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Exhibit 10.1.2

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is dated as of March 31, 2020 (this “Amendment”), among AMERESCO, INC. (the “Borrower”), THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO (the “Guarantors” and collectively with the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”), THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO (the “Lenders”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties, the Lenders, and the Agent are parties to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of June 28, 2019, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and the Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties, the Agent and the Lenders wish to make certain corrections and other changes to the Credit Agreement, and accordingly revise certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, as described herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements contained herein, the parties agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1.Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise expressly defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meanings herein as therein, except to the extent that such meanings are amended hereby.
2.Amendment to Credit Agreement.
(a)Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the definitions of “Bail-In Action,” “Bail-In Legislation,” “Eurocurrency Rate” and “Write-Down and Conversion Powers” in their entirety and replace such definitions with the following new definitions of such terms:
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
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“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the 

resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
 “Eurocurrency Rate” means: 
1.for any Interest Period, with respect to any Credit Extension:
a.denominated in a LIBOR Quoted Currency, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person responsible for the administration of such rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “LIBOR Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Rate Determination Date, for deposits in the relevant currency, with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
b.denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (“CDOR”), or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “CDOR Rate”) at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
2.for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate, at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for deposits in Dollars with a term of one (1) month commencing that day;
provided that, ‎(i) to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved pursuant to Section 3.03, the approved rate shall be ‎applied in a manner consistent with ‎market practice; provided, further that, to the extent ‎such market practice is not administratively ‎feasible for the Agent, such ‎approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably ‎determined by the Agent, and (ii)‎ if the Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than one percent (1%), such rate shall be deemed to be one percent (1%) for purposes of this Agreement.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into 
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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.
i.Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended to insert the following new definitions in alphabetical order:
‎“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any ‎UK Financial Institution.‎
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Withholding Agent” means the Borrower and the Agent.
ii.Section 1.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting in their entirety the second sentence of paragraph (a) and the second sentence of paragraph (b) and replacing the second sentence of paragraph (a) with the following:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant ‎‎(including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, (i) Indebtedness of the ‎Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal ‎amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470–20 on financial ‎liabilities shall be disregarded, (ii) all liability amounts shall be determined excluding any liability ‎relating to any operating lease, all asset amounts shall be determined excluding any right-of-use ‎assets relating to any operating lease, all amortization amounts shall be determined excluding any ‎amortization of a right-of-use asset relating to any operating lease, and all interest amounts shall ‎be determined excluding any deemed interest  comprising a portion of fixed rent payable under ‎any operating lease, in each case to the extent that such liability, asset, amortization or interest ‎pertains to an operating lease under which the covenantor or a member of its consolidated group ‎is the lessee and would not have been accounted for as such under GAAP as in effect on ‎December 31, 2015, and (iii) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be ‎construed, and all 
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computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without ‎giving effect to any election under FASB ASC Topic 825 “Financial Instruments” (or any other ‎financial accounting standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness of the ‎Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein. For purposes of determining the ‎amount of any outstanding Indebtedness, no effect shall be given to any election by the ‎Borrower to measure an item of Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Financial ‎Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825–10–25 (formerly known ‎as FASB 159) or any similar accounting standard).‎
iii.Paragraph (a) of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraph (a):
‎(a)‎ Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on ‎Account of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan ‎Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any ‎Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any applicable Laws (as determined in ‎the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) require the deduction or ‎withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the ‎applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding ‎and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental ‎Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, ‎then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that ‎after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including ‎deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the applicable ‎Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such ‎withholding or deduction been made.  For purposes of this Section 3.01, the term ‎‎“applicable Law” includes FATCA, and the term “Lender” includes any L/C Issuer.‎
iv.Paragraph (c) of Section 3.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g):
(c)‎ Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other ‎Loan Documents, but without limiting Section 3.01(a) above, if the ‎Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties ‎hereto absent manifest error), or the Borrower or Required Lenders notify the ‎Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrower) ‎that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined (which ‎determination likewise shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent ‎manifest error), that:‎
‎(i)‎ adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR ‎for any requested Interest Period, including, without limitation, because the LIBOR Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances ‎are unlikely to be temporary; or
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‎(ii)‎ the administrator of the LIBOR Rate or a Governmental ‎Authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over the Agent ‎has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the ‎LIBOR Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the ‎interest rate of loans in the applicable currency, provided that, at the time of such ‎statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the ‎Agent, that will continue to provide LIBOR after such specific date ‎‎(such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or‎
