Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

EXECUTION COPY 
 CONSENT AND
THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 CONSENT AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 29, 2021 (this
“Amendment”), among Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Borrower”), Americold Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
“Company”), the Designated Borrowers, Guarantors, Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers (each as defined in the Credit Agreement described below) party hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”). 
 WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower, the Designated Borrowers from time to time parties thereto (each
such Designated Borrower, together with the Parent Borrower, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), the Company, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and the Administrative Agent are party to
that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2020 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), and the Parent Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent are party to the Guarantee Agreement; and 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower notified the Administrative Agent that it intends to prepay the Term A-1
Loan in the amount of $200,000,000 (the “Prepayment”) with the Prepayment to be applied to the Term A-1 Loans of the Term A-1 Lenders in the amounts set
forth on Annex I hereto in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of the Term A-1 Loan Facility as required under Section 5.1(a) of the Credit Agreement; and 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that, concurrently with the Prepayment, the Revolving Credit Lenders increase the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment from $800,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 (the “Incremental Revolving Increase”). 
 NOW THEREFORE, for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 SECTION
1. Consent. Subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment, each of the Lenders hereby consents, as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), to (a) the application of the
Prepayment to the Term A-1 Loans of the Term A-1 Lenders in the amounts set forth on Annex I hereto, (b) its Dollar Tranche Commitment as set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Annex II hereto under the caption “Dollar Tranche Commitment,” (c) its Alternative Currency Commitment as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex II hereto under the caption “Alternative Currency
Commitment,” and (d) its Revolving Credit Commitment as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex II hereto under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment.” 

 SECTION 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to all of the
terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment, as of the Third Amendment Effective Date: 
 2.1 Section 1.1
of the Credit Agreement (New Definitions). Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order: 

“Applicable Currency”: any Alternative Currency that bears interest at a rate based on an Applicable Reference
Rate, as applicable. 
 “Applicable Reference Rate”: for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in any LIBOR
Quoted Currency other than Dollars, LIBOR; for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Euro, EURIBOR (as defined in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate); for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Australian Dollars, BBSY (as defined in the definition of
Eurocurrency Rate); for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the CDOR Rate (as defined in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate); for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in New Zealand Dollars, BKBM (as defined in the definition of
Eurocurrency Rate); and for any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in any other Non-LIBOR Quoted Currency, the rate per annum as designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative
Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the relevant Lenders and/or L/C Issuers pursuant to Section 1.10. 

“Applicable Scheduled Unavailability Date”: as defined in Section 2.9(d). 

“ISDA Definitions”: the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives
Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or
such successor thereto. 
 “LIBOR Replacement Date”: as defined in Section 2.9(a).

 “LIBOR Screen Rate”: the LIBOR quote on the applicable screen page the Administrative Agent designates to
determine LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time). 

“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes”: with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming
changes to the definition of Base Rate, LIBOR Daily Floating Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the definition of Business Day, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption and
implementation of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in
connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document). 

  
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 “Pre-Adjustment Successor
Rate”: as defined in Section 2.9(a). 
 “Related Adjustment”: in
determining any LIBOR Successor Rate, the first relevant available alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent applicable to such LIBOR Successor Rate: 

(A) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, that has been selected or
recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the relevant Pre-Adjustment Successor Rate (taking into account the interest period, interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated and/or
tenor thereto) and which adjustment or method (x) is published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion or (y) solely with respect to Term SOFR, if not currently
published, which was previously so recommended for Term SOFR and published on an information service acceptable to the Administrative Agent; or 

(B) the spread adjustment that would apply (or has previously been applied) to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction
referencing the ISDA Definitions (taking into account the interest period, interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated and/or tenor thereto). 

“Screen Rate”: the Applicable Reference Rate quote for an Applicable Currency on the applicable screen page
the Administrative Agent designates to determine such Applicable Reference Rate for such Applicable Currency (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations for such Applicable Currency as may be designated by the
Administrative Agent from time to time). 
 “Scheduled Unavailability Date”: as defined in
Section 2.9(a). 
 “Successor Rate” as defined in
Section 3.03(f). 
 “Successor Rate Conforming Changes”: with respect to any
Successor Rate for an Applicable Currency, any conforming changes to the definition of Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, the definition of Business Day, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to
reflect the adoption and implementation of such Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice for such Applicable Currency (or, if the Administrative
Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice for such Applicable Currency is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such Successor Rate for such Applicable Currency exists, in such
other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement). 

  
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 “Third Amendment Effective Date”: January 29, 2021.

 2.2 Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement (Amended and Restated Definitions). Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by amending and restating the following new definitions contained in therein: 

“Eurocurrency Rate”: 

(a) With respect to any Loan: 

(i) denominated in a LIBOR Quoted Currency, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate
(“LIBOR”) or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; 
 (ii) denominated in Euros, the rate per annum equal to
the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to
time) at or about 11:00a.m. (Brussels, Belgium time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; 

(iii) denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate, or a comparable or
successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time
to time) at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to the applicable interest period; 

(iv) denominated in Australian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate
(“BBSY”), or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other page or commercially available source providing such quotations as
may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at or about 10:30 a.m. (Melbourne, Australia time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; 

  
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 (v) denominated in New Zealand Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Bank
Bill Reference Bid Rate (“BKBM”), or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing
such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at or about 10:45 a.m. (Auckland, New Zealand time) on the Rate Determination Date with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; 

(vi) denominated in any other Non-LIBOR Quoted Currency, the rate per annum as
designated with respect to such Alternative Currency at the time such Alternative Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 1.10; and 

(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about
11:00 a.m., London time determined two business days prior to such date for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; 
 provided
that (i) to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Parent Borrower in connection with any rate set forth in this definition, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner
consistent with market practice; (ii) to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent; and (iii) if the Eurocurrency Rate determined in accordance with the foregoing shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. 

“LIBOR Quoted Currency”: each of the following currencies: Dollars, Sterling, Yen and Swiss Franc, in each
case as long as there is a published LIBOR rate with respect thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Yen and Swiss Franc shall not be Alternative Currencies unless approved in accordance with Section 1.10. 

“Relevant Governmental Body”: 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. 

“SOFR”: with respect to any Business Day, 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 (or any successor source) at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
immediately succeeding Business Day and, in each case, that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body. 

“Term A-1 Commitment”: as to each Term
A-1 Lender, its obligation to make Term A-1 Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.1(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding after the Third Amendment Effective Date not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Term A-1 Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A under the caption “Term A-1 Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption or Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement. 

  
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 “Term A-1 Loan
Facility”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Term A-1 Loans of all Term A-1 Lenders at such time. The Term
A-1 Loan Facility on the Third Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to the prepayment in the amount of $200,000,000 made on such date, is $125,000,000. 

“Term SOFR”: the forward-looking term rate for any period that is approximately (as determined by the
Administrative 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 Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion. 
 2.3
Section 1.9(c) of the Credit Agreement. Section 1.9(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 

(c) The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability
with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definitions of “Eurocurrency Rate” or “LIBOR Daily Floating Rate” or with respect to any rate that is an alternative or replacement
for or successor to any of such rate (including, without limitation, any LIBOR Successor Rate or Successor Rate) or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes or Successor Rate Conforming Changes. 

2.4 Section 1.10(d) of the Credit Agreement. Section 1.10(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated to read as follows: 
 (d) In each case, the Additional Currency Tranche shall become effective as of the
Additional Tranche Effective Date; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Additional Tranche Effective Date both before and after giving effect to the Additional Currency Tranche and any Credit Extensions be
made thereunder on such date, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received written confirmation from each Authorizing Lender participating in such Additional Currency Tranche of its ability to make Revolving Credit Loans in the relevant
Additional Currency in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts from all parties to any amendments to be effected in connection with such Additional Currency
Tranche pursuant to Section 1.10(e), (iv) any other documents or certificates that shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any applicable Authorizing Lender in connection with such Additional Currency
Tranche shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Authorizing Lenders, (v) if an extension of credit is being requested under such
Additional Currency Tranche on the Additional Tranche Effective Date, then the conditions to the making of an extension of credit set forth in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied or waived and (vi) the definition of
Eurocurrency Rate reflects the appropriate interest rate for the applicable Additional Currency or has been amended to reflect the appropriate rate for the applicable Additional Currency. 

  
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 2.5 Section 1.10(f) of the Credit Agreement.
Section 1.10(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 (f) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 12.1, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Authorizing Lender participating in any Additional Currency Tranche may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to implement the terms of any such Additional Currency Tranche, including any amendments necessary to establish the
Loans and/or Letters of Credit under any Additional Currency Tranche, including to the definition of Eurocurrency Rate for any Non-LIBOR Quoted Currency to the extent necessary to add the applicable
Eurocurrency Rate for such currency, and such other technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent in connection with the establishment of such new Additional Currency Tranche (including
to preserve the pro rata treatment of the new and existing Classes or tranches), in each case on terms consistent with this Section 1.10. In addition, upon the effectiveness of any Additional Currency Tranche, unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, all references in the Loan Documents to Revolving Credit Loans shall be deemed, unless the context otherwise requires, to include references to Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the Additional Currency
Tranche. 
 2.6 Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement. Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated to read as follows: 
 Section 2.9. LIBOR Successor Rate. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Parent Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the
case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Parent Borrower) that the Parent Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: 

(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR with respect to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars
for any Interest Period hereunder or any other tenors of LIBOR or with respect to LIBOR Floating Rate Loans for terms equal to one (1) month, including, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such
circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or 
 (ii) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or such administrator has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available with respect to deposits in Dollars, or used
for determining the interest rate of loans denominated in Dollars, provided that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that will continue to provide LIBOR for use
in determining the interest rate of loans denominated in Dollars after such specific date (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or 

  
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 (iii) the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over such administrator has made a public statement announcing that interest periods of one (1) month and all other tenors of LIBOR are no longer representative with respect to LIBOR Floating Rate Loans or all Interest
Periods and other tenors of LIBOR are no longer representative with respect to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars; or 

(iv) syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this
Section 2.9, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR with respect to deposits in Dollars; 

then, in the case of clauses (i)-(iii) above, on a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent (any such date, the “LIBOR
Replacement Date”), which date shall be with respect to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars, at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and with respect to LIBOR
Floating Rate Loans, on the relevant interest payment date for interest calculated, and shall occur within a reasonable period of time after the occurrence of any of the events or circumstances under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above and, solely
with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, LIBOR will be replaced hereunder and under any Loan Document with, subject to the proviso below, the first available alternative set forth in the order below
for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Administrative Agent, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the
“LIBOR Successor Rate”; and any such rate before giving effect to the Related Adjustment, the “Pre-Adjustment Successor Rate”): 

(x) Term SOFR plus the Related Adjustment; and 

(y) SOFR plus the Related Adjustment; 

and in the case of clause (iv) above, the Parent Borrower and Administrative Agent may amend this Agreement solely for the
purpose of replacing LIBOR under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document in accordance with the definition of “LIBOR Successor Rate” and such amendment will become effective at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th)
Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have notified all Lenders and the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the circumstances described in clause (iv) above unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have
delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to the implementation of a LIBOR Successor Rate pursuant to such clause; 

  
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 provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines that Term SOFR
has become available, is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and would have been identified as the Pre-Adjustment Successor Rate in accordance with the foregoing if it had been so available
at the time that the LIBOR Successor Rate then in effect was so identified, and the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent Borrower (and in the case of LIBOR Floating Rate Loans only, the Parent Borrower provides written consent) and each Lender
of such availability, then from and after with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, the beginning of the Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated and with respect to LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, the relevant
interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, in each case, commencing no less than thirty (30) days after the date of such notice, the Pre-Adjustment Successor Rate shall be Term SOFR
and the LIBOR Successor Rate shall be Term SOFR plus the relevant Related Adjustment. 
 The Administrative Agent will
promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Parent Borrower and each Lender of (x) any occurrence of any of the events, periods or circumstances under clauses (i) through (iii) above, (y) a LIBOR Replacement Date and (z) the
LIBOR Successor Rate. 
 Any 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 Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. 

Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any LIBOR Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than
zero, the LIBOR Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. 

