Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

TAX BENEFITS PRESERVATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF OCTOBER 23, 2019

 

BY AND BETWEEN

 

IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

AND

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC

 

 

Table of Contents

 

	
 
    	
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Section 1.
    	
Certain Definitions
    	
2
    
	
Section 2.
    	
Appointment of Rights Agent
    	
10
    
	
Section 3.
    	
Issuance of Rights Certificates
    	
10
    
	
Section 4.
    	
Form of Rights   Certificates
    	
12
    
	
Section 5.
    	
Countersignature and   Registration
    	
13
    
	
Section 6.
    	
Transfer, Split Up, Combination   and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen   Rights Certificates
    	
14
    
	
Section 7.
    	
Exercise of Rights; Purchase   Price; Expiration Date of Rights
    	
15
    
	
Section 8.
    	
Cancellation and Destruction of   Rights Certificates
    	
18
    
	
Section 9.
    	
Reservation and Availability of   Preferred Stock
    	
18
    
	
Section 10.
    	
Record Date for Securities   Issued
    	
20
    
	
Section 11.
    	
Adjustment of Purchase Price,   Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights
    	
20
    
	
Section 12.
    	
Certificate of Adjusted   Purchase Price or Number of Shares
    	
28
    
	
Section 13.
    	
Consolidation, Merger or Sale   or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power
    	
29
    
	
Section 14.
    	
Fractional Rights and   Fractional Shares
    	
33
    
	
Section 15.
    	
Rights of Action
    	
34
    
	
Section 16.
    	
Agreement of Rights Holders
    	
34
    
	
Section 17.
    	
Rights Certificate Holder Not   Deemed a Stockholder
    	
35
    
	
Section 18.
    	
Concerning the Rights Agent
    	
35
    
	
Section 19.
    	
Merger or Consolidation or   Change of Name of Rights Agent
    	
36
    
	
Section 20.
    	
Duties of Rights Agent
    	
36
    
	
Section 21.
    	
Change of Rights Agent
    	
39
    
	
Section 22.
    	
Issuance of New Rights   Certificates
    	
40
    
	
Section 23.
    	
Redemption
    	
40
    
	
Section 24.
    	
Exchange
    	
41
    
	
Section 25.
    	
Process to Seek Exemption
    	
44
    
	
Section 26.
    	
Notice of Certain Events
    	
45
    
	
Section 27.
    	
Notices
    	
46
    
	
Section 28.
    	
Supplements and Amendments
    	
46
    
	
Section 29.
    	
Successors
    	
47
    
	
Section 30.
    	
Determinations and Actions by   the Board of Directors
    	
47
    
	
Section 31.
    	
Benefits of this Agreement
    	
48
    
	
Section 32.
    	
Severability
    	
48
    
	
Section 33.
    	
Governing Law
    	
48
    
	
Section 34.
    	
Counterparts
    	
49
    
	
Section 35.
    	
Descriptive Headings
    	
49
    
	
Section 36.
    	
Force Majeure
    	
49
    

 

 

TAX BENEFITS PRESERVATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2019 (as it may be amended from time to time as provided herein, the “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company (the “Rights Agent” which term shall include any successor Rights Agent hereunder). Capitalized terms contained herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1.

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company has generated Tax Benefits (as defined in Section 1) for United States federal income tax purposes, and as such Tax Benefits may potentially provide valuable tax benefits to the Company, the Company desires to avoid an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and thereby preserve the ability to utilize fully such Tax Benefits and, in furtherance of such objective, the Company desires to enter into this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (“Board of Directors”) has authorized, and the Company declared, a dividend distribution of one Rights (as defined below) for each share of Common Stock outstanding as of the Close of Business on November 5, 2019 (the “Record Date”), and authorized the issuance of one Right for each share of Common Stock of the Company issued between the Record Date and the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, each Right initially representing the right to purchase one one-thousandth of a share (as such number may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) of Series A-1 Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company having the rights, powers and preferences set forth on Exhibit A hereto, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth (the “Rights”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company views the Tax Benefits as highly valuable assets of the Company that are likely to inure to the benefit of the Company and its stockholders, and the Company believes that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders that the Company provide for the protection of the Tax Benefits on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Rights Agent to act as rights agent hereunder, in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

“Acquiring Person” means any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding, but shall not include:

 

(i) any Exempt Person;

 

(ii) any Existing Holder, unless and until such time as such Existing Holder becomes the Beneficial Owner of a percentage of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding equal to or exceeding such Existing Holder’s Existing Holder Percentage (other than any increase pursuant to or as a result of (A) a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reclassification or similar transaction effected by the Company in which all registered holders of shares of Common Stock are treated substantially equally, (B) the grant or issuance by the Company to its directors, officers and employees of options, warrants, convertible instruments, rights or similar interests to acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to any employee benefit plan, stock incentive plan, stock option plan or stock ownership plan of the Company adopted by the Board, and the subsequent vesting, exercise or conversion of such options, warrants, rights or similar interests, or (C) the grant or issuance by the Company to its directors, officers and employees of shares of restricted Common Stock or restricted stock units and the subsequent vesting of such shares or stock units, pursuant to a restricted stock or other benefits or compensation plan or arrangement adopted by the Board), (at which such time such Existing Holder shall be deemed an “Acquiring Person”); or

 

(iii) any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding solely as a result of the initial grant or vesting of any options, warrants, rights or similar interests (including restricted shares and restricted stock units) by the Company to its directors, officers and employees pursuant to any employee benefit or stock ownership plan of the Company, or the acquisition of shares of Common Stock of the Company upon the exercise or conversion of any such securities so granted.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an “Acquiring Person” (i) as the result of an acquisition by the Company of Common Stock of the Company (or any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares Beneficially Owned by such Person to 4.99% (or in the case of an Existing Holder, the Existing Holder Percentage applicable to such Existing Holder) or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% (or in the case of an Existing Holder, the Existing Holder Percentage applicable to such Existing Holder) or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding by reason of share purchases by the Company (or any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) and shall, after such share purchases by the Company  (or any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any

 

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Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), become the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares (other than pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction) of Common Stock of the Company and immediately thereafter be the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% (or in the case of an Existing Holder, the Existing Holder Percentage applicable to such Existing Holder) or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding, then such Person shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person,” and (ii) who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the acquisition of shares of Common Stock directly from the Company, as long as, prior to the acquisition of shares of Common Stock directly from the Company, the Company has been apprised in writing by any such Person of the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person immediately prior to any such acquisition; provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding as a result of a direct purchase from the Company and shall, after that date, acquire one or more additional shares of the Company’s Common Stock (other than pursuant to a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reclassification or similar transaction effected by the Company) without the prior written consent of the Company and shall then Beneficially Own more than 4.99% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, then such Person shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person.”

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall be an Acquiring Person if the Board shall have affirmatively determined, in its sole and absolute discretion, prior to or after the Distribution Date, in light of the intent and purposes of this Agreement or other circumstances facing the Company, that such Person shall not be deemed an Acquiring Person, for so long as such Person complies with any limitations or conditions required by the Board in making such determination.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no regulated investment company under Section 851 of the Code shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person, unless the Board determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such regulated investment company is deemed to Beneficially Own more than 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding under the applicable standards of Treasury Regulation 1.382-3(a). In determining whether any regulated investment company is an Acquiring Person, the filing of a statement under Section 13 of the Exchange Act with respect to such regulated investment company shall not be deemed to establish that such regulated investment company has acquired Beneficial Ownership of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided, that the Board shall be entitled to rely upon any such filing unless such regulated investment company provides information that permits the Board to conclude, in its reasonable discretion, that such regulated investment company has not acquired Beneficial Ownership of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding pursuant to the standards of Treasury Regulation 1.382-3. “Adjustment Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

 

“Affiliate” and “Associate” have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Agreement; and to the extent not included within the foregoing, shall also include with respect to any Person, any other Person whose shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (i) would be deemed to be constructively owned by such Person for purposes of Section 382 of the Code, (ii) would be deemed owned by a “single entity” as defined in Section

 

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1.382-3(a)(1) of the Treasury Regulations, or (iii) otherwise aggregated with shares owned by such first Person, pursuant to the provisions of Section 382 of the Code, or any successor or replacement provision, and the Treasury Regulations thereunder;  provided , however , that a Person shall not be deemed to be the Affiliate or Associate of another Person solely because either or both Persons are or were directors of the Company.

 

For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, will be calculated in accordance with Section 382 and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any shares of Common Stock of which a Person or any Affiliate or Associate of such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner pursuant to an equity compensation award granted to such Person by the Company or as a result of an adjustment by the Company to the number of shares of Common Stock represented by such equity compensation award pursuant to the terms thereof shall, solely for purposes of determining the number of shares of Common Stock of which such Person or any Affiliate or Associate of such Person is the Beneficial Owner at any time, not be included in the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.

 

A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and shall be deemed to “Beneficially Own” and have “Beneficial Ownership” of (or any derivative of such phrases), any securities:

 

(i) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, owns or has the legal, equitable or contractual right or obligation to acquire (whether directly or indirectly and whether exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, compliance with regulatory requirements, satisfaction of one or more conditions (whether or not within the control of such Person) or otherwise) (A) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding whether or not in writing (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities); (B) upon the exercise of any conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than the Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; (C) pursuant to the power to revoke a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement; (D) pursuant to the power to terminate a repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement, arrangement or understanding; (E) pursuant to the automatic termination of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement; or (F) any securities (including rights, options or warrants) that are convertible or exchangeable into, or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock until such time as such securities are converted, exchanged or exercised, except to the extent that the acquisition or transfer of securities (including rights, options or warrants) would be treated as exercised on the date of its acquisition or transfer pursuant to Section 1.382-4(d) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 382;  provided, however, that a Person will not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, securities (1) tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; (2) issuable upon the exercise of Rights at any time prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event; (3) issuable upon the exercise of Rights from and after the occurrence of a Triggering Event if such Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to

 

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Section 3(a) or Section 22 (the “Original Rights”) or pursuant to Section 11(i) in connection with an adjustment made with respect to any Original Rights; or (4) that a Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates may be deemed to have the right to acquire pursuant to any merger or other acquisition agreement between the Company and such Person (or one or more of its Affiliates or Associates), or any tender, voting or support agreement entered into by such Person (or one or more of its Affiliates or Associates) in connection therewith, if such agreement has been approved by the Board prior to there being an Acquiring Person;

 

(ii)    that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote (including the power to vote or to direct the voting of) or dispose (or direct the disposition) of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Agreement), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person will not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, any security as a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding whether or not in writing to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act; and (B) is not also then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D pursuant to the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(iii)    that are Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) with which such first Person (or any of such first Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding whether or not in writing (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy to the extent contemplated by subsection (ii) of this definition) or disposing of any securities of the Company, but only if the effect of such agreement, arrangement or understanding is to treat such Persons as an “entity” pursuant to Section 1.382-3(a)(1) of the Treasury Regulations;  provided, however, that no person who is an officer, director or employee of an Exempt Person will be deemed, solely by reason of such person’s status or authority as such, to be a Beneficial Owner of, to have Beneficial Ownership of or to Beneficially Own any securities of the Company that are Beneficially Owned (including in a fiduciary capacity) by an Exempt Person or by any other such officer, director or employee of an Exempt Person; provided further, however, that any stockholder of the Company, together with any Affiliate, Associate or other person who may be deemed to be a representative of such stockholder then serving as a director of the Company, will not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of, to have Beneficial Ownership of or to Beneficially Own any securities of the Company held by any other Person as a result of any Person affiliated or otherwise associated with such stockholder serving as a director of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent not within the foregoing provisions of this definition, a Person will be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of, and will be deemed to Beneficially Own or have Beneficial Ownership of, Stock held by any other Person that such Person would be deemed to own constructively or indirectly or otherwise would be aggregated with Stock owned by such Person pursuant to Section 382, or any successor provision or replacement provision and Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

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“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

“Board of Directors” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Book Entry Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

“Charter” when used in reference to the Company means the charter of the Company, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Close of Business” on any given date means 11:59 P.M. (New York City time), on such date; provided, however , that if such date is not a Business Day it means 11:59 P.M. (New York City time), on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

“Code” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Common Stock” when used in reference to the Company means the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company or any other shares of capital stock of the Company into which such stock shall be reclassified or changed. “Common Stock” when used with reference to any Person other than the Company organized in corporate form means (i) the capital stock or other equity interest of such Person with the greatest voting power, (ii) the equity securities or other equity interest having power to control or direct the management of such Person or (iii) if such Person is a Subsidiary of another Person, the Person or Persons which ultimately control such first-mentioned Person and which have issued any such outstanding capital stock, equity securities or equity interest. “Common Stock” when used with reference to any Person not organized in corporate form shall mean units of beneficial interest which (x) shall represent the right to participate generally in the profits and losses of such Person (including without limitation any flow-through tax benefits resulting from an ownership interest in such Person) and (y) shall be entitled to exercise the greatest voting power of such Person or, in the case of a limited partnership, shall have the power to remove or otherwise replace the general partner or partners.

 

“Common Stock Equivalents” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

 

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

“Current Exchange Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 24(d).

 

“Current Value” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

 

“Depositary Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

 

“Distribution Date” means the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the 10th  Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors, which action must be taken prior to the Distribution Date that otherwise would have occurred) after the Stock

 

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Acquisition Date  (or, if the 10th Business Day after the Stock Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, then the Record Date); or (ii) the Close of Business on the 10 th  Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by the Board of Directors) after the date that a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than an Exempt Person) is first published, sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act if, assuming the successful consummation thereof, such Person would be an Acquiring Person (including any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the issuance of the Rights);  provided, however, that if any tender or exchange offer referred to in clause (ii)  is cancelled, terminated or otherwise withdrawn prior to the Distribution Date without the purchase or exchange of any shares of Common Stock pursuant thereto, then such offer will be deemed, for purposes of this paragraph, never to have been made.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Exchange Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

“Exchange Ratio” has the meaning set forth in Section 24(a).

 

“Exempt Person” means (i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case including the officers and members of the board of directors thereof acting in their fiduciary capacities, (ii) any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any Person holding (or acting in a fiduciary capacity in respect of) shares of Common Stock of the Company organized, appointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement, (iv) any Person who is a transferee from the estate of an Exempt Person and who receives Common Stock of the Company as a bequest or inheritance from such Exempt Person, but only for so long as such transferee continues to be the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, and (v) any Person deemed to be an “Exempt Person” in accordance with Section 25.

 

“Exemption Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 25(a).

 

“Existing Holder Percentage” means, with respect to any Existing Holder, the percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company that such Existing Holder, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Existing Holder, Beneficially Owns (including any Convertible Promissory Notes Due 2018 held by such Existing Holder) immediately prior to the first public announcement of the adoption of this Plan; provided,  however, that, in the event any Existing Holder shall sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company after the first public announcement of the adoption of this Plan, the Existing Holder Percentage shall, subsequent to such sale, transfer or disposition, mean, with respect to such Existing Holder, the lesser of (i) the Existing Holder Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such sale, transfer or disposition or (ii) the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company that such Existing Holder Beneficially Owns immediately following such sale, transfer or disposition.

 

“Existing Holder” means any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, is, immediately prior to the first public announcement of the adoption of this Plan, the Beneficial Owner of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the

 

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Company then outstanding, including (i) Thomas B. Akin and Talkot Capital, LLC and together with all their Affiliates and Associates, (ii) Todd M. Pickup and Vintage Trust II, dated July 19, 2007 and together with all their Affiliates and Associates,  and (iii) Richard H. Pickup and RHP Trust, dated May 31, 2011 and together with all their Affiliates and Associates.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Agreement, any Existing Holder who becomes the Beneficial Owner of less than 4.99% of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding shall cease to be an Existing Holder and shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement in the same manner as any Person who is not and was not an Existing Holder.

 

“Expiration Date” and “Final Expiration Date” have the meanings set forth in Section 7(a).

 

“Fair Market Value” of any securities or other property shall be as determined in accordance with Section 11(d).

 

“Force Majeure Condition” has the meanings set forth in Section 36.

 

“Group” has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Person.”

 

“Maryland Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 33.

 

“Original Rights” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Beneficial Owner.”

 

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, business trust, trust, association, syndicate, group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the Rights Dividend Declaration Date), other entity or any group of Persons making a “coordinated acquisition” of shares of Common Stock within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.382-3(a)(1) or who are otherwise treated as an “entity” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.382-3(a)(1), and, in each case, will include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of any such Person, but will not include a Public Group (as defined in Section 1.382-2T(f)(13) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

“Preferred Stock” means shares of Series A-1 Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company having the rights and preferences set forth in the form of the articles supplementary attached hereto as Exhibit A, and, to the extent that there are not a sufficient number of shares of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, any other series of preferred stock of the Company designated for such purpose containing terms substantially similar to the terms of the Preferred Stock .

 

“Preferred Stock Equivalents” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

 

“Principal Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(b).

 

“Purchase Price” means, as of any date, the price at which a holder may purchase securities issuable upon exercise of one whole Right. Until adjustment thereof in accordance with the terms hereof, the Purchase Price shall equal $45.00.

 

“Record Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

 

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“Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

“Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 23.

 

“Registered Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(b).

 

“Requesting Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 25(a).

 

“Rights” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

 

“Rights Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble of this Agreement.

 

“Rights Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

“Section 11(a)(ii) Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii).

 

“Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

 

“Section 13 Event” means any event described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of Section 13(a).

 

“Section 382” means Section 382 of the Code or any successor or replacement provision and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Spread” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

 

“Stock Acquisition Date” means the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, includes the filing or amending of a report pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act or pursuant to a comparable successor statute) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such or that discloses information that reveals the existence of an Acquiring Person.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with reference to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power sufficient to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation or other entity or a majority of the equity or ownership interests, is Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly or otherwise controlled by such Person either alone or together with one or more Affiliates of such Person.

 

“Substitution Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii).

 

“Tax Benefits” means the net operating losses, capital loss carryovers, general business credit carryovers, alternative minimum tax credit carryovers, foreign tax credit carryovers, any loss or deduction attributable to a “net unrealized built-in loss” within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any other tax attribute the benefit of which is subject to possible limitation pursuant to Section 382 of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which a referenced security is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if a referenced security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and proposed income tax regulations promulgated by the United States Department of the Treasury pursuant to the Code, as amended or superseded from time to time.

 

“Triggering Event” means any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any Section 13 Event.

 

Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent.

 

The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as rights agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in accordance with Section 3, will prior to the Distribution Date also be the holders of shares of Common Stock) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such Co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. In the event the Company appoints one or more Co-Rights Agents, the respective duties of the Rights Agent and any Co-Rights Agents shall be as the Company shall determine. The Company shall give ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Rights Agent of the appointment of one or more Co-Rights Agents and the respective duties of the Rights Agent and any such Co-Rights Agents. The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and shall in no event be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such Co-Rights Agent.

 

Section 3. Issuance of Rights Certificates.

 

(a) Rights Evidenced by Certificates for Common Shares and Book Entry Shares. Until the Distribution Date, (i) the Rights (unless earlier expired, redeemed or terminated) will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) and Section 3(c)) by the certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof or, in the case of uncertificated Common Stock registered in book entry form (“Book Entry Shares”), by notation in book entry accounts reflecting the ownership of such Common Stock (which certificates and Book Entry Shares, as applicable, will also be deemed to be Rights Certificates) and not by separate Rights Certificates; and (ii) the Rights (and the right to receive Rights Certificates) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) (by mailing, in accordance with Section 27 or by such means as may be selected by the Company) to each record holder of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates), at the address of such holder shown on the transfer books of the Company or the transfer agent for the Common Stock, one or more Rights Certificates evidencing one Right for each share of Common Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. Receipt of a Rights Certificate by any Person will not preclude a later determination that all or part of the Rights represented thereby are null and void pursuant to Section 7(e). To the

 

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extent that a Section 11(a)(ii) Event has also occurred, the Company may implement such procedures as it deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion to minimize the possibility that Rights are received by any Person whose Rights are null and void pursuant to Section 7(e). In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per shares of Common Stock has been made pursuant to Section 11, then at the time of distribution of the Rights Certificates, the Company will make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a)) so that Rights Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights (in accordance with Section 14(a)). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by the Rights Certificates and may be transferred by the transfer of the Rights Certificates as permitted hereby, separately and apart from any transfer of Common Stock, and the holders of such Rights Certificates as shown on the transfer books of the Company or the transfer agent for the Rights (which may be the Rights Agent) will be the record holders thereof. The Company will promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date. Until such notice is provided to the Rights Agent, it may presume conclusively that the Distribution Date has not occurred.

 

(b) Summary of Rights; Outstanding Common Stock. The Company will make available, or cause to be made available, promptly after the Record Date, a copy of the Summary of Rights to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Stock and Book Entry Shares, as applicable, outstanding as of the Record Date or issued subsequent to the Record Date, until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates or Book Entry Shares, and the registered holders of the Common Stock will also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, the surrender for transfer of any Common Stock in respect of which Rights have been issued (with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights) will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon the effectiveness of a redemption pursuant to Section 23 or an exchange pursuant to Section 24, the Company will not thereafter issue any additional Rights and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Rights will be attached to or will be issued with any Common Stock (including any Common Stock issued pursuant to an exchange) at any time thereafter.

 

(c) Legend. Certificates for the Common Stock of the Company issued after the Record Date, but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights, and shall bear a legend, substantially in the form set forth below:

 

THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A TAX BENEFITS PRESERVATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC (OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO), AS RIGHTS AGENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 23, 2019 AS AMENDED, RESTATED, RENEWED, SUPPLEMENTED OR EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “RIGHTS AGREEMENT”), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF THE COMPANY AND THE STOCK TRANSFER ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE RIGHTS AGENT. UNDER CERTAIN

 

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CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. THE COMPANY MAY REDEEM THE RIGHTS AT A REDEMPTION PRICE OF $0.001 PER RIGHT, SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. THE COMPANY WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF MAILING, WITHOUT CHARGE PROMPTLY AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS ISSUED TO OR HELD BY ACQUIRING PERSONS OR ANY AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATES THEREOF (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), AND ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. THE RIGHTS SHALL NOT BE EXERCISABLE, AND SHALL BE VOID SO LONG AS HELD, BY A HOLDER IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE THE REQUISITE QUALIFICATION, IF ANY, TO THE ISSUANCE TO SUCH HOLDER, OR THE EXERCISE BY SUCH HOLDER, OF THE RIGHTS IN SUCH JURISDICTION SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED OR BE OBTAINABLE.

