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FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 12, 2019, is by and among THE TIMKEN COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders signatories hereto and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto (the “Existing Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 11, 2018 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, on the Closing Date the Lenders then party to the Existing Credit Agreement funded a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lenders have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
PART 1.
DEFINITIONS
SUBPART 1.1Certain Definitions.  The following terms used in this Amendment, including its preamble and recitals, have the following meanings:
“Amended Credit Agreement” means the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
“First Amendment Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of Part 3 hereof.
SUBPART1.1Other Definitions.  Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Amendment, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Amended Credit Agreement.

PART 2.
AMENDMENTS TO LOAN DOCUMENTS
SUBPART2.1Amendments to Existing Credit Agreement. Effective on (and subject to the occurrence of) the First Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be automatically amended in its entirety as of the First Amendment Effective Date in the form set forth as Exhibit A attached hereto.

SUBPART 2.2    Amendments to Schedules and Exhibits to Existing Credit Agreement.  Effective on (and subject to the occurrence of) the First Amendment Effective Date, Schedule I to the Existing Credit Agreement, Schedule 8.01 to the Existing Credit Agreement and Exhibit C to the Existing Credit Agreement shall be automatically amended their entirety as of the First Amendment Effective Date in the forms set forth as Exhibit B attached hereto.

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PART 3.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) when all of the following conditions set forth in this Part 3 shall have been satisfied, and thereafter this Amendment shall be known, and may be referred to, as the “First Amendment.”
SUBPART3.1Counterparts of Amendment.  The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, which collectively shall have been duly executed on behalf of each of the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent.

SUBPART 3.2    Amendment Fees.  The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of each Lender that (a) holds outstanding Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment and (B) executes and unconditionally (except for the satisfaction of the conditions precedent in this Part 3) delivers a counterpart of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent (each such Lender, a “Consenting Lender”), an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.025% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans held by such Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment.

SUBPART 3.3    Other Fees and Out-of-Pocket Costs.  The Borrower shall have paid any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs (to the extent invoiced prior to the First Amendment Effective Date) incurred by the Administrative Agent (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of Moore & Van Allen PLLC), and all other fees and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent, in each case pursuant to the arrangement, negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement.

PART 4.
MISCELLANEOUS
SUBPART 4.1    Representations and Warranties.  The Loan Parties hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that upon giving effect to this Amendment, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Amended Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and (ii) the representations and warranties contained in the Amended Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof to the same extent as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided, that, if a representation and warranty is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect”, such materiality qualifiers set forth above in this subclause (ii) shall be disregarded with respect to such representation and warranty for purposes of this Subpart 4.1.

SUBPART 4.2    Reaffirmation of Borrower Obligations.  The Borrower acknowledges that it has reviewed the terms and provisions of this Amendment, including Exhibit A hereto, and consents to the amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement effected pursuant hereto.  The Borrower hereby ratifies the Amended Credit Agreement and acknowledges and reaffirms (i) that it is bound by all terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and (ii) that it is responsible for the observance and full performance of the Obligations.  The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees that any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or otherwise bound shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Amendment, the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement effective pursuant to this Amendment (including Exhibit A hereto).

SUBPART 4.3    Cross‐References.  References in this Amendment to any Part or Subpart are, unless otherwise specified, to such Part or Subpart of this Amendment.

SUBPART 4.4    Instrument Pursuant to Existing Credit Agreement.  This Amendment is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated therein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement.

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SUBPART 4.5    References in Other Loan Documents.  At such time as this Amendment shall become effective pursuant to the terms of Part 3, all references in the Amended Credit Agreement to the “Agreement” or in any other Loan Document to the “Credit Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

SUBPART 4.6    Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telecopy or other electronic means (including email .pdf) shall be effective as an original.

SUBPART 4.7    Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SUBPART 4.8    Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

SUBPART 4.9    Consent to Jurisdiction; Venue; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.  The jurisdiction, venue, service of process and waiver of jury trial provisions set forth in Sections 11.19(b), 11.19(c) and 11.19(d) and 11.20 of the Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference, mutatis mutandis.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
	
		
	BORROWER:
	THE TIMKEN COMPANY,
an Ohio corporation

By: /s/ Philip D. Fracassa
Name: Philip D. Fracassa
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender

By: /s/ Brian P. Fox
Name: Brian P. Fox
Title: Senior Vice President

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Ryan Mulvaney
Name: Ryan Mulvaney
Title: Officer

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	SOCIETE GENERALE,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Kimberly Metzger
Name: Kimberly Metzger
Title: Director

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Scott Nolan
Name: Scott Nolan
Title: Vice President

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Jillian Matlock
Name: Jillian Matlock
Title: Vice President

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	MUFG BANK, LTD.,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Jeffrey Flagg
Name: Jeffrey Flagg
Title: Authorized Signatory

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Kevin Valenta
Name: Kevin Valenta
Title: Vice President

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Eric B. Bergeson
Name: Eric B. Bergeson
Title: Authorized Officer

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

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

By: /s/ Michael Contreras
Name: Michael Contreras
Title: Vice President

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

	
		
	LENDER:
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender

By: /s/ Rodney J Winters
Name: Rodney J Winters
Title: Vice President

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THE TIMKEN COMPANY

EXHIBIT A

(See attached).

EXHIBIT A
TO 
FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

	
	
	 

CUSIP NO. 88738WAG8
TERM LOAN CUSIP NO. 88738WAH6

CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 11, 2018

among

THE TIMKEN COMPANY,
as the Borrower,

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

and

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.

and

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent

	
	
	 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	
				
	Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING ERMS

	1.01
	

	Defined Terms
	 

	1.02
	

	Other Interpretive Provisions
	 

	1.03
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	1.04
	

	Accounting Terms
	 

	1.05
	

	Rounding
	 

	1.06
	

	References to Agreements and Laws
	 

	1.07
	

	Times of Day
	 

	1.08
	

	Interest Rates
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

	2.01
	

	The Loans
	 

	2.02
	

	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans
	 

	2.03
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	2.04
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	2.05
	

	Prepayments
	 

	2.06
	

	Termination or Reduction of Commitments
	 

	2.07
	

	Repayment of Loans
	 

	2.08
	

	Interest
	 

	2.09
	

	Fees
	 

	2.10
	

	Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate
	 

	2.11
	

	Evidence of Indebtedness
	 

	2.12
	

	Payments Generally
	 

	2.13
	

	Sharing of Payments
	 

	2.14
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	2.15
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	2.16
	

	Defaulting Lender
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

	3.01
	

	Taxes
	 

	3.02
	

	Illegality
	 

	3.03
	

	Inability to Determine Rates
	 

	3.04
	

	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans
	 

	3.05
	

	Funding Losses
	 

	3.06
	

	Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation
	 

	3.07
	

	Survival
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article IC [RESERVED]
	 

	Article V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

	5.01
	

	Conditions to Credit Extensions
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article VI REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES

	6.01
	

	Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws
	 

	6.02
	

	Authorization; No Contravention
	 

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	6.03
	

	Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
	 

	6.04
	

	Binding Effect
	 

	6.05
	

	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
	 

	6.06
	

	Litigation
	 

	6.07
	

	No Default
	 

	6.08
	

	Ownership of Property
	 

	6.09
	

	Environmental Compliance
	 

	6.10
	

	Taxes
	 

	6.11
	

	Pension Plans
	 

	6.12
	

	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act
	 

	6.13
	

	Disclosure
	 

	6.14
	

	Compliance with Laws
	 

	6.15
	

	OFAC
	 

	6.16
	

	Anti-Corruption Laws
	 

	6.17
	

	EEA Financial Institution
	 

	6.18
	

	Beneficial Ownership Certification
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

	7.01
	

	Financial Statements
	 

	7.02
	

	Certificates; Other Information
	 

	7.03
	

	Notices
	 

	7.04
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	7.05
	

	Preservation of Existence, Etc.
	 

	7.06
	

	Maintenance of Properties
	 

	7.07
	

	Maintenance of Insurance
	 

	7.08
	

	Compliance with Laws
	 

	7.09
	

	Books and Records
	 

	7.10
	

	Inspection Rights
	 

	7.11
	

	Use of Proceeds
	 

	7.12
	

	Covenant to Guarantee Obligations
	 

	7.13
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	7.14
	

	Further Assurances
	 

	7.15
	

	Anti-Corruption Laws
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS

	8.01
	

	Liens
	 

	8.02
	

	Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
	 

	8.03
	

	Indebtedness
	 

	8.04
	

	Fundamental Changes
	 

	8.05
	

	Dispositions
	 

	8.06
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	8.07
	

	Change in Nature of Business
	 

	8.08
	

	Transactions with Affiliates
	 

	8.09
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	8.10
	

	Use of Proceeds
	 

	8.11
	

	Financial Covenants
	 

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	8.12
	

	Sanctions
	 

	8.13
	

	Anti-Corruption Laws
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

	9.01
	

	Events of Default
	 

	9.02
	

	Remedies upon Event of Default
	 

	9.03
	

	Application of Funds
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article X AGENTS

	10.01
	

	Appointment and Authority
	 

	10.02
	

	Rights as a Lender
	 

	10.03
	

	Exculpatory Provisions
	 

	10.04
	

	Reliance by Agents
	 

	10.05
	

	Delegation of Duties
	 

	10.06
	

	Removal and Resignation of Agents
	 

	10.07
	

	Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
	 

	10.08
	

	No Other Duties; Etc
	 

	10.09
	

	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	 

	10.10
	

	Guaranty Matters
	 

	10.11
	

	Lender ERISA Representation
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Article XI MISCELLANEOUS

	11.01
	

	Amendments, Etc
	 

	11.02
	

	Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies
	 

	11.03
	

	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement
	 

	11.04
	

	Attorney Costs and Expenses
	 

	11.05
	

	Indemnification by Timken
	 

	11.06
	

	Payments Set Aside
	 

	11.07
	

	Successors and Assigns
	 

	11.08
	

	Confidentiality
	 

	11.09
	

	Setoff
	 

	11.10
	

	Interest Rate Limitation
	 

	11.11
	

	Counterparts
	 

	11.12
	

	Integration
	 

	11.13
	

	Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 

	11.14
	

	Severability
	 

	11.15
	

	Tax Forms
	 

	11.16
	

	Replacement of Lenders
	 

	11.17
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	11.18
	

	[Reserved]
	 