In connection with the implementation of a LIBOR Successor Rate, the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes to
the Parent Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective. 
 If the events or
circumstances of the type described in Section 2.9(a)(i)-(iii) have occurred with respect to the LIBOR Successor Rate then in effect, then the successor rate thereto shall be determined in accordance with the definition of
“LIBOR Successor Rate.” 
 (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) after any such
determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of any such notice described under Section 2.9(a)(i)-(iii), as applicable, if the Administrative Agent determines that none of the LIBOR
Successor Rates is available on or prior to the LIBOR Replacement Date, (ii) if the events or circumstances described in Section 2.9(a)(iv) have occurred but none of the LIBOR Successor Rates is available, or
(iii) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.9(a)(i)-(iii) have 

  
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occurred with respect to the LIBOR Successor Rate then in effect and the Administrative Agent determines that none of the LIBOR Successor Rates is available, then in each case, the Administrative
Agent and the Parent Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing LIBOR or any then current LIBOR Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 2.9 with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, at the end of
any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, and with respect to LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, at the end of any relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated,
as applicable, with another alternate benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks and, in each case, including any
Related Adjustments and any other mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar 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 Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated. For the avoidance of doubt, any
such proposed rate and adjustments shall constitute a LIBOR Successor Rate. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed
amendment to all Lenders and the Parent Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment. 

(c) If, with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period
for interest calculated, and with respect to LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, at the end of any relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with clauses (a) or
(b) of this Section 2.9 and the circumstances under clauses (a)(i) or (a)(iii) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify
the Parent Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Loans based on LIBOR shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Loans, Interest Periods, interest payment dates or payment periods),
and (y) the Eurocurrency Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Base Rate, until the LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with clauses (a) or (b). Upon receipt of such notice, the Parent Borrower
may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Loans, Interest Periods, interest payment dates or payment periods) or LIBOR Floating Rate Loans (to
the extent of the affected LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, interest payment dates or payment periods), as applicable, or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans under the same
facility as that requested (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein (and, in the case of a request for a loan denominated in a LIBOR Quoted Currency other than Dollars, such Base Rate Loans shall be the Dollar Equivalent
of the requested loan amount determined based on the applicable Spot Rate in effect two Business Days immediately prior to the date of the requested funding). 

  
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 (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Parent Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to
the Parent Borrower) that the Parent Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: 
 (i) adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Applicable Reference Rate for an Applicable Currency for any requested Interest Period, including, without limitation, because the Screen Rate for such Applicable Currency is not available or
published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or 
 (ii) the administrator of the Screen
Rate for an Applicable Currency or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Applicable Reference Rate for an Applicable Currency or the Screen
Rate for an Applicable Currency shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans denominated in such Applicable Currency, provided that, in each case, at the time of such statement, there is no successor
administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that will continue to provide the Applicable Reference Rate for such Applicable Currency after such specific date (such specific date, the “Applicable Scheduled Unavailability
Date”); or 
 (iii) syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in
this Section 2.9, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the Applicable Reference Rate for an Applicable Currency, 

then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, as
applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Applicable Reference Rate for the Applicable Currency in accordance with this Section 2.9 with
another alternate benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar syndicated credit facilities syndicated in the U.S. and denominated in the Applicable Currency 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 syndicated credit facilities syndicated in the U.S. and denominated in the Applicable
Currency for such benchmarks, each of which adjustments or methods for calculating such adjustments shall be published on one or more information services as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may
be periodically updated (each, an “Adjustment;” and any such proposed rate, a “Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative
Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Parent Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to
such amendment. 

  
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Such Successor Rate for the Applicable Currency shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively
feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate for such Applicable Currency shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. 

If no Successor Rate has been determined for the Applicable Currency and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or
the Applicable Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Parent Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans in each
such Applicable Currency shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Loans or Interest Periods). Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Parent Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurocurrency Loans in each such affected Applicable Currency (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted each such request into a request for a Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding affected Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, at the Parent Borrower’s election, shall either
(1) be converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such outstanding Eurocurrency Loan at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (2) be prepaid at the end of the
applicable Interest Period in full; provided that if no election is made by the Parent Borrower by the earlier of (x) the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Parent Borrower of such notice and (y) the last
day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Eurocurrency Loan, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (1) above. 

Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of a Successor Rate for any currency shall provide that in no event shall
such Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement. 
 In connection with the implementation of a Successor
Rate for any currency (other than Dollars), the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Successor Rate Conforming Changes with respect to such currency from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, any amendments implementing such 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
Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Successor Conforming Changes for the Applicable Currency to the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective. 

  
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 2.7 Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement. Section 2.10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 Section 2.10. Increased Costs,
Illegality, Etc. 
 (a) In the event that (w) in the case of
clause (i)(A), (B) and (C) below, the Administrative Agent, (x) in the case of clause (i)(D) below, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders,
(y) in the case of clauses (ii) below, the Required Term A-1 Lenders (with respect to Term A-1 Loans), the Required Term A-2 Lenders (with respect to Term A-2 Loans) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (with respect to Revolving Credit Commitments) and (z) in the case of clause
(iii) below, any Lender, shall have reasonably determined (in each case, which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto): 

(i) on any date for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period or for determining the LIBOR Daily Floating Rate
for any applicable term, as applicable, that (A) deposits in the principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans or such Borrowing of or existing LIBOR Floating Rate Loans are not generally
available in the relevant market, (B) (x) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate” or “LIBOR Daily Floating
Rate”, as applicable, and (y) (1) in the case of a Loan denominated in Dollars, the circumstances described in Section 2.9(a) do not apply and (2) in the case of a Loan denominated in a currency other
than Dollars, the circumstances described in Section 2.9(d) do not apply, (C) a fundamental change has occurred in the foreign exchange or interbank markets with respect to such Alternative Currency (including, without
limitation, changes in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls) or (D) for any reason the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to such
proposed Eurocurrency Committed Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan; or 

(ii) at any time, that such Lenders shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts received or receivable hereunder
with respect to any Loans (including any increased costs or reductions attributable to Taxes, other than any increase or reduction attributable to (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the
definition of Excluded Taxes or (C) Connection Income Taxes) because of any Change in Law; or 
 (iii) in good faith
that any law, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (in each case whether or not having the force of law) has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending
Office to perform any of its obligations hereunder or make, maintain or fund or charge interest with respect to any Loan or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material
restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market; 

  
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 (such Loans, “Impacted Loans”), then, and in any such event, such Lender,
Required Lenders, Required Term A-1 Lenders, Required Term A-2 Lenders or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of
clause (i)(A), (B) or (C) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above, (1) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Committed Loans in the
affected currencies or to make or maintain LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency Loans, LIBOR Floating Rate Loans or Interest Periods) and (2) in the event of such a
determination with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until such time as the Administrative Agent (or, in the
case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (i)(D) above, until the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) notifies the Parent Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to
such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and upon receipt of such notice, (I) the Parent Borrower may revoke any pending
request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Committed Loans in the affected currency or currencies (to the extent of the affected Eurocurrency 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 denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount specified therein and (II)(A) any outstanding affected Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars will be deemed to
have been converted into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period and (B) any outstanding affected Eurocurrency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, at the Parent Borrower’s election, shall either (1) be
converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such outstanding Eurocurrency Loan at the end of the applicable Interest Period or (2) be prepaid at the end of the applicable
Interest Period in full; provided that if no election is made by the Parent Borrower by the earlier of (x) the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Parent Borrower of such notice and (y) the last day of the
current Interest Period for the applicable Eurocurrency Loan, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (1) above, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall pay to such Required
Term A-1 Lenders, Required Term A-2 or Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, promptly after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts (in
the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lenders in their reasonable discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lenders for such actual increased costs or
reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lenders, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Parent Borrower
by such Lenders shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), and (z) in the case of clause (iii) above, (1) the obligation of such Lender to make,
maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to any affected Eurocurrency Loans or LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, to continue any affected Eurocurrency Loans or, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans in Dollars, to convert Base Rate Loans or LIBOR
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Committed Loans to LIBOR Floating Rate Loans shall be suspended and (2) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which
is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to
the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist and the Borrowers shall take the
actions specified in clause (x) or (y), as applicable, of Section 2.10(b) promptly and, in any event, within the time period required by law. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in
Section 2.10(a)(i)(A), the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Parent Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans, in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall
apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (A) of
Section 2.10(a)(i), (2) the Administrative Agent or the affected Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to
make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the
authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower written notice thereof. 

(b) At any time that any Eurocurrency Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan is affected by the circumstances described in
Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Parent Borrower may (and in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) (x) if a Committed Loan Notice with
respect to an affected Eurocurrency Committed Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan has been submitted pursuant to Section 2.2 but the affected Eurocurrency Committed Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan has not been funded
or continued, cancel such requested Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Parent Borrower was notified by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if
an affected Eurocurrency Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice (or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan)
to the Administrative Agent, prepay or, if any such Eurocurrency Committed Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan is denominated in Dollars, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurocurrency Committed Loan or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan
denominated in Dollars into a Base Rate Loan (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of
the Base Rate); provided that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b). Upon any such prepayment or conversion,
the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. 

  
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 (c) If any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer determines that any Change in
Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity of such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or compliance by any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s parent with
any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the actual rate of return on such Lender’s, such Letter of Credit Issuer’s or such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s
parent’s or Affiliate’s capital or assets as a consequence of this Agreement, such Lender’s commitments, Loans, participations in Letters of Credit or other obligations hereunder or the Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of
Credit Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender, such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s parent or Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such
Lender’s or such Letter of Credit Issuer’s policies or the policies of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s parent or Affiliate with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after written
demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Parent Borrower shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or its parent or Affiliate, as the case may be, such actual
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s parent for such actual reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, no Lender or Letter of Credit
Issuer shall seek compensation under this Section 2.10(c) based on the occurrence of a Change in Law unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer (in such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s reasonable
determination) is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the unsecured REIT loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers (but not necessarily all
such borrowers) having provisions similar to this Section 2.10(c); provided that in no event shall any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer be required to disclose information of other customers. Each Lender, upon
determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Parent Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the
calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish the Borrowers’ obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice. 
 (d) Additional Reserve Requirements. The
Parent Borrower shall pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds
or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Loan and/or LIBOR Floating Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by
such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive) and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central
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funding of the Eurocurrency Loans and/or LIBOR Floating Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal
places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which in each case, shall be due and payable on each date on which interest
is payable on such Loan, provided the Parent Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days
prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice. 

(e) Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.10 shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, termination of this Agreement and the Commitments and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. 

2.8 Section 8.10 of the Credit Agreement. Clause (x) of Section 8.10 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 (x) as and to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent the items referenced in Sections 7.1(e) through (i) with respect to each such Subsidiary, 

2.9 Section 12.1 of the Credit Agreement. Clause (y) of the second proviso to Section 12.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 (y) amend or waive, or consent to any departure from, the definitions
of “Adjustment”, “Applicable Reference Rate”, “Applicable Scheduled Unavailability Date”, “BBSY”, “BKBM”, “EURIBOR”, “ISDA Definitions”, “LIBOR”, “LIBOR Replacement
Date”, “LIBOR Screen Rate”, “LIBOR Successor Rate”, “LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes”, “Pre-Adjustment Successor Rate”, “Related Adjustment”,
“Relevant Governmental Body”, “Screen Rate”, “Successor Rate”, “Successor Rate Conforming Changes”, “SOFR”, “Term SOFR” or “Scheduled Unavailability Date” or the provisions of
Section 2.9; 
 2.10 Schedule 1.1A to the Credit Agreement. Schedule 1.1A to the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by replacing such schedule in its entirety with the Schedule 1.1A attached hereto as Annex II. 
 SECTION
3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the first date (such date being referred to herein as the “Third Amendment Effective Date”) on which all of the following
conditions precedent have been satisfied or waived in writing: 
 3.1 the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of
this Amendment duly executed by each of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders; 
 3.2 the Borrower shall
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 3.3 no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Third
Amendment Effective Date or would (giving effect to this Amendment) result from the Incremental Revolving Increase; 
 3.4 before and
after giving effect to the Incremental Revolving Increase (giving effect to this Amendment), each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of any Group Member in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all
material respects (or, if qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) on the Third Amendment Effective Date (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date and except that for purposes this Amendment, the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6.1(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Sections 8.1(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement, respectively);

 3.5 the Parent Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Third
Amendment Effective Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (x) (1) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to the Incremental Revolving Increase or (2) certifying that,
as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the resolutions delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date, which include approval to increase the maximum aggregate principal amount of all commitments and outstanding loans under this
Agreement to an amount at least equal to the Dollar Equivalent of $2,000,000,000, are and remain in full force and effect and have not been modified, rescinded or superseded since the date of adoption (in each case except in the case of an NZ Loan
Party where such certificate shall be given by a director thereof and shall confirm that the necessary resolutions have been passed and remain in full force and effect), and (y) in the case of the Parent Borrower, certifying to the
Administrative Agent that the conditions in clauses 3.3 and 3.4 above have been satisfied; 
 3.6 upon the reasonable request of any
Lender made at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowers shall have provided to such Lender, and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested
in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, in each case at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date; and 
 3.7 all fees required to be paid by the Parent Borrower in order for this
Amendment to become effective shall have been paid. 
 SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Each of the
Loan Parties reaffirms and restates the representations and warranties made by it in or pursuant to the Loan Documents, in each case, after giving effect to the amendments to the Credit Agreement contemplated by this Amendment, and all such
representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Amendment as if made on and as of such date (except where such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case such

  
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representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (or, if qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) as of such earlier date).
Each of the Loan Parties additionally represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery hereof) to the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders that: 

(a) it has the corporate, limited liability or limited partnership, as applicable, power and authority, and the legal right, to
enter into and perform this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby; 

(b) no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, except consents, authorizations, filings and notices that have been obtained or
made and are in full force and effect; 
 (c) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan
Party, and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law); 

(d) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and 

(e) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents, the borrowings hereunder and the
use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Material Contract or any Governing Document of any Loan Party and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties
or revenues pursuant to any such Material Contract (other than the Liens created by the Collateral Documents). 
 SECTION 5.
Affirmation of Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby approves and consents to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and agrees and affirms that its guarantee of the Obligations continues to be in full force and
effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall apply to the Credit Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents, as such are amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their
terms. 
 SECTION 6. Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its
reasonable and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment to the extent required under Section 12.5 of the Credit Agreement. 