 

With respect to any Book Entry Shares, a legend in substantially similar form will be included in a notice to the record holder of such shares in accordance with applicable law. With respect to such certificates or Book Entry Shares, as applicable, containing the foregoing legend, the Rights associated with the Common Stock of the Company represented by such certificates or Book Entry Shares shall be evidenced by such certificates or Book Entry Shares alone until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock will also be registered holders of the associated Rights, and the surrender or transfer of any of such certificates or Book Entry Shares shall also constitute the surrender or transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock of the Company represented by such certificates or Book Entry Shares. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Common Stock of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock of the Company shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the shares of Common Stock of the Company which are no longer outstanding. The failure to print the foregoing legend on any such certificate representing Common Stock of the Company or any defect therein or the failure to provide notice thereof shall not affect the enforceability of any part of the Agreement or the rights of any holder of Rights.

 

Section 4. Form of Rights Certificates.

 

(a) Rights Certificates.  The Rights Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase shares and of assignment and certificate to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit B  hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or to conform to customary usage. The Rights Certificates shall be in a machine printable format and in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent. Subject

 

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to the provisions of Section 11 and Section 22, the Rights Certificates, whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the Record Date (or in the case of Rights issued with respect to Common Stock issued by the Company after the Record Date, as of the date of issuance of such Common Stock), shall show the date of countersignature, and on their face shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock as shall be set forth therein at the Purchase Price, but the number and type of such securities and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(b) Certain Legends.  Any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a), Section 11(i) or Section 22 that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) regarding the transferred Rights, the shares of Common Stock of the Company associated with such Rights or the Company or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of Section 7(e), or (iv) any nominee of any of the foregoing, and any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6, Section 11 or Section 22 upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, will contain (to the extent feasible) the following legend:

 

THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR AN ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT). THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(e) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.

 

The Company shall give notice to the Rights Agent promptly after it becomes aware of the existence and identity of any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof. The Company shall instruct the Rights Agent in writing of the Rights which should be so legended. The failure to print the foregoing legend on any such Rights Certificate or any defect therein shall not affect in any manner whatsoever the application or interpretation of the provisions of Section 7(e).

 

Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.

 

(a) Countersignature.  The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, any Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Operating Officer or its Chief Financial Officer,

 

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either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall have affixed thereto the Company’s seal (if any) or a facsimile thereof which shall be attested to by the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Rights Certificates shall be countersigned, either manually or by facsimile signature, by an authorized signatory of the Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned, and such countersignature upon any Rights Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Rights Certificate has been duly countersigned as required hereunder. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Rights Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Rights Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Rights Agent, and issued and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as though the person who signed or attested to such Rights Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Rights Certificates may be signed or attested to on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Rights Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Rights Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Rights Agreement any such person was not such an officer.

 

(b) Transfer Books.  Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at one of its offices designated as the appropriate place for surrender of Rights Certificates upon exercise or transfer, books for registration and transfer of the Rights Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Rights Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Rights Certificates and the date of each of the Rights Certificates.  The Rights Agent will not register, or permit to be registered, any transfer or exchange of any Rights Certificates (or the underlying Rights) that have become null and void pursuant to Section 7(e), have been redeemed pursuant to Section 23 or have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24.

 

Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.

 

(a) Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates.  Subject to the provisions of Section 4(b), Section 7(e), Section 14 and Section 24, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date, any Rights Certificate or Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates (other than any Rights Certificate representing Rights that have become null and void pursuant to Section 7(e) or that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24), entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or following a Triggering Event, Common Stock of the Company, cash, property, debt securities, Preferred Stock or any combination thereof, including any such securities, cash or property following a Section 13 Event) as the Rights Certificate or Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase and at the same Purchase Price. Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Rights Certificate shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Rights Certificate or Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged, with the form of assignment and certificate duly executed, at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall

 

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be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such surrendered Rights Certificate until the registered holder shall have completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment on the reverse side of such Rights Certificate and shall have provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 4(b), Section 7(e), Section 14 and Section 24, countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Rights Certificate or Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may require payment by the registered holder of a Rights Certificate, of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Rights Certificates.

 

(b) Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates. Subject to the provisions of Section 7(e), Section 11(a)(ii) and Section 24, upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Rights Certificate and such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company or the Rights Agent may request, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights Agent and cancellation of the Rights Certificate, if mutilated, the Company will execute and deliver a new Rights Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for countersignature and delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Rights Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.  Every new Rights Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 6(b) in lieu of any lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Rights Certificate will evidence an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Rights Certificate will be at any time enforceable by anyone, and, subject to Section 7(e) will be entitled to all the benefits of this Plan equally and proportionately with any and all other Rights duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.

 

(a) Exercise of Rights.  Subject to Section 7(e), Section 23(b) and Section 24(a), the registered holder of any Rights Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein) in whole or in part on any Business Day at any time after the Distribution Date and prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate on the reverse side thereof properly completed and duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the total number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then exercised, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on October 22, 2022 (the “Final Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 (the “Redemption Date”), (iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24 (the “Exchange Date”), (iv) the final adjournment of the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders if the stockholders fail to approve this Agreement with an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast by holders of shares of Common Stock at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), (v) the repeal of Section 382 of the

 

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Code or any successor statute if the Board of Directors determines that this Plan is no longer necessary for the preservation of Tax Benefits, (vi) the beginning of a taxable year of the Company with respect to which the Board of Directors determines that no Tax Benefits may be carried forward, or (vii) such time as the Board of Directors determines that a limitation on the use of the Tax Benefits under Section 382 of the Code would no longer be material to the Company (the earliest of (i), through (vii) being herein referred to as the “Expiration Date”). The Board of Directors shall at least annually consider whether to make the determination provided by Section 7(a)(vii) in light of all relevant factors, including, in particular, the amount and anticipated utilization of the Company’s Tax Benefits and the Company’s market capitalization. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Expiration Date and, if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following. Until such notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes, prior to the Close of Business on October 22, 2022, that the Expiration Date has not occurred. Except as set forth in Section 7(e) and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Person who prior to the Distribution Date becomes a record holder of shares of Common Stock of the Company is entitled to all of the rights of a registered holder of a Rights Certificate with respect to the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock of the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, as of the date such Person becomes a record holder of shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

(b) Price.  The Purchase Price for each one-one thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of a Right is initially $45.00 and is subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11 or Section 13, and payable in accordance with Section 7(c).

 

(c) Payment.  As promptly as practicable following the Distribution Date, the Company shall deposit with a corporation, trust, bank or similar institution in good standing organized under the laws of the United States or any State of the United States, which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer powers and is subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state authority (such institution is hereinafter referred to as the “Depositary Agent”), certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock that may be acquired upon exercise of the Rights and the Company shall cause such Depositary Agent to enter into an agreement pursuant to which the Depositary Agent shall issue receipts representing interests in the shares of Preferred Stock so deposited. Upon receipt of a Rights Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed, accompanied by payment of the Purchase Price for the shares to be purchased and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax (as determined by the Rights Agent) by certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company or by money order, the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 7(f), Section 20(k) and Section 14(b), thereupon promptly (i) requisition from the Depositary Agent (or make available, if the Rights Agent is the Depositary Agent) depositary receipts or certificates for the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) to be purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes the Depositary Agent to comply with all such requests, (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the Company the amount of cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in accordance with Section 14, (iii) promptly after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be

 

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delivered to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder and (iv) when appropriate, after receipt of each certificate or depositary receipts promptly deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate. In the event that the Company is obligated to issue other securities (including Common Stock of the Company) of the Company, pay cash or distribute other property pursuant to Section 11(a), the Company will make all arrangements necessary so that such other securities, cash or other property are available for distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when appropriate. The payment of the Purchase Price may be made by certified or bank check payable to the order of the Company, or by money order or wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Company (provided that notice of such wire transfer shall be given by the holder of the related Rights to the Rights Agent).  The Purchase Price shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Company reserves the right to require that prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event, upon any exercise of Rights, a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole shares of Preferred Stock would be issued.

 

(d)  Partial Exercise.   In case the registered holder of any Rights Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Rights Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent and delivered to the registered holder of such Rights Certificate or to his duly authorized assigns, subject to the provisions of Section 14.

 

(e) Prohibited Issuances.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the first occurrence of a Triggering Event, any Rights Beneficially Owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) regarding the transferred Rights, the shares of Common Stock of the Company associated with such Rights or the Company, or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 7(e), (iv) any subsequent transferee receiving transferred Rights as described in subsections (ii) or (iii) above, either directly or through one or more intermediate transferees, or (v) any nominee of any of the foregoing will, in each case, be null and void without any further action and no holder (whether or not such holder is an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) of such Rights shall have any rights whatsoever (including the right to exercise) with respect to such Rights or any Rights Certificates that formerly evidenced such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. From and after the first occurrence of a Triggering Event, no Rights Certificate will be issued pursuant to this Agreement (including to any Person described in subsections (i) through (v) of this section 7(e), an) that represents one or more Rights that are or have become void pursuant to this Section 7(e) or with respect to any Shares of Common Stock otherwise deemed to be Beneficially Owned by any of the foregoing, and any Rights Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents

 

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Rights that are or have become null and void pursuant to this Section 7(e) will be cancelled. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section 7(e) and Section 4(b) are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Rights Certificates or other Person as a result of its failure to make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or any Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person or any transferee of any of them hereunder.

 

(f) Information Concerning Ownership.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a registered holder of Rights upon the occurrence of any purported exercise or transfer of Rights as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder, in addition to having complied with the requirements of Section 7(a), shall have (i) properly completed and duly executed the certificate contained in the form of election to purchase or form of assignment, as applicable, set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for such exercise, and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company or the Rights Agent shall reasonably request.  If such registered holder does not comply with the foregoing requirements, then the Company will be entitled to conclusively deem such Rights to be Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person (or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, or other Person described in Section 7(e), as applicable) and, accordingly, such Rights will be null and void and not exercisable or transferable.

 

Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates.

 

All Rights Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination, redemption or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in canceled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be canceled by it, and no Rights Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Rights Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all canceled Rights Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Rights Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate evidencing the destruction thereof to the Company (or, at the Company’s option, appropriate copies of the electronic or physical evidence relating to the Rights Certificates so canceled or destroyed by the Rights Agent).

 

Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Preferred Stock.

 

(a) Reservation.  The Company covenants and agrees that it will use all reasonable efforts to cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, out of its authorized and unissued Shares of Common Stock or other securities), the number of shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Shares of Common Stock or other securities) that that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding and exercisable Rights. Upon the occurrence of any events resulting in an increase in the aggregate number of shares of

 

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Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of all outstanding Rights in excess of the number then reserved, the Company shall make appropriate increases in the number of shares so reserved.

 

(b) Listing.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, from and after such time as the Rights become exercisable (but only to the extent that it is reasonably likely that the Rights will be exercised), all shares of Preferred Stock issued or reserved for issuance to be listed, upon official notice of issuance, upon the principal national securities exchange, if any, upon which the Common Stock of the Company is listed or, if the principal market for the Common Stock of the Company is not on any national securities exchange, to be eligible for quotation on such system as the Common Stock is then quoted.

 

(c) Registration.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file, as soon as practicable following the earliest date after the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event on which the consideration to be delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Rights described in Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 11(a)(iii), or as soon as required by law following the Distribution Date, as the case may be, a registration statement under the Securities Act, with respect to the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, (ii) cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and (iii) cause such registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus that at all times meets the requirements of the Securities Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of which the Rights are no longer exercisable for such securities and (B) the Expiration Date. The Company will also take such action as may be appropriate under, and which will ensure compliance with, the securities or “blue sky” laws of the various states in connection with the exercisability of the Rights. The Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days after the date determined in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 9(c), the exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file such registration statement and permit it to become effective. Upon such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect, in each case with prompt written notice to the Rights Agent. Notwithstanding any such provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction unless the requisite qualification in such jurisdiction shall have been obtained (and the exercise thereof is permitted pursuant to applicable law), or an exemption therefrom is available, and until a registration statement in respect thereof has been declared and remains effective.

 

(d) Valid Issuance.  The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock or other securities of the Company) delivered upon the exercise of the Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates or depositary receipts for such shares (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(e)  Taxes and Charges.  The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and governmental charges which may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates or of any certificates for shares of Preferred Stock and/or other property upon the exercise or surrender of Rights. The

 

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Company shall not, however, be required to pay any transfer tax or governmental charges which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates or the issuance or delivery of other securities or property to a Person other than, or in respect of the issuance or delivery of securities or other property in a name other than that of, the registered holder of the Rights Certificates evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise or to issue or deliver any certificates for securities or other property in a name other than that of the registered holder upon the exercise of any Rights until such tax shall have been paid (any such tax being payable by the holder of such Rights Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax is due. The foregoing also apply to any transfer taxes and governmental charges that may be payable in respect of any uncertificated Rights Certificates, shares or other securities.

 

Section 10. Record Date for Securities Issued.

 

Each Person in whose name any certificate for  a number of one one-thousandths of Preferred Stock or other securities (including any fraction of a share of Preferred Stock or such other securities) is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Preferred Stock or such other securities represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated (or registration on the transfer books of the Company or the applicable transfer agent effected), the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase Price (and any applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided, however , that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the transfer books of the Company for the Preferred Stock or such other securities, as applicable, are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares of Preferred Stock or such other securities on, and such certificate shall be dated  (or registration on the transfer books of the Company or the applicable transfer agent effected), the next succeeding Business Day on which the transfer books of the Company are open; and further  provided,  however , that if delivery of shares of Preferred Stock or such other securities is delayed pursuant to Section 9(c), such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares of Preferred Stock or such other securities only when such shares or such other securities first become deliverable. Prior to the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Rights Certificate shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to shares for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.

 

Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of shares or other property covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.

 

(a) Certain Events.

 

(i) Certain Adjustments to Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide or

 

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split the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares of Preferred Stock (by reverse stock split or otherwise), or (D) issue, change or alter any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification or recapitalization of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification or recapitalization in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), then, in each such event, except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or the effective time of such subdivision, split, combination, consolidation, reclassification or recapitalization, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock of the Company, as the case may be, issuable on such date or at such time, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Rights exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or securities of the Company, as the case may be, if such Rights had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, split, combination, consolidation, reclassification or recapitalization; provided, however , that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of a Right. If an event occurs which would require an adjustment under both Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii).

 

(ii) Exercise of Rights Following Certain Events.  Subject to the provisions of Section 23 and Section 24, in the event any Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following any such occurrence (a “Section 11(a)(ii) Event”), proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e), shall thereafter have a right to receive, upon exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and dividing that product by (y) 50% of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock of the Company (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) on the date of the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such number of shares being referred to as the “Adjustment Shares”).

 

(iii) Insufficient Common Stock.  In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company which are authorized by the Company’s Charter but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Right is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (X) the Fair Market Value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the “Current Value”) over (Y) the Purchase Price attributable to each Right (such excess being referred to as the “Spread”) and (B) with respect to all or a portion of each Right (subject to Section 7(e)), make adequate provision to substitute for the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase

 

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Price, (1) other equity securities of the Company (including shares or units of shares of any series of preferred stock that, by virtue of having dividend, voting and liquidation rights substantially comparable to those of the Common Stock, the Board of Directors has deemed in good faith to have substantially the same value or economic rights as the Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to herein as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (2) cash, (3) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (4) Preferred Stock Equivalents which the Board of Directors has deemed in good faith to have substantially the same value as shares of Common Stock of the Company, (5) debt securities of the Company, (6) other assets or securities of the Company or (7) any combination of the foregoing, in each case having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors after receiving the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common Stock of the Company (to the extent available and except to the extent that the Company has not obtained any necessary stockholder or regulatory approval for such issuance) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares or cash have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of Common Stock of the Company could be authorized for issuance or that any necessary stockholder or regulatory approval for such issuance could be obtained upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30-day period set forth above may be extended and re-extended to the extent necessary from time to time, but not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares or take such action necessary for regulatory approval  (such period, as it may be extended, being referred to herein as the “Substitution Period”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares, seek such stockholder approval, to take any action necessary to obtain such regulatory approval, or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended and a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock of the Company and of the Preferred Stock shall be the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of the Common Stock of the Company and the Preferred Stock, respectively, on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock of the Company on such date and the value of any Preferred Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Preferred Stock on such date.  The Board of Directors may, but will not be required to, establish procedures to allocate the right to receive Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii).

 

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(b) Dilutive Rights Offering.  If the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Stock (or securities having the same or more favorable rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock Equivalents”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Preferred Stock Equivalents at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Preferred Stock Equivalents (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Preferred Stock Equivalents) less than the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Preferred Stock Equivalents to be offered (and the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Fair Market Value and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and Preferred Stock Equivalents to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided,  however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of a Right. In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be the Fair Market Value thereof determined in accordance with Section 11(d). Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(c) Distributions.  If the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or convertible securities, subscription rights, options or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such convertible securities, subscription rights, options or warrants applicable to one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per one one-

 

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thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a Rights be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of a Rights. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

 

(d) Fair Market Value.  For the purpose of this Agreement, the “Fair Market Value” of any share of Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any other stock or any Rights or other security or any other property shall be determined as provided in this Section 11(d).

 

(i) General.   In the case of a publicly-traded stock or other security, the Fair Market Value on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such stock or per unit of such other security for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the Fair Market Value on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of stock or per unit of such other security for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following but not including such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Fair Market Value per share of any share of stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such stock of (x) a dividend or distribution on such stock payable in shares of such stock or securities convertible into shares of such stock or (y) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such stock, and prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) Trading Day period or ten (10) Trading Day period, as applicable, after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the Fair Market Value shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE MKT or, if the securities are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE MKT, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading; or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price (or, if not so quoted, the average of the last quoted high bid and low asked prices) in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink Sheets or such other system then in use; or, if on any such date no bids for such security are quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such security selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in such security, the Fair Market Value of such security on such date shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.  If the Fair Market Value of the Preferred Stock cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the Preferred Stock is not publicly held or not listed or traded in a manner described above, then the Fair Market Value of the Preferred Stock will be conclusively deemed to be (x) the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as determined pursuant to this Section 11(d) multiplied by (y) 1,000 (as such

 

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number may be appropriately adjusted to reflect any subdivision, combination, consolidation, reverse stock split or reclassification of the Common Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement). If a security (other than the Preferred Stock) is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, or if on any such date such security is not so quoted and no such market maker is making a market in the security, then the Fair Market Value means the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, after consultation with a nationally recognized investment banking firm, whose determination will be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and will be conclusive and binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights.

 

(ii) Property or Other Securities.  In the case of property other than securities, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.

 

(e) Insignificant Changes.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1.0% in the Purchase Price; provided, however , that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share of Common Stock of the Company or ten millionth of a share of Preferred Stock, as the case may be, or to such other figure as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three (3) years from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment or (ii) the Expiration Date.

 

(f) Shares Other Than Preferred Stock.  If as a result of any provision of Section 11(a) or Section 13(a), the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of stock of the Company other than Preferred Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock contained in Section 11(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g) through (k) and (m), inclusive, and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 with respect to the Preferred Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

 

(g) Rights Issued Subsequent to Adjustment.  All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities, assets or amount of cash or combination thereof) purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

(h) Effect of Adjustments on Existing Rights.  Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted

 

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Purchase Price, that number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (calculated to the nearest one-ten millionth) as the Board of Directors determines is appropriate to preserve the economic value of the Rights, including, by way of example, that number obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Rights may be exercisable immediately prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.

 

(i) Adjustment in Number of Rights.  The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any adjustment in the number of shares of Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after the adjustment in the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten (10) days later than the date of the public announcement. If Rights Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Rights Certificates on such record date Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Rights Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Rights Certificates so to be distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein (and may bear, at the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be registered in the names of the holders of record of Rights Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.

 

(j) Rights Certificates Unchanged.  Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per one ten-thousandth of a share and the number of one ten-thousandths of a share which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder without prejudice to any adjustment or change.

 

(k) Par Value Limitations.  Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below the then aggregate par value, if any, of the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order

 

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that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Preferred Stock at such adjusted Purchase Price.

 

(l) Deferred Issuance.  In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuing to the holder of any Rights exercised after such record date the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock or other stock, securities, assets or cash of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock and other stock, securities, assets or cash of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares (fractional or otherwise) or securities upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.

 

(m) Reduction in Exercise Price.  Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that it in its sole and absolute discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred Stock or Common Stock, issuance wholly for cash of any shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock at less than the Fair Market Value, issuance wholly for cash of shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Preferred Stock, or Common Stock, stock dividends or issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to hereinabove in this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Stock or Common Stock, shall not be taxable to such stockholders.

 

(n) No Diminishment of Rights.  The Company covenants and agrees that after the Distribution Date it will not, except as permitted by Section 23, Section 24 or Section 28, take (or permit to be taken) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.

 

(o) Certain Adjustments to Common Stock.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Distribution Date (i) declare or pay any dividend on the outstanding Common Stock of the Company payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide or split the outstanding Common Stock (other than by the payment of dividends payable in Common Stock) (iii) combine or consolidate the outstanding Common Stock (by reverse stock split or otherwise) into a lesser number of shares of Common Stock of the Company, or (iv) issue, change or alter any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification or recapitalization of the Common Stock (including any such reclassification or recapitalization in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), then in each such event, except as otherwise provided in this Section 11 or Section 7(e), (A) the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or shares of such other capital stock) purchasable after such event upon proper exercise of each Right shall be determined by multiplying the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or shares of such other capital

 

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stock) so purchasable immediately prior to such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding immediately after such event, (B) the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, split, combination, consolidation or reclassification will be adjusted so that the Purchase Price thereafter equals the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such time by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event; provided,  however, that in no event will the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of such Right, and (C) each share of Common Stock  (or shares of capital stock issued in such reclassification of the Common Stock) of the Company outstanding immediately after such event shall have issued with respect to it that number of Rights which each share of Common Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such event had issued with respect to it.  Each Share of Common Stock that becomes outstanding after an adjustment has been made pursuant to this Section 11(o) will have issued with it that number of Rights, exercisable at the Purchase Price and for the number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share (or shares of such other capital stock), as one share of Common Stock has associated with it immediately following the adjustment made pursuant to this Section 11(o). If an event occurs that would require an adjustment pursuant to both this Section 11(o) and Section 11(a)(ii), then the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(o) will be in addition to, and will be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii).  The adjustments provided for in this Section 11(o) shall be made successively whenever such a dividend is declared or paid or such a subdivision, split, combination, consolidation or reclassification is effected.

 

(p) Adjustment of Rights Associated with Certain Distributions. Other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Section 11(o), in the event that the Company, at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Distribution Date, issues or distributes any securities or assets in respect of Common Stock (other than (A) a distribution or dividend of its capital stock and (B) pursuant to any non-extraordinary periodic cash dividend), then the Company will make such adjustments, if any, in the Purchase Price or the number of Rights or securities or other property purchasable upon exercise of Rights as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may deem to be appropriate under the circumstances in order to adequately protect the interests of the holders of the Rights generally, and the Company and the Rights Agent will amend this Plan as necessary to provide for such adjustments.

 

Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares.