	11.19
	

	Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc
	 

	11.20
	

	Waiver of Trial by Jury
	 

	11.21
	

	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	 

	11.22
	

	Patriot Act Notice
	 

	11.23
	

	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
	 

	11.24
	

	Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
	 

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	11.25
	

	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
	 

SCHEDULES

I    Certain Timken Stockholders
2.01    Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
6.09    Environmental Matters
6.11    Pension Plans
6.13    Projected Financial Information
8.01    Existing Liens
8.08    Transactions with Affiliates
11.02    Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

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

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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 11, 2018, among THE TIMKEN COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (the “Borrower”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties (as hereinafter defined) have requested that the Lenders make loans to the Borrower to provide funds to (a) refinance a portion of revolving indebtedness of the Borrower (the “Refinancing”) outstanding under the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement (as defined below) and (b) to finance a portion of the purchase for the Borrower’s acquisition of Rollon S.p.A. (the “Rollon Acquisition”).
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make such loans and other financial accommodations to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01    Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Administrative Agent” means KeyBank National Association (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates).
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.  “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

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“Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:
	
				
	Applicable Rate

	Pricing Level
	Debt Ratings
S&P/Moody’s
	Eurodollar 
Rate +
	Base Rate +

	1
	A- /A3 or better
	0.875%
	0.000%

	2
	BBB+/Baa1
	1.000%
	0.000%

	3
	BBB/Baa2
	1.125%
	0.125%

	4
	BBB-/Baa3
	1.250%
	0.250%

	5
	BB+/Ba1 or worse
	1.500%
	0.500%

	 
	 
	 
	 

“Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P or Moody’s (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the Borrower’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt; provided that (a) if the respective Debt Ratings issued by the foregoing rating agencies differ by one level, then the Pricing Level for the higher of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest); (b) if there is a split in Debt Ratings of more than one level, then the Pricing Level that is one level lower than the Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply; (c) if the Borrower has only one Debt Rating, the Pricing Level that is one level lower than that of such Debt Rating shall apply; and (d) if the Borrower does not have any Debt Rating, Pricing Level 5 shall apply.
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 3.  Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective, in the case of either an upgrade or a downgrade, during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change (and the Borrower shall promptly provide notice to the Administrative Agent of any such publicly announced change in the Debt Rating).
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means, collectively, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any one law firm or other external counsel and, if reasonably necessary, a single external local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

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“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“Base Rate” means a rate of interest per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) one-half of one percent (0.50%) in excess of the Federal Funds Rate and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%; and if Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in the Base Rate shall be effective immediately from and after such change in the Base Rate.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Borrowing” means each borrowing occurring on the Closing Date consisting of simultaneous Loans having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Borrowing Minimum” means $5,000,000.
“Borrowing Multiple” means $1,000,000.
“Business Day” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required by Law to close in, or are in fact closed in Cleveland, Ohio, or New York, New York and (b) if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted hereunder):
(a)readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;
(b)readily marketable obligations issued by the District of Columbia, any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof (i) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof, and having an investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s (or the equivalent thereof);
(c)time deposits or repurchase agreements with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) 

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commercial paper rated as described in clause (d) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(d)commercial paper or master notes issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-2” (or the then equivalent grade) by S& P, in each case with maturities of not more than 6 months from the date of acquisition thereof;
(e)obligations issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America (i) having maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof and (ii) rated at least A by S&P and at least A2 by Moody’s;
(f)instruments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s;
(g)Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as Current Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250,000,000 or its equivalent, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this definition;
(h)with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries, (i) the approximate foreign equivalent of any of clauses (a) through (g) above and (ii) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries and in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (a) through (g); and
(i)Investments in investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (h) above.

“CFC” means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Code.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(j)any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than those Persons listed on Schedule I and the heirs, administrators or executors of any such Persons and any trust established by or for the benefit of such Persons, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or
(k)during any period of 24 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination 

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to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body.

“Closing Date” means September 11, 2018.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commitment” means as to each Lender, its obligation to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption 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. The aggregate Commitments of all of the Lenders on the Closing Date was $350,000,000.00.
“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C.  § 1 et seq.), and any successor statute, and any rules, regulations and orders applicable thereto.
“Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12(c)(ii).
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, (ii) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (iv) other non-recurring charges and expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, (v) any losses realized upon the Disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (vi) the aggregate amount of non-cash impairment, restructuring, reorganization, implementation, manufacturing rationalization and other special charges for such period, and (vii) non-cash stock-based compensation expense for such period and minus (b) the sum of (i) all non-recurring material non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, (ii) any gains realized upon the Disposition of assets outside the ordinary course of business, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) payments (net of expenses) received with respect to the United States - Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000.  For purposes of calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio), Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any Qualified Acquisitions and Qualified Dispositions for any applicable period.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (without duplication) (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, includes only the drawn portion of any line of credit or revolving credit facility), (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, includes 

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only the drawn portion of any line of credit or revolving credit facility), (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) earn-outs, hold-backs and other deferred payment of consideration in connection with Permitted Acquisitions to the extent not required to be reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), (e) Attributable Indebtedness, (f) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, (g) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is contingent in nature) of the types specified in clauses (a) through (f) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (h) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, net of interest income in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges for such period.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such date.  The Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses) for that period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“Credit Extension” means a Borrowing.
“Credit Facility” means, at any time, (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of all Lenders outstanding at such time.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all assets of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as current assets on the balance sheet of a company conducting a business the same as or similar to that of such Person, after deducting appropriate and adequate reserves therefrom in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP.
“Debt Rating” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

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“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (b) 2.0% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanctions that broadly prohibit transactions or dealings with that country or territory (currently, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial 

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institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.07(b)(v) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.07(b)(iii)).
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, and binding judgments, orders, decrees, Environmental Permits and agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to releases of hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries resulting from or based upon violation of any Environmental Law, or the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a) (2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA; or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA (including without limitation as a result of any prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary 

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responsibility rules with respect to any Plan) , other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Rate” means: 
(a)    for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, 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 of LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “LIBOR Rate”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and
(b)    for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two Business Days prior to such date (provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) for Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; 
provided, (i) to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and (ii) if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, (a) any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary and (b) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary all or substantially all of the assets of which consist of, directly or indirectly, the Equity Interests in one or more CFCs.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement of such Guarantor of such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.  If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap Contract, such exclusion shall apply to only the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Contracts for which such Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement is or becomes illegal.
“Existing Revolving Credit Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 25, 2019 (as amended or otherwise modified), among the Borrower, as the borrower thereunder, the financial institutions party thereto, as lenders and/or agents, and Bank of America, N.A. and KeyBank, as co-administrative agents for the lenders thereunder or any amendment and restatement or any successor or replacement thereto.

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“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any applicable agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any applicable intergovernmental agreements.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to KeyBank National Association on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent and (c) if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. 
“First Amendment Effective Date” means July 12, 2019.
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.15(a)(i).
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fully Satisfied” means, with respect to the Obligations as of any date, that, as of such date, (a) all principal of and interest accrued to such date which constitute Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in full in cash, (b) all fees, expenses and other amounts then due and payable which constitute Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in cash and (c) the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated in full.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the accounting profession) including, without limitation, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied and subject to Section 1.04.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including, without limitation, any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(h).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness payable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of 

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assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien).  The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means, after the Springing Guaranty Date, collectively, the Material Subsidiaries of the Borrower, if any, that execute and deliver a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 7.12.  For purposes of clarification, the Receivables Subsidiaries and any Excluded Subsidiary shall not be required to become Guarantors pursuant to Section 7.12.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, as regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a)all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, includes only the drawn portion of any line of credit or revolving credit facility);
(b)all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c)net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d)all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) earn-outs, hold-backs and other deferred payment of consideration in connection with Permitted Acquisitions to the extent not required to be reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP);
(e)indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f)capital leases, Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
(g)all obligations of such Person to mandatorily purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment, in each case in cash, in respect of any Equity Interests in such Person or any other Person or any warrants, rights or options to acquire such Equity Interests, valued, in the case of redeemable preferred interests, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h)all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.  For the avoidance of doubt, a Guarantee of any obligation that is not Indebtedness shall not constitute Indebtedness.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent that such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date.  The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.05.
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“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as  to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each February, May, August and November and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided, that:
(a)any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(b)any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(c)no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such Person.  For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be (i) the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, minus (ii) the amount of dividends or distributions received in connection with such Investment and any return of capital or repayment of principal received in respect of such Investment that, in each case, is received in cash, Cash Equivalents or short-term marketable debt securities.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E executed by a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12.
“KeyBank” means KeyBank National Association and its successors.
“KeyBank Fee Letters” means each of (a) the letter agreement dated August 27, 2018, between the Borrower and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and (b) the letter agreement, dated June 13, 2019, between the Borrower and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate.