  
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 SECTION 7. Ratification. 

(a) The Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified
and affirmed by the Loan Parties. Each of the Loan Parties hereby reaffirms and admits the validity and enforceability of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and the other Loan Documents. 

(b) This Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and, except as expressly provided herein, shall not be deemed (i) to be a consent
granted pursuant to, or a waiver, modification or forbearance of, any term or condition of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the instruments or agreements referred to in any thereof or a waiver of any Default or Event of
Default, whether or not known to the Administrative Agent, any of the Letter of Credit Issuers or any of the Lenders, or (ii) to prejudice any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent, any of the Letter of Credit Issuers or any of the
Lenders may now have or have in the future against any Person under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein or any of the transactions contemplated thereby. 

SECTION 8. Modifications. Neither this Amendment, nor any provision hereof, may be waived, amended or modified
except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the parties hereto. 
 SECTION 9.
References. The Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that this Amendment constitutes a Loan Document. Each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,”
“herein,” or words of like import, and each reference in each other Loan Document (and the other documents and instruments delivered pursuant to or in connection therewith) to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”,
“thereof” or words of like import, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby and as each may in the future be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time. 

SECTION 10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any
number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by email or facsimile transmission
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. This Amendment may be executed using Electronic Signatures in accordance with Section 12.19 of the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under
this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Administrative Agent of a manually signed paper hereof which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into .pdf format), or an electronically signed
communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature of any other party hereto shall, as promptly as practicable, be
followed by a manually executed counterpart thereof. 
 SECTION 11. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of
this Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. 

  
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 SECTION 12. Severability. If any provision of this Amendment is
prohibited, illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, (a) such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and
any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. 

SECTION 13. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT, THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, AND ANY
CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. (EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK). 
 SECTION 14. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are
included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment or any other Loan Document. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and
the Administrative Agent have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	AMERICOLD REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Marc J. Smernoff

		 	Name: Marc J. Smernoff
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	NOVA COLD LOGISTICS ULC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Marc J. Smernoff

		 	Name: Marc J. Smernoff
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	
	AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Marc J. Smernoff

		 	Name: Marc J. Smernoff
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	AMERICOLD AUSTRALIAN HOLDINGS PTY LTD. ACN 117 491 291 in accordance with section 127(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Australia
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard Charles Winnall

		 	Name: Richard Charles Winnall
		 	Title: Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James Conrad Snyder

		 	Name: James Conrad Snyder
		 	Title: Director
	
	ICECAP PROPERTIES NZ LIMITED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard Charles Winnall

		 	Name: Richard Charles Winnall
		 	Title: Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James Conrad Snyder

		 	Name: James Conrad Snyder
		 	Title: Director and Secretary

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	 AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC

AMERICOLD REALTY OPERATIONS, INC.
 AMERICOLD REAL
ESTATE, L.P.
 AMERICOLD TRS PARENT, LLC
 ART
AL HOLDING LLC
 CHAMBERSBURG COLD STORAGE LIMITED

    PARTNERSHIP
 LANIER COLD
STORAGE, LLC
 MHW GROUP AT PERRYVILLE, LLC

SAVANNAH COLD STORAGE, LLC
 VERSACOLD USA
LLC

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Marc J. Smernoff

		 	Name: Marc J. Smernoff
		 	Title: Chief Financial Officer

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

as Administrative Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Gavin Shak

		 	Name: Gavin Shak
		 	Title: Assistant Vice President

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

as a Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Cory Lewis

		 	Name: Cory Lewis
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.,
 as
a Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brian Smolowitz

		 	Name: Brian Smolowitz
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Tina Lin

		 	Name: Tina Lin
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Brian Gross

		 	Name: Brian Gross
		 	Title: Authorized Signatory

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	COOPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michalene Donegah

		 	Name: Michalene Donegah
		 	Title: Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Hunter Odom

		 	Name: Hunter Odom
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Signature Page to Third Amendment to Americold Credit Agreement] 

 
			
	TRUIST BANK, formerly known as Branch Banking and Trust Company and successor by merger to SunTrust Bank, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ryan Almond

		 	Name: Ryan Almond
		 	Title:   Director

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	BBVA USA, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Don Byerly

		 	Name: Don Byerly
		 	Title:   Executive Vice President

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	RAYMOND JAMES BANK FSB, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matt Stein

		 	Name: Matt Stein
		 	Title:   Senior Vice President

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	CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank Kaplan

		 	Name: Frank Kaplan
		 	Title:   Vice President

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	GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Rebecca Kratz

		 	Name: Rebecca Kratz
		 	Title:   Authorized Signatory

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	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael King

		 	Name: Michael King
		 	Title:   Authorized Signatory

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	REGIONS BANK, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nicholas R. Frerman

		 	Name: Nicholas R. Frerman
		 	Title:   Executive Vice President

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	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Lori Y. Jensen

		 	Name: Lori Y. Jensen
		 	Title:   Senior Vice President

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	AGCOUNTRY FARM CREDIT SERVICES FLCA, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Warren Shoen

		 	Name: Warren Shoen
		 	Title:   Senior Vice President

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	COMPEER FINANCIAL, PCA, as a Lender 
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Graham J. Dee

		 	Name: Graham J. Dee
		 	Title:   Director, Capital Markets

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 ANNEX I TO THIRD AMENDMENT 

Allocation of the Prepayment 
  

					
	 Term Lender
	  	Prepayment Amount	 
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	$	17,941,176.45	 
	 Citibank, N.A.
	  	$	17,941,176.47	 
	 Royal Bank of Canada
	  	$	17,941,176.47	 
	 Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch
	  	$	15,529,411.77	 
	 Truist Bank
	  	$	15,529,411.77	 
	 BBVA USA
	  	$	7,411,764.71	 
	 Raymond James Bank FSB
	  	$	5,764,705.88	 
	 Citizens Bank, National Association
	  	$	13,176,470.59	 
	 Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC
	  	$	13,176,470.59	 
	 Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
	  	$	13,176,470.59	 
	 Regions Bank
	  	$	13,176,470.59	 
	 U.S. Bank National Association
	  	$	13,176,470.59	 
	 AgCountry Farm Credit Services FLCA
	  	$	11,411,764.71	 
	 Compeer Financial, PCA
	  	$	24,647,058.82	 
		  	  
	  
	 
	 Total
	  	$	200,000,000.00	 
		  	  
	  
	 

  
 Annex I 

 ANNEX II TO THIRD AMENDMENT 

Schedule 1.1A 

Commitments, Applicable Percentages and Sublimits 

Revolving Credit Commitments 
  

																													
	 Lender
	  	Dollar Tranche
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage/
Revolving Credit
Commitment
Percentage (Dollar
Tranche)	 	 	Alternative
Currency
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage/
Revolving Credit
Commitment
Percentage
(Alternative
Currency Tranche)	 	 	Revolving Credit
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage/
Revolving Credit
Commitment
Percentage
(Total Revolving
Credit
Commitment)	 	 	Letter of Credit
Sublimit	 
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	 	$	54,000,000.00	 	  	 	10.800000000	% 	 	$	93,000,000.00	 	  	 	9.300000000	% 	 	$	15,000,000.00	 
	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	 	$	54,000,000.00	 	  	 	10.800000000	% 	 	$	93,000,000.00	 	  	 	9.300000000	% 	 	$	15,000,000.00	 
	 Citibank, N.A.
	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	 	$	54,000,000.00	 	  	 	10.800000000	% 	 	$	93,000,000.00	 	  	 	9.300000000	% 	 	$	15,000,000.00	 
	 Royal Bank of Canada
	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	 	$	54,000,000.00	 	  	 	10.800000000	% 	 	$	93,000,000.00	 	  	 	9.300000000	% 	 	$	15,000,000.00	 
	 Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch
	  	$	33,750,000.00	 	  	 	6.750000000	% 	 	$	45,500,000.00	 	  	 	9.100000000	% 	 	$	79,250,000.00	 	  	 	7.925000000	% 	 	 	N/A	 
	 Truist Bank
	  	$	50,500,000.00	 	  	 	10.100000000	% 	 	$	28,750,000.00	 	  	 	5.750000000	% 	 	$	79,250,000.00	 	  	 	7.925000000	% 	 	 	N/A	 
	 Citizens Bank, National Association
	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	5.800000000	% 	 	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	 	$	68,000,000.00	 	  	 	6.800000000	% 	 	 	N/A	 

  
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	 Lender
	  	Dollar Tranche
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage/
Revolving Credit
Commitment
Percentage (Dollar
Tranche)	 	  	Alternative
Currency
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage/
Revolving Credit
Commitment
Percentage
(Alternative
Currency Tranche)	 	  	Revolving Credit
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage/
Revolving Credit
Commitment
Percentage
(Total Revolving
Credit
Commitment)	 	  	 Letter of Credit
Sublimit

	 Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC
	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	5.800000000	% 	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	  	$	68,000,000.00	 	  	 	6.800000000	% 	  	N/A
	 Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	5.800000000	% 	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	  	$	68,000,000.00	 	  	 	6.800000000	% 	  	N/A
	 Regions Bank
	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	5.800000000	% 	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	  	$	68,000,000.00	 	  	 	6.800000000	% 	  	N/A
	 U.S. Bank National Association
	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	5.800000000	% 	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	7.800000000	% 	  	$	68,000,000.00	 	  	 	6.800000000	% 	  	N/A
	 BBVA USA
	  	$	24,250,000.00	 	  	 	4.850000000	% 	  	$	14,750,000.00	 	  	 	2.950000000	% 	  	$	39,000,000.00	 	  	 	3.900000000	% 	  	N/A
	 AgCountry Farm Credit Services FLCA
	  	$	35,750,000.00	 	  	 	7.150000000	% 	  	$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 	  	$	35,750,000.00	 	  	 	3.575000000	% 	  	N/A
	 Raymond James Bank FSB
	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	5.800000000	% 	  	$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 	  	$	29,000,000.00	 	  	 	2.900000000	% 	  	N/A
	 Compeer Financial, PCA
	  	$	25,750,000.00	 	  	 	5.150000000	% 	  	$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 	  	$	25,750,000.00	 	  	 	2.575000000	% 	  	N/A
		  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  

	 Total
	  	$	500,000,000.00	 	  	 	100.000000000	% 	  	$	500,000,000.00	 	  	 	100.000000000	% 	  	$	1,000,000,000.00	 	  	 	100.000000000	% 	  	$60,000,000.00
		  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	  	  

  
 Annex II 

 Term Commitments 

 