‎(iii)‎ syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language ‎similar to that contained in this Section 3.03, are being executed or amended (as ‎applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR,‎
then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Agent or ‎receipt by the Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Agent ‎and the Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for purpose of ‎replacing LIBOR in accordance with this Section 3.03 with (x) one or more SOFR-Based ‎Rates or (y) another alternate benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or ‎then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for ‎such alternative benchmarks and, in each case, including any mathematical or other ‎adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing ‎convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such ‎benchmarks which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published ‎on an information service as selected by the Agent from time to time in its ‎reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (the “Adjustment;” and any such ‎proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become ‎effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Agent shall have ‎posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such ‎time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Agent ‎written notice that such Required Lenders (A) in the case of an amendment to replace ‎LIBOR with a rate described in clause (x), object to the Adjustment; or (B) in the case of an ‎amendment to replace LIBOR with a rate described in clause (y), object to such ‎amendment; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of clause (A), the ‎Required Lenders shall not be entitled to object to any SOFR-Based Rate contained in any ‎such amendment.  Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with ‎market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively ‎feasible for the Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a ‎manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Agent.‎
‎(d)‎ If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances ‎under clause (c)(i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as ‎applicable), the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each ‎Lender. Thereafter, (i) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate ‎Loans denominated in Dollars shall be suspended, (to the extent of 
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the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Interest ‎Periods), and (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining ‎the Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request ‎for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars (to the extent of ‎the affected Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to ‎have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (subject to ‎the foregoing clause (ii)) in the amount specified therein.‎
‎(e)‎ Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor ‎Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than one percent (1%) for ‎purposes of this Agreement.‎
‎(f)‎ In connection with the implementation of a LIBOR Successor Rate, the ‎Agent will have the right to make LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming ‎Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any ‎other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such LIBOR Successor Rate ‎Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any ‎other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, ‎the Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such LIBOR ‎Successor Conforming Changes to the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment ‎becomes effective‎.‎
‎(g)‎ For purposes hereof: ‎
‎(i)‎ ‎“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect ‎to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition ‎of Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making ‎payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters as ‎may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Agent, to reflect the ‎adoption and implementation of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the ‎administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially ‎consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent determines that ‎adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or ‎that no market practice for the administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, ‎in such other manner of administration as the Agent determines is ‎reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement);‎
‎(ii)‎ ‎“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board ‎and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed ‎or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New ‎York for the purpose of recommending a benchmark rate to replace LIBOR in loan ‎agreements similar to this Agreement;‎
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‎(iii)‎ ‎“SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight ‎financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as ‎the administrator of the benchmark (or a successor administrator) on the Federal ‎Reserve Bank of New York’s website and that has been selected or recommended ‎by the Relevant Governmental Body;‎
‎(iv)‎ ‎“SOFR-Based Rate” means SOFR or Term SOFR; and‎
‎(v)‎ ‎“Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate for any period ‎that is approximately (as determined by the Agent”) as long as any ‎of the Interest Period options set forth in the definition of “Interest Period” and that ‎is based on SOFR and that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant ‎Governmental Body, in each case as published on an information service as ‎selected by the Agent from time to time in its reasonable ‎discretion.‎
v.Paragraph (c) of Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new second sentence of paragraph (c): 
(c) Guarantees of any Indebtedness permitted under Sections 9.01(a), (c), (d), (e), (g) and (i);
vi.Paragraph (d) of Section 9.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraph (d):
(d) the Borrower may make repurchases of its Equity Interests in an aggregate amount under this paragraph (d) up to $15,000,000 after the Effective Time so long as immediately before and immediately after such repurchase on a Pro Forma Basis, incorporating such pro-forma assumptions as are satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable discretion, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii)(A) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 9.10(b), (B) the Core Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.75 to 1.00, and (C) the sum of unrestricted cash plus the amount of the Revolving Commitment available to be borrowed under Section 2.01 shall not be less than $25,0000,000; and
vii.Paragraph (a) of Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraph (a):
(a) Total Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio.  The Loan Parties shall not permit the Core Leverage Ratio as of the end of each fiscal quarter (i) ending June 30, 2019, through December 31, 2019, to exceed 3.25 to 1, (ii) ending March 31, 2020, through December 31, 2020, to exceed 3.75 to 1, and (iii) ending March 31, 2021 and thereafter to exceed 3.25 to 1.00.
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viii.Paragraph (c) of Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraph (c):
‎(c)‎ shall not have any duty or responsibility to disclose, and shall not be ‎liable for the failure ‎to disclose, to any Lender or any L/C Issuer any credit or ‎other information concerning the ‎business, prospects, operations, property, financial ‎and other condition or creditworthiness of any ‎of the Loan Parties or any of their ‎Affiliates that is communicated to, or in the possession of, the ‎‎Agent or any of its Related Parties in any capacity, except for notices, ‎reports and other ‎documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by ‎the Agent herein.‎
ix.Section 11.07 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Section 11.07:
‎‎11.07‎ Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer expressly ‎acknowledges that the ‎Agent has not made any representation or warranty to it, and that no ‎act ‎by the Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to, and ‎acceptance of any assignment or ‎review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, ‎shall be deemed to constitute ‎any representation or warranty by the Agent to any Lender or L/C Issuer as to any matter, ‎including whether the ‎Agent has disclosed material information in its (or its Related ‎Parties’) ‎possession.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer represents to the ‎Agent that it has, independently and ‎without reliance upon the ‎Agent, any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on ‎such documents ‎and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of, ‎appraisal of, and ‎investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and ‎other condition and ‎creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and all applicable ‎bank or other ‎regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its ‎own decision to ‎enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder. Each ‎Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon ‎the ‎Agent, any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on ‎such documents and ‎information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make ‎its own credit ‎analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon ‎this ‎Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished ‎‎hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as ‎‎to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and ‎creditworthiness ‎of the Loan Parties.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer represents and warrants that ‎‎(i) the ‎Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged ‎in ‎making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this ‎‎Agreement as a Lender or L/C Issuer for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial ‎‎loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C ‎‎Issuer, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial ‎‎instrument, 
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and each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees not to assert a claim in ‎contravention of the ‎foregoing.  Each Lender and L/C Issuer represents and warrants ‎that it is sophisticated with ‎respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and ‎to provide other facilities ‎set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, ‎and either it, or the Person ‎exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold ‎such commercial loans ‎or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or ‎holding such commercial ‎loans or providing such other facilities.‎‎
x.Section 12.20 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended (i) to change the title thereof to “Electronic Execution; Electronic Records”, (ii) to designate the current Section 12.20 as paragraph (a) of Section 12.20, and (iii) to add a new paragraph (b) immediately after paragraph (a) as follows:
‎(b)‎ The Borrower hereby acknowledges the receipt of a copy of this Agreement ‎and ‎all other Loan Documents. The Agent and each Lender may, on behalf ‎of the Borrower, ‎create a microfilm or optical disk or other electronic image of this ‎Agreement and any or ‎all of the other Loan Documents. The Agent and each ‎Lender may store the electronic ‎image of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in ‎its electronic form and then ‎destroy the paper original as part of the Agent’s ‎and each Lender’s normal business ‎practices, with the electronic image deemed to be an ‎original and of the same legal effect, ‎validity and enforceability as the paper originals.‎
xi.Section 12.23 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new Section 12.23:
12.23. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent 
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undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
3.Confirmation of Guaranty by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby confirms and agrees that all indebtedness, obligations or liability of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, whether any such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities are now existing or hereafter arising, due or to become due, absolute or contingent, or direct or indirect, constitute “Guaranteed Obligations” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement and, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement, are guaranteed by and entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty set forth in Article 4 of the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor hereby ratifies and confirms the terms and provisions of such Guarantor’s Guaranty and agrees that all of such terms and provisions remain in full force and effect.
4.Confirmation of Security Interests. Each Loan Party (other than the Special Guarantors) hereby confirms and agrees that all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, whether any such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities are now existing or hereafter arising, due or to become due, absolute or contingent, or direct or indirect, constitute “Secured Obligations” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement and are secured by the Collateral and entitled to the benefits of the grant of security interests pursuant to Article 5 of the Credit Agreement. The Loan Parties (other than the Special Guarantors) hereby ratify and confirm the terms and provisions of Article 5 of the Credit Agreement and agree that, after giving effect to this Amendment, all of such terms and provisions remain in full force and effect.
5.No Default; Representations and Warranties, etc. The Loan Parties hereby confirm that, after giving effect to this Amendment, (i) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article 7 of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (A) that contain a materiality qualification are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as if made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date), and (B) that do not contain a materiality qualification are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date), and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Each Loan Party hereby further represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Loan Party, (ii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the organizational documents of such Loan Party, (iii) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding on such Loan Party or any of its assets that will have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) do not require any consent, waiver, approval, authorization or order of, 
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or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or any Person (other than the Agent and the Lenders) which has not been made or obtained; and (b) it has duly executed and delivered this Amendment.
i.Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of March 31, 2020, upon the receipt by the Agent of counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by each of the parties hereto or written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that each of the parties hereto has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.
6.Miscellaneous.
ii.Except to the extent specifically amended hereby, the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and all related documents shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document. Whenever the terms or sections amended hereby shall be referred to in the Credit Agreement, Loan Documents or such other documents (whether directly or by incorporation into other defined terms), such defined terms shall be deemed to refer to those terms or sections as amended by this Amendment.
iii.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Amendment by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original and shall constitute a representation that an original will be delivered.
iv.This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
v.The Loan Parties agree to pay all reasonable expenses, including legal fees and disbursements, incurred by the Agent in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment, which shall be deemed to be a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.