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“Leverage Increase Notice” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that the applicable acquisition qualifies as a Qualified Acquisition and (ii) notifying the Administrative Agent that the Borrower has elected to increase the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test level as set forth in the provisos to Section 8.11(a).
“Leverage Increase Period” means the four fiscal quarters ended immediately following the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition.
“LIBOR Screen Rate” means 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” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(c).
“LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption 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 in consultation with the Borrower).
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, (d) the KeyBank Fee Letters, (e) the Wells Fargo Fee Letter and (f) each Joinder Agreement.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and, after the Springing Guaranty Date, each Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Master Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Swap Contract.”
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect upon the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document, or (c) a material impairment of the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Subsidiary” means each Domestic Subsidiary now existing or hereafter acquired or formed, and each successor thereto, which, after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition or formation, or at any other time thereafter, (i) the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries’ Investments in such Domestic Subsidiary exceeds 5.0% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (ii) the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Domestic Subsidiary exceeds 5.0% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or (iii) the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries’ equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of such Domestic Subsidiary exceeds 5.0% of the income of the Borrower 

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and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Borrower with respect to which, pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of Section 7.01, financial statements have been, or are required to have been, delivered by the Borrower.
“Maturity Date” means September 11, 2023, unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9.02(b).
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.10.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a plan described in Section 4064 of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is obligated to make contributions.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 and is otherwise approved by the Required Lenders.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor.
“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party.  The foregoing shall also include (a) all obligations under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank and (b) all obligations under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank; provided that the “Obligations” of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor.
“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication and to the extent not included as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) with respect to any asset securitization transaction (including any accounts receivable purchase facility) (i) the unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of assets so transferred and (ii) any other payment, recourse, repurchase, hold harmless, indemnity or similar obligation of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of assets transferred or payments made in respect thereof, other than limited recourse provisions that are customary for transactions of such type and that neither (x) have the effect of limiting the loss or credit risk of such purchasers or transferees with respect to payment or performance by the obligors of the assets so transferred nor (y) impair the characterization of the transaction as a true sale under applicable Laws (including Debtor 

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Relief Laws); or (b) the monetary obligations under any sale and leaseback transaction which does not create a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).
“Outstanding Amount” means on any date, the amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date.
“Overnight Rate” means an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(d).
“PATRIOT Act” has the meaning provided in Section 11.22.
“Payment Office” means such office of KeyBank as shall be from time to time selected by the Administrative Agent and notified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (excluding a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the Pension Funding Rules.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any purchase or other acquisition of all of the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all of the property and assets of, any Person permitted by Section 8.02(i).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan and excluding a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
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“Pre-Approved Accounting Firm” means any of the following: Ernst & Young LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Deloitte LLP or KPMG LLP.
“Prime Rate” means the interest rate established from time to time by the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent’s prime rate, whether or not such rate is publicly announced. The Prime Rate may not be the lowest interest rate charged by the Administrative Agent for commercial or other extensions of credit. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective immediately from and after such change.
“Priority Debt” means, as of any date, the sum (without duplication) of the (a) unsecured Indebtedness of the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than unsecured intercompany Indebtedness) and (b) secured Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio), that any Qualified Disposition or any Qualified Acquisition shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b).  In connection with the foregoing, (a) with respect to any Qualified Disposition, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property Disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (b) with respect to any Qualified Acquisition income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (i) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (ii) such items are supported by audited financial statements, if available, or such other information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Loans held by such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Loans outstanding hereunder at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.  The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Qualified Acquisition” means an acquisition with an aggregate purchase price of at least $200,000,000.
“Qualified Disposition” means a Disposition of any material Person, property, business or asset with an aggregate purchase price of at least $200,000,000.
“Receivables Facility” has the meaning specified in Section 8.05(g).
“Receivables Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12.
“Refinancing” has the meaning given to it in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
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“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30-day notice period has been waived.
“Request for Credit Extension” means a Committed Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the outstanding Loans; provided that, as set forth in Section 2.16, the Commitment of, and the portion of the outstanding Loans held, or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, vice president, corporate controller, treasurer, or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party and, with respect to certificates to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, notices to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.03 and the requirements of Section 9.01, the general counsel or the secretary of the Borrower.  Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Rollon Acquisition” has the meaning given to it in the Preliminary Statements hereto.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom (“HMT”).
“Scheduled Unavailability Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02(b).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which the property of such Person, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, would constitute an unreasonably small capital.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07(h).
“Springing Guaranty Date” means the date upon which both the corporate credit rating of the Borrower is BB+ or less (or not rated) by S&P and the corporate family rating of the Borrower is Ba1 or less (or not rated) by Moody’s.

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“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement” means the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Swap Bank” means (a) any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time that it becomes a party to a Swap Contract with any Loan Party and (b) any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is party to a Swap Contract with any Loan Party in existence on the Closing Date.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligations” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the Indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).
“Threshold Amount” means $80,000,000.
“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services.

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“Treasury Management Bank” means (a) any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time that it becomes a party to a Treasury Management Agreement with any Loan Party and (b) any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to a Treasury Management Agreement with any Loan Party in existence on the Closing Date.
“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Wells Fargo Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated August 27, 2018, between the Borrower and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
1.02    Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a)The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
(b)(i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(i)Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(ii)The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(iii)The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(iv)Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns.
(c)In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(d)Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or disposition, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or disposition, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person.  Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
(e)Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

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1.04    Accounting Terms.

(a)All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b)If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  Without limiting the foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with that reflected in the Audited Financial Statements for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, unless the parties hereto shall enter into a mutually acceptable amendment addressing such changes, as provided for above.
(c)All obligations of any Person that were or would have been characterized as operating lease obligations in accordance with GAAP on or prior to December 31, 2018 (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) shall be or continue to be, as applicable, accounted for as operating lease obligations (and not as capitalized lease obligations) for purposes of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP since December 31, 2018 that would otherwise require such obligations to be recharacterized (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) as capitalized lease obligations.

1.05    Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
1.06    References to Agreements and Laws.

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

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1.07    Times of Day.

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

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

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01    The Loans.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower, in Dollars, on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Commitment.  The Borrowing shall consist of Loans made simultaneously by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment.  Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01 and prepay under Section 2.05, but no such amounts may be reborrowed.
2.02    Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a)The Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other and each continuation of Loans after the Closing Date shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone.  Such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 11:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans and (ii) 11:00 a.m. on the requested date of Borrowing of any Base Rate Loans. A telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.  Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of not less than the Borrowing Minimum or the Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof.  Each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of not less than the Borrowing Minimum or the Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof.  The Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as applicable (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, as applicable, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted and (v) the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto.  If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans.  Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans.  If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b)Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each 

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Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a).  With respect to the Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date, (i) each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Closing Date and (ii) upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.01, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in Dollars either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of KeyBank with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower not less than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(c)Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.
(d)The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.  The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in absence of manifest error.  At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify Timken and the Lenders of any change in the Prime Rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e)After giving effect to the Borrowing, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect.
(f)The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of the Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan the Closing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the Closing Date.

2.03    [Reserved].

2.04    [Reserved].

2.05    Prepayments.

(a)Optional.  The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent provided by the Borrower, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided, that, such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (ii) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; provided further that such notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified prepayment date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type of Loans to be prepaid.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment.  If such notice is given, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.  Any voluntary prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.  Subject to Section 2.16, each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.  Each prepayment of Loans made pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Loans in the manner specified by the Borrower or, if not so specified on or prior to the date of such optional prepayment, in direct order of maturity.
(b)[Reserved].
(c)Prepayments to Include Accrued Interest, Etc.  All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be applied to Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities, and shall be made together with (i) accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount so prepaid and (ii) in the case of 

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any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.

2.06    Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

The Commitment of each Lender shall automatically terminate at such time as such Lender shall have made available to the Borrower its share of the Loans to be made on the Closing Date.
2.07    Repayment of Loans.

The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.05), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9.02;

	
		
	Payment Dates
	Principal Repayment Installments

	November 30, 2018
	$2,187,500

	February 28, 2019
	$2,187,500

	May 31, 2019
	$2,187,500

	August 31, 2019
	$2,187,500

	November 30, 2019
	$2,187,500

	February 29, 2020
	$2,187,500

	May 31, 2020
	$2,187,500

	August 31, 2020
	$2,187,500

	November 30, 2020
	$2,187,500

	February 28, 2021
	$2,187,500

	May 31, 2021
	$2,187,500

	August 31, 2021
	$2,187,500

	November 30, 2021
	$2,187,500

	February 28, 2022
	$2,187,500

	May 31, 2022
	$2,187,500

	August 31, 2022
	$2,187,500

	November 30, 2022
	$2,187,500

	February 28, 2023
	$2,187,500

	May 31, 2023
	$2,187,500

	August 31, 2023
	$2,187,500

	Maturity Date
	Remaining outstanding principal amount of Loans

provided, however, that (i) the final principal repayment installment of the Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date and (ii) (A) if any principal repayment installment to be made by the Borrower (other than principal repayment installments on Eurodollar Rate Loans) shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, such principal repayment installment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be and (B) if any principal repayment installment to be made by the Borrower on a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, such principal repayment installment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such principal repayment installment into another calendar month, in which event such principal repayment installment shall be due on the immediately preceding Business Day.

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2.08    Interest.
(a)Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans. To the extent that any calculation of interest or any fee required to be paid under this Agreement shall be based on (or result in) a calculation that is less than zero, such calculation shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
(b)If any amount of principal, interest or fees payable under Section 2.09 are not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Furthermore, upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.  Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c)Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.  Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

2.09    Fees.

(a)The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers, for their own respective accounts, fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the KeyBank Fee Letters and the Wells Fargo Fee Letter.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(b)The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified.  Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.10    Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate.99.

(a)All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).  Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b)If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period.  This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, under Section 2.08(b) or under Article IX.  The Borrower’s obligations 

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under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments of all of the Lenders and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

2.11    Evidence of Indebtedness.

(a)The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business.  The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.  Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations.  In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.  Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records.  Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b)[Reserved]
(c)Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.11(b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.11(a) above, shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

2.12    Payments Generally.

(a)Except as provided in Section 3.01 and Section 11.15, all payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to, Loans shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Payment Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.
(b)If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c)Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto.  If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:

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i.if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect; and
ii.if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing.  If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d)If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e)The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.05(b) are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.05(b) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.05(b).
(f)Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g)Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 9.03.  If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time.

2.13    Sharing of Payments..
If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by 

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them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided, however, that (x) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon and (y) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.16 or as consideration for any assignment or participation pursuant to Section 11.07.  The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 11.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.  The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.  Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
2.14    [Reserved].

2.15    [Reserved].