																	
	 Lender
	  	Term A-1
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage
(Term A-1
Loan Facility)	 	 	Term A-2
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage
(Term A-2
Loan Facility)	 
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  	$	11,213,235.29	 	  	 	8.970588232	% 	 	C$	24,920,197.34	 	  	 	9.968078936	% 
	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	  	$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 	 	C$	24,920,197.34	 	  	 	9.968078936	% 
	 Citibank, N.A.
	  	$	11,213,235.29	 	  	 	8.970588232	% 	 	C$	24,920,197.33	 	  	 	9.968078932	% 
	 Royal Bank of Canada
	  	$	11,213,235.29	 	  	 	8.970588232	% 	 	C$	24,920,197.33	 	  	 	9.968078932	% 
	 Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., New York Branch
	  	$	9,705,882.35	 	  	 	7.764705880	% 	 	C$	20,313,406.85	 	  	 	8.125362740	% 
	 Truist Bank
	  	$	9,705,882.35	 	  	 	7.764705880	% 	 	C$	20,313,406.85	 	  	 	8.125362740	% 
	 Citizens Bank, National Association
	  	$	8,235,294.12	 	  	 	6.588235296	% 	 	C$	18,282,066.16	 	  	 	7.312826464	% 
	 Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC
	  	$	8,235,294.12	 	  	 	6.588235296	% 	 	C$	18,282,066.16	 	  	 	7.312826464	% 

  
 Annex II 

																	
	 Lender
	  	Term A-1
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage
(Term A-1 Loan
Facility)	 	 	Term A-2
Commitment	 	  	Applicable
Percentage
(Term A-2 Loan
Facility)	 
	 Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.
	  	$	8,235,294.12	 	  	 	6.588235296	% 	 	C$	18,282,066.16	 	  	 	7.312826464	% 
	 Regions Bank
	  	$	8,235,294.12	 	  	 	6.588235296	% 	 	C$	18,282,066.16	 	  	 	7.312826464	% 
	 U.S. Bank National Association
	  	$	8,235,294.12	 	  	 	6.588235296	% 	 	C$	18,282,066.16	 	  	 	7.312826464	% 
	 BBVA USA
	  	$	4,632,352.94	 	  	 	3.705882352	% 	 	C$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 
	 AgCountry Farm Credit Services FLCA
	  	$	7,132,352.94	 	  	 	5.705882352	% 	 	C$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 
	 Raymond James Bank FSB
	  	$	3,602,941.18	 	  	 	2.882352944	% 	 	C$	18,282,066.16	 	  	 	7.312826464	% 
	 Compeer Financial, PCA
	  	$	15,404,411.77	 	  	 	12.323529416	% 	 	C$	0.00	 	  	 	0.000000000	% 
		  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 
	 Total
	  	$	125,000,000.00	 	  	 	100.000000000	% 	 	C$	250,000,000.00	 	  	 	100.000000000	% 
		  	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 	 	  
	  
	 	  	  
	  
	 

  
 Annex IIDocument

Exhibit 10.41

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

EFFECTIVE DATE
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

    

ARTICLE I
Establishment and Purpose

Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), establishes the Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) effective September 1, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) and as amended November 11, 2020.  
The purpose of the Plan is to attract and retain key employees by providing Participants with an opportunity to defer receipt of a portion of their Salary, Bonus, Commissions and/or other specified compensation.  The Plan is not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Code Section 401(a), but is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, and shall be operated and interpreted consistent with that intent.
The Plan constitutes an unsecured promise by each Participating Employer to pay benefits in the future.  Participants in the Plan shall have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Company or the Adopting Employers, as applicable.  Each Participating Employer shall be solely responsible for payment of the benefits of its Participants and their beneficiaries.  The Plan is unfunded for federal tax purposes, and is intended to be an unfunded arrangement for eligible employees who are part of a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Employer within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.  Accordingly, the Plan is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided in Sections 201, 301, and 401 of ERISA.  Any amounts set aside to defray the liabilities assumed by the Company or an Adopting Employer will remain the general assets of the Company or the Adopting Employers, and shall remain subject to the claims of the Company’s or the Adopting Employers’ creditors, until such amounts are distributed to the Participants.
ARTICLE II
Definitions

2.1    Account.  Account means a bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee to record the payment obligation of a Participating Employer to a Participant as determined under the terms of the Plan.  The Committee may maintain an Account to record the total obligation to a Participant, and component Accounts to reflect amounts payable at different times and in different forms.  Reference to an Account means any such Account established by the Committee, as the context requires.  Each Account is intended to constitute an unfunded obligation within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
2.2    Account Balance.  Account Balance means, with respect to any Account, the total payment obligation owed to a Participant from such Account as of the most recent Valuation Date.

    

2.3    Adopting Employer.  Adopting Employer means an Affiliate who, with the consent of the Company, has adopted the Plan for the benefit of its Eligible Employees.
2.4    Affiliate.  Affiliate means any corporation, trade or business that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Code Section 414(b) or (c).
2.5    Bonus.  Bonus means any cash compensation (including any amounts that are denominated in dollars that the Committee determines will be awarded as fully vested shares rather than cash), in addition to Salary and Commissions, for services performed by a Participant for a Service Recipient during the applicable Plan Year (or applicable Plan Years or Fiscal Year(s), as the case may be), whether or not paid in such Plan Year (or Fiscal Year) or included on the federal income tax form W-2 for such year (or years), payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer’s annual, semi-annual, or quarterly bonus plans or short-term cash incentive plans, excluding any amounts that may be payable with respect to any long-term incentive plans, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and/or restricted stock units.  Bonus shall be calculated before any reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to any qualified or nonqualified plans of any Employer, other than any cafeteria plan of any Employer maintained pursuant to Code Section 125.  The Committee, in its discretion, will specify the types of bonuses that may be deferred under the Plan.  
2.6    Beneficiary.  Beneficiary means a natural person, estate, or trust designated by a Participant to receive payments to which a Beneficiary is entitled upon the death of a Participant in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
2.7    Board of Directors.  Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company.
2.8    Business Day.  Business Day means each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.
2.9    Change in Control.  Change in Control means the occurrence of a “change in the ownership,” a “change in the effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of a corporation, as determined in accordance with this Section.  In order for an event described below to constitute a Change in Control with respect to a Participant, except as otherwise provided in part (b)(ii) of this Section, the applicable event must relate to the corporation for which the Participant is providing services, the corporation that is liable for payment of the Participant’s Account Balance (or all corporations liable for payment if more than one), as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)(2), or such other corporation as is determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)(3).
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In determining whether an event shall be considered a “change in the ownership,” a “change in the effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of a corporation, the following provisions shall apply:
(a)    A “change in the ownership” of the applicable corporation shall occur on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of such corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(v).  If a person or group is considered either to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation, or to have effective control of such corporation within the meaning of part (b) of this Section, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a “change in the ownership” of such corporation.
(b)    A “change in the effective control” of the applicable corporation shall occur on either of the following dates:
(i)    The date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of such corporation possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi).  If a person or group is considered to possess 30% or more of the total voting power of the stock of a corporation, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a “change in the effective control” of such corporation; or
(ii)    The date on which a majority of the members of the applicable corporation’s board of directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such corporation’s board of directors before the date of the appointment or election, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi).  In determining whether the event described in the preceding sentence has occurred, the applicable corporation to which the event must relate shall only include a corporation identified in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii) for which no other corporation is a majority shareholder. 
(c)    A “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the applicable corporation shall occur on the date on which any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 
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12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii).  A transfer of assets shall not be treated as a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” when such transfer is made to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the transferor corporation, as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(B).
(d)    The determination of whether an event constitutes a Change in Control shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5).
2.10    Change in Control Benefit.  Change in Control Benefit means the benefit payable in a single lump sum to a Participant in the event such Participant experiences a Separation from Service within one year following a Change in Control, as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.
2.11    Claimant.  Claimant means a Participant or Beneficiary filing a claim under Article XII of this Plan.
2.12    Code.  Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.  Reference to a specific section of the Code shall include such section, any valid regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing, or superseding such section or regulation 
2.13    Code Section 409A.  Code Section 409A means Section 409A of the Code, and regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service thereunder.
2.14    Commissions. Commissions means any compensation (including quarterly sales incentives) in addition to Salary and Bonus, for services performed during any applicable Plan Year (or Fiscal Year, as the case may be), whether or not paid in such Plan Year (or Fiscal Year) or included on the federal income tax form W2 for such year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer's commission or sales incentive agreement.
2.15    Committee. Committee means the committee appointed by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan.  If no designation is made, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or his or her delegate, shall have the powers of the Committee.  
2.16    Company.  Company means Lions Gate Entertainment Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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2.17    Compensation.  Compensation means a Participant’s Salary, Bonus, Commissions, and such other cash compensation (if any) approved by the Committee as Compensation that may be deferred under this Plan.  Compensation shall not include any compensation that has been previously deferred under this Plan or any other arrangement subject to Code Section 409A.
2.18    Compensation Committee.  Compensation Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
2.19    Compensation Deferral Agreement. Compensation Deferral Agreement means an agreement between a Participant and a Participating Employer that specifies: (a) the amount of each component of Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, and (b) the Payment Schedule applicable to one or more Accounts.  The Committee may permit different deferral amounts for each component of Compensation and may establish a maximum deferral amount for each such component.  A Compensation Deferral Agreement may also specify the investment allocation described in Section 8.4.
2.20    Death Benefit.  Death Benefit means the benefit payable in a single lump sum under the Plan to a Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) upon the Participant’s death as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.
2.21    Deferral.  Deferral means a credit to a Participant’s Account(s) that records that portion of the Participant’s Compensation that the Participant has elected to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article IV.  Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates otherwise, a reference to Deferrals includes Earnings attributable to such Deferrals.  Except as otherwise specified in the Plan, Deferrals shall be calculated with respect to the gross cash Compensation payable to the Participant prior to any deductions or withholdings.  Notwithstanding any contrary Plan provision, Deferrals shall be reduced by the Committee as necessary so that they do not exceed 100% of the cash Compensation of the Participant remaining after deduction of all applicable tax withholdings and other deductions required by applicable law.
2.22    Director.  Director means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.23    Disability Benefit.  Disability Benefit means the benefit payable in a single lump sum to a Participant in the event such Participant is determined to be Disabled as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.
2.24    Disabled or Disability.  Disabled or Disability means that a Participant is, by reason of any medically-determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months: (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity, or (b) receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s 
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Employer.  The Committee shall determine whether a Participant is Disabled in accordance with Code Section 409A, provided, however, that a Participant shall be deemed to be Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.  The determination of whether a Participant is Disabled shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(4).
2.25    Discretionary Contribution.  Discretionary Contribution means a credit by a Participating Employer to a Participant’s Account(s) in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1 of the Plan.  Discretionary Contributions are credited at the sole discretion of the Participating Employer, and the fact that a Discretionary Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating Employer to continue to make such Discretionary Contributions in subsequent years.  A Discretionary Contribution may be made to one or more Participants, and the amount contributed to each such Participant may differ.  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference to a Discretionary Contribution shall include Earnings attributable to such a contribution.
2.26    Earnings.  Earnings mean a positive or negative adjustment to the value of an Account, based upon the allocation of the Account by the Participant among deemed investment options in accordance with Article VIII.
2.27    Eligible Employee.  Eligible Employee means a member of a “select group of management or highly compensated employees” of a Participating Employer within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, as determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion, who meets eligibility requirements set by the Committee for participation in the Plan.
2.28    Employee.  Employee means a common-law employee of an Employer.
2.29    Employer.  Employer means, with respect to Employees it employs, the Company or any Adopting Employer.  
2.30    ERISA.  ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.  Reference to a specific section of ERISA shall include such section, any valid regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing, or superseding such section or regulation.
2.31    Fiscal Year.  Fiscal Year means the Company’s fiscal year.
2.32    Fiscal Year Compensation.  Fiscal Year Compensation means any Bonus, Commissions or other Compensation relating to a period of service coextensive with one or more consecutive Fiscal Years, of which no amount is paid or payable during the Fiscal Year or Fiscal Years constituting the period of service to which such Compensation relates.  Compensation is Fiscal Year Compensation only if it qualifies as fiscal year compensation under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(6).  
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2.33    401(k) Plan.  401(k) Plan means the Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. 401(k) Plan, as amended from time to time.  
2.34    Participant.  Participant means an Eligible Employee who: (a) has received written notification of his or her eligibility to participate in the Plan, (b) meets all requirements specified by the Committee for participation in the Plan, and (c) is providing services to an Employer on the participation start date specified by the Committee.  A Participant’s continued participation in the Plan shall be governed by Section 3.2 of the Plan.
2.35    Participating Employer.  Participating Employer means the Company and each Adopting Employer.
2.36    Payment Schedule.  Payment Schedule means the date as of which payment of one or more benefits under the Plan will commence and the form in which payment of such benefits will be made.
2.37    Performance-Based Compensation.  Performance-Based Compensation means any Bonus or other compensation amount to the extent that it is: (a) contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria, (b) not readily ascertainable at the time the deferral election is made, and (c) based on services performed over a period of at least 12 months.  For this purpose, performance criteria are “pre-established” if they are established in writing no later than 90 days after the commencement of the service period to which the criteria relate, provided that the outcome is substantially uncertain at the time the criteria are established.  Performance-Based Compensation shall not include any Bonus or other compensation that is paid due to the Participant’s death, or because the Participant becomes Disabled, without regard to the satisfaction of the performance criteria.  Compensation is Performance-Based Compensation only if it qualifies as performance-based compensation under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(e).
2.38    Plan.  Generally, the term Plan means the “Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan” as documented herein, and as may be amended from time to time hereafter.  However, to the extent permitted or required under Code Section 409A, the term Plan may, in the appropriate context, also mean a portion of the Plan that is treated as a single plan under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(c), or the Plan or portion of the Plan and any other nonqualified deferred compensation plan or portion thereof that is treated as a single plan under such section.  
2.39    Plan Year.  For the first year, Plan Year means a period beginning on September 1, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2018, and for each subsequent year, a period beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31 of the same calendar year.  
2.40    Salary.  Salary means the Participant’s annual rate of base pay for services performed for a Service Recipient as an Employee during the applicable Plan Year, whether or not paid in such Plan Year, or included on the federal income tax form 
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W-2 for such year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, relocation expenses, payments of unused vacation days or paid-time-off days, long term or other incentive payments, non-monetary awards, other non-monetary compensation, severance pay, and automobile and other allowances paid to the Participant.  Salary shall be calculated before any reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to any qualified or nonqualified plans of any Employer, other than any cafeteria plan of any Employer maintained pursuant to Code Section 125.
2.41    Separation from Service.  
(a)    With respect to a Service Provider who is an Employee, Separation from Service means either (i) termination of the Employee’s employment with the Company and all Affiliates due to death, retirement or other reasons, or (ii) a permanent reduction in the level of bona fide services the Employee provides to the Company and all Affiliates to an amount that is 20% or less of the average level of bona fide services the Employee provided to the Company in the immediately preceding 36 months, with the level of bona fide service calculated in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii).  For purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has occurred, the definition of “Affiliate” shall be modified by substituting 50% for 80% in each place it appears in Code Section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3), for purposes of Code Section 414(b), and in each place it appears in Treas. Reg. §1.414(c)-2, for purposes of Code Section 414(c).
The Employee’s employment relationship is treated as continuing while the Employee is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence (if the period of such leave does not exceed six months or, if longer, so long as the Employee’s right to reemployment with the Company or an Affiliate is provided either by statute or contract).  If the Employee’s period of leave exceeds six months and the Employee’s right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first day immediately following the expiration of such six-month period.  Whether a termination of employment has occurred will be determined based on all of the facts and circumstances and in accordance with regulations issued by the United States Treasury Department pursuant to Code Section 409A.
(b)    If a Participant provides services for an Employer as both an Employee and a Director, to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h)(5) the services provided by such Participant as a Director shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as an Employee, and the services provided by such Participant 
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as an Employee shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as a Director. 