 

Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or Section 13, the Company shall (a) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment, (b) promptly file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock of the Company a copy of such certificate and (c) if a Distribution Date has occurred, mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Rights Certificate (or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to each holder of a certificate representing shares of Common Stock of the Company) in accordance with Section 26.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of the Company to make or provide such certification or notice will not affect the validity of such adjustment or the force or effect of the requirement for such adjustment.  The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment contained therein and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any such adjustment unless and until it shall have received such certificate.

 

Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power.

 

(a) In the event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly or indirectly, (x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person (other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which is not prohibited by Section 11(n)), and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which is not prohibited by the proviso at the end of the first sentence of Section 11(n)) shall consolidate with the Company, or merge with and into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, or (z) the Company shall sell, mortgage or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall sell, mortgage or otherwise transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, assets or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries in one or more transactions, each of which individually (and together) is not prohibited by the proviso at the end of the first sentence of Section 11(n)), then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that: (i) each holder of a Right (except as provided in Section 7(e)) shall have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and in lieu of Preferred Shares, such number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of freely tradable Common Stock of the Principal Party (as hereinafter defined in Section 13(b)), free and clear of rights of call or first refusal, liens, encumbrances, transfer restrictions or other adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a Section 11(a)(ii) Event has occurred prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, multiplying the number of such one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event by the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event), and (2) dividing that product (which, following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, will be referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Fair Market Value (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of the Common Stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section 13 Event, provided,  however, that the price per Right so payable and the number of shares of Common Stock of such Principal Party so receivable upon exercise of a Right will be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(e) to reflect any events covered thereby occurring in respect of the Common Stock of such Principal Party after the occurrence of such Section 13 Event; (ii) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale, mortgage

 

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or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term “Company” shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party, it being specifically intended that the provisions of Section 11 shall apply to such Principal Party; (iv) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to permit exercise of all outstanding Rights in accordance with this Section 13(a) and the making of payments in cash and/or other securities in accordance with Section 11(a)(iii)) in connection with such consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its shares of Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights; (v) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) will be of no effect following the first occurrence of any Section 13 Event; and (vi) upon the subsequent occurrence of any consolidation, merger, sale, exchange, mortgage, transfer or other extraordinary transaction in respect of such Principal Party, each holder of a Right will thereupon be entitled to receive, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the Exercise Price as provided in this Section 13(a), such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property that such holder would have been entitled to receive had such holder, at the time of such transaction, owned the Common Stock of the Principal Party receivable upon the exercise of a Right pursuant to this Section 13(a), and such Principal Party must take such steps (including reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its capital stock) as may be necessary to permit the subsequent exercise of the Rights in accordance with the terms hereof for such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property.

 

(b) “Principal Party” shall mean

 

(i)                        in the case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y) of the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer of any securities into which shares of Common Stock of the Company are converted in such merger or consolidation, or, if there is more than one such issuer, the issuer of Common Stock that has the highest aggregate Fair Market Value (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)), and if no securities are so issued, the Person that is the other party to the merger or consolidation, or, if there is more than one such Person, the Person the Common Stock of which has the highest aggregate Fair Market Value (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)), if the Person that is the other party to the merger does not survive such consolidation or merger, the Person that does survive such consolidation or merger (including the Company if it survives) or the Person resulting from the consolidation or merger; and

 

(ii)                    in the case of any transaction described in clause (z) of the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving the greatest portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to such transaction or transactions, or, if each Person that is a party to such transaction or transactions receives the same portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to such transaction or transactions or if the Person receiving the largest portion of the assets or earning power cannot be determined, whichever Person the Common Stock of which has the highest aggregate Fair Market Value (determined pursuant to Section 11(d));

 

provided, however, that in any such case described in clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 13(b), (1) if the Common Stock of such Person is not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding 12-month period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (“Registered Common Stock”) or such Person is not a corporation, and such Person is a direct or

 

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indirect Subsidiary or Affiliate of another Person who has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to such other Person; (2) if the Common Stock of such Person is not Registered Common Stock or such Person is not a corporation, and such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person but is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person which has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to the ultimate parent entity of such first-mentioned Person; (3) if the Common Stock of such Person is not Registered Common Stock or such Person is not a corporation, and such Person is directly or indirectly controlled by more than one Person, and one or more of such other Persons has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever of such other Persons is the issuer of the Registered Common Stock having the highest aggregate Fair Market Value (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)); and (4) if the Common Stock of such Person is not Registered Common Stock or such Person is not a corporation, and such Person is directly or indirectly controlled by more than one Person, and none of such other Persons has Registered Common Stock outstanding, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever ultimate parent entity is the corporation having the greatest stockholders’ equity or, if no such ultimate parent entity is a corporation, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever ultimate parent entity is the entity having the greatest net assets.

 

(c) Certain Arrangements.  The Company shall not consummate any Section 13 Event unless prior thereto (x) the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of authorized shares of its Common Stock, which have not been issued or reserved for issuance, to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this Section 13, and (y) the Company and each Principal Party and each other Person who may become a Principal Party as a result of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing for the terms set forth in Section 13(a) and (b) and further providing that, as soon as practicable after the date of any Section 13 Event, the Principal Party at its own expense will:

 

(i)                        prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and cause such registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus that at all times meets the requirements of the Securities Act) until the Expiration Date;

 

(ii)                    qualify or register the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights under the blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as may be necessary or appropriate;

 

(iii)                list (or continue the listing of) the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on a national securities exchange or meet the eligibility requirements for listing on an automated quotation system or such other system on which the Common Stock of the Company is then traded;

 

(iv)                 deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial statements for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which comply in all respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act; and

 

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(v)                     take all other action as may be necessary to allow the Principal Party to issue the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights.

 

(d) Prohibited Transactions.

 

(i)                        In case the Principal Party which is to be a party to a transaction referred to in this Section 13 has a provision in any of its authorized securities or in its charter or By-laws or other instrument governing its affairs, which provision would have the effect of (A) causing such Principal Party to issue (other than to holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 13), in connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of a transaction referred to in this Section 13, shares of Common Stock of such Principal Party at less than the then current Fair Market Value (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) or securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock of such Principal Party at less than such Fair Market Value, or (B) providing for any special payment, tax or similar provisions in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock of such Principal Party pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13, then, in such event, the Company shall not consummate any such transaction unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing that the provision in question of such Principal Party shall have been canceled, waived or amended, or that the authorized securities shall be redeemed, so that the applicable provision will have no effect in connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of the proposed transaction.

 

(ii)                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees with each holder of Rights that it will not consummate or permit to occur any Section 13 Event if (A) at the time or immediately after such Section 13 Event there are any rights, warrants, instruments or securities outstanding, or any agreements or arrangements, that, as a result of the consummation of such Section 13 Event, would eliminate or diminish in any material respect the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights; (B) all rights of first refusal or preemptive rights in respect of the issuance of Common Stock or common stock equivalents of the Principal Party upon exercise of outstanding Rights have not been irrevocably waived or rendered inapplicable; (C) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after such Section 13 Event, the stockholders of the Person who constitutes, or would constitute, the Principal Party have received a distribution of Rights previously owned by such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates; or (D) the form or nature of organization of the Principal Party would preclude or limit the exercisability of the Rights.

 

(e) Continued Applicability.  The provisions of this Section 13 will similarly apply to successive mergers, consolidations, sales, exchanges, mortgages, transfers or other extraordinary transactions. In the event that a Section 13 Event occurs at any time after the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Rights that have not theretofore been exercised will thereafter become exercisable in the manner described in Section 13(a) (without taking into account any prior adjustment required by Section 11(a)(ii)).

 

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Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.

 

(a) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Rights.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights, except prior to the Distribution Date as provided in Section 11(o), or to distribute Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. If the Company elects not to issue such fractional Rights, the Company shall pay, in lieu of such fractional Rights, to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of a whole Right, calculated as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable.

 

(b) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Preferred Stock.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Preferred Stock (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock) upon exercise or exchange of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Preferred Stock (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock).  Interests in fractions of shares of Preferred Stock in integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a shares of Preferred Stock may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by the Company;  provided,  however, that such agreement must provide that the holders of such depositary receipts have all of the rights, privileges and preferences to which they are entitled as Beneficial Owners of the Preferred Stock represented by such depositary receipts. In lieu of fractional shares of Preferred Stock that are not integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised or exchanged as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the Fair Market Value of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock shall be one one thousandth of the Fair Market Value of a share of Preferred Stock, calculated as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise or exchange.

 

(c) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares of Common Stock. The Company is not required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or exchange of Rights. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised or exchanged as provided herein an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a share of  Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(c), the current market value of a shares of Common Stock will be the Fair Market Value of a shares of Common Stock, calculated as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise or exchange.

 

(d) Waiver of Fractional Rights.  The holder of a Rights by the acceptance of the Rights expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Rights, except as permitted by this Section 14.

 

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(e) Procedure for Payment. Whenever a payment for fractional Rights, Preferred Stock or Common Stock is to be made by the Rights Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will (i) promptly prepare and deliver to the Rights Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the facts related to such payment and the prices or formulas utilized in calculating such payments; and (ii) provide sufficient monies to the Rights Agent to make such payments.

 

Section 15. Rights of Action.

 

All rights of action in respect of this Agreement, other than rights of action vested in the Rights Agent pursuant to Sections 18 and 20, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Rights Certificates (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock of the Company); and any registered holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock of the Company), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock of the Company), may, in such registered holder’s own behalf and for such registered holder’s own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate in the manner provided in such Rights Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement and shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations hereunder of any Person subject to this Agreement.

 

Section 16. Agreement of Rights Holders. Every holder of a Right, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of a Rights that:

 

(a) prior to the Distribution Date, each Right will be transferable only simultaneously and together with the transfer of shares of Common Stock of the Company;

 

(b) after the Distribution Date, the Rights Certificates are transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer and with the appropriate forms and certificates fully completed;

 

(c) subject to Sections 6(a) and 7(f), the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the associated certificate representing Common Stock of the Company or Book Entry Shares, as applicable) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Rights Certificates or the associated certificate representing Common Stock of the Company or Book Entry Shares, as applicable, made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and, subject to Section 7(e), neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; and

 

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(d) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Rights or other Person as the result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, judgment, decree or ruling (whether interlocutory or final) issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligations; provided, however, that the Company must use commercially reasonable efforts to have any such order, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned as promptly as practical;

 

(e) Rights that are Beneficially Owned by certain Persons will, under the circumstances set forth in Section 7(e), become null and void; and

 

(f) this Agreement may be supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance with Section 28.

 

Section 17.  Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder.

 

No holder, as such, of any Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the shares of Preferred Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise or exchange of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Rights Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in Section 26), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights or Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate shall have been exercised or exchanged in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent.

 

(a)    The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Rights Agent for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and attorney fees and disbursements and other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability arising therefrom, directly or indirectly. The provisions of this Section 18(a) shall survive the expiration of the Rights and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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(b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Rights Certificate or certificate representing Common Stock of the Company, Preferred Stock, or other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it in good faith and without gross negligence to be genuine and to be signed and executed by the proper Person or Persons.

 

(c) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for consequential damages under any provision of this Agreement or for any consequential damages arising out of any act or failure to act hereunder. Any liability of the Rights Agent under this Agreement will be limited to the amount of fees paid by the Company to the Rights Agent.

 

Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.

 

(a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may effect a share exchange be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, share exchange or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust or stockholder services business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,  provided that  such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21.  The purchase of all or substantially all of the Rights Agent’s assets employed in the performance of this Agreement, or transfer or rights agent services generally, will be deemed to be a merger, share exchange or consolidation for purposes of this Section 19.  In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

 

(b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.

 

Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations expressly imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:

 

(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel selected by it (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.

 

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(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter (including, without limitation, the identity of any Acquiring Person and the determination of “Fair Market Value”) be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof shall be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by a person believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent. Any such certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.

 

(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Rights Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.

 

(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming void pursuant to Section 7(e)) or any adjustment required under the provisions of Sections 11, 13 or 24(c) or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Rights Certificates after receipt of a certificate describing any such adjustment furnished in accordance with Section 12), nor shall it be responsible for any determination by the Board of Directors of the Fair Market Value of the Rights or Preferred Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 14; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights Certificate or as to whether or not any shares of Common Stock of the Company or Preferred Stock will, when so issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder and certificates delivered pursuant to any provision hereof from any person believed by the Rights Agent to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and is authorized to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer. Any application by the Rights Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Rights Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Rights Agent under this Agreement and the date on or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Rights Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Rights Agent in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to an earlier date) unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Rights Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

(h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.

 

(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents.

 

(j) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(k) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the form of assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has either not been completed or indicates an affirmative response to clause (1) or clause (2) thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.

 

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Section 21. Change of Rights Agent.

 

The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon thirty (30) days’ notice in writing mailed to the Company by first class mail, provided, however, that in the event the transfer agency relationship in effect between the Company and the Rights Agent with respect to the Common Stock of the Company  terminates, the Rights Agent will be deemed to have resigned automatically on the effective date of such termination. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent (with or without cause), effective immediately or on a specified date, by written notice given to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock of the Company and Preferred Stock, and by giving notice to the holders of the Rights Certificates by any means reasonably determined by the Company to inform such holders of such removal (including without limitation, by including such information in one or more of the Company’s reports to stockholders or reports or filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission). If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Rights Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Rights Certificate for inspection by the Company), then the incumbent Rights Agent or the registered holder of any Rights Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be (a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, the State of Maryland or the State of New York (or of any other state of the United States so long as such corporation is authorized to do business as a banking institution in the State of Maryland or the State of New York), in good standing, which is authorized under such laws to exercise stock transfer or corporate trust powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 or (b) an Affiliate of a Person described in clause (a) of this sentence. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Stock of the Company and the Preferred Stock, and give notice to the holders of the Rights Certificates by any means reasonably determined by the Company to inform such holders of such appointment (including without limitation, by including such information in one or more of the Company’s reports to stockholders or reports or filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission). Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.

 

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Section 22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates.

 

Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price per share and the number or kind or class of shares of stock or other securities or property purchasable under the Rights Certificates made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection with the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock of the Company following the Distribution Date and prior to the redemption or expiration of the Rights, the Company (a) shall, with respect to shares of Common Stock of the Company so issued or sold pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities hereafter issued by the Company, and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors, issue Rights Certificates representing the appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided, however, that (i) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the Company or the Person to whom such Rights Certificate would be issued, and (ii) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, appropriate adjustments shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof.

 

Section 23.  Redemption.

 

(a) Right to Redeem.  The Board of Directors may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the Distribution Date, or (ii) the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.001 per Right, as such amount may be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend declared or paid, any split, recapitalization, subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company or any similar event occurring after the date of this Agreement (such redemption price, as adjusted from time to time, being hereinafter referred to as the “Redemption Price”).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Rights will not be exercisable after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to this Section 23 has expired. Such redemption of the Rights by the Board may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Director in its sole and absolute discretion may establish. The date on which the Board of Directors elects to make the redemption effective is referred to as the “Redemption Date.”

 

(b) General Redemption Procedures.  Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights (or at such later time as the Board of Directors may establish for the effectiveness of such redemption), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price for each Rights so held. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights in accordance with this Section 23, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to the Rights Agent and to all

 

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such holders at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or,  prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Stock of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. The Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. The failure to given, or any defect in, any notice required by this Section 23 will not affect the legality or validity of the action taken by the Board of Directors or of the redemption.

 

(c) Form of Payment of Redemption Price.  The Company may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in cash, shares of Common Stock of the Company (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock of the Company as of the time of redemption) or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, to be at least equivalent to the Redemption Price.

 

(d) Discharge of Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a redemption pursuant to Section 23(a), the Company may, at its option, discharge all of its obligations with respect to the Rights by (i) issuing a press release or making a publicly-available filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission announcing the manner of redemption of the Rights and (ii) mailing payment of the Redemption Price to the holders of Rights at the addresses of such holders as shown on the transfer books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the transfer books of the Company or the transfer agent for the Common Stock, and upon such action, all outstanding Right Certificates will be void without any further action by the Company.

 

(e) Prohibited Purchases.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase for value any Rights at any time in any manner other than that specifically set forth in this Section 23 or Section 24 or in connection with the purchase of shares of Common Stock of the Company prior to the Distribution Date.

 

Section 24. Exchange.

 

(a) Exchange of Common Stock for Rights.  The Board of Directors may, at its option, at any time on or after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights, whether or not previously exercised (but which exchange shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e)) for shares of Common Stock of the Company at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock of the Company per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Ratio”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Acquiring Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the occurrence of a Section 13 Event, any Rights

 

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that theretofore have not been exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a) will thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and may not be exchanged (or eligible for exchange) pursuant to this Section 24(a).

 

(b) Exchange Procedures.  Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company equal to the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Company shall promptly give notice of any such exchange in accordance with Section 27 and shall promptly mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Stock of the Company for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e)) held by each holder of Rights.  Following the determination to exchange rights pursuant to this Section 24, the Company may implement such procedures as it deems appropriate, in its sole and absolute discretion, to minimize the possibility that any shares of Common Stock (or other consideration) issuable pursuant to this Section 24 are received by Persons whose Rights are null and void pursuant to Section 7(e). Prior to effecting any exchange, the Company may require as a condition thereof, that any registered holder of Rights provide such evidence (including the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) thereof and the Affiliates or Associates of such Beneficial Owner or former Beneficial Owner) as the Company may reasonably request in order to determine if such Rights are null and void pursuant to Section 7(e). If such registered holder does not comply with the foregoing requirements, then the Company will be entitled to conclusively deem such Rights to be Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person (or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, or any Person described in Section 7(e)) and, accordingly, such Rights will be null and void and not exchangeable in connection herewith. Any shares of Common Stock (or other securities) issued at the direction of the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 24 will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassesable, and the Company will be deemed to have received as consideration for such issuance a benefit having a calculate that is at least equal to the aggregate par value of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities) so issued. The failure to give, or any defect in, any notice required by this Section 24 will not affect the legality or validity f the action taken by the Board of Directors.  The exchange of the Rights pursuant to Section 24(a) may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, may establish.

 

(c) Preferred Stock Substitution.  In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Company, at its option, may substitute Preferred Stock (or Preferred Stock Equivalent, as such term is defined in Section 11(b)) for Common Stock of the Company exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock (or Preferred Stock Equivalent) for each share of Common Stock of the Company, as appropriately adjusted to

 

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reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so  that the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Stock of the Company shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common Stock of the Company.

 

(d) Insufficient Shares.  In the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Common Stock of the Company authorized but unissued to permit any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock of the Company for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in lieu of issuing Shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor in an amount equal to the product of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Right would otherwise be exchangeable (without regard to whether there were sufficient shares of Common Stock available therefore) (the “Current Exchange Value”); (ii) issue debt or equity securities (or a combination thereof) having a value equal to the Current Exchange Value in lieu of issuing Common Stock in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities will be determined by the Board of Directors based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors, which determination will be described in a written statement filed with the Rights Agent and will be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of Rights; or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Common Stock Equivalents, Preferred Stock Equivalents or other securities having a value equal to the Current Exchange Value in exchange for each Right.  To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to this Section 24(d), then the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to 120 days following the date on which the Board of Directors orders the exchange of Rights pursuant to Section 24(a) in order to seek any authorization of additional shares of Common Stock or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. Upon any such suspension, the Company will issue a public announcement stating, and notify the Rights Agent in writing, that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as issue a public announcement, and notify the Rights Agent in writing, at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect.

 

(e) Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock of the Company or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock of the Company. If the Company elects not to issue such fractional shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Company shall pay, in lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock of the Company, to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock of the Company would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of a whole share of Common Stock of the Company. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the Fair Market Value of a whole share of Common Stock of the Company shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock of the Company (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the Board of Directors ordered the exchange of Rights pursuant to this Section 24.

 

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Section 25. Process to Seek Exemption.

 

Any Person who desires to effect any acquisition of Common Stock that would, if consummated, result in such Person beneficially owning 4.99% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock (or, in the case of an Existing Holder, additional shares of Common Stock) (a “Requesting Person”) may, prior to the Stock Acquisition Date and in accordance with this Section 25, request that the Board of Directors grant an exemption with respect to such acquisition under this Plan so that such Person would be deemed to be an “Exempt Person” under subsection (v) of the definition thereof in Section 1 for purposes of this Agreement (an “Exemption Request”).  An Exemption Request shall be in proper form and shall be delivered by overnight delivery service or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive office of the Company.  The Exemption Request shall be deemed made upon receipt by the Secretary of the Company.  To be in proper form, an Exemption Request shall set forth (i) the name and address of the Requesting Person, (ii) the number and percentage of shares of Common Stock then Beneficially Owned by the Requesting Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of the Requesting Person, and (iii) a reasonably detailed description of the transaction or transactions by which the Requesting Person would propose to acquire Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock aggregating 4.99% or more of the then outstanding Common Stock (or in the case of an Existing Holder, additional shares of Common Stock) and the maximum number and percentage of shares of Common Stock that the Requesting Person proposes to acquire.  The Board of Directors shall make a determination whether to grant an exemption in response to an Exemption Request as promptly as practicable (and, in any event, within ten (10) Business Days) after receipt thereof; provided, that the failure of the Board of Directors to make a determination within such period shall be deemed to constitute the denial by the Board of Directors of the Exemption Request.  The Requesting Person shall respond promptly to reasonable and appropriate requests for additional information from the Board of Directors and its advisors to assist the Board of Directors in making its determination.  For purposes of considering the Exemption Request, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made pursuant to and in accordance with Section 382 of the Code. The Board of Directors shall only grant an exemption in response to an Exemption Request if the Board of Directors determines in its sole and absolute discretion that the acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock by the Requesting Person (A) will not adversely impact in any material respect the time period in which the Company could use the Tax Benefits or limit or impair the availability to the Company of the Tax Benefits or (B) is in the best interests of the Company despite the fact that it may adversely impact in a material respect the time period in which the Company could use the Tax Benefits or limit or impair the availability to the Company of the Tax Benefits. Any exemption granted hereunder may be granted in whole or in part, and may be subject to limitations or conditions (including a requirement that the Requesting Person agree that it will not acquire Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock in excess of the maximum number and percentage of shares approved by the Board of Directors), in each case as and to the extent the Board of Directors shall determine necessary or desirable to provide for the protection of the Company’s Tax Benefits.  Any Exemption Request may be submitted on a confidential basis and, except to the extent required by applicable law, the Company shall maintain the confidentiality of such Exemption Request and the Board of Directors’ determination with respect thereto, unless the information contained in the Exemption Request or

 

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the Board of Directors’ determination with respect thereto otherwise becomes publicly available. The Exemption Request shall be considered and evaluated by directors serving on the Board of Directors, or a duly constituted committee thereof, who are independent of the Company and the Requesting Person and disinterested with respect to the Exemption Request, and the action of a majority of such independent and disinterested directors shall be deemed to be the determination of the Board of Directors for purposes of such Exemption Request.

