, his or her engagement as a service provider with any Employing Company and the Corporation will not be adversely affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing his or her consent is that the Corporation will not be able to grant him or her Performance Share Awards under the Plan or administer or maintain Performance Share Awards. Therefore, the Participant understands that refusing or withdrawing his or her consent may affect his or her ability to participate in the Plan (including the right to retain these Performance Share Awards). The Participant understands that he or she may contact his or her local human resources representative for more information on the consequences of his or her refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent.
(14)Electronic Delivery: The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to current or future participation in the Plan by electronic means or request the Participant's consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. The Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Corporation or another third party designated by the Corporation. Such means of electronic delivery may include but do not necessarily include the delivery of a link to a Corporation intranet or the Internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery of the document via e-mail or such other means of electronic delivery specified by the Corporation. The Participant consents to the electronic delivery of the Plan documents and the Agreement. The Participant acknowledges that he or she may receive from the Corporation a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Participant by contacting the Corporation by telephone or in writing. The Participant further acknowledges that the Participant will be provided with a paper copy 
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of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. Similarly, the Participant understands that the Participant must provide the Corporation or any designated third-party administrator with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. The Participant may revoke his or her consent to the electronic delivery of documents or may change the electronic mail address to which such documents are to be delivered (if the Participant has provided an electronic mail address) at any time by notifying the Corporation of such revoked consent or revised e-mail address by telephone, postal service or electronic mail. Finally, the Participant understands that he or she is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents.
(15)Severability: In the event that any provision in this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be severable from, and such invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
(16)Language: If the Participant has received this Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
(17)Governing Law and Venue: This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to the conflicts of laws thereof. For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under this grant or this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and agree that such litigation shall be conducted in the courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, or the federal courts for the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, where this grant is made and/or to be performed.
(18)Exhibit B: Notwithstanding any provisions in this Agreement, the Performance Share Award shall be subject to any special terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit B to this Agreement for the Participant's country. Moreover, if the Participant relocates to one of the countries included in Exhibit B, the special terms and conditions for such country will apply to the Participant, to the extent the Corporation determines that the application of such terms and conditions is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan.
(19)Insider Trading  Restrictions/Market Abuse Laws: The Participant acknowledges that, depending on the Participant's country of residence, the Participant may be subject to insider trading restrictions and/or market abuse laws, which may affect the Participant's ability to acquire or sell Shares or rights to Shares (e.g., Performance Share Awards) under the Plan during such times as the Participant is considered to have "inside information" regarding the Corporation (as defined by any applicable laws in the Participant's country). Any restrictions under these laws or regulations are separate from and in addition to any restrictions that may be imposed under any applicable insider trading policy maintained by the Corporation. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant's responsibility to comply with any applicable restrictions, and the Participant is advised to speak to his or her personal advisor on this matter.
(20)Imposition of Other Requirements: The Corporation reserves the right to impose other requirements on the Participant's participation in the Plan, on the Performance Share Award and on any Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Corporation determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law, and to require the Participant to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
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(21)Headings: Headings of paragraphs and sections used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement, and must not be used in construing it.
(22)Waiver: The Participant acknowledges that a waiver by the Corporation of breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by the Participant.
(23)Definitions: In addition to the capitalized terms defined in the Plan, the following terms as used herein shall have the following meanings when used with initial capital letters:
(a)"Early Retirement Age" shall mean the Participant's (1) attainment of age 55 and completion of ten (10) years of service with the Corporation or an Employing Company, or (2) completion of thirty (30) years of service with the Corporation or an Employing Company.
(b)"Normal Retirement Age" shall mean, with respect only to a Participant who is a U.S. employee and is not a participant in the United States Steel Corporation Supplemental Pension Program, the later of (1) six (6) months following the Date of Grant, or (2) the earlier of (i) attainment of age 65, or (ii) attainment or age 60 and completion of five (5) years of service with the Corporation or an Employing Company.
(c)"Termination" shall mean the applicable employee's termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) for U.S. taxpayers, Termination and words of similar effect shall be construed consistent with a "separation from service" under Section 409A of the Code to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) for non-U.S. taxpayers, Termination and words of similar effect shall mean that the Participant is no longer actively employed by an Employing Company, without regard to any notice period (i.e., active employment would not include any contractual notice period or any period of "garden leave" or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is employed or the terms of the Participant's employment agreement, if any)
(d)“Termination with Consent” shall mean Termination with the express written consent of the Corporation expressly referencing an entitlement to vesting of the Performance Share Award.
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EXHIBIT A
Performance Goals for the Performance Period
[Omitted.]