The determination of whether a Service Provider has had a Separation from Service shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h).
2.42    Separation from Service Account.  Separation from Service Account means one or more Accounts established by the Committee to record the amounts payable to a Participant upon Separation from Service.  
2.43    Separation from Service Benefit.  Separation from Service Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant under the Plan following the Participant’s Separation from Service as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.
2.44    Service Provider.  Service Provider means a Participant or any other “service provider,” as defined in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(f).
2.45    Service Recipient.  Service Recipient means, with respect to a Participant, the Employer and all Affiliates.  
2.46    Specified Date Account.  Specified Date Account means one or more Accounts established by the Committee to record the amounts payable at a future date as specified in the Participant’s Compensation Deferral Agreement.  The Committee may in its discretion establish a maximum number of Specified Date Accounts for Plan Participants.  A Specified Date Account may be identified in enrollment materials as an “In-Service Account,” “Short-Term Account,” “Scheduled Distributions Account” or such other name as established by the Committee without affecting the meaning thereof.  
2.47    Specified Date Benefit.  Specified Date Benefit means the benefit payable to a Participant under the Plan in accordance with Section 6.1(b).  
2.48    Specified Employee. Specified Employee means an Employee who, as of the date of his Separation from Service, is a "key employee" of the Company or any Affiliate, any stock of which is actively traded on an established securities market or otherwise. An Employee is a key employee if he meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(l)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in accordance with applicable regulations thereunder and without regard to Code Section 416(i)(5)) at any time during the 12-month period ending on the Specified Employee Identification Date. Such Employee shall be treated as a key employee for the entire 12-month period beginning on the Specified Employee Effective Date.
For purposes of determining whether an Employee is a Specified Employee, the compensation of the Employee shall be determined in accordance with the definition of compensation provided under Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)-2(d)(3) (wages within the meaning of Code section 3401(a) for purposes of 
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income tax withholding at the source, plus amounts excludible from gross income under section 125(a),· 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B),  402(k) or 457(b), without regard to rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed); provided, however, that, with respect to a nonresident alien who is not a Participant in the Plan, compensation shall not include compensation that is not includible in the gross income of the Employee under Code Section 872, 893, 894, 911, 931 and 933, provided such compensation is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.

Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph to the contrary, (i) if a different definition of compensation has been designated by the Company with respect to another nonqualified deferred compensation plan in which a key employee participates, the definition of compensation shall be the definition provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i)(2); and (ii) the Company may through action that is legally binding with respect to all nonqualified deferred compensation plans maintained by the Company, elect to use a different definition of compensation.

In the event of corporate transactions described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i)(6), the identification of Specified Employees shall be determined in accordance with the default rules described therein, unless the Employer elects to utilize the available alternative methodology through designations made within the timeframes specified therein.

2.49    Specified Employee Identification Date. Specified Employee Identification Date means December 31, unless the Employer has elected a different date through action that is legally binding with respect to all nonqualified deferred compensation plans maintained by the Employer.

Specified Employee Effective Date. Specified Employee Effective Date means the first day of the fourth month following the Specified Employee Identification Date, or such earlier date as is selected by the Committee.

2.50    Substantial Risk of Forfeiture.  Substantial Risk of Forfeiture means the description specified in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(d).
2.51    Unforeseeable Emergency.  Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)), or the Participant’s Beneficiary; loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, as a result of a natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the 
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Participant.  The types of events which may qualify as an Unforeseeable Emergency may be limited by the Committee.
The determination of whether a Participant has had an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be made in compliance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(3).
2.52    Valuation Date.  Valuation Date means each Business Day.
ARTICLE III
Eligibility and Participation

3.1    Eligibility and Participation.  The Committee shall designate the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan in its sole and absolute discretion, in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of the Plan.  The Committee’s eligibility determination shall be in writing and as determined in the discretion of the Committee, may be changed from time to time.  An Eligible Employee shall become eligible to accrue deferred compensation under the Plan or receive a Discretionary Contribution on the date such person becomes a Participant. 
3.2    Duration.  A Participant shall continue to be eligible to make Deferrals of Compensation and receive allocations of Discretionary Contributions, if any, subject to the terms of the Plan, for as long as such Participant remains an Eligible Employee or until the Committee, in its discretion, decides the Participant no longer is entitled to participate in the Plan.  A Participant who ceases to be an Eligible Employee or who no longer is entitled to participate in the Plan but who has not Separated from Service or otherwise qualified for and received (or has had a Beneficiary receive) a complete distribution of his or her Account Balance from the Plan, shall not make further Deferrals of Compensation effective as of the first day of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee.  Such individual may otherwise exercise all of the rights of a Participant under the Plan with respect to his or her Account(s).  On and after a Separation from Service, a Participant shall remain a Participant as long as his or her Account Balance is greater than zero, and during such time may continue to make investment allocation elections as provided in Section 8.4.  An individual shall cease being a Participant in the Plan when all benefits under the Plan to which he or she is entitled have been paid.
3.3    Reemployment.  If a former Eligible Employee is rehired by an Employer and is again selected as eligible to participate in the Plan, he or she shall reenter the Plan on the first day of any Plan Year commencing after the date he or she is selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.  If such individual meets the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(7) as of such reentry date, he or she will be treated as initially eligible to participate in the Plan for purposes of Section 4.2(a).  Such Eligible Employee’s reentry into the Plan shall have no impact on any 
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distributions that have been made or are being made in accordance with Article VI.  Any amounts previously forfeited from the Participant’s Accounts pursuant to this Plan shall not be restored or reinstated upon the Participant’s subsequent reentry into the Plan. 
3.4    Adoption by Affiliates.  An employee of an Affiliate may not become a Participant in the Plan unless the Affiliate has become an Adopting Employer.  An Affiliate may become an Adopting Employer only by adopting the Plan with the approval of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee (or their respective authorized delegates).  By adopting this Plan, the Adopting Employer shall be deemed to have agreed to assume the obligations and liabilities imposed upon it by this Plan, agreed to comply with all of the other terms and provisions of this Plan, delegated to the Committee the power and responsibility to administer this Plan with respect to the Adopting Employer’s Employees, and delegated to the Company (by action of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee, or their respective authorized delegates) the full power to amend or terminate this Plan with respect to the Adopting Employer’s Employees.
ARTICLE IV
Deferrals

4.1    Deferral Elections, Generally.  
(a)    A Participant may elect to make Deferrals of Compensation by submitting a Compensation Deferral Agreement during the enrollment periods established by the Committee, and in the manner specified by the Committee, but in any event, in accordance with Section 4.2 and Code Section 409A.  A Compensation Deferral Agreement that is not timely filed with respect to a service period or component of Compensation shall be considered void, and shall have no effect with respect to such service period or Compensation.  The Committee may accept or reject any Compensation Deferral Agreement and may modify it as necessary to comply with Section 2.19 prior to the date the election becomes irrevocable under the rules of Section 4.2.
(b)    A Participant shall specify on his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the amount of the Deferral for the Plan Year, and whether to allocate the Deferral: (i) to the Separation from Service Account, (ii) to or among one or more Specified Date Accounts, or (iii) among the Separation from Service Account and one or more Specified Date Accounts.  If no allocation is indicated, or if an invalid allocation is made (such as a Deferral allocated to a Specified Date Account with a distribution date occurring in the same calendar year as the Plan Year to which the Deferral election refers), the Deferral shall be allocated to the Separation from Service Account.  A 
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Participant may also specify in his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement the Payment Schedule applicable to his or her benefits, including his or her Separation from Service Benefit and Specified Date Benefit(s).  If the Payment Schedule for a Separation from Service Benefit is not specified in a Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule shall be in a single lump sum and the distribution will be made in the first 60 days of the calendar year that follows the calendar year of the Participant’s Separation from Service.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is a Specified Employee on the date of such Participant’s Separation from Service, a distribution based on a Separation of Service will be made no earlier than the first day of the seventh calendar month following the calendar month in which the Separation from Service occurs and then otherwise in accordance with the applicable distribution schedule.
4.2    Timing Requirements for Compensation Deferral Agreements.
(a)    First Year of Eligibility.  In the case of the first year in which an Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, he or she shall have up to 30 days following the date on which he or she becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, to submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to Compensation to be earned during or after such Plan Year following the date such agreement becomes irrevocable.  A completed Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable upon the end of such 30-day period, or upon a shorter period as determined by the Committee.  The determination of whether an Eligible Employee may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Code Section 409A, including the provisions of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(7).
A Compensation Deferral Agreement filed under this paragraph applies to Compensation earned for services performed after the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement becomes irrevocable.  Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (a) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(7).
(b)    Prior Year Election.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2, Participants may defer Compensation by filing a Compensation Deferral Agreement no later than December 31st of the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the Compensation to be deferred is earned, or such earlier deadline determined by the Committee in its discretion.  A Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable with respect to such Compensation no later than December 31st of the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which such Compensation is earned.
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(c)    Fiscal Year Compensation.  To the extent permitted by the Committee, Participants may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to Fiscal Year Compensation no later than the last day of the Fiscal Year that immediately precedes the Fiscal Year (or the first Fiscal Year, as applicable) in which any services are performed by the Participant for which such Fiscal Year Compensation is payable.  A Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph shall become irrevocable with respect to such Fiscal Year Compensation no later than the last day of the Fiscal Year that immediately precedes the Fiscal Year (or the first Fiscal Year, as applicable) in which any services are performed by the Participant for which such Fiscal Year Compensation is payable.
(d)    Performance-Based Compensation.  To the extent permitted by the Committee, Participants may file a Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to Performance-Based Compensation no later than the date that is six months before the end of the performance period, provided that:
(i)    the Participant performs services continuously from the later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the criteria are established through the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is submitted; and
(ii)    the amount of the Compensation is not readily ascertainable as of the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is filed.
A Compensation Deferral Agreement becomes irrevocable with respect to Performance-Based Compensation as of the date on which the deadline for filing such election occurs.  The Committee shall determine the deadline for filing such an election in compliance with Code Section 409A.  Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (d) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(8).
(e)    Short-Term Deferrals.  Compensation that meets the definition of a “short-term deferral” described in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4) may be deferred in accordance with the rules of Article VII, applied as if the date the Substantial Risk of Forfeiture lapses is the date on which payments were originally scheduled to commence.  Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (e) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(4).
(f)    Certain Forfeitable Rights.  With respect to a legally binding right to a payment in a subsequent year that is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least 12 months from the date the Participant obtains the legally binding right, an election to defer such Compensation may be made on or before the 30th day after the Participant obtains the legally binding right to the Compensation, 
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provided that the election is made at least 12 months in advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition could lapse.  The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes irrevocable on such 30th day.  If the forfeiture condition applicable to the payment lapses before the end of the required 12-month service period as a result of the Participant’s death or disability (as defined in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(4)) or upon a Change in Control (as defined in Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5)), the Compensation Deferral Agreement will be void unless it would be considered timely under another rule described in this Section.  Any Compensation Deferral Agreement under this subsection (f) shall satisfy the requirements of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(5).
(g)    Deferral Elections Generally.  Deferral elections under the Plan are effective for a single Plan Year (or Fiscal Year, as the case may be); new elections must be made in order to defer Compensation during the following Plan Year (or Fiscal Year).  
4.3    Allocation of Deferrals.  The Committee may, in its discretion, establish a specific deferral period for each Specified Date Account.  
4.4    Deductions from Compensation.  The Committee shall have the authority to determine the payroll practices under which any component of Compensation subject to a Compensation Deferral Agreement will be deducted from a Participant’s Compensation.
4.5    Vesting.  Participant Deferrals shall be 100% vested at all times.
4.6    Cancellation of Deferrals.  The Committee may cancel a Participant’s Deferral election:  (a) for the balance of the Plan Year (or Fiscal Year, as the case may be with respect to Fiscal Year Compensation) in which an Unforeseeable Emergency (as defined in Section 2.51) occurs in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(viii), (b) if the Participant receives a hardship distribution under the 401(k) Plan or any other qualified 401(k) plan maintained by an Affiliate in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.401(k)-1(d)(3) (relating to in-service distributions of 401(k) plan elective contributions as a result of an immediate and heavy financial need), in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(viii), or (c) during periods in which the Participant is unable to perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially similar position due to a mental or physical impairment that can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six months, provided cancellation occurs by the later of the end of the taxable year of the Participant or the 15th day of the third month following the date the Participant incurs the disability (as defined in this paragraph) in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(xii).  
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ARTICLE V
Discretionary Contributions