 

Section 26. Notice of Certain Events.

 

(a) Certain Distributions.  In case the Company shall propose, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of Preferred Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of Preferred Stock (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of earnings or retained earnings of the Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Preferred Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, or (iii) to effect any reclassification of Preferred Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock), or (iv) to effect any consolidation or merger into or with, or to effect any sale, mortgage or other transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale, mortgage or other transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in one or more transactions each of which is not prohibited by the proviso at the end of the first sentence of Section 11(n)), or (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or (vi) to declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock of the Company payable in Common Stock of the Company or to effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common Stock of the Company (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Stock of the Company) then in each such case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Rights Certificate and to the Rights Agent, in accordance with Section 27, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Common Stock of the Company and/or Preferred Stock, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least twenty (20) days prior to the record date for determining holders of the shares of Preferred Stock for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Common Stock of the Company and/or Preferred Stock, whichever shall be the earlier; provided, however, no such notice shall be required pursuant to this Section 26 as a result of any Subsidiary of the Company effecting a consolidation or merger with or into, or effecting a sale or other transfer of assets or earnings power to, any other Subsidiary of the Company in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(b) Certain Events.  In case any Triggering Event shall occur, then, in any such case, the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each registered holder of a Rights Certificate and to the Rights Agent, in accordance with Section 27, a notice of the occurrence of

 

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such event, which shall specify the event and the consequences of the event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13.

 

Section 27. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if in writing sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, by facsimile transmission (when such fax is transmitted to the fax number set forth below and confirmation of transmission is received) or by nationally-recognized overnight courier addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows:

 

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc.

19500 Jamboree Road

Irvine, California 92612

Facsimile: 949-475-3969

Attention: General Counsel

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 21, any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, by facsimile transmission (when such fax is transmitted to the fax number set forth below and confirmation of transmission is received)  or by nationally-recognized overnight courier addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Company) as follows:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15 th  Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Facsimile: 718-921-8200

Attention: General Counsel

 

Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, to the holder of any certificate representing shares of Common Stock of the Company) shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by recognized national overnight delivery service or first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company.  Any notice that is sent or mailed in the manner herein provided will be deemed given whether or not the holder receives the notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to the Distribution Date, the issuance of a press release or the making of a publicly-available filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission will constitute sufficient notice by the Rights Agent or the Company to the holders of securities of the Company, including the Rights, for all purposes of this Agreement and no other notice need be given.

 

Section 28. Supplements and Amendments.

 

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without the approval of any holders of certificates representing shares of Common Stock of the Company. From and after the occurrence of a Distribution Date, the Company and the Rights Agent shall, if the Board of Directors so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holder of Rights Certificates in order (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or otherwise defective, including any change in order to satisfy any applicable law, rule or regulation, (iii) to shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder, or (iv) to change or supplement the provisions hereof in any manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights Certificates (other than an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or Any Person described in Section 7(e)); provided, however, that this Agreement may not be supplemented or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence, a time period relating to when the Rights may be redeemed at such time as the Rights are not then redeemable, provided further, however, that the right of the Board of Directors to extend the Distribution Date does not require any amendment or supplement hereunder. Upon the delivery of such certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 28, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment, and any failure of the Rights Agent to so execute such supplement or amendment shall not affect the validity of the actions taken by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 28; provided, that any supplement or amendment that does not amend Section 18, Section 19, Section 20 or Section 21 or this Section 28 or any other Section of this Plan in a manner that is adverse to the Rights Agent will become effective immediately upon execution by the Company, whether or not also executed by the Rights Agent. Prior to the occurrence of a Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of Common Stock of the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Rights Agent’s consent must be obtained regarding any amendment or supplement pursuant to this Section 28 which alters the Rights Agent’s rights or duties.

 

Section 29. Successors.

 

All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

 

Section 30. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) make all determinations and computations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other Persons, and

 

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(y) not subject any member of the Board of Directors to any liability to any Person, including the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights.  In administering this Agreement, and exercising the right and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors and to the Company hereunder, and in interpreting this Agreement and making any determination hereunder, the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may consider any and all facts, circumstances or information that it deems to be necessary, useful or appropriate.

 

Section 31. Benefits of this Agreement.

 

Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Stock of the Company) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock of the Company).

 

Section 32. Severability.

 

If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated; provided,  however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable and the Board of Directors determines in good faith that severing the invalid language from the Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or effect of the Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 shall be reinstated and shall not expire until the Close of Business on the tenth day following the date of such determination by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 33. Governing Law.

 

This Agreement and the Rights issued hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Maryland without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws; provided, however, that all provisions regarding the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Rights Agent shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The courts of the State of Maryland and of the United States of America located in the State of Maryland (the “Maryland Courts”) shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to or concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and any Person commencing or otherwise involved in any such litigation shall waive any objection to the laying of venue of such litigation in the Maryland Courts and shall not plead or claim in any Maryland Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company and the registered holders of Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of Common Stock) each hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that they now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in this Section 33 (or the appellate courts thereof).   The Company and the registered holders of Rights Certificates (and,

 

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prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of Shares of Common Stock) each hereby agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and non-appealable judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court will be conclusive and binding upon such Persons.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Rights Agent may mutually agree to a jurisdiction other than Maryland for any litigation directly between the Company and the Rights Agent arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

Section 34. Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.  A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically (including by fax and .pdf) will have the same authority, effect and enforceability as an original signature. No party hereto may raise the use of such electronic transmission to deliver a signature, or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission, as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each party forever waives any such defense, except to the extent such defense relates to lack of authenticity.

 

Section 35. Descriptive Headings.

 

Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

 

Section 36. Force Majeure.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly from any act or event beyond its reasonable control and without the fault or gross negligence of the delayed or non-performing party that causes a sudden, substantial or widespread disruption in business activities, including, without limitation, fire, flood, natural disaster or act of God, strike or other industrial disturbance, war (declared or undeclared), embargo, blockade, legal restriction, riot, insurrection, act of terrorism, disruption in transportation, communications, electric power or other utilities, or other vital infrastructure or any means of disrupting or damaging internet or other computer networks or facilities (each, a “Force Majeure Condition”); provided, that such delayed or non-performing party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable. If any Force Majeure Condition occurs, the party delayed or unable to perform shall give prompt written notice to the other party, stating the nature of the Force Majeure Condition and any action being taken to avoid or minimize its effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as an instrument under seal and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
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By:
    	
/s/ Nima J. Vahdat
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ George Mangiaracina
    
	
 
    	
Name: Nima J. Vahdat
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: George   Mangiaracina
    
	
 
    	
Title:   General Counsel
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
    

 

Signature Page to Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Agreement

 

 

	
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AMERICAN STOCK   TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Rights Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Michael A. Nespoli
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Michael A. Nespoli
    
	
 
    	
Title
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title
    	
Executive Director
    

 

Signature Page to Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Agreement

 

 

Exhibit A

 

IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

SERIES A-1 JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

 

 

IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

SERIES A-1 JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

 

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

 

FIRST: Under a power contained in Article VI of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”), by duly adopted resolutions, reclassified and designated 2,500,000 shares of the authorized but unissued shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Corporation, $0.01 par value per share, as shares of Series A-1 Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, with the following preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, which, upon any restatement of the Charter, shall become part of Article VI of the Charter, with any necessary or appropriate renumbering or relettering of the sections or subsections hereof:

 

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A-1 Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series A-1 Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 2,500,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board in accordance with the Charter; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A-1 Preferred Stock.

 

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

 

(A) (i) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any class or series of preferred stock of the Corporation, $0.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”) (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) and of any other class or series of stock ranking junior to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if authorized by the Board and declared by the Corporation out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $0.01 or (b) subject to the provisions for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment

 

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Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock. The multiple of cash and non-cash dividends declared on the Common Stock to which holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock are entitled, which shall be 1,000 initially but which shall be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter provided, is hereinafter referred to as the “Dividend Multiple.” In the event the Corporation shall at any time after September 3, 2013 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) (i) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the Dividend Multiple thereafter applicable to the determination of the amount of dividends which holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive shall be the Dividend Multiple applicable immediately prior to such event multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(ii) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this paragraph (A), the Corporation shall, out of funds legally available for that purpose, declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A-1 Preferred Stock as provided in this paragraph (A) immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $0.01 per share on the Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

(B) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix in accordance with applicable law a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than such 90 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

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Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

 

(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. The number of votes which a holder of a share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock is entitled to cast, which shall initially be 1,000 but which may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter provided, is hereinafter referred to as the “Vote Multiple.” In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the Vote Multiple thereafter applicable to the determination of the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled shall be the Vote Multiple immediately prior to such event multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(B) Except as otherwise provided in the Charter or by law, the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and the holders of shares of any other stock of this Corporation having general voting rights, shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(C) (i) Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on any shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to at least six full quarter dividends (whether or not declared and whether or not consecutive), the holders of record of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall have the exclusive right, voting separately as a single class, to elect two directors of the Corporation at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders, and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders, as provided below.

 

(ii) Upon the vesting of such right of the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, the maximum authorized number of members of the Board of Directors shall automatically be increased by two and the two vacancies so created shall be filled by vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock as hereinafter set forth. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation then entitled to vote shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or President of the Corporation or the Secretary of the Corporation, if requested in writing by the holders of record of not less than 10% of the shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock then outstanding.  At such special meeting, or, if no such special meeting shall have been called, then at the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall elect, voting as above provided, two directors of the Corporation to fill the aforesaid vacancies created by the automatic increase in the number of members of the Board of Directors.  Notice of the meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this paragraph (C)(ii) shall be given to each holder of record of Series A-1 Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation.  The meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 10 days and not later than 90 days after the order or request or, in default of the calling of the meeting, within 90 days after the order or request, the meeting may be called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 5% of the shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock then

 

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outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (c)(ii), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within 90 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

(iii) At any and all meetings for the election of directors by holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for such election, whether present in person or proxy, and such two directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock. Each such additional director shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, or until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until his right to hold such office terminates pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(C). Any director elected by holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3(C) may be removed at any annual or special meeting, by vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, with or without cause. In case any vacancy shall occur among the directors elected by the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3(C), such vacancy may be filled by the remaining director so elected, or his successor then in office, and the director so elected to fill such vacancy shall serve until the next meeting of stockholders for the election of directors.

 

(iv) The right of the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, to elect two members of the Board as aforesaid shall continue until, and only until, such time as all arrears in dividends (whether or not declared) on the Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment, at which time such right shall terminate, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above-mentioned. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock as a class to vote for directors as herein provided, the term of office of all directors then in office elected by the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3(C) shall terminate immediately and the number of directors shall be reduced accordingly. The voting rights granted by this Section 3(C) shall be in addition to any other voting rights granted to the holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock in this Section 3.

 

(D) Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

 

Section 4. Certain Restrictions.

 

(A) Whenever dividends or distributions payable on the Series A-1 Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

 

(i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock;

 

(ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with

 

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the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

 

(iii) except as permitted in subsection 4(A)(iv) below, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock; or

 

(iv) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, or any shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

 

(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under subsection (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock without designation as to Series A-1 and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth in the Charter or otherwise required by law.

 

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (voluntary or otherwise), no distribution shall be made (x) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall have received an amount (the “Series A-1 Liquidation Preference”) equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, plus an amount equal to the greater of (1) $1,000.00 per share or (2) an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of all cash or other property to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or (y) to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and all other such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights

 

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Declaration Date (i) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount per share to which holders of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (x) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A-1 Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other classes and series of stock of the Corporation, if any, that rank on a parity with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock in respect thereof, then the assets available for such distribution shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.

 

Neither the consolidation of nor merging of the Corporation with or into any other entity or entities, nor the sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 6.

 

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, payable with respect to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

Section 8. Redemption. The shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise deal in such shares to the extent otherwise permitted by the Charter (including this Articles Supplementary) or by law.

 

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Section 9. Ranking. Any class or series of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank: (A) prior to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, as to the payment of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if the holders of such class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, or they are the Corporation’s 9.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock or 9.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock; (B) on a parity with the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, as to the payment of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend payment dates or redemption or liquidation prices per share thereof be different from those of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, if the holders of such class or series and the Series A-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends and of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up in proportion to their respective amounts of accrued and unpaid dividends per share or liquidation preferences, without preference or priority one over the other; or (C) junior to the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

Section 10. Fractional Shares. Series A-1 Preferred Stock may be issued in whole shares or in any fraction of a share that is one one-thousandth (1/1,000th) of a share or any integral multiple of such fraction, which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock. In lieu of fractional shares, the Corporation may elect to make a cash payment as provided in the Rights Agreement for fractions of a share other than one one-thousandth (1/1,000th) of a share or any integral multiple thereof.

 

Section 11. Amendment. At any time any shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Charter and the foregoing Sections 1 through 10, inclusive, and this Section 11 shall not be amended in any manner, including by merger, consolidation or otherwise, which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class.

 

SECOND: The Series A-1 Preferred Stock has been classified and designated by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in the Charter.

 

THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.

 

FOURTH: The undersigned officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned officer acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary as of the 3rd day of September, 2013.

 

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Exhibit B

 

FORM OF RIGHTS CERTIFICATE

 

Certificate No. R-                    Rights

 

NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER  OCTOBER 22, 2022 OR EARLIER IF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION IS GIVEN OR THE RIGHTS ARE TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7(a) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT (DEFINED BELOW). THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC., AT $0.001 PER RIGHT, ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE TAX BENEFITS PRESERVATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC. AND AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS RIGHTS AGENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 23, 2019 (THE “RIGHTS AGREEMENT”). UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(e) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN ASSOCIATE OR AFFILIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID.

 

Rights Certificate

 

IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

This certifies that           , or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Agreement dated as of October 23, 2019 (the “Rights Agreement”) between Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to the close of business on November 5, 2019 at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or its successors as Rights Agent, one one-thousandth of a fully paid, non-assessable share of the Series A-1 Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Company, at a purchase price of $45.00 per one one-thousandth of a share (the “Purchase Price”), upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase and the related Certificate duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate (and the number of shares which may be purchased upon exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price per share set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of       , based on the Preferred Stock as constituted at such date.

 

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Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement), if the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are beneficially owned by  (i) an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) regarding the transferred Rights, the shares of Common Stock of the Company associated with such Rights or the Company, or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of Section 7(e) of the Rights Agreement, (iv) any subsequent transferee receiving transferred Rights as described in subsections (ii) or (iii) above, either directly or through one or more intermediate transferees, or (v) any nominee of any of the foregoing, such Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any right with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event.

 

As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Preferred Stock or other securities which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.

 

This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates, which limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the principal office of the Company and the designated office of the Rights Agent and are also available upon written request to the Company or the Rights Agent.

 

This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon surrender at the office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock as the Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Rights Certificate or Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised. If this Rights Certificate shall be exercised in whole or in part pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) of the Rights Agreement, the holder shall be entitled to receive this Rights Certificate duly marked to indicate that such exercise has occurred as set forth in the Rights Agreement.

 

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Under certain circumstances, subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Board of Directors at its option may cause the Company to exchange all or any part of the Rights evidenced by this Certificate for shares of the Company’s Common Stock or Preferred Stock at an exchange ratio (subject to adjustment) specified in the Rights Agreement.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate may be redeemed by the Board of Directors at its option at a redemption price of $0.001 per Right (payable in cash, Common Stock or other consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors).

 

The Company is not obligated to issue fractional shares of stock upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts). If the Company elects not to issue such fractional shares, in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement. The Company, at its election, may require that a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole shares of Preferred Stock would be issued.

 

No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the number of one one thousandths of shares of Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.

 

This Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Rights Agent.

 

WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company as a document under corporate seal.

 

	
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[Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate]

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

(To be executed by the registered holder if such

holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                      hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                                          (Please print name and address of transferee)                       this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint              Attorney, to transfer the within Rights Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution.

 

	
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Signature Guaranteed:*

 

*  Signatures must be guaranteed by a  participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level satisfactory  to the Rights Agent.  a notary public is not sufficient.

 

 

CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:

 

(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate o are o are not being transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement); and

 

(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, the undersigned o did o did not directly or indirectly acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Person.

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
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NOTICE

 

The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

 

(To be executed if holder desires to

exercise the Rights Certificate.)

 

To IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise         Rights represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or such other securities of the Company or of any other person which may be issuable upon the exercise of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:

 

	
Please   insert social security or other identifying taxpayer number:
    	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
(Please print name and address)
    

 

If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate or if the Rights are being exercised pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) of the Rights Agreement, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:

 

	
Please   insert social security or other identifying taxpayer number:
    	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
(Please print name and address)
    

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:                       ,
    	
Signature
    

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature   Guaranteed:*
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

*  Signatures must be guaranteed by a  participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level satisfactory  to the Rights Agent.  a notary public is not sufficient.

 

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CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:

 

(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate o are o are not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement); and

 

(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, the undersigned o did o did not directly or indirectly acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Person.

 

	
Dated:                       ,       
    	
Signature
    

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signature   Guaranteed:*
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

*  Signatures must be guaranteed by a  participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level satisfactory  to the Rights Agent.  a notary public is not sufficient.

 

NOTICE

 

The signature to the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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Exhibit C

 

FORM OF

SUMMARY OF RIGHTS

 

SUMMARY OF

TAX BENEFIT PRESERVATION PLAN

OF

IMPAC MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

On October 23, 2019, Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) with American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”), and the Board  of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company have authorized and declared a dividend distribution of one right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 5, 2019 (the “Record Date”). Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A-1 Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Company at an exercise price of $45.00 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share, subject to adjustment (the “Purchase Price”). The complete terms of the Rights are set forth in the Rights Agreement.

 

By adopting the Rights Agreement, the Board is helping to preserve the value of certain deferred tax benefits, including those generated by net operating losses (collectively, the “Tax Benefits”).  In general, the Company may “carry forward” net operating losses in certain circumstances to offset current and future taxable income, which will reduce federal and state income tax liability, subject to certain requirements and restrictions. The Rights Agreement also has certain ancillary anti-takeover effects.

 

The Tax Benefits can be valuable to the Company.  However, the Company’s ability to use these Tax Benefits would be substantially limited and impaired if it were to experience an “ownership change” for purposes of Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.  Generally, the Company will experience an “ownership change” if the percentage of the shares of Common Stock owned by one or more “five-percent shareholders” increases by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of shares of Common Stock owned by such stockholder at any time during the prior three year on a rolling basis.  The Rights Agreement reduces the likelihood that changes in the Company’s investor base have the unintended effect of limiting the Company’s use of its Tax Benefits.  As such, the Rights Agreement has a 4.99% “trigger” threshold that is intended to act as a deterrent to any person or entity seeking to acquire 4.99% or more of the outstanding Common Stock without the prior approval of the Board.   This would protect the Tax Benefits because changes in ownership by a person owning less than 4.99% of the Company’s stock are not included in the calculation of “ownership change” for purposes of Section 382 of the Code. The Board believes it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders that the Company provide for the protection of the Tax Benefits by adopting the

 

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Rights Agreement.  The Board has established procedures to consider requests to exempt certain acquisitions of the Company’s securities from the Rights Agreement if the Board determines that doing so would not limit or impair the availability of the Tax Benefits or is otherwise in the best interests of the Company.

 

For those interested in the specific terms of the Rights Agreement, the following is a summary description. Please note, however, that this description is only a summary and is not complete, and should be read together with the entire Rights Agreement, which will be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a Registration Statement on Form 8-A and a Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company.

 

Issuance and Transfer of Rights; Rights Certificates

 

The Board has declared a dividend of one Right for each outstanding share of Common Stock.  Until the Distribution Date (as defined below):

 

·                  the Rights will be evidenced by and trade with the certificates for shares of Common Stock (or, with respect to any uncertificated shares of Common Stock registered in book entry form, by notation in book entry), and no separate rights certificates will be distributed;

 

·                  new Common Stock certificates issued after the Record Date will contain a legend incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference (for uncertificated shares of Common Stock registered in book entry form, this legend will be contained in a notation in book entry); and

 

·                  the surrender for transfer of any certificates for shares of Common Stock (or the surrender for transfer of any uncertificated Shares of Common Stock registered in book entry form) will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Stock.

 

Distribution Date; Separation of Rights

 

Subject to certain exceptions specified in the Rights Agreement, the Rights will separate from the Common Stock and become separately tradable and exercisable only upon the earlier of:

 

(i)             ten business days  (or such later day as the Board may determine) following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (collectively, an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired beneficial ownership of 4.99% or more of the outstanding Common Stock; or

 

(ii)          ten business days (or such later day as the Board may determine) following the announcement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person.

 

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The date on which the Rights separate from the Common Stock and become exercisable is referred to as the “Distribution Date.”

 

As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will mail Rights certificates to the Company’s stockholders as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and the Rights will become transferable apart from the Common Stock. Thereafter, such Rights certificates alone will represent the Rights.

 

The definition of “Acquiring Person” contained in the Rights Agreement contains several exemptions, including for (i) the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or any person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, (iii) any person who becomes the beneficial owner of 4.99% or more of the shares of the Common Stock then outstanding as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock by the Company or a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction, (iv) any person who becomes the beneficial owner of 4.99% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding solely as a result of the initial grant or vesting of any options, warrants, rights or similar interest, (v) any Existing Holder (as defined below),  (vi) any person who becomes the beneficial owner of 4.99% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of the acquisition of shares of Common Stock directly from the Company, as long as, prior to the acquisition of shares of Common Stock directly from the Company, the Company has been apprised in writing by such person of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person immediately prior to any such acquisition, and (vii) any person that the Board has affirmatively determined shall not be deemed an Acquiring Person.

 

The Rights Agreement also includes a procedure whereby the Board will consider requests to exempt certain acquisitions of Common Stock from the applicable ownership trigger if the Board determines that the requested acquisition will not adversely impact in any material respect the time period in which the Company could use the Tax Benefits or limit or impair the availability to the Company of the Tax Benefits, or is in the best interests of the Company despite the fact it may adversely impact in a material respect the time period in which the Company could use the Tax Benefits or limit or impair the availability of the Tax Benefits.

 

Rights Holders Have No Rights as Stockholder Until Right Is Exercised

 

Until a Right is exercised, the holder of such Right will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company (beyond those possessed as an existing stockholder), including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends with respect to the Right.

 

Existing Holders

 

The Rights Agreement provides that any person or entity who otherwise would be an Acquiring Person on the date the Rights Agreement was adopted (each, an “Existing Holder”) will not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” for purposes of the Rights Agreement unless such Existing Holder increases its beneficial ownership over such Existing Holder’s lowest percentage of ownership of the Common Stock after the adoption of the Rights Agreement, subject to specified exceptions.