BORROWER

AMERESCO, INC.
By: /s/ Spencer Doran Hole 
Spencer Doran Hole
Treasurer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

GUARANTORS

AMERESCO ENERTECH, INC.AMERESCO FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, INC.AMERESCO PLANERGY HOUSING, INC.AMERESCO QUANTUM, INC.AMERESCO SELECT, INC.AMERESCOSOLUTIONS, INC.APPLIED ENERGY GROUP INC.SIERRA ENERGY COMPANY
By: /s/ Spencer Doran Hole 
Spencer Doran Hole
Vice President and Treasurer
AMERESCO SOUTHWEST, INC.

By: /s/ Spencer Doran Hole 
Spencer Doran Hole
Vice President and Treasurer
E.THREE CUSTOM ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC,
By: Sierra Energy Company, its sole member

By: /s/ Spencer Doran Hole 
Spencer Doran Hole
Vice President and Treasurer
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AMERESCO ASSET SUSTAINABILITY GROUP LLC
AMERESCO CT LLCAMERESCO DELAWARE ENERGY LLCAMERESCO EVANSVILLE, LLCAMERESCO HAWAII LLCAMERESCO Intelligent SYSTEMS, LLCAMERESCO LFG HOLDINGS LLC
AMERESCO NAVY YARD PEAKER LLC
AMERESCO PALMETTO LLC
AMERESCO SOLAR, LLCAMERESCO SOLAR NEWBURYPORT LLCAMERESCO STAFFORD LLCSELDERA LLCSOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, LLC

By: Ameresco, Inc., its sole member

By: /s/ Spencer Doran Hole 
Spencer Doran Hole
Treasurer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
AMERESCO SOLAR – PRODUCTS LLCAMERESCO SOLAR – SOLUTIONS LLCAMERESCO SOLAR – TECHNOLOGIES LLCBy: Ameresco Solar LLC, its sole memberBy: Ameresco, Inc., its sole member

By: /s/ Spencer Doran Hole 
Spencer Doran Hole
Treasurer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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AGENT:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By: /s/ Mollie S. Canup 
        Name: Mollie S. Canup
        Title:  Vice President

LENDERS:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By: /s/ John F. Lynch 
        Name: John F. Lynch
        Title: Senior Vice President

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TRUIST BANK, as successor by merger to SUNTRUST BANK

By: /s/ Matthew J. Davis 
        Name: Matthew J. Davis
        Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Fourth Amended and Restated Ameresco Credit and Security Agreement]

WEBSTER BANK, N.A.

By: /s/ Samuel Pepe 
        Name: Samuel Pepe
        Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Fourth Amended and Restated Ameresco Credit and Security Agreement]Document

Exhibit 10.1

PERFORMANCE CASH AWARD AGREEMENT

[Full Name of Employee]

[Date]

Dear [First Name]:
Pursuant to the 2016 Executive Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of AMC Networks Inc. (the “Company”), you have been selected by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company to receive a contingent cash award (the “Award”) effective as of March [●], 2020 (the “Effective Date”).
Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this agreement (this “Agreement”) have the meanings given to them in the Plan.  The Award is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below:
1.Amount and Payment of Award.  In accordance with the terms of this Performance Cash Award Agreement, the target amount of your contingent Award is $__________________ (the “Target Award”), which may be increased or decreased to the extent the performance objectives set forth on Annex 1 hereto (the “Objectives”) have been attained in respect of the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022 (the “Performance Period”).  The Award, calculated in accordance with Annex 1 attached hereto, will become payable to you upon the later of March 9, 2023 and the date on which the Committee (as defined in Section 11 below) determines the Company’s performance against the Objectives (the “Award Date”) provided, that you have remained in the continuous employ of the Company or one of the AMC Subsidiaries from the Effective Date through the Award Date.
2.Termination of Employment.  If, on or prior to the Award Date, your continuous employment by the Company or one of the AMC Subsidiaries ends for any reason, other than as a result of your death, then you will automatically forfeit all of your rights and interest in the Award regardless of whether the Objectives are attained.
3.Death.  If, prior to the end of the Performance Period, your employment with the Company or any of the AMC Subsidiaries is terminated as a result of your death then your estate will receive, promptly (and in any event within 30 days) following the date of such termination, payment of the Target Award prorated for the number of completed months of your employment during the Performance Period prior to such termination.  If after the end of the Performance Period but prior to the Award Date, your employment with the Company or any of the AMC Subsidiaries is terminated as a result of your death then your estate will receive, on the date payment is made to active eligible employees of the Company, the Award, if any, to which you would have been entitled on the Award Date had your employment not been so terminated.
4.Going Private Transaction or Change in Control.
a.Going Private Transaction.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time a Going Private Transaction (as defined below) occurs and immediately prior to such transaction you are employed by the Company or one of the AMC Subsidiaries, the Target Award shall become payable to you whether or not the Objectives have been attained at the earliest of (i) January 1, 2023, (ii) the date of your death or (iii) the date subsequent to the Going Private Transaction on which your employment with the Company, the Surviving Entity or one of the AMC Subsidiaries is terminated (A) by the Company, the Surviving Entity or one of the AMC Subsidiaries other than for Cause (as defined below) or (B) by you for Good Reason (as defined below), provided, in each case, that you remain in the continuous employ of the Company, the Surviving Entity or one of the AMC Subsidiaries from the Effective Date through such date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you become entitled to payment of the Target Award by virtue of a termination in accordance with (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of this Section 4(a) and are determined by the Company to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A of the IRC”), the Target Award shall be paid to you on the earlier of: (i) January 1, 2023, (ii) the date that is six months from your date of employment termination and (iii) any other date on which such payment or any portion thereof would be a permissible distribution under Section 409A of the IRC.  In the event of such a determination, the Company shall promptly following the date of your employment termination set aside such amount for your benefit in a “rabbi trust” that satisfies the requirements of Revenue Procedure 92-64, and on a monthly basis shall deposit into such trust interest in arrears (compounded quarterly at the rate provided below) until such time as such amount, together with all accrued interest thereon, is paid to you in full pursuant to the previous sentence; provided, that no payment will be made to such rabbi trust if it would be contrary to law or cause you to incur additional tax under Section 409A of the 