5.1    Discretionary Contributions.  A Participating Employer may credit one or more Discretionary Contributions to a Participant’s Account in such amounts and at such times as are determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole discretion.  Any such amounts shall be credited at the sole discretion of the Committee, and the fact that a Discretionary Contribution is credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating Employer or the Committee to continue to make such Discretionary Contributions in subsequent years.  Any such Discretionary Contributions shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee to the extent required by applicable law.  Neither the Participating Employer nor the Committee shall have any obligation to make any such Discretionary Contributions or to make them on a consistent basis among similarly-situated Participants.  Any Discretionary Contributions credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to this Section shall be credited on a date or dates to be determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, and the crediting date or dates may be different for different Participants.  Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference to Discretionary Contributions shall include Earnings attributable to such contributions.  Any Discretionary Contribution will be credited to the Account(s) determined by the Committee in its discretion, and the Committee must specify the Account(s) on or before the date on which the Participant obtains a legally binding right to such Discretionary Contribution.
5.2    Vesting of Discretionary Contributions.  A Participant shall be vested in his or her Discretionary Contributions described in this Section 5.1, if any, in accordance with the vesting schedules established by the Committee in its discretion, at the time such amount is first credited to the Participant’s Account under this Plan.  The Committee may, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to any approval by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee required by applicable law), increase a Participant’s vested interest in a Discretionary Contribution.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Discretionary Contributions shall become 100% vested upon the occurrence of the earliest of: (i) the death of the Participant prior to Separation from Service, (ii) the Disability of the Participant prior to Separation from Service, or (iii) a Change in Control prior to Separation from Service.  The portion of a Participant’s Accounts that remains unvested upon his or her Separation from Service after the application of the terms of this Section shall be forfeited immediately following the Separation from Service.
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ARTICLE VI
Benefits

6.1    Benefits, Generally.  A Participant shall be entitled to the following benefits under the Plan:
(a)    Separation from Service Benefit.  Except as provided in Section 6.1(e) below, upon the Participant’s Separation from Service, he or she shall be entitled to a Separation from Service Benefit.  The Separation from Service Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the Participant’s Separation from Service Account and any Specified Date Accounts with respect to which payments have not yet commenced at the time of the Separation from Service, based on the value of those Accounts as of the end of the calendar month next preceding the calendar month of distribution.  Payment of the Separation from Service Benefit will be made (or begin in the case of installments) according to the Participant’s election: (i) in the first 60 days of the calendar year that follows the end of the calendar year in which the Separation from Service occurs, or (ii) the first anniversary of the date specified in the immediately preceding (i).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is a Specified Employee on the date of such Participant’s Separation from Service, and elects to receive or begin receiving the distribution before the date that is 6 months following the Separation from Service, such distribution will be made or begin on the first day of the seventh calendar month following the calendar month in which the Separation from Service occurs.  If the Separation from Service Benefit is to be paid in the form of installments, any subsequent installment payments will be paid on the anniversary of the date such payments commence.
(b)    Specified Date Benefit.  If the Participant has established one or more Specified Date Accounts, and has not experienced a Separation from Service prior to the designated distribution date of such Specified Date Accounts, he or she shall be entitled to a Specified Date Benefit with respect to each such Specified Date Account.  The Specified Date Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of the Specified Date Accounts, based on the value of those Accounts as of the end of the calendar month next preceding the calendar month of distribution.  Payment of the Specified Date Benefit will be made (or begin in the case of installments) in the first 60 days of the calendar year specified in his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement.
(c)    Disability Benefit.  In the event that a Participant becomes Disabled, he or she shall be entitled to a Disability Benefit.  The Disability Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of all of the Participant’s Accounts.  The payment date for the Disability Benefit shall be as soon as administratively practical on or after the first Business Day of the calendar month next 
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following the calendar month in which the Committee determined that the Participant has become Disabled, and the Disability Benefit shall be based on the value of the Accounts as of the last day of the calendar month in which the Committee makes a determination as to the Participant’s Disability.  The Disability Benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum. 
(d)    Death Benefit.  In the event of the Participant’s death, his or her designated Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit.  The Death Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of all of the Participant’s Accounts.  The payment date for the Death Benefit shall be as soon as administratively practical on or after the first Business Day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which the Committee is notified of, and provided reasonably satisfactory proof of, the Participant’s death, and the Account(s) will be valued as of the end of the calendar month in which such notification and proof are received.  The Death Benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum.  
Each Participant may, pursuant to such procedures as the Committee may specify, designate one or more Beneficiaries in connection with the Plan.  If a Participant is married and names someone other than his or her spouse as a primary Beneficiary with respect to any portion of his or her Accounts, spousal consent shall be required to be provided in a form designated by the Committee, executed by such Participant’s spouse and returned to the Committee.  A Participant may change or revoke a Beneficiary designation by delivering to the Committee a new designation (or revocation).  Any designation or revocation shall be effective only if it is received in proper form by the Committee.  However, when so received, the designation or revocation shall be effective as of the date the notice is executed (whether or not the Participant still is living), but without prejudice to any Employer on account of any payment made before the change is recorded.  The last effective designation received by the Committee shall supersede all prior designations.  If a Participant dies without having effectively designated a Beneficiary, or if no Beneficiary survives the Participant, the Death Benefit shall be payable (i) to his or her surviving spouse, or (ii) if the Participant is not survived by his or her spouse, to his or her estate.  A former spouse shall have no interest under the Plan, as Beneficiary or otherwise, unless the Participant designates such person as a Beneficiary after dissolution of the marriage, except to the extent provided under the terms of a domestic relations order as described in Code Section 414(p)(1)(B).
(e)    Change in Control Benefit.  Notwithstanding Section 6.1(a), in the event a Participant experiences a Separation from Service within one year following a Change in Control, the Participant shall be entitled to a Change in Control Benefit.  The Change in Control Benefit shall be equal to the vested portion of all of the Participant’s Accounts.  Payment of the Change in Control 
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Benefit will be made as soon as administratively practical on or after the first Business Day of the calendar month next following the calendar month in which the Separation of Service (within one year following a Change in Control) takes place.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is a Specified Employee on the date of such Participant’s Separation from Service, a distribution based on a Separation from Service will be made no earlier than as allowed under Treas. Reg. Sections 409A-1(c)(3)(v) and 1.409A-3(i)(2).  
(f)    Unforeseeable Emergency.  A Participant who experiences an Unforeseeable Emergency may submit a written request to the Committee to receive payment of all or any portion of his or her vested Accounts.  Whether a Participant is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency permitting an emergency payment shall be determined by the Committee based on the relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case, a distribution on account of Unforeseeable Emergency may not be made to the extent that such emergency is or may be reimbursed through insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship, or by cessation of Deferrals under this Plan.  If an emergency payment is approved by the Committee, the amount of the payment shall not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the need, taking into account the additional compensation that is available to the Participant as the result of cancellation of Deferrals under the Plan, including amounts necessary to pay any taxes or penalties that the Participant reasonably anticipates will result from the payment.  The amount of the emergency payment shall be subtracted first from the vested portion of the Participant's Specified Date Accounts, beginning with the Specified Date Account with the latest payment commencement date.  Emergency payments shall be paid in a single lump sum within the 90-day period following the date the payment is approved by the Committee.  No Participant may receive more than one distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency in any Plan Year.  A Participant who receives a distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency, and who is still employed by an Employer shall be prohibited from making Deferrals for the remainder of the Plan Year (or Fiscal Year, as the case may be with respect to Fiscal Year Compensation) in which the distribution is made.
(g)    Code Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, any provision that would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 409A will have no force and effect until amended to comply therewith (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A). 
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(h)    Forfeiture of Unvested Account Balances.  Unless otherwise set forth herein or as determined by the Committee, the unvested portion of a Participant’s Accounts shall be forfeited upon the occurrence of the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Participant’s death, the Participant’s Disability or the occurrence of a Change in Control.   
6.2    Form of Payment.
(a)    Separation from Service Benefit.  
(i)    A Participant who is entitled to receive a Separation from Service Benefit shall receive payment of such benefit in a single lump sum, unless the Participant elects an alternate form of payment on the initial Compensation Deferral Agreement upon which an allocation of Deferrals is made to the Separation from Service Account.
(ii)    Permissible alternate forms of payment for the Separation from Service Benefit are: (A) substantially equal annual installments over a period of two to ten years, as elected by the Participant, or (B) a lump sum payment of a designated percentage of the Separation from Service Benefit, with the balance paid in substantially equal annual installments over a period of two to ten years, as elected by the Participant.  
(b)    Specified Date Benefit.  The Specified Date Benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum, unless the Participant elects on the Compensation Deferral Agreement with which the Account was established to have the Specified Date Account paid in substantially equal annual installments over a period of two to five years, as elected by the Participant.  
Notwithstanding any Specified Date election of a Participant, if a Participant Separates from Service before distributions with respect to one or more Specified Date Accounts have commenced, dies or becomes Disabled, all such Accounts shall be paid in a single lump sum, in accordance with the time of payment applicable to the Participant’s Separation from Service Benefit, Death Benefit, or Disability Benefit (as applicable).  With respect to Specified Date Account Balances that have commenced to be paid in installment payments prior to the date of the Separation from Service, such Specified Date Accounts shall continue to be paid in accordance with the form of payment election applicable to the Specified Date Account.  
(c)    Disability Benefit.  In the event of the Participant’s Disability, he or she shall be entitled to a Disability Benefit as set forth in Section 6.1(c).  The Disability Benefit shall be payable in a single lump sum.  
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(d)    Death Benefit.  In the event of the Participant’s death, his or her designated Beneficiary(ies) shall be entitled to a Death Benefit as set forth in Section 6.1(d).  The Death Benefit shall be payable in a single lump sum.  
(e)    Change in Control Benefit.  In the event a Participant experiences a Separation from Service within one year following a Change in Control, he or she shall be entitled to a Change in Control Benefit as set forth in Section 6.1(e).  The Change in Control Benefit shall be payable in a single lump sum.
6.3    Acceleration of or Delay in Payments.  The Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to accelerate the time or form of payment of a benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, provided such acceleration is permitted under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4).  The Committee may also, in its sole and absolute discretion, delay the time for payment of a benefit owed to the Participant hereunder, to the extent permitted under Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(7).  Subject to the following sentence, if the Plan receives a domestic relations order (within the meaning of Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)) directing that all or a portion of a Participant’s Accounts be paid to an “alternate payee,” any amounts to be paid to the alternate payee(s) shall be paid only in a single lump sum, and such amounts will be subtracted from the Participant’s Accounts.  Any domestic relations order will have effect under the Plan only if the Committee determines that it complies with such policies and procedures as the Committee (in its discretion) may specify from time to time.
6.4    Distributions Treated as Made Upon a Designated Event.  If the Company fails to make any distribution on account of any of the events listed in Section 6.1, either intentionally or unintentionally, within the time period specified in Section 6.2, but the payment is made within the same calendar year, such distribution will be treated as made within the time period specified in Section 6.2 pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(d).  In addition, if a distribution is not made due to a dispute with respect to such distribution, the distribution may be delayed in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(g).  
ARTICLE VII
Modifications to Payment Schedules