 

Preferred Shares Purchasable Upon Exercise of Right

 

After the Distribution Date, each Right will entitle the holder to purchase, for $45.00 (the “Purchase Price”), one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share having economic and other terms similar to that of one Share of Common Stock. This portion of a Preferred Share is intended to give the stockholder approximately the same dividend, voting and liquidation rights as would one Share of Common Stock, and should approximate the value of one Share of Common Stock.

 

More specifically, each one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share, if issued, will:

 

·                  not be redeemable;

·                  entitle holders to quarterly dividend payments of $0.00001 per share, or an amount equal to the dividend paid on one share of Common Stock, whichever is greater;

·                  entitle holders upon liquidation either to receive $1.00 per share or an amount equal to the payment made on one share of Common Stock, whichever is greater;

 

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·                  have the same voting power as one share of Common Stock; and

·                  entitle holders to a per share payment equal to the payment made on one Share of Common Stock if the Shares of Common Stock are exchanged via merger, consolidation or a similar transaction.

 

“Flip-in” Rights

 

At any time after a Distribution Date has occurred, each holder of a Right, other than the Acquiring Person, will thereafter have the right to receive, upon paying the Purchase Price and in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, Common Stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash or other of our securities) having a market value equal to two times the Purchase Price of the Right.   However, the Rights are not exercisable following the occurrence of the foregoing event until such time as the Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company, as further described below.  Following the occurrence of an event set forth above, all Rights that are or, under certain circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement, were beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or certain of its transferees will be null and void.

 

“Flip-over” Rights

 

In the event any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person and the Company merges into or engages in certain other business combinations with an Acquiring Person, or 50% or more of the Company’s consolidated assets or earning power are sold to an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right (other than void Rights owned by an Acquiring Person) will thereafter have the right to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price, common stock of the acquiring company that at the time of such transaction will have a market value equal to two times the Purchase Price of the Right.

 

Exchange of Rights

 

At any time after a person becomes an Acquiring Person, in lieu of allowing the “flip-in” to occur, the Board may exchange the Rights (other than void Rights owned by an Acquiring Person), in whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one share of the Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities of the Company, including fractions of a share of preferred stock) per Right (subject to adjustment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may not conduct such an exchange at any time any person (other than the Company or certain entities affiliated with the Company) together with such person’s affiliates or associates becomes the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the Common Stock.

 

Redemption of Rights

 

At any time prior to a Distribution Date, the Board may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.001 per Right and on such terms and conditions as the Board may establish. Immediately upon the action of the Board ordering redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price.  The redemption price will be adjusted if the Company undertakes a stock dividend or a stock split.

 

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Expiration Date of the Rights

 

The Rights will expire on the earliest of:

 

·                                          11:59 P.M. (New York City time) on October 22, 2022, the three-year anniversary of adoption of the Rights Agreement;

·                                          the time at which the Rights are redeemed or exchanged under the Rights Agreement;

·                                          the final adjournment of the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders if stockholders fail to approve the Rights Agreement with a majority of the votes cast by holders of shares of common stock at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders;

·                                          the repeal of Section 382 or any successor statute, if the Board determines that the Plan is no longer necessary for the preservation of Tax Benefits;

·                                          the beginning of a taxable year with respect to which the Board determines that no Tax Benefits may be carried forward; or

·                                          such time when the Board determines that a limitation on the use of Tax Benefits under Section 382 would no longer be material to the Company.

 

Amendment of Rights

 

The terms of the Rights may be amended by a resolution of the Board without the consent of the holders of the Rights prior to the Distribution Date.  Thereafter, the terms of the Rights and the Rights Agreement may be amended without the consent of the holders of Rights in order to (i) cure any ambiguities, (ii) shorten or lengthen any time period pursuant to the Rights Agreement or (iii) make changes that do not adversely affect the interests of holders of the Rights.

 

Anti-Dilution Provisions

 

The Board may adjust the Purchase Price, the number of shares of Preferred Stock issuable and the number of outstanding Rights to prevent dilution that may occur from a stock dividend, a stock split or a reclassification of the Preferred Stock or Common Stock.

 

With certain exceptions, no adjustments to the Purchase Price will be made until the cumulative adjustments amount to at least 1% of the Purchase Price. No fractional shares of Preferred Stock will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the current market price of the Preferred Stock.

 

Taxes

 

The distribution of Rights should not be taxable for federal income tax purposes. However, following an event that renders the Rights exercisable or upon redemption of the Rights, stockholders may recognize taxable income.

 

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			Exhibit 10.1

		

		

			 

		

		

			EXECUTION VERSION

		

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		
			 
		

		
			CREDIT AGREEMENT
		

		
			Dated as of October 18, 2019
		

		
			among
		

		
			TEXTRON INC.,
		

		
			THE LENDERS LISTED HEREIN,
		

		
			JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
		

		
			 as Administrative Agent
		

		
			and
		

		
			BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
		

		
			and
		

		
			CITIBANK, N.A.,
		

		
			 as Syndication Agents
		

		
			and
		

		
			MUFG BANK, LTD.,
		

		
			 as Documentation Agent
		

		

		
			 
		

		
			JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
		

		
			 BofA SECURITIES, INC.,
		

		
			 CITIBANK, N.A.
		

		
			and
		

		
			MUFG BANK, LTD.,
		

		
			Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

		
			TABLE OF CONTENTS
		

		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						PAGE

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Accounting Terms

					
1
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 1.01.

					
					
						Definitions

					
1
				
	
					
						Section 1.02.

					
					
						Accounting Terms and Determinations

					
16
				
	
					
						Section 1.03.

					
					
						Letter of Credit Amounts

					
17
				
	
					
						Section 1.04.

					
					
						Divisions

					
17
				
	
					
						Section 1.05.

					
					
						Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification

					
17
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 2 Amounts and Terms of Commitments and Loans

					
18
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 2.01.

					
					
						Commitments

					
18
				
	
					
						Section 2.02.

					
					
						Notices of Conversion/Continuation

					
20
				
	
					
						Section 2.03.

					
					
						Registry

					
21
				
	
					
						Section 2.04.

					
					
						Pro Rata Borrowings

					
22
				
	
					
						Section 2.05.

					
					
						Interest

					
22
				
	
					
						Section 2.06.

					
					
						Commissions and Fees

					
23
				
	
					
						Section 2.07.

					
					
						Reductions in Commitments; Repayments and Payments

					
24
				
	
					
						Section 2.08.

					
					
						Use of Proceeds

					
25
				
	
					
						Section 2.09.

					
					
						Special Provisions Governing Eurodollar Rate Loans

					
25
				
	
					
						Section 2.10.

					
					
						Capital Requirements

					
31
				
	
					
						Section 2.11.

					
					
						Intentionally Omitted

					
31
				
	
					
						Section 2.12.

					
					
						Letters of Credit

					
31
				
	
					
						Section 2.13.

					
					
						Defaulting Lenders

					
37
				
	
					
						Section 2.14.

					
					
						Taxes

					
39
				
	
					
						Section 2.15.

					
					
						Optional Increase in Commitments

					
42
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 3 Conditions to Loans and Letters of Credit

					
43
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 3.01.

					
					
						Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit

					
43
				
	
					
						Section 3.02.

					
					
						Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit

					
44
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 4 Representations and Warranties

					
46
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 4.01.

					
					
						Organization, Powers and Good Standing

					
46
				
	
					
						Section 4.02.

					
					
						Authorization of Borrowing, Etc

					
46
				
	
					
						Section 4.03.

					
					
						Financial Condition

					
47
				
	
					
						Section 4.04.

					
					
						No Material Adverse Change

					
47
				
	
					
						Section 4.05.

					
					
						Litigation

					
47
				
	
					
						Section 4.06.

					
					
						Payment of Taxes

					
47
				
	
					
						Section 4.07.

					
					
						Governmental Regulation

					
48
				
	
					
						Section 4.08.

					
					
						Securities Activities

					
48
				
	
					
						Section 4.09.

					
					
						ERISA Compliance

					
48
				
	
					
						Section 4.10.

					
					
						Certain Fees

					
49
				

		 

		

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						Section 4.11.

					
					
						Subsidiaries

					
49
				
	
					
						Section 4.12.

					
					
						Economic Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Matters

					
49
				
	
					
						Section 4.13.

					
					
						EEA Financial Institution

					
49
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 5 Affirmative Covenants

					
49
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 5.01.

					
					
						Financial Statements and Other Reports

					
49
				
	
					
						Section 5.02.

					
					
						Conduct of Business and Corporate Existence

					
52
				
	
					
						Section 5.03.

					
					
						Payment of Taxes

					
52
				
	
					
						Section 5.04.

					
					
						Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

					
52
				
	
					
						Section 5.05.

					
					
						Inspection

					
52
				
	
					
						Section 5.06.

					
					
						Compliance with Laws

					
52
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 6 Negative Covenants

					
53
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 6.01.

					
					
						Merger

					
53
				
	
					
						Section 6.02.

					
					
						Liens

					
53
				
	
					
						Section 6.03.

					
					
						Financial Covenant

					
54
				
	
					
						Section 6.04.

					
					
						Use of Proceeds

					
54
				
	
					
						Section 6.05.

					
					
						Subsidiary Indebtedness

					
54
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 7 Events of Default

					
55
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 7.01.

					
					
						Failure to Make Payments When Due

					
55
				
	
					
						Section 7.02.

					
					
						Default in Other Agreements

					
55
				
	
					
						Section 7.03.

					
					
						Breach of Certain Covenants

					
55
				
	
					
						Section 7.04.

					
					
						Breach of Warranty

					
55
				
	
					
						Section 7.05.

					
					
						Other Defaults under Agreement

					
55
				
	
					
						Section 7.06.

					
					
						Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc

					
56
				
	
					
						Section 7.07.

					
					
						Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc

					
56
				
	
					
						Section 7.08.

					
					
						Judgments and Attachments

					
56
				
	
					
						Section 7.09.

					
					
						Dissolution

					
56
				
	
					
						Section 7.10.

					
					
						ERISA Title IV Liabilities

					
57
				
	
					
						Section 7.11.

					
					
						Change of Control

					
57
				
	
					
						Section 7.12.

					
					
						Cash Cover

					
58
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 8 Agents

					
58
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 8.01.

					
					
						Appointment

					
58
				
	
					
						Section 8.02.

					
					
						Powers; General Immunity; Duties Specified

					
59
				
	
					
						Section 8.03.

					
					
						Representations and Warranties; No Responsibility for Appraisal of Creditworthiness

					
61
				
	
					
						Section 8.04.

					
					
						Right to Indemnity

					
61
				
	
					
						Section 8.05.

					
					
						Resignation by or Removal of the Agents

					
62
				
	
					
						Section 8.06.

					
					
						Successor Agents

					
62
				
	
					
						Section 8.07.

					
					
						Other Agents

					
63
				
	
					
						Section 8.08.

					
					
						Posting of Communications

					
63
				
	
					
						Section 8.09.

					
					
						Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Lenders

					
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						Section 8.10.

					
					
						Certain ERISA Matters

					
65
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						ARTICLE 9 Miscellaneous

					
66
				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Section 9.01.

					
					
						Benefit of Agreement

					
66
				
	
					
						Section 9.02.

					
					
						Expenses

					
68
				
	
					
						Section 9.03.

					
					
						Indemnity

					
69
				
	
					
						Section 9.04.

					
					
						Setoff

					
69
				
	
					
						Section 9.05.

					
					
						Amendments and Waivers

					
70
				
	
					
						Section 9.06.

					
					
						Independence of Covenants

					
71
				
	
					
						Section 9.07.

					
					
						Notices

					
71
				
	
					
						Section 9.08.

					
					
						Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements

					
71
				
	
					
						Section 9.09.

					
					
						USA PATRIOT Act Notice

					
71
				
	
					
						Section 9.10.

					
					
						Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative

					
71
				
	
					
						Section 9.11.

					
					
						Severability

					
72
				
	
					
						Section 9.12.

					
					
						Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights

					
72
				
	
					
						Section 9.13.

					
					
						Headings

					
72
				
	
					
						Section 9.14.

					
					
						Applicable Law, Consent to Jurisdiction, Limitation of Liability

					
72
				
	
					
						Section 9.15.

					
					
						Successors and Assigns

					
73
				
	
					
						Section 9.16.

					
					
						Counterparts; Effectiveness; Integration; Electronic Execution

					
73
				
	
					
						Section 9.17.

					
					
						No Fiduciary Duty

					
74
				
	
					
						Section 9.18.

					
					
						Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

					
74
				
	
					
						Section 9.19.

					
					
						Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs

					
75
				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
		

			
					
						Commitment Schedule

				
	
					
						Pricing Schedule

				
	
					
						Schedule 2.12(a)

					
					
						-

					
					
						Letter of Credit Commitment Schedule

				
	
					
						Schedule 2.12(b)

					
					
						-

					
					
						Existing Letters of Credit

				
	
					
						Exhibit A

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Note

				
	
					
						Exhibit B

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Opinion of E. Robert Lupone, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Borrower

				
	
					
						Exhibit C

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Opinion of Jayne M. Donegan, Esq.
Executive Counsel of the Borrower

				
	
					
						Exhibit D

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

				
	
					
						Exhibit E-1

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Notice of Borrowing

				
	
					
						Exhibit E-2

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation

				
	
					
						Exhibit F

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Compliance Certificate

				
	
					
						Exhibit G

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

				
	
					
						Exhibit H

					
					
						-

					
					
						Form of Extension Agreement

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			CREDIT AGREEMENT
		

		
			CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 18, 2019, among TEXTRON INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors, the “Borrower”), the banks and other financial institutions signatory hereto (each a “Lender” and collectively the “Lenders”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication Agents for the Lenders (together with their successors in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”) and MUFG BANK, LTD, as Documentation Agent for the Lenders (together with its successors in such capacity, the “Documentation Agent”).
		

		
			The Borrower, the Lenders and the Agents agree as follows:
		

		
			ARTICLE 1
		

		
			DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
		

		
			Section 1.01.   Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
		

		
			“2016 Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 3.01(e).
		

		
			“Additional Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.15.
		

		
			“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
		

		
			“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
		

		
			“Administrative Fee” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.06(c)
		

		
			“Administrative Questionnaire” means, with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Administrative Agent, completed by such Lender and returned to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower).
		

		
			“Affected Lender” means any Lender affected by any of the events described in ‎Section 2.09(b)(i) or ‎2.09(c) hereof.
		

		
			“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person or group of Persons acting in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons acting in concert, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

		
			 
		

		
			“Agent” means any of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agents and the Documentation Agent.
		

		
			“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may at any time be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
		

		
			“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and all other laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
		

		
			“Applicable Lending Office” means, for any Lender with respect to its Loans of any particular Type, the office, branch or affiliate of such Lender specified as the booking office therefor in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Lender as such Lender may specify from time to time for such purpose by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
		

		
			“Applicable Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.08.
		

		
			“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the case of ‎Section 2.13 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.  If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
		

		
			“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.08.
		

		
			“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.
		

		
			“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as from time to time amended and any successor statutes.
		

		
			“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment or has had any order for relief in such proceeding entered in respect thereof, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided,  further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person 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 Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any obligations of such Person hereunder.
		

		
			“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the Eurodollar Screen Rate (or if the Eurodollar Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day.  Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.  If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(b), then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Base Rate Loans” are Loans whose interest rate is based on Base Rate.
		

		
			“Base Rate Margin” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.
		

		
			“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 and subject to 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”.
		

		
			“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.19.
		

		
			“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
		

		
			“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
		

		
			“Borrowing” means a borrowing of Loans hereunder.
		

		
			“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized by law to close and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
		

		
			“Capital Lease”, as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease or financing lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Change of Control” means that (a) any Person or group of Persons within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the outstanding common stock of the Borrower or (b) individuals who constitute the Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower.
		

		
			“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended.  Any reference to the Code shall include a reference to corresponding provisions of any subsequent revenue law.
		

		
			“Commitment” means (i) with respect to each Lender listed on the Commitment Schedule, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment Schedule, and (ii) with respect to any substitute Lender or Assignee which becomes a Lender pursuant to ‎Section 2.15, ‎9.01 or ‎9.15, the amount of the transferor Lender’s Commitment assigned to it pursuant to ‎Section 2.15, ‎9.01 or ‎9.15, as such amount may be changed from time to time pursuant to ‎Section 2.07,  ‎9.01 or ‎9.15;  provided that, if the context so requires, the term “Commitment” means the obligation of a Lender to extend credit up to such amount to the Borrower hereunder.
		

		
			“Commitment Schedule” means the Commitment Schedule attached hereto.
		

		
			“Communications” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.08.
		

		
			“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit F delivered to the Lenders by the Borrower pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b)(i)(B).
		

		
			“Consolidated Capitalization” means, as at any date of determination, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth plus (c) preferred stock of the Borrower plus (d) other securities of the Borrower convertible (whether mandatorily or at the option of the holder) into capital stock of the Borrower.
		

		
			“Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of short-term and long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is shown on a balance sheet of Textron Manufacturing (or would be if a balance sheet were prepared on such date).
		

		
			“Consolidated Net Worth” means, as at any date of determination, the stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (but excluding the effects of the Borrower’s accumulated other comprehensive income/loss) calculated in conformity with GAAP.
		

		
			“Continuing Director” means any member of the board of directors of the Borrower who is (i) a director of the Borrower on the date of this Agreement, (ii) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower or (iii) appointed by directors referred to in clauses (i) and (ii).
		

		
			“Contractual Obligation”, as applied to any Person, means any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			similar instrument of that Person under which Indebtedness is outstanding or secured or by which that Person or any of its properties is bound or to which that Person or any of its properties is subject.
		

		
			“Covered Entity” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.19.
		

		
			“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to ‎Section 2.13(d), any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund all or any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Agent or Issuing Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s reasonable determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or, in the case of clause (iii) such payment is the subject of a good faith dispute, (b) has notified the Administrative Agent or the Borrower in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with all or any portion of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s reasonable determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it, (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or Bail-In Action or has a Parent that has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or Bail-In Action, or (e) has defaulted in fulfilling its funding obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower).
		

		
			“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.19.
		

		
			“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country, region or territory to the extent that such country, region or territory itself is the subject of comprehensive Sanctions, currently Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria.
		

		
			“Documentation Agent” means MUFG Bank, Ltd.
		

		
			“Dollar”, “Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful currency of the United States.
		

		
			“Domestic Taxes” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.14(a).
		

		
			“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 institution established
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			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.
		

		
			“Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.16 hereof.
		

		
			“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
		

		
			“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time amended, and any successor statute.
		

		
			“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with such Person, is under common control as described in Section 414(c) of the Code or is a member of a controlled group, as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code, or is otherwise treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code, which includes such Person.
		

		
			“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 Margin” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.
		

		
			“Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans for any Interest Period, the Eurodollar Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the Eurodollar Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “Impacted Interest Period”) then the Eurodollar Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided that if the Eurodollar Rate determined in accordance with the foregoing would otherwise be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Eurodollar Rate Loans” means Loans or portions thereof during the period in which such Loans bear interest at rates determined in accordance with ‎Section 2.05(a)(i) hereof.
		

		
			“Eurodollar Screen Rate” means, for any day and time, with respect to any borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans for any applicable currency and for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) provided that if the Eurodollar Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Article 7 hereof.
		

		
			“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as from time to time amended, and any successor statutes.
		

		
			“Existing Letters of Credit” means the letters of credit issued before the Effective Date and listed in Schedule 2.12(b) hereto.
		

		
			“Extension Agreement” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.01(d).
		

		
			“Extension Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.01(d).
		

		
			“Facility Fee Rate” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.
		

		
			“FAS 842” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 3.01(e).
		

		
			“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 agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
		

		
			“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Finance Company” means any Person which is (or would be but for the proviso to the definition of such term) a Subsidiary of the Borrower and which is primarily engaged in the business of a finance company.
		

		
			“Finance Company Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) debt of the Finance Group at such date, determined in a manner consistent with “Finance group debt” on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, less securitized debt at such date, determined in a manner consistent with “Note 7. Debt and Credit Facilities” in the notes to the Financial Statements, to (ii) total Finance Group assets less total Finance Group liabilities at such date, each as set forth on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet for such date (or would be if a balance sheet were prepared on such date).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the manner of determining “Finance group debt” and/or securitized debt changes during the term of this Agreement as a result of changes to
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			GAAP that apply to this Agreement as a result of ‎Section 1.02, these amounts shall be determined in a manner consistent with GAAP as in effect as of the date of determination.
		

		
			“Finance Group” means “Finance group” as defined in the Financial Statements.
		

		
			“Financial Statements” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 4.03.
		

		
			“Funding Date” means the date of the funding of a Loan made pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing but does not mean the date of any conversion or continuation of the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to a Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
		

		
			“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board as in effect from time to time.
		

		
			“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
		

		
			“IBA” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 1.05.
		

		
			“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.
		

		
			“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.15.
		

		
			“Increasing Lender” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.15.
		

		
			“Indebtedness”, as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money of that Person, (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases which is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet of that Person in conformity with GAAP, (iii) notes payable of that Person and drafts accepted by that Person representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (iv) any obligation of that Person owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services which purchase price is (a) due more than twelve months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof, or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, (v) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (vi) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been  assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person and (vii) any guarantee of that Person, direct or indirect, of any indebtedness, note payable, draft accepted, or obligation described in clauses (i)-(vi) above of any other Person.
		

		
			“indemnified liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.03.
		

		
			“Indemnitees” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.03.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Initial Loans” means the initial Loans made under this Agreement.
		

		
			“Interest Payment Date” means, (x) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan; provided that in the case of each Interest Period of six months, “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each Interest Period Anniversary Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, then the next succeeding Business Day) for such Interest Period and (y) in the case of any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter.
		

		
			“Interest Period” means any interest period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan as determined pursuant to ‎Section 2.05(b) hereof.
		

		
			“Interest Period Anniversary Date” means, for each Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan which is six months, the three-month anniversary of the commencement of that Interest Period.
		

		
			“Interest Rate Determination Date” means each date for calculating the Adjusted LIBO Rate for purposes of determining the interest rate in respect of an Interest Period.  The Interest Rate Determination Date shall be the second Business Day prior to the first day of the related Interest Period.
		

		
			“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the Eurodollar Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Eurodollar Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the Eurodollar Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the Eurodollar Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the Eurodollar Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
		

		
			“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by International Chamber of Commerce, Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
		

		
			“Issuing Lender” means each of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., MUFG Bank, Ltd. and any other Lender designated by the Borrower that agrees to issue letters of credit hereunder pursuant to an instrument in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each in its capacity as an issuer of a Letter of Credit hereunder.  The Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Lender, in which case the term “Issuing Lender” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. Any Lender which is the issuer of an Existing Letter of Credit is an Issuing Lender with respect thereto and each reference herein to the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant Issuing Lender (or, if applicable, each Issuing Lender collectively).
		