2.16    Defaulting Lender.

(h)Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
i.Waivers and Amendments.  Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and Section 11.01.
ii.Defaulting Lender Waterfall.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.09 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and fourth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed 

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by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
iii.Certain Fees.
1.The Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive or accrue any fees payable under Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
2.With respect to any fee payable under Section 2.09(a) not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(i)Defaulting Lender Cure.  If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

3.01    Taxes.

(a)Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, (1) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or maintains a Lending Office, or to which the Administrative Agent or such Lender has a present or former connection (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document) and (2) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”).  If the Borrower shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01), each of the Administrative Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the Administrative Agent or the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall forward the same to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

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(b)In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”). 
(c)The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 3.01) paid by, or required to be deducted or withheld from a payment to, the Administrative Agent and such Lender and (ii) any liability (including additions to tax, penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto.  Payment under this Section 3.01(d) shall be made within 30 days after the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent makes a demand therefor.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
3.02    Illegality.
If any Lender reasonably determines that the introduction of or Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans in Dollars whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans in Dollars or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate  Loans in Dollars shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case, until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all such Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender and/or Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to clause (b) of the definition of “Eurodollar Rate”, as applicable, to Base Rate Loans as to which the rate of interest is not determined with reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or, if requested by such Lender, cause all Loans of such Lender to be converted into a Base Rate Loan as to which the rate of interest is not determined with reference to the Eurodollar Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate.  Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing promptly upon becoming aware that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing and despite the illegality for such a Lender to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to the Eurodollar Rate, that Lender shall remain committed to make Base Rate Loans and shall be entitled to recover interest at the Base Rate (without giving effect to clause (c) thereof).  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, but without liability under Section 3.05(a).  Each Lender agrees to designate a different Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
3.03    Inability to Determine Rates.
(a)If in connection with any request for a Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof (i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that for any reason (A) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurocurrency market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan or (B) (1) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with a Base Rate Loan and 

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(2) the circumstances described in Section 3.03(c)(i) do not apply (in each case with respect to clause (i), “Impacted Loans”), or (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably determine that for any reason the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans as to which the interest rate is determined with reference to the Eurodollar Rate, as applicable, shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and shall be entitled to recover interest at the Base Rate (without giving effect to clause (c) thereof).
(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in Section 3.03(a)(i), the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and the Required 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 (i) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under Section 3.03(a)(i), (ii) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (iii) 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 Borrower written notice thereof
(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents (including Section 11.01 hereof), if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower) that the Borrower or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
i.adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any requested Interest Period, including, without limitation, 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 has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); 
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 Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “LIBOR Successor Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming Changes and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment.  Such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such LIBOR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.  If no LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (c)(i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.  Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or 

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maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) the Eurodollar Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Base Rate.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.  Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of this Agreement.
3.04    Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(a)If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any Change in Law or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 3.01 shall govern), (ii) taxes excluded from the definition of “Taxes” set forth in Section 3.01, and (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction; provided, that such Lender shall be generally seeking, or intending generally to seek, comparable compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such credit facilities to do so) in similar circumstances.
(b)If any Lender reasonably determines that the introduction of any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction; provided, that such Lender shall be generally seeking, or intending generally to seek, comparable compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Lender has the right under such credit facilities to do so) in similar circumstances.
(c)The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, 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 Eurodollar 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), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 15 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender.  If a Lender fails to give notice 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.

3.05    Funding Losses..
(a)Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
i.any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

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ii.any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
iii.any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.16;
excluding any loss of anticipated profits but including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.  The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
(b)In addition to the rights of the Lenders set forth in Section 3.05(a), at any time on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, upon demand of the Administrative Agent, from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate the Administrative Agent for and hold the Administrative Agent harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of the syndication of the Credit Facility.
(c)For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank Eurocurrency market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

3.06    Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation..
(a)A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III and setting forth a statement of reasons for such demand and the calculation of such additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder in reasonable detail, and shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent and Lenders may not seek compensation under this Article III more than 60 days after the Administrative Agent or  such Lender had actual knowledge that such amount or amounts were payable under this Article III.  In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(b)Upon any Lender’s making a claim for compensation under Section 3.01 or 3.04, the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.16.

3.07    Survival.

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

ARTICLE IV

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSION

5.01    Conditions of Credit Extension..

The obligation of each Lender to make the Credit Extension hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (it being understood and agreed that all such conditions were satisfied on the Closing Date):

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(a)The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, if applicable, each dated such date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before such date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(i)executed counterparts of this Agreement, sufficient in number for distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower;
(ii)a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;
(iii)such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party or is to be a party;
(iv)such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably require to evidence that the Borrower is duly organized or formed, and that the Borrower is validly existing and in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization;
(v)a favorable opinion of Jones Day, counsel to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(vi)a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the validity against the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
(vii)a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that:
(A)the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article VI or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished by the Borrower at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, which such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as qualified thereby) on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date;
(B)no Default shall exist, or would result from the proposed Credit Extension on the Closing Date or from the application of the proceeds thereof; and
(C)that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(viii)a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby, from the Borrower’s Chief Financial Officer; 
(ix)(A) Upon the reasonable request of any Lender made at least ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower 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 PATRIOT Act, in each case at least three (3) days prior to the Closing Date; and
(B)at least three (3) days prior to the Closing Date, if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall deliver, to each Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification; and
(x)such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(b)All fees required to be paid by the Borrower in connection with the Loan Documents on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full.

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(c)All accrued reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, including, without limitation, Attorney Costs for which the Borrower has received a reasonably detailed invoice at least 5 days prior to the Closing Date, shall have been paid in full.
(d)The absence of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that (i) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) purports to adversely affect the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document.
(e)There shall not have occurred a material adverse change in the business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since December 31, 2017.
(f)The Administrative Agent shall have received a Request for Credit Extension for the Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

6.01    Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws.
Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.02    Authorization; No Contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien (except for any Liens that may arise under the Loan Documents) under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) except as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) except as would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, violate any Law.
6.03    Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.
No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person (other than filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder) by any Loan Party is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement or exercise of rights or remedies against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for those that have already been obtained.

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6.04    Binding Effect.
This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.  This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar or laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity.
6.05    Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a)The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness, to the extent required by GAAP.
(b)The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c)Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06    Litigation.
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.07    No Default.
Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation where such default, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.08    Ownership of Property.
Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary and used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09    Environmental Compliance.
Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 6.09, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and known Environmental Liabilities on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and known Environmental Liabilities, could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.10    Taxes.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and material state income tax returns and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, material state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due 

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and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.  As of the Closing Date, neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any tax sharing agreement, except for (i) tax sharing agreements solely among any of the Loan Parties and (ii) the tax sharing agreement by and between the Borrower and TimkenSteel Corporation dated June 30, 2014.
6.11    Pension Plans.
(a)Except as set forth on Schedule 6.11 hereto, (i) neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party has incurred any withdrawal liability (within the meaning of Part 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, (ii) no Loan Party has incurred any liability under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to the Plans, (iii) no ERISA Event has occurred and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event, (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, (v) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, (vi) each Plan is in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws, (vii) each Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the IRS to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS, (viii) the Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained, except, with respect to subsections (i) through (viii) above, as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)The Borrower represents and warrants as of the Closing Date that the Borrower is not and will not be using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans.
6.12    Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a)The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.
(b)None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or, after the Springing Guaranty Date, any Guarantor is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
6.13    Disclosure.
As of the Closing Date, no written report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information provided by the Borrower or that is otherwise described on Schedule 6.13, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
6.14    Compliance with Laws.
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(a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.15    OFAC.
Neither the Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, any director, officer, controlled affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently an individual or entity with whom dealings are prohibited under any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals or any other replacement official publication of such list or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
6.16    Anti-Corruption Laws.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in material compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote compliance with such laws.
6.17    EEA Financial Institution.
No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
6.18    Beneficial Ownership Certification.
As of the Closing Date, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the information included in any Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
ARTICLE VII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until such time as the Obligations have been Fully Satisfied, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 7.01, 7.02, and 7.03) cause each Subsidiary to:
7.01    Financial Statements.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a)as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of either a Pre-Approved Accounting Firm or another independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit; and
(b)as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which shall have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

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In lieu of furnishing to the Administrative Agent paper or electronic copies of the documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 7.01(a) and 7.01(b), to the extent such documents are filed with the SEC, the documents shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower posts such documents on its website or on the SEC’s EDGAR system.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver paper or electronic copies of such documents to any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper or electronic copies.
7.02    Certificates; Other Information.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent (who will make available to the Lenders), in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a)concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and 7.01(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
(b)copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower have filed with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor; 
(c)promptly following any request therefor, information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and
(d)promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
In lieu of furnishing to the Administrative Agent paper or electronic copies of the documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(b), to the extent such documents are filed with the SEC or posted on the Borrower’s website, the documents shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower posts such documents on its website or on the SEC’s EDGAR system.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver paper or electronic copies of such documents to any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper or electronic copies.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide electronic copies of the Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.02(a) to the Administrative Agent (who will make such copies available to the Lenders).  Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar, or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public  Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Person’s securities.  The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, means that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although the parties acknowledge that such information may still be sensitive and/or proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 11.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform that is not designated as “Public Side Information.” For purposes of clarification, (i) any materials not marked “PUBLIC” shall be deemed to be material 

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non-public information and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any particular Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”
7.03    Notices.
Promptly after a Responsible Officer has knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a)of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; and
(b)of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to subparts (a) and (b) of this Section 7.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
7.04    [Reserved].
7.05    Preservation of Existence, Etc.
(a)Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.04 or 8.05; and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.06    Maintenance of Properties.
(a)Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation events excepted, except to the extent that the continued maintenance of such property is no longer economically desirable as determined in good faith by the Borrower; and
(b)Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.07    Maintenance of Insurance.
Maintain insurance with reputable insurance companies or maintain a self-insurance program, with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.
7.08    Compliance with Laws.
Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws (including Environmental Laws) and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.09    Books and Records.
Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
7.10    Inspection Rights.
Within ten Business Days of delivery of the notice referred to below, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such inspection commences, (a) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise such inspection rights and (b) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time during any calendar year.

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7.11    Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of the Credit Extension on the Closing Date (a) to effect the Refinancing, (b) to finance a portion of the purchase price for the Rollon Acquisition and (c) to pay certain fees and expenses associated with the Refinancing and the entering into of this Agreement.
7.12    Covenant to Guarantee Obligations.
At any time following the Springing Guaranty Date, the Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense:
(i)cause all Material Subsidiaries (other than (x) a special purpose entity established to facilitate a securitization or other financing of accounts receivable or other assets of any Loan Party otherwise permitted hereunder (each a “Receivables Subsidiary” or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary) within 60 days after the Springing Guaranty Date, to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit F, Guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents,
(ii)upon (x) the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary by any Loan Party that is a Material Subsidiary or (y) any existing direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of any Loan Party becoming a Material Subsidiary (for purposes of this clause (ii) as determined by the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b)), cause such Material Subsidiary (other than (x) a Receivables Subsidiary or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary) within 30 days after such formation or acquisition or becoming a Material Subsidiary, and cause each direct and indirect parent of such Material Subsidiary (if it has not already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement in substantially the same form as Exhibit E, guaranteeing the other Loan Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents, and
(iii)within 60 days after such formation or acquisition or becoming a Material Subsidiary, deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, a signed copy of a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent relating to the matters described in clause (a) above, including any such Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement or Joinder Agreement, as applicable, being legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party party thereto enforceable in accordance with its terms;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, in no event will any Excluded Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary be required to provide a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement or Joinder Agreement under any Loan Document.
7.13    [Reserved].