7.1    Participant’s Right to Modify.  A Participant may modify any or all of the Payment Schedules with respect to the Participant’s Separation from Service Account or Specified Date Account(s), consistent with the permissible Payment Schedules available under the Plan, provided such modification complies with the requirements of this Article VII and Code Section 409A and Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b).  Modifications of Payment Schedules with respect to Accounts not explicitly identified in the immediately preceding sentence are not permissible under the Plan.  
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7.2    Time of Election.  The date on which a modification election is submitted to the Committee must be at least 12 months prior to the date on which payment is scheduled to commence under the Payment Schedule in effect prior to the modification in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(1)(iii).
7.3    Date of Payment under Modified Payment Schedule.  The date on which payments are to commence under the modified Payment Schedule must be no earlier than five years after the date on which payment would have commenced under the original Payment Schedule (or, in the case of installment payments treated as a single payment, five years after the first amount was scheduled to be paid) in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(1)(ii).  Under no circumstances may a modification election result in an acceleration of payments in violation of Code Section 409A.
7.4    Effective Date.  A modification election submitted in accordance with this Article VII is irrevocable upon receipt by the Committee and shall not become effective until 12 months after such date in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(1)(i).
7.5    Effect on Accounts.  An election to modify a Payment Schedule is specific to the Account or payment event to which it applies, and shall not be construed to affect the Payment Schedules of any other Accounts.
ARTICLE VIII
Valuation of Account Balances; Investments

8.1    Valuation.  Deferrals shall be credited to the appropriate Account(s) on or about the date such Compensation would have been paid to the Participant absent the Compensation Deferral Agreement.  Discretionary Contributions shall be credited at the time or times determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Valuation of Accounts shall be performed under procedures approved by the Committee.
8.2    Adjustment for Earnings.  Each Account will be adjusted to reflect Earnings on each Business Day.  Adjustments shall reflect the net earnings, gains, losses, expenses, appreciation and depreciation associated with the investment option for the deemed investment of each portion of the Account allocated to such option (“investment allocation”).
8.3    Investment Options.  The options for the deemed investment of Accounts will be determined by the Committee.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to add, remove or substitute investment options from the Plan from time to time; provided however, that any such additions, removals or substitutions of investment options shall not be effective with respect to any period prior to the effective date of such change.  In addition, following a Change in Control, the Committee may add or remove an investment option, provided however, that (i) any decision to add or remove an investment option shall be made in good faith, and (ii) 
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there shall at all times be no less than the number of investment options that existed immediately prior to the Change of Control. 
8.4    Investment Allocations.  Notwithstanding anything else in this Plan to the contrary, a Participant’s investment allocation constitutes a deemed, not actual, investment among the investment options comprising the investment menu.  At no time shall a Participant have any real or beneficial ownership in any investment option included in the investment menu, nor shall the Participating Employer or any trustee acting on its behalf have any obligation to purchase actual securities as a result of a Participant’s investment allocation.  A Participant’s investment allocation shall be used solely for purposes of adjusting the value of a Participant’s Account Balances.
A Participant shall specify a deemed investment allocation for each of his or her Accounts in accordance with procedures established by the Committee in its discretion and from time to time.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, (a) allocation among the investment options must be designated in increments of 1%, and (b) the Participant’s investment allocation will become effective on the same Business Day or, in the case of investment allocations received after a time specified by the Committee, the next Business Day.

A Participant may change an investment allocation on any Business Day, both with respect to future credits to the Plan and with respect to existing Account Balances, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Committee.  Changes shall become effective on the same Business Day or, in the case of investment allocations received after a time specified by the Committee, the next Business Day, and shall be applied prospectively.
8.5    Unallocated Deferrals and Accounts.  If the Participant fails to make an investment allocation with respect to an Account, such Account shall be deemed invested in an investment option, the primary objective of which is the preservation of capital, as determined by the Committee in its discretion.
8.6    No Warranties.  Neither the Company nor the Committee warrants or represents that the value of any Participant’s Account will increase.  Each Participant assumes the risk in connection with the deemed investment of his or her Accounts.
ARTICLE IX
Administration

9.1    Plan Administration.  The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  The Committee shall have the authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan, including the authority and ability to delegate administrative functions to a third party.  Claims for benefits shall be filed with the Committee and resolved in accordance with the claims procedures in Article XII.
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9.2    Actions by Committee.  Each decision of a majority of the members of the Committee then in office shall constitute the final and binding act of the Committee.  The Committee may act with or without a meeting being called or held and shall keep minutes of all meetings held and a record of all actions taken by written consent.
9.3    Powers of Committee.  The Committee shall have all powers and discretionary authority necessary or appropriate to supervise the administration of the Plan and to control its operation in accordance with its terms, including, but not by way of limitation, the following powers and discretionary authority:
(a)    To interpret and determine the meaning and validity of the provisions of the Plan, and to determine any question arising under, or in connection with, the administration, operation or validity of the Plan, or any amendment thereto;
(b)    To determine any and all considerations affecting the eligibility of any Employee to become a Participant or remain a Participant in the Plan;
(c)    To cause one or more separate Accounts to be maintained for each Participant;
(d)    To cause Deferrals and Discretionary Contributions, if applicable, as well as deemed Earnings thereon, to be credited to Participants’ Accounts;
(e)    To establish and revise an accounting method or formula for the Plan;
(f)    To determine the status and rights of Participants and their spouses, Beneficiaries or estates;
(g)    To employ such counsel, agents, and advisers, and to obtain such legal, clerical and other services, as it may deem necessary or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the Plan;
(h)    To establish, from time to time, rules for the performance of its powers and duties and for the administration of the Plan;
(i)    To arrange for periodic distribution to each Participant of a statement of benefits accrued under the Plan;
(j)    To publish a claims and appeal procedure satisfying the minimum standards of Section 503 of ERISA pursuant to which individuals or estates may claim Plan benefits and appeal denials of such claims;
(k)    To determine the form, manner and time for making elections under the Plan (provided that the deadlines prescribed by the Committee may be earlier, but not later, than the deadlines otherwise specified in the Plan);
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(l)    To delegate to any one or more of its members or to any other person, severally or jointly, the authority to perform for and on behalf of the Committee one or more of the functions of the Committee under the Plan; and
(m)    To decide all issues and questions regarding Account balances, and the time, form, manner, and amount of distributions to Participants.
9.4    Administration Upon Change in Control.  Upon a Change in Control, the Committee, as constituted immediately prior to such Change in Control, shall continue to act as the Committee.  The individual who was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control (the “Ex-CEO”) shall have the authority (but shall not be obligated) to appoint an independent third party to act as the Committee.
After a Change in Control, no member of the Committee may be removed (and/or replaced) by the Company without the consent of either (a) 2/3 of the members of the Board of Directors and a majority of Participants and Beneficiaries with Account Balances or (b) the Ex-CEO or, in the event the Ex-CEO is no longer a Participant, his or her appointee who is a Participant.

The Participating Employers shall, with respect to the Committee identified under this Section: (a) directly pay all reasonable expenses and fees of the Committee (or promptly reimburse the Committee, with all such reimbursements to be made in a manner that avoids subjecting the Committee to any taxes, costs or income inclusion under Code Section 409A), (b) indemnify the Committee (including individuals serving as Committee members) in accordance with Section 9.6, and (c) supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters related to the Plan, Participants, Beneficiaries and Accounts as the Committee may reasonably require.

9.5    Withholding.  The Participating Employer shall have the right to withhold from any payment due under the Plan (or with respect to any amounts credited to the Plan) any taxes or other amounts required by law to be withheld in respect of such payment (or credit).  Withholdings with respect to amounts credited to the Plan shall be deducted from Compensation that has not been deferred to the Plan.  
9.6    Indemnification.  The Participating Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless each employee, officer, member of the Board of Directors, member of the Compensation Committee, agent or organization, to whom or to which are delegated duties, responsibilities, and authority under the Plan or otherwise with respect to administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, the Compensation Committee and its agents, and the Committee and its agents, against all claims, liabilities, fines and penalties, and all expenses reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him or her or it (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) which arise as a result of his or her or its actions or failure to act in connection 
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with the operation and administration of the Plan to the extent lawfully allowable and to the extent that such claim, liability, fine, penalty, or expense is not paid for by liability insurance purchased or paid for by the Participating Employer.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Participating Employer shall not indemnify any individual or entity if his or her or its actions or failure to act were not taken or omitted in good faith. Further, the Participating Employer shall have the right to direct and control any settlement or compromise of any action under this Section 9.6.
9.7    Delegation of Authority.  In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit, and may from time to time consult with legal counsel who shall be legal counsel to the Company.
9.8    Binding Decisions or Actions.  The decision or action of the Committee in respect of any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations thereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.  
9.9    Eligibility to Participate.  No member of the Committee who also is an Eligible Director or Eligible Employee shall be excluded from participating in the Plan, but as a member of the Committee, he or she shall not be entitled to act or pass upon any matters pertaining specifically to his or her own Account. 
9.10    Administrative Expenses.  All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan by the Committee, or otherwise, including legal fees and expenses, shall be paid and borne by the Participating Employers.
9.11    Non-Uniform Treatment. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and any such determinations may be made selectively among Participants.
ARTICLE X
Amendment and Termination

10.1    Termination.  The Company and each other Participating Employer intend to continue the Plan indefinitely, and to maintain each Participant’s Account until it is scheduled to be paid to him or her in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.  However, the Plan is voluntary on the part of the Company and the other Participating Employers, and the Participating Employers do not guarantee to continue the Plan.  Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan (or the sponsorship of another Participating Employer) and/or to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of the participating 
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Eligible Employees, by action of the Board of Directors.  Upon the termination of the Plan with respect to any Participating Employer, the participation of the affected Participants who are employed by that Participating Employer shall terminate.  However, after the Plan termination, the Account Balances of such Participants shall continue to be credited with Deferrals attributable to a deferral election that was in effect prior to the Plan termination to the extent deemed necessary to comply with Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations, and additional amounts shall continue to credited or debited to such Participants’ Account Balances pursuant to Article VIII.  The investment options available to Participants following the termination of the Plan shall be comparable in number and type to those investment options available to Participants in the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Plan termination is effective.  In addition, following a Plan termination, Participant Account Balances shall remain in the Plan and shall not be distributed until such amounts become eligible for distribution in accordance with the other applicable provisions of the Plan.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix), the Company may provide that, upon termination of the Plan, all Account Balances of the Participants shall be distributed, subject to and in accordance with any rules established by the Company deemed necessary to comply with the applicable requirements and limitations of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix).
10.2    Amendments.  
(a)    The Company, by action taken by the Board of Directors or its authorized delegates, may amend the Plan at any time and for any reason, provided that any such amendment shall not reduce the vested Account Balances of any Participant accrued as of the date of any such amendment or restatement (as if the Participant had incurred a Separation from Service on such date).  The Compensation Committee or its authorized delegates shall have the authority to amend the Plan for the purpose of:  (i) conforming the Plan to the requirements of law (which amendments, notwithstanding any provisions in this Section 10.2 to the contrary, may also be made without the consent of any Participant or any other individual or entity), (ii) facilitating the administration of the Plan, (iii) clarifying provisions based on the Compensation Committee’s (or its delegates’) interpretation of the document, and (iv) making such other amendments as the Board of Directors or its authorized delegates may authorize.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, if and to the extent the Compensation Committee or its authorized delegates shall determine that the terms of the Plan may result in the failure of the Plan, or amounts deferred by or for any Participant under the Plan, to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, or any applicable regulations or guidance promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury in connection therewith, the Compensation Committee or its authorized delegates shall 
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have authority to take such action to amend, modify, cancel or terminate the Plan (effective with respect to all Employers) or distribute any or all of the vested amounts deferred by or for a Participant, as it deems necessary or advisable, including without limitation:
(i)    Any amendment or modification of the Plan to conform the Plan to the requirements of Code Section 409A or any regulations or other guidance thereunder (including, without limitation, any amendment or modification of the terms of any applicable to any Participant’s Accounts regarding the timing or form of payment).    
(ii)    Any cancellation or termination of any unvested interest in a Participant’s Accounts without any payment to the Participant.
(iii)    Any cancellation or termination of any vested interest in any Participant’s Accounts, with immediate payment to the Participant of the amount otherwise payable to such Participant.
(iv)    Any such amendment, modification, cancellation, or termination of the Plan that may adversely affect the rights of a Participant without the Participant’s consent.
ARTICLE XI
Informal Funding