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IRC.  The initial interest rate shall be the average of the one-year LIBOR fixed rate equivalent for the ten business days prior to the date of your employment termination. 
b.Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement but subject to the subsections of this Section 4(b), if at any time a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company occurs and immediately prior to such transaction you are employed by the Company or one of the AMC Subsidiaries, you will be entitled to the payment of the Target Award whether or not the Objectives have been attained.
i.If the actual Change of Control:
(1)is a permissible distribution event under Section 409A of the IRC or payment of the Award promptly upon such event is otherwise permissible under Section 409A of the IRC (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by reason of the inapplicability of Section 409A of the IRC to the Award), then the Target Award shall be paid to you by the Company promptly following the Change of Control; or
(2)is not a permissible distribution event under Section 409A of the IRC and payment of the Award promptly upon such event is not otherwise permissible under Section 409A of the IRC, then the Target Award shall be paid to you by the Company (together with interest thereon pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) below) on the earliest to occur of:
(a)any subsequent date on which you are no longer employed by the Company, the Surviving Entity or any of the AMC Subsidiaries for any reason other than termination of your employment by one of such entities for Cause (provided that if you are determined by the Company to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the IRC, six months from such date);
(b)any other date on which such payment or any portion thereof would be a permissible distribution under Section 409A of the IRC; or
(c)January 1, 2023.
ii.Upon any Change of Control, to the extent any amounts are due to be paid to you at a later date pursuant to Section 4(b)(i)(B) above, the Company shall promptly following the Change of Control set aside such amount for your benefit in a “rabbi trust” that satisfies the requirements of Revenue Procedure 92-64, and on a monthly basis shall deposit into such trust interest in arrears (compounded quarterly at the rate provided below) until such time as such amount, together with all accrued interest thereon, is paid to you in full pursuant to Section 4(b)(i)(B) above); provided, that no payment will be made to such rabbi trust if it would be contrary to law or cause you to incur additional tax under Section 409A of the IRC.  The initial interest rate shall be the average of the one-year LIBOR fixed rate equivalent for the ten business days prior to the date of the Change of Control and shall adjust annually based on the average of such rate for the ten business days prior to each anniversary of the Change of Control.  
If and to the extent that any payment under this Section 4 is determined by the Company to constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the IRC and is payable to you by reason of your termination of employment, then such payment shall be made to you only upon a “separation from service” as defined for purposes of Section 409A of the IRC under applicable regulations.
5.Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
“Cause” means, your (i) commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, willful misconduct, gross negligence or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company or an Affiliate thereof, or (ii) commission of any act or omission that results in a conviction, plea of no contest, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any crime involving moral turpitude or any felony.
“Change of Control” means the acquisition, in a transaction or a series of related transactions, by any person or group, other than Charles F. Dolan or members of the immediate family of Charles F. Dolan or trusts for the benefit of Charles F. Dolan or his immediate family (or an entity or entities controlled by any of them) or any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company, of the power to direct the management of the Company or substantially all its assets (as constituted immediately prior to such transaction or transactions).
“Going Private Transaction” means a transaction involving the purchase of Company securities described in Rule 13e-3 to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