7.14    Further Assurances.
Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents.
7.15    Anti-Corruption Laws.
Conduct its businesses in material compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 any other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote compliance with such laws.

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ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until such time as the Obligations have been Fully Satisfied, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
8.01    Liens.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned (but not leased) or hereafter acquired (but not leased), other than the following:
(a)Liens existing as of the First Amendment Effective Date, that are listed on Schedule 8.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not changed and the amount not increased or the direct or any contingent obligor changed and if such Lien is a Lien securing Priority Debt, any renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is not prohibited by Section 8.03;
(b)Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(c)carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;
(d)pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(e)deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f)easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, other restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(g)Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments;
(h)Liens on or transfers of accounts receivable and contracts, and instruments and other assets related thereto arising in connection with the sale of such accounts receivable pursuant to Section 8.05(g);
(i)Liens securing any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is not prohibited by Section 8.03;
(j)Liens, if any, in favor of the L/C Issuer (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) and/or the Swing Line Lender (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) to Cash Collateralize (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) or otherwise secure the obligations of a Defaulting Lender (as defined in the Existing Revolving Credit Agreement) to fund risk participations thereunder;
(k)Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary owing to any Loan Party;
(l)Liens on any property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to the Lien;
(m)Liens incidental to the conduct of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s business or the ownership of such entity’s assets which (i) do not secure Indebtedness and (ii) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or materially impact the use thereof in the operation of such entity’s business;  and

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(n)pledges or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations or to secure performance in connection with tenders, leases of real property, or bids of contracts and pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business for similar purposes.
8.02    Acquisitions and Joint Ventures.
(a)Purchase or acquire all of the Equity Interests in, or all or substantially all of the property and assets of, any Person (other than any Subsidiary of the Borrower) that, upon the consummation thereof, will be wholly owned directly by the Borrower or one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, as a result of a merger or consolidation) except any such purchase or acquisition made pursuant to this Section 8.02(a) so long as:
(i)the lines of business of the Person to be (or the property and assets of which are to be) so purchased or otherwise acquired shall not be substantially different than the lines of business currently conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any business reasonably related or incidental thereto; and
(ii)(A) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.11 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such purchase or acquisition and (C) if the total cash and non-cash consideration (including earn-outs, hold-backs and other deferred payment of consideration) paid or to be paid for any such purchase or acquisition exceeds $200,000,000, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower demonstrating such compliance required pursuant to clause (B) herein.
(b)Make Investments in joint ventures (other than any Subsidiaries) except (i) such Investments existing as of the Closing Date and (ii) such Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 8.02(b); provided that, in the case of Investments described in clause (b)(ii), (1) the aggregate amount of such Investments made during any fiscal year in such joint ventures pursuant to this clause (b)(ii) shall not exceed $150,000,000 for such fiscal year and (2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing before and immediately after giving effect to any such Investment.
8.03    Indebtedness.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Priority Debt except:
(a)Priority Debt at any one time outstanding not to exceed seventeen percent (17%) of total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis;
(b)Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in respect of working capital facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000;
(c)(i) Indebtedness of the Receivables Subsidiaries incurred in connection with the sale of accounts receivable and related assets pursuant to Section 8.05(g) so long as the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of all Receivables Subsidiaries relating thereto (exclusive of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (ii) below) does not exceed $150,000,000 at any time and (ii) Indebtedness of the Receivables Subsidiaries to any Subsidiary incurred in connection with the Receivables Facility for the purchase of accounts receivable and related assets;
(d)obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practice; and
(e)Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents.
8.04    Fundamental Changes.
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:
(a)any Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries, provided that, after the Springing Guaranty Date, when any Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, the Guarantor 

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shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the continuing or surviving Person shall promptly thereafter become a Guarantor;
(b)any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary; provided that, after the Springing Guaranty Date, if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower or a Guarantor or the transferee shall promptly thereafter become a Guarantor;
(c)in connection with any acquisition permitted under Section 8.02, any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it; provided that the Person surviving such merger shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(d)any Disposition permitted by Section 8.05; and
(e)any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary may dissolve or liquidate;
provided, however, that in each case, immediately after giving effect thereto, in the case of any such merger to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower is the surviving corporation.
8.05    Dispositions.
Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a)Dispositions of surplus, obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business;
(b)Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c)Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(d)Dispositions of property by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary;
(e)Dispositions permitted by Section 8.04;
(f)Dispositions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 8.05; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from such Disposition, (ii) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 8.11(a) on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any such Disposition and (iii) if the net book value of the assets sold, leased or otherwise Disposed of in any such Disposition exceeds $200,000,000, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower demonstrating such compliance required pursuant to clause (ii) herein;
(g)the limited recourse sale of accounts receivable and related assets in connection a transaction permitted by Section 8.03(c) (the “Receivables Facility”);
(h)Dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and
(i)so long as no Default or Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the grant of any option or other right to purchase any asset in a transaction that would be permitted under the provisions of Section 8.05(f);
provided, however, that any Disposition pursuant to Section 8.05(a) through Section 8.05(h) shall be for fair value as determined by the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary in its reasonable business judgment.
8.06    [Reserved].
8.07    Change in Nature of Business.
Engage in any material line of business that is not of the same general type as those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business reasonably related, complementary or incidental thereto.
8.08    Transactions with Affiliates.
Except as otherwise specifically permitted in this Agreement, enter into any material transaction with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, except (i) transactions between 

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or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction, (ii) the transactions identified on Schedule 8.08 (iii) transactions relating to the Receivables Facility (iv) issuances of Equity Interests of the Borrower to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (v) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, (vi) payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, members of the Board of Directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and (vii) any payments to or from, and transactions with any joint venture in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto).
8.09    [Reserved].
8.10    Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, in each case of the foregoing, in any manner that would violate Regulation U, or X of the FRB.
8.11    Financial Covenants.
(a)Consolidated Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2018) to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00; provided that, following the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition and receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Leverage Increase Notice, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 4.50 to 1.00 during such Leverage Increase Period; provided further that, after the occurrence of any Leverage Increase Period, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be no greater than 3.50 to 1.00 as of the end of at least one fiscal quarter before a subsequent Leverage Increase Period may be permitted to commence; provided, further, that if the proposed Qualified Acquisition would result in a pro forma non-investment grade rating from either S&P and/or Moody’s (giving effect to the rules of construction set forth in the proviso of the definition of “Debt Rating”), then the maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio permitted during the Leverage Increase Period shall be limited to 4.00 to 1.00.
(b)Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2018) to be less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00.
8.12    Sanctions.
Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner, in each case as would result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Arranger and Administrative Agent) of Sanctions.
8.13    Anti-Corruption Laws.
Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for any purpose which would breach the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or cause a material breach of any other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, including the UK Bribery Act 2010.

ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

9.01    Events of Default.
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(a)Non-Payment.  The Borrower fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, (ii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan, or any commitment or other fee due hereunder or (iii) within ten days after written notice thereof, any other amount due hereunder; or
(b)Specific Covenants.  The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in (i) any of Section 7.03, 7.05, 7.11 or 7.12, or Article VIII or (ii) any of Section 7.01(a) or (b) or 7.02(a) and such failure continues for 10 days after the earlier of the date on which (i) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has knowledge of such failure or (ii) notice is given from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower at the request of the Required Lenders that the Borrower is to remedy the same; or
(c)Other Defaults.  Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 9.01(a) or 9.01(b)) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after the earlier of the date on which (i) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower has knowledge of such failure or (ii) notice is given from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower at the request of the Required Lenders that the Borrower is to remedy the same; or
(d)Representations and Warranties.  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(e)Cross-Default.  (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace period (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount (including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) and the Swap Termination Value owed by the Loan Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; or
(f)Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.  Any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g)Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment.  (i) Any Loan Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or
(h)Judgments.  There is entered against any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary a final and non-appealable judgment or order of any court for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount, (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage); or
(i)ERISA.  Except as is not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or is reasonably expected to result in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer 

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Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(j)Invalidity of Loan Documents.  Any provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k)Change of Control.  There occurs any Change of Control.

9.02    Remedies upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a)declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b)declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and
(c)exercise on behalf of themselves, the other Administrative Agent and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to them, the other Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
9.03    Application of Funds.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.16, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest but including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts, Swap Banks) in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid principal of the Loans, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Swap Bank and (c) payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Treasury Management Bank, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts and Treasury Management Agreements, Swap Banks or Treasury Management Banks, as applicable) in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

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Fifth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties owing under or in respect of the Loan Documents that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on such date; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Guarantor or such Guarantor’s assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section.

ARTICLE X

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

10.01    Appointment and Authority.
Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints KeyBank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.  Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
10.02    Rights as a Lender.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
10.03    Exculpatory Provisions.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and their duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties:
(a)shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b)shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law; and

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(c)shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice in writing describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
10.04    Reliance by Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan.  The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.05    Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties.  The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent.
10.06    Removal and Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a)The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the consent of the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States or another entity a material business of which is or will be providing administrative agency services.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders (with, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the consent of the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the 

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qualifications set forth above.  Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(b)If at any time the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person, remove such Person as the Administrative Agent and appoint (with, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the consent of the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) a successor.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c)With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Sections 11.04 and 11.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as the Administrative Agent.