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EXHIBIT B
Additional Terms and Conditions of the
United States Steel Corporation 2016 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
Performance Share Award Grant Agreement
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This Exhibit B includes additional terms and conditions that govern the Performance Share Award granted to the Participant under the Plan if he or she works or resides in one of the countries listed below. If the Participant is a citizen or resident of a country other than that in which the Participant is currently working or transfers employment to another country after the Performance Share Award is granted, the Corporation shall, in its discretion, determine to what extent the terms and conditions contained herein shall be applicable to the Participant. Certain capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit B have the meanings set forth in the Plan and/or the Agreement.
NOTIFICATIONS
This Exhibit B also includes information regarding exchange controls and certain other issues of which the Participant should be aware with respect to participation in the Plan. The information is based on the laws in effect in the applicable countries as of February 2018. Such laws are often complex and change frequently. As a result, the Corporation strongly recommends that the Participant not rely on the information in this Exhibit B as the only source of information relating to the consequences of his or her participation in the Plan because the information may be out of date at the time that the Participant vests in the Performance Share Award or sells Shares acquired under the Plan.
In addition, the information contained herein is general in nature and may not apply to the Participant's particular situation, and the Corporation is not in a position to assure the Participant of a particular result. Accordingly, the Participant is advised to seek appropriate professional advice as to how the relevant laws in his or her country may apply to the Participant's situation.
Finally, if the Participant is a citizen or resident of a country other than that in which the Participant is currently working or transfers employment to another country after the Performance Share Award is granted, the information contained herein may not be applicable.
CANADA
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Performance Share Award Payable Only in Shares. Notwithstanding any discretion in the Plan or anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the grant of the Performance Share Award does not provide any right for the Participant to receive a cash payment in settlement of the Performance Share Award and the Performance Share Award is payable in Shares only.
Securities Law Commitment on Sale of Shares. As a condition of the grant of the Performance Share Award and the issuance of any Shares upon vesting of the Performance Share Award, the Participant undertakes to only sell, trade or otherwise dispose of any Shares issued to the Participant under the Plan in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws. Under current laws, this means that the Participant will need to sell any Shares issued under the Plan using the services of a broker or dealer that is registered under Canadian provincial or territorial securities legislation. The Participant will not be permitted to sell, trade or otherwise dispose of his or her Shares through the Corporation's designated U.S. plan broker, Fidelity Investments, unless such 
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sale, trade or disposal can be executed in accordance with applicable securities laws. As legal requirements may be subject to change, Participants are encouraged to seek specific advice about their individual situation before taking any action with respect to Shares issued to them under the Plan.
By accepting this Performance Share Award, the Participant expressly agrees that he or she will consult with a personal legal advisor to address any questions that may arise regarding compliance with this requirement. The Participant understands and agrees that he or she will be liable for any failure to comply with the foregoing provision.
The following provisions will apply if the Participant is a resident of Quebec:
Language Consent. The parties acknowledge that it is their express wish that the Agreement, this Exhibit B and all documents, notices, and legal proceedings entered into, given or instituted pursuant hereto or relating directly or indirectly hereto, be drawn up in English.
Consentement relatif a la langue Maisie: Les parties reconnaissent avoir exige la redaction en anglais de l'accord, cette piece B, y ainsi que de tous documents, avis dorm& et procedures judiciaires, executes, donnes ou intent& en vertu de, ou lies directement ou indirectement aux presentes.
Data Privacy. This provision supplements Section 13 of the Agreement:
The Participant hereby authorizes the Corporation and the Employing Company and their respective representatives to discuss with and obtain all relevant information from all personnel, professional or not, involved in the administration and operation of the Plan. The Participant further authorizes the Corporation and any Subsidiary or affiliate and the Committee to disclose and discuss the Plan with their respective advisors. The Participant further authorizes the Corporation and any Subsidiary or affiliate to record such information and to keep such information in the Participant's employee file.
NOTIFICATIONS
Foreign Asset/Account Reporting Information. Canadian residents are required to report any foreign property (e.g., Shares acquired under the Plan and possibly Performance Share Awards) on form T1135 (Foreign Income Verification Statement) if the total cost of their foreign property exceeds C$100,000 at any time in the year. It is Participant's responsibility to comply with these reporting obligations, and Participant is encouraged to consult his or own personal tax advisor in this regard. 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 
NOTIFICATIONS
Foreign Assets Reporting Information. If the Participant permanently resides in the Slovak Republic and, apart from being employed, carries on business activities as an independent entrepreneur (in Slovakian, podnikatel), the Participant will be obligated to report his or her foreign assets (including any foreign securities such as Shares acquired under the Plan) to the National Bank of Slovakia if the value of the foreign assets exceeds E2,000,000. These reports must be submitted on a monthly basis by the 15th day of the respective calendar month, as well as on a quarterly basis by the 15th day of the calendar month following the respective calendar quarter, using notification form DEV (NBS) 1-12, which may be found at the National Bank of Slovakia's website at www.nbs.sk. 