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“Good Reason” means: (a) without your express written consent any reduction in your base salary or target bonus opportunity, or any material impairment or material adverse change in your working conditions (as the same may from time to time have been improved or, with your written consent, otherwise altered, in each case, after the Effective Date) at any time after or within ninety (90) days prior to the Going Private Transaction including, without limitation, any material reduction of your other compensation, executive perquisites or other employee benefits (measured, where applicable, by level or participation or percentage of award under any plans of the Company), or material impairment or material adverse change of your level of responsibility, authority, autonomy or title, or to your scope of duties; (b) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement, other than an insubstantial or inadvertent failure remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by you; (c) the Company’s requiring you to be based at any office or location more than thirty-five (35) miles from your location immediately prior to the Going Private Transaction except for travel reasonably required in the performance of your responsibilities; or (d) any failure by the Company to obtain the assumption and agreement to perform this Agreement by a successor.
“Surviving Entity” means the entity that owns, directly or indirectly, after consummation of any transaction, substantially all the assets of the Company as constituted immediately prior to consummation of such transaction.  If any such entity is at least majority-owned, directly or indirectly, by any entity (a “parent entity”) which has shares of common stock (or partnership units) traded on a national stock exchange or the over-the-counter market, as reported on NASDAQ, then such parent entity shall be deemed to be the Surviving Entity, provided that if there shall be more than one such parent entity, the parent entity closest to ownership of substantially all the assets of the Company shall be deemed to be the Surviving Entity.
6.Termination.  Except for a right which has accrued to receive a payment on account of the Award, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect on the Award Date.  
7.Transfer Restrictions.  You may not transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber the Award other than to the extent provided in the Plan.
8.Unfunded Obligation.  The Plan will at all times be unfunded and, except as set forth in Section 4(b) of this Agreement, no provision will at any time be made with respect to segregating any assets of the Company or any of its Affiliates for payment of any benefits under the Plan, including, without limitation, those covered by this Agreement.  Your right or that of your estate to receive payments under this Agreement shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company, including any rabbi trust established pursuant to Section 4(b).  Neither you nor your estate shall have any rights in or against any specific assets of the Company other than the assets held by the rabbi trust established pursuant to Section 4(b).
9.Tax Representations and Tax Withholding.  You hereby acknowledge that you have reviewed with your own tax advisors the federal, state and local tax consequences of receiving the Award.  You hereby represent to the Company that you are relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company, its Affiliates or any of their respective agents.  If, in connection with the Award, the Company is required to withhold any amounts by reason of any federal, state or local tax, such withholding shall be effected in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan.
10.Right of Offset.  You hereby agree that if the Company shall owe you any amount that does not constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” pursuant to Section 409A of the IRC (the “Company-Owed Amount”) under this Agreement, then the Company shall have the right to offset against the Company-Owed Amount, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any amounts that you may owe to the Company or the AMC Subsidiaries of whatever nature.  
11.The Committee.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company or any replacement committee established under, and as more fully defined in, the Plan.
12.Committee Discretion.  The Committee has full discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.
13.Amendment.  The Committee reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend or revise the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, except that the Committee may not make any such amendment or revision in a manner unfavorable to you (other than if immaterial) without your consent.  Any amendment of this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by an authorized member of the Committee or a person or persons designated by the Committee.
14.Award Subject to the Plan.  The Award and all other amounts payable hereunder are subject to the Plan.
15.Entire Agreement.  Except for any employment agreement between you and the Company or any of its Affiliates in effect as of the date of the grant hereof (as such employment agreement may be modified, renewed or replaced), this Agreement 

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and the Plan constitute the entire understanding and agreement of you and the Company with respect to the Award covered hereby and supersede all prior understandings and agreements.  In the event of a conflict among the documents with respect to the terms and conditions of the Award covered hereby, the documents will be accorded the following order of authority: the terms and conditions of the Plan will have highest authority followed by the terms and conditions of your employment agreement, if any, followed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
16.Successors and Assigns.  The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Company and its successors and assigns.
17.Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be deemed to be made under, and in all respects be interpreted, construed and governed by and in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles.
18.Jurisdiction and Venue.  You irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the Federal courts of the United States located in the Southern District and Eastern District of the State of New York in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense that you are not subject thereto or that the venue thereof may not be appropriate.  You agree that the mailing of process or other papers in connection with any action or proceeding in any manner permitted by law shall be valid and sufficient service.
19.Waiver.  No waiver by the Company at any time of any breach by you of, or compliance with, any term or condition of this Agreement or the Plan to be performed by you shall be deemed a waiver of the same, any similar or any dissimilar term or condition at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.
20.Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or condition hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other terms and conditions set forth herein.
21.Exclusion from Compensation Calculation.  By acceptance of this Agreement, you shall be considered in agreement that the Award shall be considered special incentive compensation and will be exempt from inclusion as “wages” or “salary” in pension, retirement, life insurance and other employee benefits arrangements of the Company and its Affiliates, except as determined otherwise by the Company.  In addition, each of your beneficiaries shall be deemed to be in agreement that the Award shall be exempt from inclusion in “wages” or “salary” for purposes of calculating benefits of any life insurance coverage sponsored by the Company or any of its Affiliates.
22.No Right to Continued Employment.  Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Plan shall be construed to confer on you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate, or derogate from the right of the Company or any Affiliate, as applicable, to retire, request the resignation of, or discharge you, at any time, with or without cause.
22. AMC Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this Agreement, “AMC Subsidiary” shall mean the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (or, in the case of a Going Private Transaction or Change in Control, the direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Surviving Entity).
23. Section 409A. It is the Company’s intent that payments under this Agreement be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the IRC, and that this Agreement be administered and interpreted accordingly.  If and to the extent that any payment or benefit under this Agreement, or any plan or arrangement of the Company or its affiliates, is determined by the Company to constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the IRC and is payable to you by reason of your termination of employment, then (a) such payment or benefit shall be made or provided to you only upon a “separation from service” as defined for purposes of Section 409A of the IRC under applicable regulations and (b) if you are a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the IRC and as determined by the Company), such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided before the date that is six months after the date of your separation from service (or your earlier death). Any amount not paid in respect of the six month period specified in the preceding sentence will be paid to you, together with interest on such delayed amount at the rate equal to the average of the one-year LIBOR fixed rate equivalent for the ten business days prior to the date of your separation from service (or your earlier death), in a lump sum after the expiration of such six month period.  The Committee will determine the Company’s performance against the Objectives under Section 1 hereof during the calendar year immediately following the Performance Period.  This Section 23 will also apply to all previous awards granted to you pursuant to the Plan.  Each payment under this Agreement will be treated as a separate payment under Section 409A of the IRC.
24. Restrictive Covenants.  You agree to be bound by the restrictive covenants set forth in Annex 2.