10.07    Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.08    No Other Duties; Etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers, syndication agents, documentation agents or co-agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.
10.09    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent 

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(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.09, 11.04 and 11.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09, 11.04 and 11.05.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
10.10    Guaranty Matters.
At any time following the Springing Guaranty Date, if any Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder, such Person shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, pursuant to this Section 10.10.  The Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s reasonable expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 10.10.
10.11    Lender ERISA Representation.
(a)Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: 
i.such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans or this Agreement,
ii.the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans and this Agreement,
iii.(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans and this Agreement, or
iv.such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
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with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

11.01    Amendments, Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a)extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(b)postpone any date scheduled for any payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or 2.08, or any date fixed for the payment of fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(c)reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;
(d)change any provision of this Section 11.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(e)at any time following the Springing Guaranty Date, release all or substantially all the Guarantors, from its or their obligations under the Loan Documents without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any such Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 10.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent alone);
(f)[reserved]; or
(g)amend Section 2.13 or 9.03, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided, however, that Section 2.13 may be amended solely with the consent of the Required Lenders to provide for ratable sharing of payments within the same tranche of Loans rather than across all Loans in the event that one or more additional borrowing tranches is added hereunder,
and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)  Section 11.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification, (iii) the KeyBank Fee Letters and the Wells Fargo Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may make amendments contemplated by 

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Section 3.03(c).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (i) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (ii) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement may be amended or amended and restated without the consent of any Lender (but with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) if, upon giving effect to such amendment or amendment and restatement, such Lender shall no longer be a party to this Agreement (as so amended or amended and restated), the Commitments of such Lender shall have terminated, such Lender shall have no other commitment or other obligation hereunder and shall have been paid in full all principal, interest and other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the schedules and exhibits thereto), then the Administrative Agent and Timken shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as (x) such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or other holder of Obligations in any material respect and (y) the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
11.02    Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(h)General.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i)if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii)if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient).  Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(i)Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML messaging and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent (which include those set forth in the penultimate paragraph of Section 7.02), provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication; provided, further, that Lenders agree that all notices and other communications to the Lenders may be delivered by e-mail.  The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by 

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electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Subject to the penultimate paragraph of Section 7.02, unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement) and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(j)The Platform.  THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS.  NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM.  In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Administrative Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Administrative Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Administrative Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(k)Change of Address, Etc.  Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of the Borrower, to the Administrative Agent).  Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.  Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(l)Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders.  The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices, electronic notices and Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein and (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.  The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Loan Party.  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic 

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communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

11.03    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and as provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 10.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as the Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.01 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
11.04    Attorney Costs and Expenses.
The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and their Affiliates (including Attorney Costs for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.
11.05    Indemnification by the Borrower.
(a)The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee (limited to one counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, a single local counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole in each relevant jurisdiction and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of affected Indemnitees similarly situated taken as a whole)), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any other Loan Party) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, giving rise to any Environmental 

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Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnitee under this Agreement and (z) any proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee (other than an Arranger, the Administrative Agent or any other agent hereunder, in each case, in its capacity as such).  Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01, this Section 11.05(a) shall not apply with respect to taxes other than any taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-tax claim.
(b)Reimbursement by Lenders.  To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing (and without limiting the obligation of any of them), each Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such subagent) or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent).  The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (b) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).
(c)Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower and each Indemnitee shall not assert, and hereby waive, and acknowledge that no other Person shall have, any claim against (x) any Indemnitee or (y) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than in respect to any such damages incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party), as applicable, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d)Payments.  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
(e)Survival.  The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 11.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

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

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11.07    Successors and Assigns.
(a)Successors and Assigns Generally.  The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (1) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and (2) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)Assignments by Lenders.  Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
i.Minimum Amounts.
1.in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
2.in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
ii.Proportionate Amounts.  Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned;
iii.Required Consents.  No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
1.the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
2.the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the Commitment subject to such assignment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.
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fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment.  The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
v.No Assignment to Certain Persons.  No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person).
vi.Certain Additional Payments.  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire its full pro rata share of all Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 11.04 and 11.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.  Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c)Register.  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender which it has received notice.  The Register shall be available for inspection the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person, a Defaulting 

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Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.05(b) without regard to the existence of any participation.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso of Section 11.01(a) that affects such Participant.  Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.09 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided, however, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other Obligations under the Loan Documents) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other Obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(e)Limitations on Participant Rights.  A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.  A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless such Participant complies with Section 11.15 as though it were a Lender.
(f)Certain Pledges.  Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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(h)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.  Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender 

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of record hereunder.  The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender.  In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the Laws of the United States or any State thereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee of $3,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

11.08    Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, auditors, legal counsel and other advisors who need to know such Information (and provided that such Information is only used by such Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, auditors, legal counsel and other advisors in connection with the services for which such Information is necessary) (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Loan Parties; (g) with the consent of the Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.08 or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower; (i) to any state, Federal or foreign authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) regulating, or any self-regulatory body having or claiming authority to regulate or oversee, any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender; (j) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (k) on a confidential basis, to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facility provided hereunder.  In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions.  For the purposes of this Section 11.08, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party from time to time provided during the term of this Agreement (including, without limitation at bank meetings) relating to any Loan Party or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 11.08 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the Borrower’s intent that this Section 11.08 comply with the requirements of Regulation FD promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Rule 100(b)(2) thereunder.
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procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.
11.09    Setoff.
In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section 11.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender and their respective Affiliates may have.
11.10    Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”).  If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
11.11    Counterparts.
This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document.  The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
11.12    Integration.
This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter.  In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with 

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this Agreement.  Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
11.13    Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect until such time as the Obligations have been Fully Satisfied.
11.14    Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.  Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
11.15    Tax Forms.
(a)(i) Each Lender that is not a U.S. Person (a “Foreign Lender”) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, prior to receipt of any payment subject to withholding under the Code (or upon accepting an assignment of an interest herein), two duly signed completed copies of either IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or any successor thereto (relating to such Foreign Lender and entitling it to an exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax on all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto (relating to all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of U.S. withholding tax, including any exemption pursuant to Section 881(c) of the Code.  Thereafter and from time to time, each such Foreign Lender shall (A) promptly submit to the Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may then be available under then current United States laws and regulations to avoid, or such evidence as is satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any available exemption from or reduction of, United States withholding taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Foreign Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, (B) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (C) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws that the Borrower make any deduction or withholding for taxes from amounts payable to such Foreign Lender.
ii.Each Foreign Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on the date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (A) two duly signed completed copies of the forms or statements required to be provided by such Lender as set forth above, to establish that the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account is not subject to, or is subject to a reduced rate of, U.S. withholding tax, and (B) two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor thereto), together with any information such Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of

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 exemption required under the Code, to establish that (x) such Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender and (y) such portion of the sums payable to such Lender is not subject to, or is subject to a reduced rate of, U.S. withholding tax.
(b)Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Administrative Agent two duly signed completed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding.  If such Lender fails to deliver such forms, then the Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to the applicable backup withholding tax imposed by the Code, without reduction.
(c)Each Lender that is entitled to any exemption or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax with respect to any payment under this Agreement shall, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent such certificates, documents or other evidence reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, establishing that such payment is not subject to, or is subject to a reduced rate of, withholding.
(d)The Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Lender under Section 3.01 if such Lender shall have failed to satisfy the requirements of Sections 11.15(a), (b) and (c); provided that if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of Sections 11.15(a), (b) and (c) on the date such Lender became a Lender or ceased to act for its own account with respect to any payment under any of the Loan Documents, nothing in this Section 11.15(d) shall relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay any amounts pursuant to Section 3.01 in the event that, as a result of any Change in Law, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender or other Person for the account of which such Lender receives any sums payable under any of the Loan Documents is not subject to withholding or is subject to withholding at a reduced rate.  The Administrative Agent may, without reduction, withhold any taxes required to be deducted and withheld from any payment under any of the Loan Documents with respect to which the Borrower is not required to pay additional amounts under this Section 11.15(d).
(e)If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender (or the beneficial owners of such payment) were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(f)If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent under this Section 11.15, and costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs) of the Administrative Agent.  The obligation of the Lenders under this Section 11.15 shall survive the termination of the Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

11.16    Replacement of Lenders.
If the Borrower is entitled to replace a Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.06, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.07), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.04) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

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(a)the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.07(b);
(b)such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c)in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(d)such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and
(e)in the case of an assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
11.17    [Reserved].
11.18    [Reserved].

11.19    Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a)GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of NEW YORK.
(b)SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c)WAIVER OF VENUE.  THE BORROWER, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE D

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EFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d)SERVICE OF PROCESS.  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

11.20    Waiver of Trial by Jury..
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.21    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
11.22    PATRIOT Act Notice.
Each Lender that is subject to the PATRIOT Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower and the other Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.  The Borrower and the Loan Parties agree to, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all such other documentation and information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

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11.23    Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Committed Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.
11.24    Acknowledgment Regarding Any Supported QFCs.
To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a Guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a)In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b)As used in this Section 11.24, the following terms have the following meanings:
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:  (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D)

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11.25    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
Solely to the extent any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution is a party to this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b)the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
i.a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
ii.a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
iii.the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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EXHIBIT B

(See attached).

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date: _________

To:    Administrative Agent and each Lender as defined in the Agreement referred to below

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2018 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among The Timken Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Borrower”), KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent and each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).

The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies, in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer and not in his/her individual capacity, as of the date hereof that he/she is the ______________________________________ of the Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Compliance Certificate to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the behalf of the Borrower, and that:

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

1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 7.01(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of the Borrower ended as of the above date, together with the report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant required by such Section.  In lieu of attaching such year-end audited financial statements, to the extent such documents are filed with the SEC, the documents shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower posts such documents on its website or on the SEC’s EDGAR system.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver electronic copies of such documents to any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such electronic copies.

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

1.    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are the unaudited financial statements required by Section 7.01(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.  In lieu of attaching such unaudited financial statements, to the extent such documents are filed with the SEC, the documents shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower posts such documents on its website or on the SEC’s EDGAR system.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver electronic copies of such documents to any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such electronic copies.

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

3.    A review of the activities of the Borrower during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned with a view to determining whether during such fiscal period the Borrower has performed and observed all its Obligations under the Loan Documents, and

[select one.]

[to the best knowledge of the undersigned during such fiscal period, the Borrower performed and observed each covenant and condition of the Loan Documents applicable to it, and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.]

--or--

[the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Default or Event of Default and its nature and status:]

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance Certificate as of _____________, ____________.