11.1    General Assets.  Obligations established under the terms of the Plan may be satisfied from the general funds of the Participating Employers, or a trust described in this Article XI.  No Participant, spouse or Beneficiary shall have any right, title or interest whatever in any assets of the Participating Employers.  Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between the Participating Employers and any Employee, spouse, or Beneficiary.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments hereunder, such rights are no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Participating Employers.
11.2    Rabbi Trust.  A Participating Employer may, in its sole discretion, establish a grantor trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle for accumulating assets to pay benefits under the Plan.  Payments under the Plan may be paid from the general assets of the Participating Employers or from the assets of any such rabbi trust.  Payment from any such source shall reduce the obligation owed to the Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan.
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ARTICLE XII
Claims

12.1    Claim Procedure.  A Participant or Beneficiary (the “Claimant”) must file with the Committee a written claim for Plan benefits if the Claimant believes he or she has not received the benefits he or she is entitled to receive.    
(a)    In General.  Notice of a denial of a claim for benefits (other than benefits due to Disability) will be provided by the Committee to the Claimant within 90 days after the Committee’s receipt of the Claimant’s written claim for benefits, provided that the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that an additional 90-day extension is warranted if it needs additional time to review the claim due to special circumstances.  In such event, the Committee shall notify the Claimant prior to the end of the initial 90-day period that an extension is needed, the reason therefor and the date by which the Committee expects to render a decision.  
(b)    Disability Claims.  Notice of a denial of a claim for benefits due to Disability (a “Disability Claim”) will be provided within 45 days of the Committee’s receipt of the Claimant’s Disability Claim.  If the Committee determines that it needs additional time to review the Disability Claim due to matters beyond the control of the Committee, the time period for making a determination may be extended for up to 30 days.  In such event, the Committee will provide the Claimant with a notice of the extension before the end of the initial 45-day period.  If the Committee determines that a decision cannot be made within the first extension period due to matters beyond the control of the Committee, the time period for making a determination may be further extended for an additional 30 days.  If such an additional extension is necessary, the Committee shall notify the Claimant prior to the expiration of the initial 30 day extension.  Any notice of extension shall indicate the circumstances necessitating the extension of time, the date by which the Committee expects to furnish a notice of decision, the specific standards on which such entitlement to a benefit is based, the unresolved issues that prevent a decision on the claim and any additional information needed to resolve those issues.  A Claimant will be provided a minimum of 45 days to submit any necessary additional information to the Committee.  In the event that a 30 day extension is necessary due to a Claimant’s failure to submit information necessary to decide a claim, the period for furnishing a notice of decision shall be tolled from the date on which the notice of the extension is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of the date the Claimant responds to the request for additional information or the response deadline
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(c)    Contents of Notice.  If a Claimant’s request for benefits is denied, the notice of denial shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
(i)    The specific reason or reasons for the denial in plain language;
(ii)    A specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
(iii)    A description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;
(iv)    An explanation of the claims review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures; 
(v)    A statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse determination upon review; and 
(vi)    In the case of a complete or partial denial of a Disability Claim, the notice shall provide a statement that the Committee will provide to the Claimant, upon request and free of charge, a copy of any internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion that was relied upon in making the decision.
12.2    Appeal of Denied Claims.  
(a)    In General.  A Claimant whose claim (other than a Disability Claim) has been wholly or partially denied shall be entitled to appeal the claim denial by filing a written appeal to the Committee within 60 days after Claimant’s receipt of the Committee’s decision denying the claim.  Any claim filed more than 60 days after Claimant’s receipt of the decision will be untimely.  A Claimant who timely appeals a denied claim will have the opportunity, upon request and free of charge, to have reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other information relevant to the Claimant’s appeal.  The Claimant may submit written comments, documents, records and other information relating to his or her claim with the appeal.  The Committee will review all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, regardless of whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial claim determination.  The Committee shall make a determination on the appeal within 60 days after receiving the Claimant’s written appeal, provided that the Committee may determine that an additional 60-day extension is necessary due to special circumstances, in which event the Committee shall notify the Claimant prior to the end of the initial 60-day period that an 
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extension is needed, the reason therefor and the date by which the Committee expects to render a decision. 
(b)    Disability Claims.  An appeal of a denied Disability Claim must be filed in writing with the Committee no later than 180 days after receipt of the written notification of such claim denial.  The review shall be conducted by the Committee (exclusive of the person who made the initial adverse decision or such person’s subordinate).  In reviewing the appeal, the Committee shall: (i) not afford deference to the initial denial of the Disability Claim, (ii) consult a medical professional who has appropriate training and experience in the field of medicine relating to the Claimant’s Disability and who was neither consulted as part of the initial denial nor is the subordinate of such individual and (iii) identify the medical or vocational experts whose advice was obtained with respect to the initial benefit denial, without regard to whether the advice was relied upon in making the decision.  The Committee shall make its decision regarding the merits of the denied Disability Claim within 45 days following receipt of the appeal (or within 90 days after such receipt, in a case where there are special circumstances requiring extension of time for reviewing the appealed claim).  If an extension of time for reviewing the appeal is required because of special circumstances, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the commencement of the extension.  The notice will indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension of time and the date by which the Committee expects to render the determination on review.  Following its review of any additional information submitted by the Claimant, the Committee shall render a decision on its review of the denied Disability Claim.
(c)    Contents of Notice.  If the Claimant’s appeal is denied in whole or part, the Committee shall provide written notice to the Claimant of such denial.  The written notice shall include the following information:
(i)    The specific reason or reasons for the denial; 
(ii)    A specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
(iii)    A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim;  
(iv)    A statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA; and
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(v)    For the denial of a Disability Claim, the notice will also include a statement that the Committee will provide, upon request and free of charge, (A) any internal rule, guideline, protocol or other similar criterion relied upon in making the decision, (B) any medical opinion relied upon to make the decision and (C) the required statement under Section 2560.503-1(j)(5)(iii) of the Department of Labor regulations.
12.3    Relevance.  For purposes of Section 12.1 and Section 12.2, documents, records, or other information shall be considered “relevant” to a Claimant’s claim for benefits if such documents, records or other information:
(a)    were relied upon in making the benefit determination;
(b)    were submitted, considered, or generated in the course of making the benefit determination, without regard to whether such documents, records or other information were relied upon in making the benefit determination; or
(c)    demonstrate compliance with the administrative processes and safeguards required pursuant to Section 12.1 and Section 12.2 regarding the making of the benefit determination.
12.4    Six Month Deadline for Filing Suit.  A Claimant dissatisfied with the Committee’s decision upon appeal under Section 12.2 must file any lawsuit challenging that decision no later than six months after the Committee mails the notice of denial, regardless of any state or federal statues establishing provisions relating to limitations on actions.  Any suit brought more than six months after the denial on appeal shall be deemed untimely.  In ruling on any such suit, the court shall uphold the Committee’s determinations unless they constitute an abuse of discretion or fraud.  No Claimant may institute any action or proceeding in any state or federal court of law or equity, or before any administrative tribunal or arbitrator, for a claim for benefits under the Plan until he or she first has exhausted the procedures set forth in Sections 12.1 and 12.2.
12.5    Decisions of Committee.  All actions, interpretations, and decisions of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all persons, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.
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ARTICLE XIII
General Provisions

13.1    Assignment.  No interest of any Participant, spouse or Beneficiary under this Plan and no benefit payable hereunder shall be assigned as security for a loan, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and of no effect, nor shall any such interest or any such benefit be subject in any manner, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance by or through any Participant, spouse or Beneficiary.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, however, the Committee has the discretion to make payments to an alternate payee in accordance with the terms of a domestic relations order (as defined in Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)).  
A Participating Employer may assign any or all of its liabilities under this Plan in connection with any restructuring, recapitalization, sale of assets or other similar transactions affecting such Participating Employer without the consent of the Participant or any other individual or entity.
13.2    No Legal or Equitable Rights or Interest.  No Participant or other person or entity shall have any legal or equitable rights or interest in this Plan that are not expressly granted in this Plan.  Participation in this Plan does not give any person any right to be retained in the service of a Participating Employer.  The right and power of a Participating Employer to dismiss or discharge an Employee is expressly reserved.
13.3    No Guarantee of Tax Consequences.  While the Plan is intended to provide U.S. income tax deferral for Participants, the Plan is not a guarantee that the intended tax deferral will be achieved.  Participants are solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes, costs and penalties that may arise in connection with this Plan (including any taxes arising under Code Section 409A).  No Participating Employer or any of their directors, officers or employees shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold any Participant harmless from any such taxes, penalties or costs.  No Participating Employer makes any representations or warranties as to the tax consequences to a Participant or a Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) resulting from eligibility for, or participation in, the Plan.
13.4    No Effect on Service.  Neither the establishment or maintenance of the Plan, the making of any Deferrals nor any action of a Participating Employer or the Committee, shall be held or construed to confer upon any individual: (a) any right to be continued as an employee or (b) upon dismissal, any right or interest in any specific assets of any Participating Employer or the Committee other than as provided in the Plan.  Each Participating Employer expressly reserves the right to discharge any employee at any time, with or without cause.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed to constitute a contract of employment between an Employee and any Participating Employer.
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13.5    Notice.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be delivered to the Committee under this Plan shall be delivered in writing, in person, or through such electronic means as is established by the Committee.  Notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.  Written transmission shall be sent by certified mail to:
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
2700 COLORADO AVENUE
SANTA MONICA, CA 90404
ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL

Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing or hand-delivered, or sent by mail to the last known address of  the Participant.
13.6    Headings.  The headings of Sections are included solely for convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of this Plan, the text shall control.  
13.7    Invalid or Unenforceable Provisions.  If any provision of this Plan shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof and the Committee may elect in its sole discretion to construe such invalid or unenforceable provisions in a manner that conforms to applicable law or as if such provisions, to the extent invalid or unenforceable, had not been included.
13.8    Lost Participants or Beneficiaries.  Any Participant or Beneficiary who is entitled to a benefit from the Plan has the duty to keep the Committee advised of his or her current mailing address.  If benefit payments are returned to the Plan or are not presented for payment after a reasonable amount of time, the Committee shall presume that the payee is missing.  The Committee, after making such efforts as in its discretion it deems reasonable and appropriate to locate the payee, shall stop payment on any uncashed checks and may discontinue making future payments until contact with the payee is restored to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.  
13.9    Facility of Payment to a Minor.  If a distribution is to be made to a minor, or to a person who is otherwise incompetent, then the Committee may, in its discretion, make such distribution: (a) to the legal guardian, or if none, to a parent of a minor payee with whom the payee maintains his or her residence, or (b) to the conservator or committee or, if none, to the person having custody of an incompetent payee.  Any such distribution shall fully discharge the Committee, the Participating Employers, and the Plan from further liability on account thereof.
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13.10    Governing Law.  The provisions of the Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced in accordance with ERISA, and to the extent not preempted by ERISA, with the laws of the State of California (other than California’s conflict of laws provisions).
13.11    Compliance with Code Section 409A.  This Plan is intended to be administered in compliance with Code Section 409A and each provision of the Plan shall be interpreted, to the extent possible, to comply with Code Section 409A.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executed this amended Plan as of the 11th day of November 2020.

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT INC.

/s/ Adrian Kuzycz (Signature)

By: Adrian Kuzycz 

Its: President and Secretary

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