		
			“JPMorgan Chase” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its successors.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Lead Arrangers” means JPMorgan Chase, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A. and MUFG Bank, Ltd.
		

		
			“Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings assigned to those terms in the introduction to this Agreement and its or their successors and permitted assigns.  Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to “Lender” (including each such reference in any indemnification, exculpation or expense reimbursement provision of this Agreement) shall include each Issuing Lender.
		

		
			“Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit to be issued hereunder by an Issuing Lender.
		

		
			“Letter of Credit Commitment” means, for each Issuing Lender, (i) the amount set forth on Schedule 2.12(a) of this Agreement opposite its name thereon under the heading “Letter of Credit Commitment” or if an Issuing Lender has entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01(e) hereunder, the amount set forth for such Issuing Lender as its Letter of Credit Commitment in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent.  The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, reduce or increase the Letter of Credit Commitment of any Issuing Lender with the consent of the applicable Issuing Lender.
		

		
			“Letter of Credit Fee Rate” has the meaning specified in the Pricing Schedule.
		

		
			“Letter of Credit Liabilities” means, for any Lender and at any time, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the sum of (x) the aggregate amount then owing by the Borrower in respect of amounts paid by the Issuing Lender upon a drawing under a Letter of Credit issued hereunder and (y) the aggregate amount then available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit.
		

		
			“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest).
		

		
			“Loan” means a loan made pursuant to ‎Section 2.01 of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, including without limitation, schedules and exhibits hereto and any agreements entered into in connection herewith, including amendments, modifications or supplements thereto or waivers thereof, the Notes and any other documents prepared in connection with the other Loan Documents, if any.
		

		
			“Loans and Principal Payments Schedule” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.03(b).
		

		
			“Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
		

		
			“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its material payment obligations under
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			this Agreement and the Notes or (iii) the validity or enforceability of, or the rights of or remedies available to the Lenders under, this Agreement and the Notes.
		

		
			“Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
		

		
			“Note” shall have the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.03(b) hereof.
		

		
			“Notice of Borrowing” means a notice described in ‎Section 2.01(b) hereof substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto.
		

		
			“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” means any notice delivered pursuant to ‎Section 2.02(a) hereof, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto.
		

		
			“Notice of Issuance” means any notice delivered pursuant to ‎Section 2.12(c) hereof.
		

		
			“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
		

		
			“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day(or for any day that is not a Banking Day, for the immediately preceding Banking Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
		

		
			“Officer’s Certificate” means, as applied to any corporation, a certificate executed on behalf of such corporation by its Chairman of the Board (if an officer), its President, any Vice President of such corporation, its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such corporation.
		

		
			“Other Taxes” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.14(b).
		

		
			“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
		

		
			“Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
		

		
			“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 9.01(f).
		

		
			“Patriot Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56).
		

		
			“Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.12(d).
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002(a) of ERISA or any successor thereto.
		

		
			“Pension Plan” means any plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) described in Section 4021(a) of ERISA and not excluded pursuant to Section 4021(b) thereof, which may be, is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions may be, are or have been made by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates or as to which the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates would be considered as a “contributing sponsor” for purposes of Title IV of ERISA at any relevant time.
		

		
			“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
		

		
			(i)         Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 5.03;
		

		
			(ii)       Statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by generally accepted accounting principles then in effect, shall have been made therefor;
		

		
			(iii)      Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
		

		
			(iv)       Any attachment or judgment Lien individually or in the aggregate not in excess of $100,000,000 unless the judgment it secures shall, within 30 days after the entry thereof, not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay;
		

		
			(v)        Leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
		

		
			(vi)       Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
		

		
			(vii)     Any interest or title of a lessor under any lease;
		

		
			(viii)    Liens arising from UCC financing statements regarding leases;
		

		
			(ix)       Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(x)        Liens (a) of a collection bank on the items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to investment accounts, trading accounts or brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are customary in the banking industry, (d) attaching to other prepayments, deposits or earnest money in the ordinary course of business and (e) attaching to cash collateral posted pursuant to a hedging, swap or similar contract entered into in the ordinary course of business.
		

		
			“Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and any Governmental Authority.
		

		
			“Pooled Basket Amount” means 3% of the consolidated total assets of Textron Manufacturing and its Subsidiaries, all as determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis for Textron Manufacturing and its Subsidiaries.
		

		
			“Potential Event of Default” means a condition or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default if that condition or event were not cured or removed within any applicable grace or cure period.
		

		
			“Pricing Schedule” means the Pricing Schedule attached hereto.
		

		
			“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
		

		
			“Pro Rata Share or pro rata Share” means, when used with reference to any Lender and any described aggregate or total amount, the percentage designated as such Lender’s Pro Rata Share set forth under the name of such Lender on the applicable signature page of this Agreement, as such pro rata Share may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
		

		
			“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.
		

		
			“Purchasing Lender” has the meaning specified in ‎Section 9.01(c).
		

		
			“QFC” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.19.
		

		
			“QFC Credit Support”  has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.19.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.
		

		
			“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.
		

		
			“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.
		

		
			“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.
		

		
			“Reimbursement Obligation” has the meaning specified in ‎Section 2.12(d).
		

		
			“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, partners and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
		

		
			“Reportable Event” means a “reportable event” described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or in the regulations thereunder notice of which to PBGC is required within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, or receipt of a notice of withdrawal liability with respect to a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA.
		

		
			“Required Lenders” means, as at any time any determination thereof is to be made, the Lenders holding more than 50% of the Total Commitment or, if no Commitments are in effect, more than 50% of the Total Outstanding Amount (exclusive in each case of the Commitment, Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities of any Defaulting Lender).
		

		
			“Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary (or a group of Subsidiaries that would constitute a Restricted Subsidiary if consolidated and which are engaged in the same or related lines of business) of the Borrower now existing or hereafter acquired or formed by the Borrower which (x) for the most recent fiscal year of the Borrower, accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, or (y) as at the end of such fiscal year, was the owner of more than 5% of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this definition, the proviso to the definition of Subsidiary shall not be applicable.
		

		
			“Sanctions” means any international economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK).
		

		
			“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended, and any successor statutes.
		

		
			“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D).  Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D.  Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
		

		
			“Stop Issuance Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in ‎Section 2.12(g).
		

		
			“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; provided, however, that (i) no Finance Company or any Subsidiary of any Finance Company and (ii) no Person having consolidated assets less than $1,000,000 shall be treated as a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
		

		
			“Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.19.
		

		
			“Syndication Agents” means Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A.
		

		
			“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.14(a).
		

		
			“Termination Date” means October 18, 2024, or such later date to which the Termination Date then in effect may be extended pursuant to ‎Section 2.01(d), or if any such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day.
		

		
			“Termination Event” means (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Pension Plan, or (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan (including any such notice with respect to a Pension Plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA),  or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (v) any other event or condition which, to the best knowledge of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates, would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan.
		

		
			“Textron Manufacturing” means the Borrower and any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Finance Company; provided that, for purposes of this definition, the exclusion set forth in subsection (ii) in the definition of Subsidiary shall be disregarded.
		

		
			“Total Commitment” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders then in effect (as such Commitments may be reduced from time to time pursuant to ‎Section 2.07(a) hereof).  The original amount of the Total Commitment is $1,000,000,000.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			“Total Outstanding Amount” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans plus, without duplication, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities of all Lenders at such time.
		

		
			“Type” means the designation of a Loan as either a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.
		

		
			“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning assigned to that term in 9.19.
		

		
			“Withholding Agent” has the meaning set forth in ‎Section 2.14(a).
		

		
			“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.
		

		
			Section 1.02.   Accounting Terms and Determinations.  (a) Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by the Borrower’s independent public accountants) with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries delivered to the Lenders; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in ‎Article 6 to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to amend ‎Article 6 for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders; provided further that the implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 shall not be deemed a change in GAAP for purposes of the preceding proviso.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.
		

		
			(b)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in ‎Section 1.02(a) or in the definition of “Capital Lease”, any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“FAS 842”), to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015, such lease shall be considered a capital lease, and all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 1.03.   Letter of Credit Amounts.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided,  however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related to such Letter of Credit, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
		

		
			Section 1.04.   Divisions.  For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.
		

		
			Section 1.05.   Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification.  The interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Loans is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate.  The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “IBA”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Loans. In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.09(b) of this Agreement, such Section 2.09(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 2.09(b), in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Loans is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Adjusted LIBO Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.09(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the Adjusted LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND LOANS
		

		
			Section 2.01.   Commitments.
		

		
			(a)      Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Borrower herein set forth, each Lender hereby severally agrees to lend in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the period from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Termination Date its pro rata Share of the Total Commitment.  Each Lender’s Commitment and the Total Commitment shall expire in full on the Termination Date.
		

		
			Amounts borrowed under this ‎Section 2.01(a) may, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, be repaid and, up to but excluding the Termination Date, be reborrowed.  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Loans in full no later than the Termination Date.
		

		
			Borrowings on any Funding Date with respect to a Loan under this ‎Section 2.01(a) shall be in Dollars, in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount or, if less, the unutilized amount of the Total Commitment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Loan may be borrowed if the Total Outstanding Amount, after giving effect to the Loan so requested and all other Loans then requested which have not yet been funded, shall exceed the Total Commitment then in effect.
		

		
			(b)      Notice of Borrowing.  Subject to ‎Section 2.01(a), whenever the Borrower desires to borrow under this ‎Section 2.01, it shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Notice of Borrowing (x) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Funding Date and (y) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, by no later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) three Business Days in advance of the proposed Funding Date.  The Notice of Borrowing shall be signed by an authorized officer of the Borrower and shall specify (i) the proposed Funding Date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the amount of the proposed Loans, (iii) whether such Loans are to consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans or a combination thereof and the amounts thereof, and (iv) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Interest Period therefor.
		

		
			Except as provided in Sections ‎2.01(c) and ‎2.09(d), a Notice of Borrowing for a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith.
		

		
			(c)      Disbursement of Funds.  Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to ‎Section 2.01(b) with respect to a Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.  Each Lender shall make its pro rata Share of the amount of such Loans available to the Administrative Agent in same day funds not later than (x) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Funding Date and (y) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Funding Date.  Such Loans of a Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s pro rata Share of the aggregate amount of all such Loans
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			requested by the Borrower pursuant to the applicable Notice of Borrowing.  Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified in ‎Section 3.01 (in the case of the Initial Loans) and ‎Section 3.02 (in the case of all Loans) the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Loans available to the Borrower by causing an amount of funds equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by the Administrative Agent to be credited to an account in New York City designated by the Borrower in same day funds.
		

		
			Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to any Funding Date (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans, not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Funding Date) in respect of any Loan that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such pro rata Share of such Loan on such Funding Date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Funding Date and the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount on such Funding Date.  If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on prompt demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Funding Date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent at the customary rate set by the Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among Lenders for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate.  If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent.  Nothing in this ‎Section 2.01(c) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
		

		
			(d)      Extension of Commitments.
		

		
			(i)      The Commitments may be extended, if at the time no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in the manner and amount set forth in this ‎Section 2.01(d), for a period of one year measured from the Termination Date then in effect (the date of effectiveness of such extension, an “Extension Date”).  If the Borrower wishes to request an extension of each Lender’s Commitment, it shall give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent not less than 30 days prior to the Termination Date then in effect, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders of such request.  Each Lender will use its best efforts to respond to such request, whether affirmatively or negatively, as it may elect in its sole discretion, within 20 days of such request to the Administrative Agent.  If any Lender shall not have responded affirmatively within such 20-day period, such Lender shall be deemed to have rejected the Borrower’s proposal to extend its Commitment, and only the Commitments of those Lenders which have responded affirmatively shall be extended, subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of an Extension Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto (the “Extension Agreement”) duly completed and signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders which have responded affirmatively.  No extension of the Commitments pursuant to this ‎Section 2.01(d) shall be legally binding on any party hereto unless and until such
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Extension Agreement is so executed and delivered by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the Termination Date may only be so extended for two one-year periods, (ii) no such extension may occur more than once in any twelve-month period and (iii) no such extension shall result in a Termination Date for any Lender that is more than five years after the relevant Extension Date.
		

		
			(ii)      If any Lender rejects, or is deemed to have rejected, the Borrower’s proposal to extend its Commitment, (A) this Agreement shall terminate on the Termination Date then in effect with respect to such Lender, (B) the Borrower shall pay to such Lender on such Termination Date any amounts due and payable to such Lender on such date and (C) the Borrower may, if it so elects, designate a Person not theretofore a Lender and acceptable to the Administrative Agent to become a Lender, or agree with an existing Lender that such Lender’s Commitment shall be increased, provided that the aggregate amount of the Commitments following any designation or agreement may not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments on the date hereof.  Upon execution and delivery by the Borrower and such replacement Lender or other Person of an instrument of assumption in form and amount satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and execution and delivery of the Extension Agreement pursuant to ‎Section 2.01(d)(i), such existing Lender shall have a Commitment as therein set forth or such other Person shall become a Lender with a Commitment as therein set forth and all the rights and obligations of a Lender with such a Commitment hereunder.  On the date of termination of any Lender’s Commitment as contemplated by this paragraph, the respective participations of the other Lenders in all outstanding Letters of Credit shall be redetermined on the basis of their respective Commitments after giving effect to such termination, and the participation therein of the Lender whose Commitment is terminated shall terminate; provided that the Borrower shall, if and to the extent necessary to permit such redetermination of participations in Letters of Credit within the limits of the Commitments which are not terminated, prepay on such date a portion of the outstanding Loans, and such redetermination and termination of participations in outstanding Letters of Credit shall be conditioned upon its having done so.
		

		
			(iii)      The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the effectiveness of each extension of the Commitments pursuant to this ‎Section 2.01(d).
		

		
			Section 2.02.   Notices of Conversion/Continuation.  (a) Subject to the provisions of ‎Section 2.09 hereof, the Borrower shall have the option (b) to convert at any time all or any part of the outstanding Base Rate Loans in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, to Eurodollar Rate Loans and (c) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans, to continue all or any portion of such Eurodollar Rate Loans in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, as Eurodollar Rate Loans.  The succeeding Interest Period(s) of such converted or continued Eurodollar Rate Loan shall commence on the date of conversion in the case of clause ‎(i) above and on the last day of the Interest Period of the Eurodollar Rate Loans to be continued in the case of clause ‎(ii) above.
		

		
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			the proposed conversion/continuation date.  A Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall specify (i) the proposed conversion/continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the amount of the Loan to be converted/continued, (iii) the nature of the proposed conversion/continuation and (iv) the requested Interest Period.
		

		
			Except as provided in ‎Section 2.09(d) hereof, a Notice of Conversion/Continuation for conversion to, or continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on or after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to convert or continue in accordance therewith.
		

		
			(d)      Unless the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent (x) a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation in accordance with the provisions of ‎Section 2.02(a) hereof with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding or (y) written notice of its intent to prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans, furnished not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that such Eurodollar Rate Loans be continued for an additional Interest Period of one month.
		

		
			Section 2.03.   Registry.  (a) The Administrative Agent shall maintain a register (the “Register”) on which it will record the Commitment of each Lender, each Loan made by such Lender, each repayment of any Loan made by such Lender, the stated amount of each Letter of Credit and the principal amount of each Lender’s outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities.  Any such recordation by the Administrative Agent on the Register shall constitute prima facie evidence thereof, absent manifest error.  Each Lender shall record on its internal records (including computerized systems) the foregoing information as to its own Commitment, Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities.  Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations hereunder in respect of the Loans and the Letters of Credit.
		

		
			(b)      The Borrower hereby agrees that, upon the request of the Administrative Agent if so instructed by any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Loans shall be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a “Note”).  The Note issued to each Lender pursuant to this ‎Section 2.03(b) shall (i) be payable to such Lender and its registered assigns, (ii) be payable in the principal amount of the outstanding Loans evidenced thereby, (iii) provide that all Loans then outstanding shall be repaid on the date as provided herein, (iv) bear interest as provided in the appropriate clause of ‎Section 2.05 hereof, (v) be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and (vi) have attached thereto a schedule (a “Loans and Principal Payments Schedule”) substantially in the form of the Schedule to Exhibit A hereto.  At the time of the making of each Loan or principal payment in respect thereof, each Lender may, and is hereby authorized to, make a notation on the Loans and Principal Payments Schedule of the date and the amount of such Loan or payment, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to make a notation with respect to the making of any Loan, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under the applicable Note with respect to such Loan and payments of principal by the Borrower shall not be affected by the failure to make a notation thereof on the appropriate Loans and Principal Payments Schedule.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 2.04.   Pro Rata Borrowings.  The Loans comprising each Borrowing under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and each Lender’s Loan shall be equal to such Lender’s pro rata Share of such Borrowing.  It is understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make a Loan hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder subject to the terms hereof, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitment to make Loans hereunder.
		

		
			Section 2.05.   Interest.  (a) Rate of Interest on Loans.
		

		
			The Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made to it from and including the date made to but not including the date repaid.
		

		
			(i)      Each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof for the applicable Interest Period at an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Margin plus the applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate.
		

		
			(ii)     Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at an interest rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate Margin plus the applicable Base Rate.
		

		
			The Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans hereunder in accordance with this ‎Section 2.05(a) and ‎Section 2.09(a).  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
		

		
			(b)      Interest Periods.  In connection with each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Borrower shall elect an interest period (each an “Interest Period”) to be applicable to such Loan, which shall be either a one, two, three or six month period; provided that:
		

		
			(i)       the Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall commence on the date of such Loan;
		

		
			(ii)      if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day;
		

		
			(iii)     any Interest Period which 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 such ending calendar month;
		

		
			(iv)     no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination Date; and
		

		
			(v)      there shall be no more than 30 Interest Periods outstanding at any time.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(c)      Interest Payments.  Interest shall be payable on each Loan in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan, upon any prepayment of that Loan (to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid) and when due and payable (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise).
		

		
			(d)      Computation of Interest.  All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, except that interest computed by reference to the Base Rate at times when the Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year (or 366 days in a leap year) and in each case shall be payable on the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues.  In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of the Loan or, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the first day of an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be included and the date of payment or the expiration of an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided that if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
		

		
			(e)      Post-Maturity Interest.  Any principal payments on the Loans not paid when due and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest, fee or other amount not paid when due, in each case whether at stated maturity, by notice of prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise, shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 2% plus the higher of (i) the rate of interest applicable to such Loans or (ii) the rate of interest otherwise payable under this Agreement for Base Rate Loans.
		

		
			Section 2.06.   Commissions and Fees.  (a) Facility Fees.
		

		
			(i)      The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders a facility fee in Dollars at the Facility Fee Rate accrued from and including the Effective Date to but not including the Termination Date on the daily average aggregate amount of the Commitments (whether used or unused).
		

		
			(ii)      Such facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed.  Such facility fees shall be paid quarterly in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 and upon the date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety (and, if later, the date the Loans shall be repaid in their entirety).  From the effective date of any termination or reduction of Commitments, such facility fees shall cease to accrue or be correspondingly reduced.  If the Commitments are terminated in their entirety or reduced, facility fees accrued on the total Commitments, or accrued on the aggregate amount of the reduction of the Commitments (in the case of such a reduction), shall be payable on the effective date of such termination or reduction.
		

		
			(b)      Letter of Credit Fees.  The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders ratably a letter of credit fee accruing daily on the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the Letter of Credit Fee Rate for such day and (ii) to each Issuing Lender for its own account, a letter of credit fronting fee accruing daily on the aggregate amount then available for drawing under all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender at such rate as may be mutually agreed between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender from time to time.  Such letter of credit fees shall be paid quarterly in
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 and upon the date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety (and, if later, the date the Letter of Credit Liabilities shall be reduced to zero); provided that the Borrower and an Issuing Lender may agree to alternate dates for payment of the letter of credit fronting fees for the account of such Issuing Lender.
		

		
			(c)      Administrative Fees.  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent an annual fee (the “Administrative Fee”) in Dollars in an amount equal to the amount previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Such Administrative Fee shall be payable quarterly in advance commencing on the date of this Agreement and on each successive quarterly anniversary of such date, so long as any Loan or Commitment is outstanding on such date; provided that if the Borrower shall terminate the Commitments in their entirety pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(a) prior to the Termination Date, a pro rata portion of the Administrative Fee relating to the period from the Termination Date to the end of the applicable quarter shall be refundable.
		

		
			(d)      Time of Payment.  The Borrower shall make payment of each Lender’s facility and letter of credit fees and of the Administrative Agent’s Administrative Fee hereunder, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due in Dollars and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent.  Upon receipt of any amount representing facility or letter of credit fees paid pursuant to this ‎Section 2.06, the Administrative Agent shall pay such amount to the Lenders based upon their respective pro rata Shares.
		

		
			Section 2.07.   Reductions in Commitments; Repayments and Payments.
		

		
			(a)      Reductions of Total Commitment.
		

		
			After the Effective Date, the Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, who will promptly notify the Lenders thereof, without premium or penalty, to permanently reduce or terminate the Total Commitment, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, in minimum aggregate amounts of $10,000,000 (unless the Total Commitment at such time is less than $10,000,000, in which case, in an amount equal to the Total Commitment at such time) and, if such reduction is greater than $10,000,000, in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of such amount, provided that (i) any such reduction of the Total Commitment shall apply to the Commitment of each Lender in accordance with its pro rata Share of the aggregate of such reduction, (ii) any such reduction in the Total Commitment shall be permanent and (iii) after giving effect to any such reduction, the Total Commitment shall equal or exceed the Total Outstanding Amount.
		

		
			(b)      Voluntary Prepayments.
		

		
			Subject, in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, to ‎Section 2.09(e), the Borrower shall have the right to prepay any Loan in whole at any time or in part from time to time without premium or penalty in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount or, if less, the outstanding principal amount of such Loan.  The Borrower shall give notice (by telex or telecopier) (which shall be irrevocable) to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of each proposed prepayment hereunder, (x) with respect
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			to Base Rate Loans, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding the day of the proposed repayment and (y) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, at least three Business Days prior to the day of the proposed prepayment, and in each case shall specify the proposed prepayment date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal amount of the proposed prepayment and which Loans are to be prepaid.
		

		
			(c)      Interest on Principal Amounts Prepaid.  All prepayments under this ‎Section 2.07 shall be made together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and any other amounts payable pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(e) of this Agreement.
		

		
			(d)      Method and Place of Payment. All payments to be made by the Borrower on account of principal and interest on each Loan shall be made without setoff or counterclaim to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in Dollars and in same day funds.  Whenever any payment with respect to any Loan shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable at the applicable rate during such extension; provided,  however, that with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, if the next succeeding Business Day falls in another calendar month, such payments shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.  The Administrative Agent shall remit to each Lender its pro rata Share of all such payments received in collected funds by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender in respect of which such payment is made.
		