THE TIMKEN COMPANY

By:    __________________________________
Name:    __________________________________
Title:    __________________________________

SCHEDULE 1
to the Compliance Certificate

Please see attached.

SCHEDULE 2
to the Compliance Certificate
($ in 000’s)

For the Quarter/Year ended _____________________ (“Statement Date”)

I.    Section 8.11(a) - Consolidated Leverage Ratio.

A.    Consolidated EBITDA for such period.

1.    Consolidated Net Income:                        $______

2.    Consolidated Interest Charges (from Line II.B.1):            $______

3.    federal, state, local and foreign income taxes (provision 
for income taxes):                            $______

4.    depreciation and amortization expense:                    $______

5.    other non-recurring charges and expenses reducing 
Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a 
cash item in such period or any future period:                $______

6.    any losses realized upon Disposition of assets outside 
the ordinary course of business:                        $______

7.    the aggregate amount of non-cash impairment, restructuring, 
reorganization, implementation, manufacturing rationalization 
and other special charges:                        $______
    
8.    non-cash stock-based compensation expense:                $______

9.    all non-recurring material non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income:                        $______

10.    any gains realized upon the Disposition of assets outside
the ordinary course of business:                        $______

11.    payments (net of expenses) received with respect to the
United States - Continued Dumping and Subsidy 
Offset Act of 2000:                            $______

12.    Consolidated EBITDA (Lines I.A.1 + I.A.2 + I.A.3 + I.A.4 + 
I.A.5 + I.A.6 + I.A.7 + I.A.8 - I.A.9 - I.A.10 - I.A.11):            $______    

B.    Consolidated Funded Indebtedness.
    
1.    the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations under the Agreement) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, includes only the drawn portion of any line of credit or revolving credit facility):                            $______    

2.    all purchase money Indebtedness:                    $______    

3.    all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, includes only the drawn portion of any line of credit or revolving credit facility):$______    

4.    all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) earn-outs, hold-backs and other deferred payment of consideration in connection with Permitted Acquisitions to the extent not required to be reflected as liabilities on the balance sheet of Timken and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP):                $______    

5.    Attributable Indebtedness:                $______    

6.    all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities:            $______    

7.    without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is contingent in nature) of the types specified in Lines I.B.1 through I.B.6 of Persons other than Timken or any Subsidiary:                            $______    

8.    all Indebtedness of the types referred to in Lines I.B.1 through I.B.7 of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which Timken or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to Timken or such Subsidiary:        $______    

9.    Consolidated Funded Indebtedness: Lines I.B.1 + I.B.2 + 
I.B.3 + I.B.4 + I.B.5 + I.B.6 + I.B.7 + I.B.8:        $______    

C.    Consolidated Leverage Ratio (Line I.B.9 ÷ Line I.A.12):    ____ to 1.0
        
Maximum permitted: 3.50 to 1.0; provided that, following the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition and receipt by the Co-Administrative Agents of a Leverage Increase Notice, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 4.50  to 1.0 during such Leverage Increase Period; provided further that, after the occurrence of any Leverage Increase Period, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be no greater than 3.50 to 1.0 as of the end of at least one fiscal quarter before a subsequent Leverage Increase Period may be permitted to commence; provided, further, that if the proposed Qualified Acquisition would result in a pro forma non-investment grade rating from S&P and/or Moody’s (giving effect to the rules of construction set forth in the proviso of the definition of “Debt Rating”), then the maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio permitted during the Leverage Increase Period shall be limited to 4.00 to 1.0.

II.    Section 8.11(b) - Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.

A.    Consolidated EBITDA for such period (from Line I.A.12)$______    

B.    Consolidated Interest Charges    

all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of Timken and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case 

to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, net of interest income in accordance with GAAP:         $______    

C.    Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (Line II.A. ÷ Line II.B.):         _____ to 1.0
        
Minimum required:  3.00  to 1.0Execution
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CONSULTANT
AGREEMENT

 

This
CONSULTANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on July 8, 2019 by and between Pure Bioscience,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Henry R. Lambert (the “Consultant”).
The Company and the Consultant are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties,” and individually
referred to as a “Party.”

 

RECITALS

 

A.
Consultant has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “Board”). In connection with Consultant’s retirement as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company and a member of the Board and in order to retain Consultant’s experience, skills, abilities, background and knowledge,
the Parties have agreed that Consultant will continue to provide consulting services to the Company on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement.

 

B.
The Parties desire to terminate that certain Employment Agreement, entered into effective as of October 23, 2013 and amended effective
as of January 19, 2017 and September 5, 2018 (as amended, the “Employment Agreement”), and agree that
this Agreement shall govern the terms and conditions under which Consultant shall provide services, and Consultant’s compensation,
from and after the Effective Date.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In
consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises and covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

1.
TERM.

 

1.1
Term. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with this Section 1.1, the term (the “Term”) of this
Agreement shall begin on August 7, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) and shall end on the four (4) month anniversary
of the Effective Date; provided, however, that in the event the Company achieves Cash Flow Breakeven (as defined below) prior
to the four (4) month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Term shall end on the six (6) month anniversary of the Effective
Date.

 

(a)
Resignation by Consultant. The Consultant may terminate this Agreement and resign from his position as a consultant at any
time, for any reason or no reason, with or without Cause (as defined below), by providing the Board thirty (30) days’ advance
written notice. Thereafter, all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall cease except that Consultant will be entitled
to the Consultant Compensation (as defined below) earned through the effective date of resignation.

 

(b)
Removal by the Board for Cause. The Board may terminate this Agreement and Consultant’s service at any time for Cause,
without prior notice (unless specifically provided for to the contrary), without liability to the Consultant except that Consultant
will be entitled to the Consultant Compensation earned through the effective date of such termination.

 

(c)
Removal Due to Death or Complete Disability. If Consultant dies or suffers a Complete Disability (as defined below) during
the Term, Consultant’s service and this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon such death or Complete Disability.
Thereafter, all obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall cease except that Consultant or Consultant’s heirs
will be entitled to the Consultant Compensation earned through the effective date of such termination.

 

    	 	 	 

     

    

 

1.2
Services. The Consultant shall serve as a consultant to the Board, performing services including, but not limited to, assisting
the Company’s management develop marketing and commercialization strategies that support the Company’s products, supporting
the Company’s financing activities, and providing such other services reasonably requested by the Board (“Services”).
Consultant agrees to make himself available on an as-needed basis to perform Services.

 

1.3
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)
Cash Flow Breakeven. “Cash Flow Breakeven” shall mean as that month in which (x) the sum of the
Company’s fixed and variable expenses equals (y) the Company’s sales revenue.

 

(b)
Cause. “Cause” shall mean that one or more of the following has occurred: (i) the Consultant has
been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony crime involving fraud, dishonesty or violence (under
the laws of the United States or any relevant state, in the circumstances, thereof); (ii) the Consultant has intentionally or
willfully engaged in material acts of fraud, dishonesty or gross misconduct that have a material adverse effect on the Company;
(iii) the willful failure or refusal of Consultant to carry out the lawful directions of the Board (determined by a majority of
the then-current members of the Board) or the duties assigned to Consultant by the Board; (iv) any material violation by the Consultant
of any written Company policy applicable to the Consultant; or (v) any material breach by the Consultant of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Agreement between the Company and Consultant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the termination of Consultant’s
Services shall not constitute termination for Cause, unless the Company first provides Consultant with written notice of the basis
for the termination and, with respect to a termination based on clauses (iii), (iv) and/or (v) above, a fifteen (15) day period
to correct the breach or failure or refusal. During this fifteen (15) day notice period, the Consultant will be afforded the opportunity
to make a presentation to the Board regarding the matters referred to in the notice.

 

(c)
Complete Disability. “Complete Disability” shall mean the inability of the Consultant to perform
his duties under this Agreement because the Consultant has become permanently disabled within the meaning of any policy of disability
income insurance covering employees of the Company then in force. In the event the Company has no policy of disability income
insurance covering employees of the Company in force when the Consultant becomes disabled, the term Complete Disability shall
mean the inability of the Consultant to perform his duties under this Agreement by reason of any incapacity, physical or mental,
which the Board (determined by a majority of the then-current members of the Board), based upon medical advice or an opinion provided
by a licensed physician acceptable to the Board, determines to have incapacitated the Consultant from satisfactorily performing
the Consultant’s Services for a period of at least one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days during any twelve (12) month
period.

 

2.
ABSENCE OF CONFLICTS.

 

During
the Term, Consultant will not take any action that would directly or indirectly promote any competitor or impair the Company’s
interests. Subject to the foregoing, the Consultant will be free to represent or perform services for other persons while serving
as a consultant to the Company. However, the Consultant agrees that Consultant does not presently perform and will not perform
during the Term, consulting or other services for companies whose businesses are or would be, in any material way, competitive
with the Company, without the Board’s prior approval.

 

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3.
COMPENSATION.

 

3.1
Prior Compensation. Consultant agrees that he is not entitled to any further compensation for services prior to the Effective
Date, other than payment of any Base Salary (as defined in the Employment Agreement), any bonus awarded under Section 3.2 of the
Employment Agreement, and any accrued and unused vacation benefits, each as earned pursuant to the Employment Agreement through
the Effective Date at the rate then in effect, less standard deductions and withholdings. The compensation described in the foregoing
sentence shall be paid no later than the Effective Date. In addition, subject to Consultant’s delivery to the Company of
an executed Release and Waiver of Claims in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto no later than forty-five (45) days after
the Effective Date and the effectiveness of such Release and Waiver of Claims, the vesting of Consultant’s outstanding stock
options and other equity-based awards will automatically accelerate notwithstanding any vesting terms of any stock option or other
equity-based award. Thereafter, Consultant’s stock options and other equity-based awards shall continue to be exercisable
for twelve (12) months following the expiration or termination of this Agreement, provided that such period is not after the expiration
of such stock options or other equity- based awards. Consultant agrees that he is not entitled to any other separation compensation
or benefits in connection with his retirement as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board.

 

3.2
Compensation. Commencing as of the Effective Date, the Company shall pay the Consultant $14,583.33 per month ($175,000.00
on an annualized basis) for Services pursuant to this Agreement, payable on a monthly basis (collectively, “Consultant
Compensation”). Such Consultant Compensation shall be prorated for any partial month of service.