Exhibit 10.1

25. Headings.  The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
26. Effective Date.  Upon execution by you, this Agreement shall be effective from and as of the Effective Date.
27. Signatures.  Execution of this Agreement by the Company may be in the form of an electronic or similar signature, and such signature shall be treated as an original signature for all purposes.

									
	AMC NETWORKS INC.		
	

		
	By:		
		Joshua Sapan	
		President and CEO	

By your electronic signature, you (i) acknowledge that a complete copy of the Plan and this Agreement have been made available to you and (ii) agree to all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement.

Exhibit 10.1

Annex 1
to
Performance Cash Award Agreement

[Objectives Intentionally Omitted.]

Exhibit 10.1

Annex 2
to
Performance Cash Award Agreement

RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS

You agree to comply with the following covenants. 

1. CONFIDENTIALITY

You agree to retain in strict confidence and not divulge, disseminate, copy or disclose to any third party any Confidential Information, other than for legitimate business purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries. As used herein, “Confidential Information” means any non-public information that is material or of a confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive or personal nature of, or regarding, the Company or its Affiliates or any current or former director, officer or member of senior management of any of the foregoing (collectively “Covered Parties”). The term Confidential Information includes information in written, digital, oral or any other format and includes, but is not limited to (i) information designated or treated as confidential; (ii) budgets, plans, forecasts or other financial or accounting data; (iii) subscriber, customer, fan, vendor or shareholder lists or data; (iv) technical, strategic or other proprietary information regarding the Covered Parties’ cable, data, telephone, programming, advertising, film or television production, motion picture exhibition, newspaper, multichannel video data and distribution services, direct to consumer (or “over-the-top”) services, subscription services or other businesses; (v) advertising, business, sales or marketing tactics and strategies; (vi) policies, practices, procedures or techniques; (vii) trade secrets or other intellectual property; (viii) information, theories or strategies relating to litigation, arbitration, mediation, investigations or matters relating to governmental authorities; (ix) terms of agreements with third parties and third party trade secrets; (x) information regarding employees, agents, consultants, advisors or representatives, including their compensation or other human resources policies and procedures; and (xi) any other information the disclosure of which may have an adverse effect on the Covered Parties’ business reputation, operations or competitive position, reputation or standing in the community. 

If disclosed, Confidential Information or Other Information could have an adverse effect on the Company’s standing in the community, its business reputation, operations or competitive position or the standing, reputation, operations or competitive position of any of its affiliates subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, teams, players, coaches, consultants or agents or any of the Covered Parties. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of this section, other than with respect to subscriber information, shall not apply to Confidential Information which is: 

a) already in the public domain; 

b) disclosed to you by a third party with the right to disclose it in good faith; or

c) specifically exempted in writing by the Company from the applicability of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or otherwise, nothing shall limit your rights under applicable law to provide truthful information to any governmental entity or to file a charge with or participate in an investigation conducted by any governmental entity. 

You are hereby notified that the immunity provisions in Section 1833 of title 18 of the United States Code provide that an individual cannot be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for any disclosure of a trade secret that is made (1) in confidence to federal, state or local government officials, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and is solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of the law, (2) under seal in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, or (3) to your attorney in connection with a lawsuit for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of law (and the trade secret may be used in the court proceedings for such lawsuit) as long as any document containing the trade secret is filed under seal and the trade secret is not disclosed except pursuant to court order.