		
			(e)      Order of Payment.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (other than any fee or indemnification payments not specifically designated under the terms of this Agreement as being for the benefit of the Lenders) shall be applied by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of each Lender based on its pro rata Share, (i) first, to the payment of expenses referred to in ‎Section 9.02 hereof, (ii) second, to the payment of the fees referred to in ‎Section 2.06 hereof, (iii) third, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on such Lender’s Base Rate Loans until all such accrued interest has been paid, (iv) fourth, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans until all such accrued interest has been paid, (v) fifth, to the payment of the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Base Rate Loans, and (vi) sixth, to the payment of the unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans.
		

		
			Section 2.08.   Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued by the Lenders may be used for acquisitions, repurchases of capital stock of the Borrower, the funding of dividends payable to shareholders of the Borrower and for general corporate purposes of the Borrower.
		

		
			Section 2.09.   Special Provisions Governing Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the following provisions shall govern with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans as to the matters covered:
		

		
			(a)      Determination of Interest Rate.  As soon as practicable on an Interest Rate Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate which shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing) to the Borrower and to each Lender.
		

		
			(b)      Substituted Rate of Borrowing. (i) In the event that on any Interest Rate Determination Date any Lender (including the Administrative Agent) shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties but, with respect to the following clauses (x) and (y)(B), shall be made only after consultation with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) that:
		

		
			(x)  by reason of any changes arising after the date of this Agreement affecting the Eurodollar market or affecting the position of that Lender in such market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate with respect to the Eurodollar Rate Loans as to which an interest rate determination is then being made; or
		

		
			(y)  by reason of (A) any change (including any changes proposed or published prior to the date hereof) after the date hereof in any applicable law or any governmental rule, regulation or order (or any interpretation or administration thereof and including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation or order (including any thereof proposed or published, prior to the date hereof)) or (B) other circumstances affecting that Lender or the Eurodollar market or the position of that Lender in such market (such as, for example, but not limited to, official reserve requirements required by Regulation D), the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall not represent the effective pricing to that Lender for deposits in the applicable currency of comparable amounts for the relevant period;
		

		
			then, and in any such event, that Lender shall be an Affected Lender and it shall promptly (and in any event as soon as possible after being notified of a Borrowing) give notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender) of such determination.  Thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to the Affected Lender with respect to such Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon written demand therefor, but only if such demand is made within 30 days of the end of the Interest Period for such Interest Rate Determination Date, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as the Affected Lender in its sole discretion shall reasonably determine) as shall be required to cause the Affected Lender to receive interest with respect to such Affected Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans for the Interest Period following that Interest Rate Determination Date (such Interest Period being an “Affected Interest Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Margin in excess of the effective pricing to the Affected Lender for deposits in Dollars to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans.  A certificate as to additional amounts owed the Affected Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted in good faith to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by the Affected Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.
		

		
			(ii)      If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (x) the circumstances set forth in clause (b)(i)(x) above
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (y) the circumstances set forth in clause (b)(i)(x) have not arisen but either (A) the supervisor for the administrator of the Eurodollar Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the Eurodollar Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the Eurodollar Screen Rate), (B) the administrator of the Eurodollar Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Eurodollar Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published by it (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the Eurodollar Screen Rate), (C) the supervisor for the administrator of the Eurodollar Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Eurodollar Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published or (D) the supervisor for the administrator of the Eurodollar Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Eurodollar Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the Eurodollar Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but for the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Eurodollar Margin); provided that, if such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.05, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.  Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (ii) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (y)(A), clause (y)(B) or clause (y)(C) of the first sentence of this ‎Section 2.09(b)(ii), only to the extent the Eurodollar Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (1) any Notice of Conversion/Continuation that requests the conversion of any Base Rate Loan to, or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Loan as, a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be ineffective and (2) if any Notice of Borrowing requests a Eurodollar Rate Loan, such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Loan.
		

		
			(c)      Required Termination and Prepayment.  In the event that on any date any Lender shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties) that the making or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful by, or would be inconsistent with, compliance by that Lender in good faith with any law, governmental rule, regulation or order (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date of this Agreement which materially and adversely affects the Eurodollar market, then, and in any such event, that Lender shall be an Affected Lender and it shall promptly give notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each Lender) of that determination.  Subject to the prior withdrawal of a Notice of Borrowing or prepayment of the Eurodollar Rate Loans of the Affected Lender as contemplated by the following ‎Section 2.09(d) hereof, the
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			obligation of the Affected Lender to make Eurodollar Rate Loans during any such period shall be terminated at the earlier of the termination of the Interest Period then in effect or when required by law and the Borrower shall no later than the termination of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such determination pursuant to this ‎Section 2.09(c) is made or earlier, when required by law, repay Eurodollar Rate Loans of the Affected Lender together with all interest accrued thereon.
		

		
			(d)      Options of the Borrower.  In lieu of paying an Affected Lender such additional moneys as are required by ‎Section 2.09(b)(i), ‎2.09(h) or ‎2.10 hereof or the prepayment of an Affected Lender required by ‎Section 2.09(c), hereof but in no event in derogation of ‎Section 2.09(e) hereof, the Borrower may exercise any one of the following options:
		

		
			(i)      If the determination by an Affected Lender relates only to Eurodollar Rate Loans then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, the Borrower may by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly give similar notice to each Lender) no later than the date immediately prior to the date on which such Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be made, continued or converted withdraw as to the Affected Lender that Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as the case may be; or
		

		
			(ii)      Upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, the Borrower may terminate the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans as, and to convert Loans into, Eurodollar Rate Loans and in such event, the Borrower shall, prior to the time any payment pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(c) hereof is required to be made or, if the provisions of ‎Section 2.09(d) hereof are applicable, at the end of the then current  Interest Period, convert all of such Eurodollar Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans; or
		

		
			(iii)     The Borrower may give written notice to the Affected Lender and the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly give similar notice to each Lender) and require the Affected Lender to make the Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested as a Base Rate Loan or to continue to maintain its outstanding Base Rate Loan then the subject of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation as a Base Rate Loan or to convert its Eurodollar Rate Loan then outstanding that is so affected into a Base Rate Loan at the end of the then current Interest Period (or at such earlier time as prepayment is otherwise required to be made pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(c) hereof), that notice to pertain only to the Loans of the Affected Lender and to have no effect on the obligations of the other Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans; or
		

		
			(iv)     At its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Affected Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Affected Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.15), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.09(h) or 2.14) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if such Lender accepts such assignment).
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(e)       Compensation.  The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by that Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, any interest paid by that Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss (other than loss of margins) sustained by that Lender in connection with the re-employment of such funds), which that Lender may sustain with respect to its Eurodollar Rate Loans if for any reason (other than a default or error by that Lender) (i) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, (ii) any repayment or conversion of any of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date which is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable to that Eurodollar Rate Loan, (iii) any repayment of any such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of repayment given by the Borrower, or (iv) as a consequence of any other failure by the Borrower to repay such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans when required by the terms of this Agreement.
		

		
			(f)       Affected Lender’s Obligation to Mitigate.  Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause it to be an Affected Lender under ‎Section 2.09(b)(i) or ‎2.09(c) hereof, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies, use reasonable efforts to make, fund or maintain the affected Loans of such Lender through another Applicable Lending Office if as a result thereof the additional moneys which would otherwise be required to be paid in respect of such Loans pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(b)(i) hereof would be materially reduced or the illegality or other adverse circumstances which would otherwise require prepayment of such Loans pursuant to ‎Section 2.09(c) hereof would cease to exist and if, as determined by such Lender, in its sole discretion, the making, funding or maintaining of such Loans through such other Applicable Lending Office would not otherwise materially adversely affect such Loans or such Lender.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable expenses incurred by any Lender in utilizing another Applicable Lending Office pursuant to this ‎Section 2.09(f).
		

		
			(g)      Booking of Loans.  Each Loan shall be booked by the Lender making such Loan at, to, or for the account of, its Applicable Lending Office for such Loan.
		

		
			(h)      Increased Costs.  Except as provided in ‎Section 2.09(b) or with respect to Taxes or Domestic Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any Note, which shall be governed by ‎Section 2.14, if, by reason of (x) after the date hereof, the introduction of or any change (including, without limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation (whether or not proposed or published prior to the date hereof), or (y) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority or quasi-governmental authority exercising control over banks or financial institutions generally (whether or not having the force of law):
		

		
			(i)      any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) shall be subject to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to its Eurodollar Rate Loans or Letters of Credit or its obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or its obligations hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(ii)      any reserve (including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit (including letters of credit and participations therein) extended by, any Lender’s Applicable Lending Office shall be imposed or deemed applicable or any other condition affecting its Eurodollar Rate Loans or Letters of Credit or its obligation to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or its obligations hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit shall be imposed on any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office or the interbank Eurodollar market;
		

		
			and as a result thereof there shall be any increase in the cost to that Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining, continuing or converting to Eurodollar Rate Loans or of issuing or participating in any Letters of Credit (except to the extent such Lender is entitled to compensation therefor during the relevant Interest Period pursuant to ‎Section 2.07(e)), or there shall be a reduction in the amount received or receivable by that Lender or its Applicable Lending Office or such Issuing Lender, then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon written notice from and demand by that Lender or Issuing Lender (which shall be promptly furnished upon the Lenders being made subject thereto) (with a copy of such notice and demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of that Lender or Issuing Lender, within five Business Days after the date specified in such notice and demand, additional amounts sufficient to indemnify that Lender or Issuing Lender against such increased cost.  A certificate as to the basis for and calculation of the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by that Lender or Issuing Lender, shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.
		

		
			(i)      Certain Requirements.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of this Agreement, (x) the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and all requests, rules, guidelines and directives promulgated thereunder and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to have been adopted after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted or adopted.
		

		
			(j)      Assumption Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this ‎Section 2.09 in respect of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be made as though that Lender had actually funded its Eurodollar Rate Loan through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit, bearing interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan in an amount equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit, from an offshore office of that Lender to a domestic office of that Lender in the United States of America; provided,  however, that each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculations of amounts payable under this ‎Section 2.09.
		

		
			(k)      Eurodollar Rate Loans After Default.  After the occurrence of and during the continuance of a Potential Event of Default or an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, upon the request of the Required Lenders, prohibit Loans from being requested as, converted into or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 2.10.   Capital Requirements.  If while any portion of the Total Commitment is in effect or any Loans are outstanding, any Lender determines that the adoption of any law, treaty, rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital or liquidity adequacy or capital or liquidity maintenance or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Lender, with any request or directive regarding capital or liquidity adequacy or capital or liquidity maintenance (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not the failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of increasing the amount of capital or liquidity required to be maintained by such Lender or by any corporation controlling such Lender (including, without limitation, with respect to any Lender’s Commitment), then the Borrower shall from time to time, within 15 days of written notice and demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for the cost of such additional required capital or liquidity, to the extent such Lender determines such increase to be attributable to the existence, issuance or maintenance of such Loans, Letters of Credit, or obligations for the account of the Borrower.  A certificate showing in reasonable detail the computations made in arriving at such cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.
		

		
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			Section 2.12.   Letters of Credit.  (a) Existing Letters of Credit.  On the Effective Date, each Issuing Lender that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from the Issuing Lender, a participation in such Existing Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Liabilities to the extent of its Applicable Percentage.  On and after the Effective Date, each Existing Letter of Credit shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes hereof.  An Existing Letter of Credit may contain a statement to the effect that such Existing Letter of Credit is issued for the account of a Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided,  however, that notwithstanding such statement, the Borrower shall be the actual account party for all purposes of this Credit Agreement for such Existing Letter of Credit and such statement shall not affect the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations hereunder with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit.  The Existing Letters of Credit include certain Letters of Credit denominated in certain currencies other than Dollars.  Notwithstanding the limitation in ‎Section 2.12(b) that Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be denominated solely in Dollars, such Existing Letters of Credit (and renewals and extensions thereof) may be maintained in the respective currencies in which they are currently denominated pursuant to procedures mutually satisfactory to the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Dollar equivalent thereof shall be determined from time to time and such Dollar equivalent shall be utilized for purposes of determining the rights and obligations of the Lenders hereunder with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit; provided that (i) in no event shall any Lender be required to make payment hereunder in any currency other than Dollars, (ii) in no event shall any change in the Dollar equivalent of any such Existing Letter of Credit cause the Total Outstanding Amount to exceed the Total Commitment and (iii) the foregoing shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
		

		
			

		 

		

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			reimburse the Issuing Lender for any drawing under any such Existing Letter of Credit in the currency in which such drawing was made.
		

		
			(b)      Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender agrees to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars from time to time before the Termination Date upon the request of the Borrower; provided that, (i) immediately after each Letter of Credit is issued (A) the Total Outstanding Amount shall not exceed the Total Commitment, (B) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not exceed $100,000,000, (C) the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by an Issuing Lender shall not exceed such Issuing Lender’s Letter of Credit Commitment and (D) no Letter of Credit is for the benefit, directly or indirectly, of any Governmental Authority other than any Governmental Authority of the United States, or any state or other political subdivision thereof; provided that in any case no Letter of Credit may be used in connection with a military transaction.  Upon the date of issuance by an Issuing Lender of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Lender, and each Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from the Issuing Lender, a participation in such Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Liabilities to the extent of its Applicable Percentage.
		

		
			(c)      Method for Issuance; Terms; Extensions.
		

		
			(i)      The Borrower shall give the Issuing Lender notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least three Business Days (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its discretion) prior to the requested issuance of a Letter of Credit (or, in the case of renewal or extension, prior to the Issuing Lender’s deadline for notice of nonextension) specifying the date such Letter of Credit is to be issued, and describing the terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions to be supported thereby (such notice, including any such notice given in connection with the extension of a Letter of Credit, a “Notice of Issuance”).  Upon receipt of a Notice of Issuance, the Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit.  If requested by the Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Lender’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
		

		
			(ii)      The obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue each Letter of Credit shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in ‎Section 3.02 be subject to the conditions precedent that such Letter of Credit shall be in such form and contain such terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered such other customary instruments and agreements relating to such Letter of Credit as the Issuing Lender shall have reasonably requested; provided,  however, that any Issuing Lender may decline to issue any Letter of Credit (other than any Existing Letter of Credit and renewals or extensions thereof) at such Issuing Lender’s
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			sole discretion (including, without limitation, if such Issuing Lender’s internal policies do not permit the issuance of a letter of credit for the purposes for which such Letter of Credit is being requested).  The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Lender for its own account issuance, drawing, amendment, settlement and extension charges, if any, in the amounts and at the times as agreed between the Borrower and the Issuing Lender.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lead Arranger shall act as an Issuing Lender on a pro rata basis based on its aggregate Commitment if no other Lender desires to act in such capacity with respect to a Notice of Issuance.
		

		
			(iii)      The extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an issuance of such Letter of Credit, and if any Letter of Credit contains a provision pursuant to which it is deemed to be extended unless notice of termination is given by the Issuing Lender, the Issuing Lender shall timely give such notice of termination unless it has theretofore timely received a Notice of Issuance and the other conditions to issuance of a Letter of Credit have also theretofore been met with respect to such extension.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or before the close of business on the date that is one year after such Letter of Credit is issued (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension); provided that (A) a Letter of Credit may contain a provision pursuant to which it is deemed to be extended on an annual basis unless notice of termination is given by the Issuing Lender and (B) in no event will a Letter of Credit expire (including pursuant to a renewal or extension thereof) on a date later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Termination Date.
		

		
			(d)      Payments; Reimbursement Obligations.
		

		
			(i)      Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall, within the time period stipulated by the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, examine the documents delivered with such notice of drawing and following such examination, such Issuing Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each other Lender as to the amount to be paid as a result of such demand or drawing and the date such payment is to be made by the Issuing Lender (the “Payment Date”).  The Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any amounts paid by the Issuing Lender upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, which reimbursement may be made through the borrowing of a Base Rate Loan as set forth in ‎Section 2.12(d)(ii).  Such reimbursement shall be due on the Payment Date; provided that no such payment shall be due from the Borrower any earlier than the date of receipt by it of notice of its obligation to make such payment (or, if such notice is received by the Borrower after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any date, on the next succeeding Business Day); and provided further that if and to the extent any such reimbursement is not made by the Borrower in accordance with this clause ‎(i) or clause ‎(ii) below on the Payment Date, then (irrespective of when notice thereof is received by the Borrower), such reimbursement obligation shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day from and including the Payment Date to but not including the date such reimbursement obligation is paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for such day.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(ii)      If the Commitments remain in effect on the Payment Date, all such amounts paid by the Issuing Lender and remaining unpaid by the Borrower after the date and time required by ‎Section 2.12(d)(i) (a “Reimbursement Obligation”) shall, if and to the extent that the amount of such Reimbursement Obligation would be permitted as a Borrowing of Loans pursuant to ‎Section 3.02, and unless the Borrower otherwise instructs the Administrative Agent by not less than one Business Day’s prior notice, convert automatically to Base Rate Loans on the date such Reimbursement Obligation arises.  The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Administrative Agent so to act on its behalf), give notice no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such date requesting each Lender to make, and each Lender hereby agrees to make, a Base Rate Loan, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Reimbursement Obligation with respect to which such notice relates.  Each Lender shall make such Loan available to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.07 in immediately available funds, not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the date specified in such notice.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly pay the proceeds of such Loans to the Issuing Lender, which shall immediately apply such proceeds to repay the Reimbursement Obligation.
		

		
			(iii)      To the extent the Reimbursement Obligation is not refunded by a Lender pursuant to clause (ii) above, such Lender will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, immediately upon the Issuing Lender’s demand at any time during the period commencing after such Reimbursement Obligation arises until reimbursement therefor in full by the Borrower, an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Reimbursement Obligation, together with interest on such amount for each day from the date of the Issuing Lender’s demand for such payment (or, if such demand is made after 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, from the next succeeding Business Day) to the date of payment by such Lender of such amount at a rate of interest per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for the first three Business Days after the date of such demand and thereafter at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate for each additional day.  The Issuing Lender will pay to each Lender ratably all amounts received from the Borrower for application in payment of its Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit, but only to the extent such Lender has made payment to the Issuing Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit pursuant hereto; provided that in the event such payment received by the Issuing Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Issuing Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Issuing Lender.
		

		
			(e)      Obligations Absolute.  The obligations of the Borrower and each Lender under subsection (d) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation the following circumstances:
		

		
			(i)      any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto;
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(ii)      any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto, provided by any party affected thereby;
		

		
			(iii)      the use which may be made of the Letter of Credit by, or any acts or omission of, a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting);
		

		
			(iv)      the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting), any Lender (including the Issuing Lender) or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or the Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto or any unrelated transaction;
		

		
			(v)      any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever;
		

		
			(vi)      payment under a Letter of Credit against presentation to the Issuing Lender of documents that do not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
		

		
			(vii)     any termination of the Commitments prior to, on or after the Payment Date for any Letter of Credit, whether at the scheduled termination thereof, by operation of ‎Article 7 or otherwise; or
		

		
			(viii)    any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by any Lender (including the Issuing Lender), the Administrative Agent or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this subsection (viii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to the Borrower’s or the Lender’s obligations hereunder;
		

		
			provided, that this ‎Section 2.12(e) shall not limit the rights of the Borrower or any Lender under ‎Section 2.12(f)(ii).
		

		
			(f)      Indemnification; Expenses.
		

		
			(i)      The Borrower hereby indemnifies and holds harmless each Lender and the Administrative Agent and the officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and affiliates of each of them from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which it may reasonably incur in connection with a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.12; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses, to the extent found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person.
		

		
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			under any Letter of Credit, including without limitation any of the circumstances enumerated in subsection (e) above; provided that, notwithstanding ‎Section 2.12(e), the Borrower shall have a claim for direct (but not consequential, special, indirect or punitive) damage suffered by it, to the extent finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by (x) the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (y) the Issuing Lender’s failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit; provided further that each Lender shall have a claim for direct (but not consequential, special, indirect or punitive) damage suffered by it, to the extent finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit.  The parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
		

		
			(iii)      Nothing in this subsection (f) is intended to limit the obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.  To the extent the Borrower does not indemnify an Issuing Lender as required by this subsection, the Lenders agree to do so ratably in accordance with their Commitments.
		

		
			(g)      Stop Issuance Notice.  If the Required Lenders reasonably determine at any time that the conditions set forth in ‎Section 3.02 would not be satisfied in respect of a Borrowing at such time, then the Required Lenders may request that the Administrative Agent issue a “Stop Issuance Notice”, and the Administrative Agent shall issue such notice to each Issuing Lender.  Such Stop Issuance Notice shall be withdrawn upon a determination by the Required Lenders that the circumstances giving rise thereto no longer exist.  No Letter of Credit shall be issued while a Stop Issuance Notice is in effect. The Required Lenders may request issuance of a Stop Issuance Notice only if there is a reasonable basis therefor, and shall consider reasonably and in good faith a request from the Borrower for withdrawal of the same on the basis that the conditions in ‎Section 3.02 are satisfied; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders may and shall conclusively rely upon any Stop Issuance Notice while it remains in effect.
		

		
			(h)      Other Documentation.  If the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to or entered into by the Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit are not consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control; provided that, to the extent the Issuing Lender so agrees in such other documentation, its liabilities and responsibilities in connection with a Letter of Credit may be governed thereby rather than by subsection (f)(ii), but such agreement by the Issuing Lender may not directly or indirectly alter the rights and obligations of any other Lender under this Agreement.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(i)      Applicability of ISP and UCP.  If so expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
		

		
			(j)      Resignation as Issuing Lender.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Issuing Lender may, upon 10 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, resign as Issuing Lender.  If an Issuing Lender resigns as Issuing Lender, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Lender and all Letter of Credit Liabilities with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Reimbursement Obligations pursuant to ‎Section 2.12(d)).
		

		
			Section 2.13.   Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
		

		
			(a)      Fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to ‎Section 2.06(a).
		