 

3.3
Reductions to Compensation. The Consultant Compensation may be reduced only by mutual agreement of the Consultant and the
Company.

 

3.4
Withholding Taxes. Consultant understands and agrees that he is an independent contractor and not an employee of the Company.
As a result, the Company will not make deductions for taxes from any amounts payable to Consultant as a result of Services to
the Company or as a result of the vesting or settlement of any equity-based awards (except as otherwise required by applicable
law or regulation). Any taxes imposed on the Consultant due to Services to the Company (including upon the issuance, vesting and
settlement of any equity-based awards) will be the sole responsibility of the Consultant.

 

3.5
Expenses.

 

(a)
Ordinary Business Expenses. The Consultant is authorized to incur reasonable expenses in the performance of Services to the
Company, including expenses for meals, travel, and other similar items. The Company shall prepay or reimburse the Consultant for
all such expenses.

 

(b)
Expense Prepayment and Reimbursement Procedures. All prepayments and reimbursements of the Consultant’s expenses pursuant
to this Section 3.5 are subject to the Consultant’s provision of invoices, an itemized accounting or other appropriate documentation
evidencing such expenses no later than three (3) months following the date such expenses were incurred. Any reimbursement payment
shall be made by the Company as soon as practicable following its receipt of such documentation, but in no event later than the
end of the Consultant’s taxable year following the year in which the Consultant incurred such expenses.

 

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4.
APPLICATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 409A.

 

4.1
It is intended that all payments and benefits provided under this Agreement or otherwise are exempt from, or comply with,
the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and
the regulations and other guidance thereunder or any state law of similar effect (collectively, “Section 409A”)
so that none of the payments or benefits will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities
herein will be interpreted in accordance with such intent. For purposes of Section 409A, each payment, installment or benefit
payable under this Agreement is hereby designated as a separate payment.

 

4.2
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any payments and benefits provided under this Agreement (the “Severance
Benefits”) that constitute “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and that are not
exempt from Section 409A shall not commence in connection with the Consultant’s termination of service unless and until
the Consultant has also incurred a “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-1(h) (“Separation From Service”)).

 

4.3
If the Company (or, if applicable, the successor entity thereto) determines that a Severance Benefit constitutes “deferred
compensation” under Section 409A and the Consultant is, on the Consultant’s Separation From Service, a “specified
employee” of the Company or any successor entity thereto, as such term is defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code
and the Treasury regulations, then, solely to the extent necessary to avoid the incurrence of the adverse personal tax consequences
under Section 409A, the timing of the Severance Benefit payment shall be delayed until the earlier to occur of: (i) the date that
is six (6) months and one (1) day after the Consultant’s Separation From Service or (ii) the date of the Consultant’s
death (such applicable date, the “Specified Employee Initial Payment Date”). On the Specified Employee
Initial Payment Date, the Company (or the successor entity thereto, as applicable) shall pay to the Consultant a lump sum amount
equal to the Severance Benefit payment that the Consultant would otherwise have received through the Specified Employee Initial
Payment Date if the payment of the Severance Benefits had not been so delayed pursuant to this Section.

 

5.
CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION; NON-SOLICITATION.

 

The
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement between Consultant and the Company and attached hereto as Exhibit B shall
remain in full force and effect and Consultant agrees to continue to abide by such Agreement.

 

6.
ASSIGNMENT AND BINDING EFFECT.

 

This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Consultant and the Consultant’s heirs, executors, personal
representatives, assigns, administrators and legal representatives. Because of the unique and personal nature of the Consultant’s
duties under this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations under this Agreement shall be assignable by
the Consultant. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors, assigns and legal
representatives.

 

7.
CHOICE OF LAW.

 

This
Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.
For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the jurisdiction
of the State of California, and agree that such litigation will be conducted in the courts of Los Angeles, California, or the
federal courts for the United States for the Central District of California, and no other courts, where this Agreement is made
and/or to be performed.

 

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8.
INTEGRATION.

 

This
Agreement, including all Exhibits attached hereto, contains the complete, final and exclusive agreement of the Parties relating
to the terms and conditions of the Consultant’s Services from and after the Effective Date and the termination of the Employment
Agreement, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous oral and written employment and/or consultant agreements or arrangements
between the Parties and between the Consultant and the Company.

 

9.
AMENDMENT.

 

This
Agreement cannot be amended or modified except by a written agreement signed by the Consultant and the Board representative specifically
authorized by the Board to execute any such amendment or modification to this Agreement on behalf of the Company.

 

10.
SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

 

Sections
1, 3.1, 3.4, and 4 through 18 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

11.
WAIVER.

 

No
term, covenant or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof shall be deemed waived, except with the written consent of
the Party against whom the waiver is claimed, and any waiver of any such term, covenant, condition or breach shall not be deemed
to be a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other term, covenant, condition or breach.

 

12.
SEVERABILITY.

 

The
finding by a court of competent jurisdiction of the unenforceability, invalidity or illegality of any provision of this Agreement
shall not render any other provision of this Agreement unenforceable, invalid or illegal. Such court shall have the authority
to modify or replace the invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision which most
accurately represents the Parties’ intention with respect to the invalid or unenforceable term or provision. Any such invalid
or unenforceable term or provision shall be revised to the minimum extent necessary to make any such term or provision valid or
enforceable in accordance with the Parties’ intentions with respect to such term or provision.

 

13.
INTERPRETATION; CONSTRUCTION.

 

The
headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not be used in interpreting this Agreement.
The Parties acknowledge that each Party and its counsel has reviewed and revised, or had an opportunity to review and revise,
this Agreement, and the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting
party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement.

 

14.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

The
Consultant represents and warrants that the Consultant is not restricted or prohibited, contractually or otherwise, from entering
into and performing each of the terms and covenants contained in this Agreement, and that Consultant’s execution and performance
of this Agreement will not violate or breach any other agreements between the Consultant and any other person or entity.

 

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15.
COUNTERPARTS.

 

This
Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, both of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument. In the event that any signature is delivered by fax or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf”
format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature
is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

16.
ADVERTISING WAIVER.

 

During
the Term, the Consultant agrees to permit the Company and/or its affiliates, and persons or other organizations authorized by
the Company and/or its affiliates, to use, publish and distribute advertising or sales promotional literature concerning the products
and/or services of the Company and/or its affiliates, or the machinery and equipment used in the provision thereof, in which the
Consultant’s name and/or pictures of the Consultant taken in the course of the Consultant’s provision of Services
to the Company and/or its affiliates, appear. The Consultant hereby waives and releases any claim or right the Consultant may
otherwise have arising out of such use, publication or distribution.

 

17.
SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT.

 

If
necessary and where appropriate, the Company shall have the right to enforce the provisions of the Proprietary Information and
Inventions Agreement by injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief without bond and without prejudice to any other
rights and remedies the Company may have for a breach of such Exhibits to this Agreement.

 

18.
NOTICE.

 

18.1
Method and Delivery. All notices, requests and demands hereunder shall be in writing and delivered by hand, by Electronic
Transmission (as defined below), by mail, or by recognized commercial overnight delivery service (such as Federal Express, UPS,
or DHL), and shall be deemed given (a) if by hand delivery, upon such delivery; (b) if by Electronic Transmission, upon confirmation
of receipt of same; (c) if by mail, forty-eight (48) hours after deposit in the United States mail, first class, registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid; or (d) if by recognized commercial overnight delivery service, upon such delivery.

 

18.2
Consent to Electronic Transmissions. Each Party hereby expressly consents to the use of Electronic Transmissions for communications
and notices under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Electronic Transmissions” means a
communication (i) delivered by facsimile telecommunication or electronic mail when directed to the facsimile number or electronic
mail address, respectively, for that recipient on record with the sending Party; and (ii) that creates a record that is capable
of retention, retrieval, and review, and that may thereafter be rendered into clearly legible tangible form.

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered into this Agreement on July 8, 2019.

 

	CONSULTANT:	 	COMPANY:
	 	 	 
	 	 	Pure
    Bioscience, Inc.
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 
	Henry
    R. Lambert 	 	Name:	Tom
    Y. Lee
	 	 	Title:	Chairman
    of the Board of Directors

 

    	 	 	 

     

    

 

EXHIBIT
A

 

RELEASE
AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS

 

In
consideration of the acceleration of vesting of my equity awards as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Consultant Agreement, entered
into on July 8, 2019 (the “Agreement”), to which this form is attached, I, Henry R. Lambert,
hereby furnish Pure Bioscience, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the following
release and waiver (“Release and Waiver”).

 

In
exchange for the consideration provided to me by the Agreement that I am not otherwise entitled to receive, I hereby generally
and completely release the Company and its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, agents, attorneys, predecessors,
successors, parent and subsidiary entities, insurers, affiliates, and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities and obligations,
both known and unknown, that arise out of or are in any way related to events, acts, conduct, or omissions occurring relating
to my retirement as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company prior to
my signing this Release and Waiver. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release and Waiver, shall not release or waive my rights:
to indemnification under the articles and bylaws of the Company or applicable law, including, without limitation, California Labor
Code Sections 2800 and 2802; to payments under the Agreement to which this Release and Waiver is attached; under the California
Workers’ Compensation Act; under any option, restricted share or other agreement concerning any equity interest in the Company;
and as a shareholder of the Company or any other right that is not waivable under applicable law.

 

I
also acknowledge that I have read and understand Section 1542 of the California Civil Code which reads as follows: “A
general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time
of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”
I hereby expressly waive and relinquish all rights and benefits under that section and any law of any jurisdiction of similar
effect with respect to any claims I may have against the Company.

 

This
Release and Waiver constitutes the complete, final and exclusive embodiment of the entire agreement between the Company and me
with regard to the subject matter hereof. I am not relying on any promise or representation by the Company that is not expressly
stated herein. This Release and Waiver may only be modified by a writing signed by both me and a duly authorized officer of the
Company.

 

	Date:	 	 	By:	 
	 	 	 	 	Henry
    R. Lambert

 

    	 	Ex. A-1	 

     

    

 

EXHIBIT
B

 

PROPRIETARY
INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT

 

See
attached.

 

    	 	Ex. A-2

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