2.  NON-DISPARAGEMENT

You agree, for yourself and others acting on your behalf, that you (and they) have not disparaged and will not disparage, make negative statements about or act in any manner which is intended to or does damage to the good will of, or the business or personal reputations of the Company or any of its incumbent or former officers, directors, agents, consultants, employees, successors and assigns or any of the Covered Parties. 

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3. COMPANY PROPERTY

As an employee of the Company, you agree that all original works of authorship that result from your activities within the scope of your employment and which are protectable by copyright are “works made for hire,” as the term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17 USCA, Section 101).  In addition, you agree that the Company is the owner of, and you hereby assign to the Company, without further consideration, all rights, title and interest in and to all programming and programming ideas, trademarks, copyrights, content, trade secrets, domain names, social media accounts and other intellectual property relating thereto, documents, tapes, videos, designs, plans, formulas, models, processes, computer programs,  inventions (whether patentable or not), schematics, music, lyrics and other technical, business, financial, advertising, sales, marketing, customer or product development concepts, plans, forecasts, strategies, information and materials (in any medium whatsoever) developed or prepared by you or with your cooperation during the course of your employment by the Company (the “Materials”), excluding only those assets that the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the Executive Vice President and General Counsel have agreed to in writing to except. All such “works made for hire” and assigned assets are the sole property of the Company and freely transferable by the Company throughout the world.  The Company will have the sole and exclusive authority to use the Materials in any manner that it deems appropriate, in perpetuity, without additional payment to you.  Notwithstanding the terms set forth in this Section 3, in the event that the terms of your written employment agreement or other written agreement with the Company conflict with the terms set forth in this Section 3, the terms of those agreements will control. 

4.  FURTHER COOPERATION

Following the date of termination of your employment with the Company (the “Expiration Date”), you will no longer provide any regular services to the Company or represent yourself as a Company agent. If, however, the Company so requests, you agree to cooperate fully with the Company in connection with any matter with which you were involved prior to the Expiration Date, or in any litigation or administrative proceedings or appeals (including any preparation therefore) where the Company believes that your personal knowledge, attendance and participation could be beneficial to the Company or its Affiliates. This cooperation includes, without limitation, participation on behalf of the Company or its Affiliates in any litigation or administrative proceeding brought by any former or existing employee, team, player, coach, guest, representative, agent or vendor of the Company or its Affiliates. 

The Company will provide you with reasonable notice in connection with any cooperation it requires in accordance with this section and will take reasonable steps to schedule your cooperation in any such matters so as not to materially interfere with your other professional and personal commitments. The Company will reimburse you for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses you reasonably incur in connection with the cooperation you provide hereunder as soon as practicable after you present appropriate documentation evidencing such expenses. You agree to provide the Company with an estimate of such expense before you incur the same. 

5.  NON-HIRE OR SOLICIT

You agree not to hire, seek to hire, or cause any person or entity to hire or seek to hire (without the prior written consent of the Company), directly or indirectly (whether for your own interest or any other person or entity’s interest) any then current employee of the Company, or any of its Affiliates, until the first anniversary of the date of your termination of employment with the Company. This restriction does not apply to any employee who was discharged by the Company. In addition, this restriction will not prevent you from providing references in your personal capacity. 

6.  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

You acknowledge that the restrictions contained in this Annex 2, in light of the nature of the Company’s business and your position and responsibilities, are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company. You acknowledge that the Company has no adequate remedy at law and would be irreparably harmed if you breach or threaten to breach the provisions of this Annex 2, and therefore agree that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief, to prevent any breach or threatened breach of any of those provisions and to specific performance of the terms of each of such provisions in addition to any other legal or equitable remedy it may have. You further agree that you will not, in any equity proceeding relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this Annex 2, raise the defense that the Company has an adequate remedy at law. Nothing in this Annex 2 shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies at law or in equity that it may have or any other rights that it may have under any other agreement. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Annex 2 or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or scope (geographic or otherwise) of such provision, it is the 

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intention of the parties that the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced. 

7. SURVIVAL

The provisions of this Annex 3 shall survive any termination of your employment by the Company or the expiration of the Agreement. 

8. CLAWBACK

If you breach any of the covenants in this Annex 2, then the Company will be entitled to (i) seek injunctive relief in accordance with Section 6 of this Annex 2 or (ii) exercise its right to receive, and you will be obligated to immediately repay to the Company upon demand therefor, the gross (pre-tax) amount of (i) the fair market value of any Shares deliverable in respect of the Units granted under this Agreement (based on the closing price of the Shares on the Delivery Date or the most immediately preceding trading day) and (ii) any cash payable in respect of the Units granted under this Agreement.

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