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Furthermore, if the above preconditions are met (i.e. permanent residence in the Slovak Republic and entrepreneurial activities in addition to the employment), the Participant will be obliged to report certain additional information under Section 34b of Act No. 566/1992 Coll. on National Bank of Slovakia as amended. This information is mostly of general nature and contains personal identification data of the Participant - place and date of birth, birth certificate number, academic degree, etc., as well as telephone and fax number and e-mail address of the Participant, if any.
Securities Disclaimer. The grant of the Performance Share Award is exempt from the requirement to publish a prospectus under the current securities rules applicable in the Slovak Republic.
UNITED KINGDOM
NOTIFICATIONS
Securities Disclosure.  This Agreement is not an approved prospectus for the purposes of section 85(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") and no offer of transferable securities to the public (for the purposes of section 102B of FSMA) is being made in connection with the Plan. The Plan and the Performance Share Award are exclusively available in the UK to bona fide employees and former employees and any other UK subsidiary of the Corporation.
Taxation.  The Performance Share Award is not intended to be qualified for purposes of taxation or National Insurance Contributions applicable in the United Kingdom.  
EUROPEAN UNION AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
For Participants who reside in the European Union or the European Economic Area, the following provisions replace the Data Privacy provisions in Section 13 of the Agreement.
(a)Data Collected and Purposes of Collection.  The Participant understands that the Corporation, acting as controller, as well as the Employing Company, may collect, to the extent permissible under applicable law, certain personal information about the Participant, including name, home address and telephone number, information necessary to process the Performance Share Awards (e.g., mailing address for a check payment or bank account wire transfer information), date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, employment location, any Shares or directorships held in the Corporation (but only where needed for legal or tax compliance), any other information necessary to process mandatory tax withholding and reporting, details of all Performance Share Awards granted, canceled, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Participant's favor, and where applicable service termination date and reason for termination (all such personal information is referred to as "Data"). The Data is collected from the Participant, any Employing Company and the Corporation, for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The legal basis (that is, the legal justification) for processing the Data is to perform this Agreement. The Data must be provided in order for the Participant to participate in the Plan and for the parties to this Agreement to perform their respective obligations thereunder. If the Participant does not provide Data, he or she will not be able to participate in the Plan and become a party to this Agreement.
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(b)Transfers and Retention of Data.  The Participant acknowledges and understands that the Employing Company will transfer Data to the Corporation for purposes of plan administration. The Employing Company and the Corporation may also transfer the Participant's Data to other service providers (such as accounting films, payroll processing firms or tax firms), as may be selected by the Corporation in the future, to assist the Corporation with the implementation, administration and management of this Agreement. The Participant understands that the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States, a country that does not benefit from an adequacy decision issued by the European Commission and is not listed by the Swiss supervisory authority as a country with adequate data protection legislation. Where a recipient is located in a country that does not benefit from an adequacy decision or adequacy listing, the transfer of the Data to that recipient will be made pursuant to European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses when required by applicable law, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting dataprotectionask.uss.com or complianceofficerauss.com. The Participant understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage the Participant's rights and obligations under this Agreement, and for the duration of the relevant statutes of limitations, which may be longer than the term of this Agreement.
(c)The Participant's Rights in Respect of Data.  The Corporation will take steps in accordance with applicable legislation to keep Data accurate, complete and up-to-date. The Participant is entitled to have any inadequate, incomplete or incorrect Data corrected (that is, rectified). The Participant also has the right to request access to his or her Data as well as additional information about the processing of that Data. Further, the Participant is entitled to object to the processing of Data or have the Participant's Data erased, under certain circumstances. As from May 25, 2018, and subject to conditions set forth in applicable law, the Participant also is entitled to (i) restrict the processing of his or her Data so that it is stored but not actively processed (e.g., while the Corporation assesses whether the Participant is entitled to have Data erased) and (ii) receive a copy of the Data provided pursuant to this Agreement or generated by the Participant, in a common machine-readable format. To exercise his or her rights, the Participant may contact the local human resources representative. The Participant may also contact the relevant data protection supervisory authority, as he or she has the right to lodge a complaint. The data protection officer may be contacted at dataprotectionAsk.com. 

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