		
			(b)      If any Letter of Credit Liabilities exist at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
		

		
			(i)      the Letter of Credit Liabilities of such Defaulting Lender shall be automatically reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of each non-Defaulting Lender’s Loans plus its Letter of Credit Liabilities does not exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Commitment;
		

		
			(ii)      if the reallocation described in clause ‎(i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within three Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender that has an outstanding Letter of Credit (x) first, either (A) procure the reduction or termination of the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause ‎(i) above) or (B) cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender(s) only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause ‎(i) above) for so long as such Letter of Credit Liabilities are outstanding;
		

		
			(iii)      if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities pursuant to clause ‎(ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to ‎Section 2.06(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities during the period and to the extent such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities are cash collateralized;
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(iv)      to the extent that the Letter of Credit Liabilities of the Defaulting Lender are reallocated pursuant to clause ‎(i) above, then the letter of credit fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to ‎Section 2.06(b) shall to the same extent be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and
		

		
			(v)      if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities is not reallocated, reduced, terminated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause ‎(i) or ‎(ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender(s) or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under ‎Section 2.06(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities shall be payable to the Issuing Lender(s) until and to the extent that such Letter of Credit Liabilities are reallocated, reduced, terminated and/or cash collateralized;
		

		
			provided that, subject to Section 9.18, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
		

		
			(c)      So long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Lenders shall not be required to issue, amend, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Liabilities after giving effect thereto will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or reduced, terminated and/or cash collateralized in accordance with ‎Section 2.13(b), and participating interests in any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with ‎Section 2.13(b)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
		

		
			(d)      In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Issuing Lenders reasonably determine that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Letter of Credit Liabilities of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine is necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, and upon such purchase such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and any cash collateral posted for its Letter of Credit Liabilities shall be released; provided that there shall be no retroactive effect on fees which were not paid pursuant to ‎Section 2.13(a) or which were reallocated pursuant to ‎Section 2.13(b)(iv) and ‎(v).
		

		
			(e)      If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to ‎Section 2.01,  ‎2.12 or ‎8.04, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender under this Agreement for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses ‎(i) and ‎(ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 2.14.   Taxes.
		

		
			(a)      Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, (i) in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on or measured by its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed on or measured by its income, and franchise or similar taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof, and (iii) taxes resulting from FATCA (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as its “Taxes”, and all such excluded taxes being hereinafter referred to as its “Domestic Taxes”).  If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (the “Withholding Agent”) shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (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 2.14) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Withholding Agent shall make such deductions, (iii) such Withholding Agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law and (iv) if the Withholding Agent is the Borrower, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.07, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
		

		
			(b)      In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
		

		
			(c)      The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this ‎Section 2.14) paid or payable by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided, the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any party hereunder pursuant to this Section for penalties, interest or similar liabilities arising therefrom or with respect thereto to the extent such penalties, interest or similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct by such party.  In addition, the Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender for all Domestic Taxes and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case to the extent that such Domestic Taxes result from any payment or indemnification pursuant to this Section for (i) Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction other than the United States or (ii) Domestic Taxes of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be.  This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes demand therefor.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(d)      Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made hereunder or under any Note shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any withholding (including backup withholding) or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections ‎2.14(e), ‎(f),  ‎(g) and ‎(h) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense (and the Borrower has not elected to reimburse such cost or expense) or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
		

		
			(e)      Without limiting the foregoing, at the times indicated herein, each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States shall provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN-E, W-8BEN, W-8IMY (accompanied by a form W-8ECI, W-8BEN-E, W-8BEN, W-9 and other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable) or W-8ECI (in each case accompanied by any statements which may be required under applicable Treasury regulations), as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement (i) without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes or (ii) subject to a reduced rate of United States federal withholding tax, unless, in each case of clause ‎(i) and ‎(ii) of this ‎Section 2.14(e), an event (including, without limitation, any change in treaty, law or regulation) has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders such forms inapplicable or which would prevent the Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and the Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of such taxes. Such forms shall be provided (x) on or prior to the date of the Lender’s execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof, and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and (y) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form so delivered by the Lender.  If the form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, United States withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as defined in ‎Section 2.14(a) and shall not be subject to indemnification pursuant to ‎Section 2.14(c), unless the assignor of such Lender was entitled, at the time of such assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding taxes pursuant to ‎Section 2.14(a).  In addition, to the extent that for reasons other than a change of treaty, law or regulation any Lender becomes subject to an increased rate of United States interest withholding tax while it is a party to this Agreement, United States withholding tax at such increased rate shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as defined in ‎Section 2.14(a).
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(f)      Any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of Internal Revenue Service form W-9 certifying, to the extent such Lender is legally entitled to do so, that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.
		

		
			(g)      If a payment made to a Lender hereunder or under any Note would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender 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 or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for the purposes of this ‎Section 2.14(g), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement, whether or not included in the definition of FATCA.
		

		
			(h)      Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
		

		
			(i)      For any period with respect to which a Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States has failed to provide the Borrower with the appropriate form in accordance with ‎Section 2.14(e) (unless such failure is excused by the terms of ‎Section 2.14(e)), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under ‎Section 2.14(a) or 2.14(c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States; provided,  however, that should a Lender, which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax, become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably request to assist such Lender to recover such Taxes.
		

		
			(j)      Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes and Domestic Taxes (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Taxes and Domestic Taxes and without limiting the obligation, if any, of the Borrower to do so), in each case attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or any Note, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto.  This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the date the Administrative Agent makes demand therefor.
		

		
			(k)      Each party’s obligations under this ‎Section 2.14 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under this Agreement or any Note.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(l)      If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses with respect to such refund of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
		

		
			Section 2.15.   Optional Increase in Commitments.  Following the Effective Date, the Borrower may, if it so elects, increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments, either by designating a financial institution not theretofore a Lender (an “Additional Lender”) to become a Lender (such designation to be effective only with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender, which consents will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), or by agreeing with an existing Lender (an “Increasing Lender”) that such Lender’s Commitment shall be increased.  Upon execution and delivery by the Borrower and such Increasing Lender or Additional Lender of an instrument in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together with such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower with respect to the increased Commitments and such opinions of internal counsel for the Borrower with respect to the increased Commitments as the Administrative Agent may request, such existing Lender shall have a Commitment as therein set forth or such other financial institution shall become a Lender with a Commitment as therein set forth and all the rights and obligations of a Lender with such a Commitment hereunder; provided, that:
		

		
			(i)         the Borrower shall provide a written notice of such increase at least 15 Business Days prior to the Increase Effective Date (as defined below) to the Administrative Agent, who shall promptly notify the Lenders thereafter;
		

		
			(ii)        the conditions set forth in ‎Section 3.02(b) shall be satisfied both on and as of the date of such notice and on and as of the effective date of any increase in Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.15 (the “Increase Effective Date”);
		

		
			(iii)      any such increase shall be in an amount of at least $20,000,000 and, if such increase is greater than $20,000,000, in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of such amount; and
		

		
			(iv)      immediately after such increase is made, the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall not exceed $1,300,000,000.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			On the Increase Effective Date, in the event that there are outstanding Loans, (i) each Additional Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to its pro rata Share of the aggregate outstanding Loans (and funded participations, if any, in Letters of Credit) and (ii) each Increasing Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the increase in its pro rata Share of the aggregate outstanding Loans (and funded participations as above), in each case such payments shall be for the account of each other Lender.   Upon receipt of such amount by the Administrative Agent, (A) each other Lender shall be deemed to have ratably assigned that portion of its outstanding Loans that is being reduced to the Additional Lenders and the Increasing Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s new Commitment or the increased portion thereof as applicable, (B) the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each other Lender its ratable share of the amounts received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph and (C) the participations of the Lenders in outstanding Letters of Credit shall be determined in accordance with their Commitments after giving effect to such increase.  For the avoidance of doubt, no existing Lender shall have any obligation to participate in such increase except in its absolute and sole discretion.
		

		
			ARTICLE 3
		

		
			CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
		

		
			Section 3.01.   Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit.  The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
		

		
			(a)      On or before the Effective Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lenders (or to the Administrative Agent with sufficient copies, originally executed where appropriate, for each Lender) each, unless otherwise noted, dated the Effective Date:
		

		
			(i)      Certified copies of its Certificate of Incorporation, together with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, each to be dated a recent date prior to the Effective Date;
		

		
			(ii)      Copies of its Bylaws, certified as of the Effective Date by its corporate secretary or an assistant secretary;
		

		
			(iii)     Resolutions of its board of directors, directly or indirectly, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other documents, instruments and certificates required to be executed by the Borrower in connection herewith and, directly or indirectly, approving and authorizing the incurrence of the Loans and the issuances of the Letters of Credit, each certified as of the Effective Date by its corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment;
		

		
			(iv)     Signature and incumbency certificates with respect to the Persons executing this Agreement;
		

		
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			(vi)      Such other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
		

		
			(b)      The Borrower shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and payable to the Agents and the Lenders on or before the Effective Date and for which invoices have been received by the Borrower reasonably in advance of the Effective Date.
		

		
			(c)      The Administrative Agent shall have received an originally executed copy of the favorable written opinions of E. Robert Lupone, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Borrower and Jayne M. Donegan, Esq., Executive Counsel of the Borrower, each dated as of the Effective Date and substantially in the form of Exhibits B and C annexed hereto; the Borrower hereby expressly instructs such counsel to prepare such opinion and deliver it to the Lenders for their benefit and such opinion shall contain a statement to that effect.
		

		
			(d)      The Administrative Agent shall have received an originally executed copy of the favorable written opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel to the Agents, dated as of the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D annexed hereto.
		

		
			(e)      All outstanding principal amounts (if any), accrued interest and accrued fees under the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016, as amended from time to time (the “2016 Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the lenders listed therein and JPMorgan Chase, as administrative agent, shall have been paid in full.
		

		
			(f)      To the extent such documentation and information has been requested by the Lenders, the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
		

		
			The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent of the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this ‎Section 3.01, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.  The Lenders party hereto, comprising the “Required Lenders” under the 2016 Credit Agreement, and the Borrower agree that, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, all commitments under the 2016 Credit Agreement shall terminate in their entirety, automatically and without any requirement of notice to any party, all “Letters of Credit” issued thereunder and still outstanding (all of which are Existing Letters of Credit) shall be Letters of Credit hereunder and the obligations of the parties under the 2016 Credit Agreement shall terminate, except as provided in Section 9.08(b) of the 2016 Credit Agreement.  Promptly thereafter, the notes issued by the borrowers under the 2016 Credit Agreement shall be returned by the lenders thereunder to the Borrower, marked “Cancelled”.
		

		
			Section 3.02.   Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit.  (i) The obligation of each Lender to make any Loans pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing is subject to prior or concurrent satisfaction or waiver by the Required Lenders and (ii) the obligation of an Issuing Lender to issue (or renew or extend the term of) any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Required Lenders, of the following further conditions precedent:
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(a)      With respect to any such Loan or Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall have received, before the Funding Date thereof or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit, (i) an originally executed Notice of Borrowing signed by any of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower or (ii) a Notice of Issuance as required by ‎Section 2.12(c) (the furnishing by the Borrower of each such Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Issuance shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty of the Borrower that each of the conditions set forth in ‎Section 3.02(b) hereof will be satisfied on the related Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit);
		

		
			(b)      As of the Funding Date of such Loan or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit:
		

		
			(i)      With respect to such Loan or Letter of Credit, the representations and warranties contained herein shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of that Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except that the representations and warranties need not be true and correct to the extent that changes in the facts and conditions on which such representations and warranties are based are required or permitted under this Agreement, except that the representations and warranties set forth in ‎Section 4.04 shall not apply (provided that if any such representation or warranty is qualified by “materially”, “Material Adverse Effect” or a similar term, such representation and warranty (as so qualified) shall be true and correct in all respects);
		

		
			(ii)      No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the Loans or the issuance (or renewal or extension) of the Letter of Credit on such Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit and the use of the proceeds thereof which would constitute (a) an Event of Default or (b) a Potential Event of Default;
		

		
			(iii)     The Borrower shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions which this Agreement provides shall be performed by it on or before such Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit;
		

		
			(iv)     No order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority shall purport to enjoin or restrain that Lender from making that Loan or issuing (or renewing or extending) that Letter of Credit; and
		

		
			(v)      The making of the Loans or the issuance (or renewal or extension) of the Letter of Credit requested on such Funding Date or date of issuance (or renewal or extension) of such Letter of Credit shall not violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X or any other regulation of the Board or the Exchange Act.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			ARTICLE 4
		

		
			REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
		

		
			In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue the Letters of Credit, the Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender as of the Effective Date that the following statements are true, correct and complete:
		

		
			Section 4.01.   Organization, Powers and Good Standing.  (a) Organization and Powers.  The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.  The Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority (i) to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, except where the lack of corporate power and authority would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.
		

		
			(b)      Good Standing.  The Borrower is in good standing wherever necessary to carry on its present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			Section 4.02.   Authorization of Borrowing, Etc.  (a) Authorization of Borrowing. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Borrower.
		

		
			(b)      No Conflict.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and any Notes and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or other Governmental Authority binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent such conflict, breach or default would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (v) result in or require the creation or imposition of any material Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (vi) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than such approvals and consents which (x) have been or will be obtained on or before the Effective Date or (y) the failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(c)      Governmental Consents.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the issuance, delivery and performance by the Borrower of any Notes will not require on the part of the Borrower any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority other than any such
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			registration, consent, approval, notice or other action which (i) has been duly made, given or taken or (ii) the failure to make, obtain, give or take would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(d)      Binding Obligation.  This Agreement is and any Notes to be issued when executed and delivered and each Loan when made will be a legally valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
		

		
			Section 4.03.   Financial Condition.  The Borrower has delivered to the Lenders (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the six months ended June 29, 2019 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”).  All such Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles except for the preparation of footnote disclosures for the unaudited statements.  All such Financial Statements fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for each of the periods covered thereby, subject, in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments.
		

		
			Section 4.04.   No Material Adverse Change.  Since December 29, 2018, there has been no change in the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which has been, either in any case or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
		

		
			Section 4.05.   Litigation.  Except as disclosed in the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2018 and in the Financial Statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to ‎Section 4.03 hereof, there is no action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation (including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to laws, rules and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, health and safety) of which the Borrower has knowledge or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is probable of being successful and which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			Section 4.06.   Payment of Taxes.  Except to the extent permitted by ‎Section 5.03, all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income and franchises which are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and were due and payable, have been paid.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 4.07.   Governmental Regulation.  (a) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed as contemplated by this Agreement.
		

		
			(b)      Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
		

		
			Section 4.08.   Securities Activities.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
		

		
			Section 4.09.   ERISA Compliance.  (a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to all Pension Plans and all Multiemployer Plans, except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(b)      No Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Pension Plan, as the case may be, which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in any liability to the PBGC (or any successor thereto) or to any other Person under Section 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA, except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(c)      Neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Part E of Title IV of ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(d)      The sum of the amount of unfunded benefit liabilities under all Pension Plans (excluding each Pension Plan with an amount of unfunded benefit liabilities of zero or less) which are required by ERISA to be funded in the current fiscal year could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(e)      Neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standard (whether or not waived) with respect to any Pension Plan except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			(f)      Neither the Borrower nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has or reasonably expects to become subject to a lien in favor of any Pension Plan under Section 303(k) of ERISA except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			As used in this ‎Section 4.09, the term “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA, and the term “minimum funding standard” has the meaning specified in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 4.10.   Certain Fees.  No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable by the Borrower with respect to the offer, issuance and sale of any Note or the borrowing of any Loan or the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
		

		
			Section 4.11.   Subsidiaries.  Each of the Borrower’s corporate Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted, except to the extent the failure to be in good standing or the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			Section 4.12.   Economic Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Matters.  The Borrower has implemented and will maintain in effect and use reasonable efforts to enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Borrower, its directors and officers, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, executive officers and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its and their respective employees, agents and Affiliates, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any director, officer or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent or Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is currently the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction.  Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower will, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower indirectly, use or lend, contribute, provide or otherwise make available the proceeds of any Loan to any subsidiary, joint venture partner, or other Person, (a) to fund payments to any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority, or any Person controlled by a Governmental Authority, or any political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity on behalf of any of the foregoing, in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (b) to fund any activity or business in, of or with, any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business of or with any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions to the extent that any such activity or business, or the funding of any such activity or business, would be prohibited for a Person required to comply with Sanctions.
		

		
			Section 4.13.   EEA Financial Institution.  The Borrower is not an EEA Financial Institution.
		

		
			ARTICLE 5
		

		
			AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
		

		
			The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments hereunder shall be in effect or there is any Total Outstanding Amount, unless Required Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, it shall perform all covenants in this Article 5:
		

		
			Section 5.01.   Financial Statements and Other Reports.  The Borrower will maintain, and cause each of its subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP in effect from time to time.  The Borrower will deliver to the Lenders (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided below in ‎Section 5.01(b)):
		

		
			(a)       (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date in the Borrower’s fiscal year the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such period, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries in each case certified by the chief financial officer or controller of the Borrower that they fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their cash flows, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, based on their respective normal accounting procedures applied on a consistent basis (except as noted therein);
		

		
			(ii)      as soon as practicable and in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year, accompanied by a report thereon of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit and shall state that such consolidated financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as noted in such report) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;
		

		
			(b)       (i) together with each delivery of financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries pursuant to subdivisions ‎(a)‎(i) and ‎(a)‎(ii) above, (A) an Officer’s Certificate of the Borrower stating that the signer has reviewed the terms of this Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under such signer’s supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period, and that the signer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of the Officers’ Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and (B) a Compliance Certificate demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance (as determined in accordance with GAAP during and at the end of such accounting periods) with the restrictions contained in ‎Section 6.03 and, in addition, a written statement of the chief accounting officer, chief financial officer, any vice president or the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the Borrower describing in reasonable detail the differences between the financial information contained in such financial
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			statements and the information contained in the Compliance Certificate relating to the Borrower’s compliance with ‎Section 6.03 hereof;
		

		
			(ii)       promptly upon their becoming available but only to the extent requested by a Lender, copies of all publicly available financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Borrower to its security holders or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to its security holders other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary, of all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the public concerning material developments in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
		

		
			(iii)      promptly upon the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief accounting officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the general counsel of the Borrower obtaining knowledge (A) of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, (B) that any Person has given any notice to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or taken any other action with respect to a claimed default or event or condition of the type referred to in ‎Section 7.02, (C) of a material adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than any change which has been publicly disclosed), an Officer’s Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence of any such condition or event, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such claimed default, Event of Default, Potential Event of Default, event or condition, and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and
		

		
			(iv)      with reasonable promptness, (x) such other information and data with respect to the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Lender and (y) 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 the Patriot Act.
		

		
			Information required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b)(ii) above shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower provides notice to the Lenders that such information has been posted on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on the signature pages hereof, at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm or at another website identified in such notice and accessible by the Lenders without charge; provided that (i) such notice may be included in a certificate delivered pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b) and (ii) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of the information referred to in Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b)(ii) to any Lender which requests such delivery.  The information required to be delivered pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b) may be delivered electronically to the Administrative Agent.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 5.02.   Conduct of Business and Corporate Existence.
		

		
			(a)      Except as permitted by ‎Section 6.01, the Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
		

		
			(b)      Except as permitted by ‎Section 6.01, the Borrower will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective rights and franchises of the business, except to the extent any such failure would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			Section 5.03.   Payment of Taxes.  The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its franchises, business, income or property when due which are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided that no such amount need be paid if being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been made therefor.
		

		
			Section 5.04.   Maintenance of Properties; Insurance.  The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition all properties used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs and renewals thereto and replacements thereof, except to the extent the failure to so maintain, repair, renew or replace would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its material properties and business and the material properties and business of its Subsidiaries against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other corporations and to the extent reasonably prudent may self-insure.
		

		
			Section 5.05.   Inspection.  The Borrower shall permit any authorized representatives designated by any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including its and their financial and accounting records, and, to make copies and take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested; provided that any confidential information so obtained by any Lender shall remain confidential except where disclosure is mandated by applicable laws or such information otherwise becomes public other than by a breach by such Lender of this Section 5.05; provided further that this Section shall not prohibit any Lender from disclosing to any Agent (or any Agent from disclosing to any Lender) any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default.
		

		
			Section 5.06.   Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			ARTICLE 6
		

		
			NEGATIVE COVENANTS
		

		
			The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments shall be in effect or there is any Total Outstanding Amount, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, it will perform all covenants in this Article 6:
		

		
			Section 6.01.   Merger.  The Borrower may not consolidate with, merge with or into or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets (as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to any Person unless:
		

		
			(a)      the Borrower shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Borrower) formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged or to which the properties and assets of the Borrower are sold, leased or transferred shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall (A) expressly assume, by an agreement, executed and delivered to the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes and (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent, to the extent such documentation and information has been requested by any Lender, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act;
		

		
			(b)      immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
		

		
			(c)      the Borrower shall deliver to the Lenders an Officer’s Certificate (attaching the arithmetic computations to demonstrate compliance with ‎Section 6.03) and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or transfer and such agreement comply with this ‎Section 6.01 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
		

		
			Section 6.02.   Liens.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) (other than Margin Stock) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except:
		

		
			(i)      Liens in existence on the date hereof and modifications, extensions, renewals, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that such Liens are not extended to cover any other property, assets or revenues;
		

		
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			(iii)     Liens on accounts receivable sold with recourse;
		

		
			(iv)     Liens incurred in connection with the acquisition or capital improvement of property, plant or equipment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that the principal amount of the indebtedness so secured shall not exceed in any case 100% of the cost to the Borrower or such Subsidiary of the property, plant or equipment acquired and provided,  further, that each such Lien shall cover only the property, plant or equipment acquired or improved and the proceeds thereof, substitutions therefor and replacements thereof;
		

		
			(v)      Liens existing upon any property of a company which is merged with or into or is consolidated into, or substantially all the assets or shares of capital stock of which are acquired by, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, at the time of such merger, consolidation or acquisition; provided that such mortgage, pledge or other lien does not extend to any other property or assets, other than improvements to the property subject to such Lien; and
		

		
			(vi)      Liens (other than Liens permitted by clauses ‎(i)-‎(v) above) securing obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Indebtedness) not in excess of an amount equal to the Pooled Basket Amount less the amount of unsecured Indebtedness of Subsidiaries permitted only pursuant to ‎Section 6.05(a)(iii).
		

		
			Nothing in this ‎Section 6.02 shall prohibit the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Margin Stock owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at its fair value, or the creation, incurrence, assumption or existence of any Lien on or with respect to any Margin Stock.
		

		
			Section 6.03.   Financial Covenant.  The Borrower will not at any time permit Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing to exceed an amount equal to 65% of Consolidated Capitalization.
		

		
			Section 6.04.   Use of Proceeds.  Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, no portion of the proceeds of any borrowing or the Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement shall be used by the Borrower in any manner which would cause the borrowing or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U, Regulation T, or Regulation X or any other regulation of the Board or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect on the date or dates of such borrowing and such use of proceeds.
		

		
			Section 6.05.   Subsidiary Indebtedness.
		

		
			(a)      The Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries, other than Finance Companies, to incur or be liable in respect of any Indebtedness, other than:
		

		
			(i)      Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or another Subsidiary;
		

		
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			(iii)      Unsecured Indebtedness not in excess of an amount equal to the Pooled Basket Amount less the amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by Liens permitted only pursuant to ‎Section 6.02(vi).
		

		
			(b)      The Borrower will not permit the Finance Company Leverage Ratio at any time to exceed 9 to 1.
		

		
			ARTICLE 7
		

		
			EVENTS OF DEFAULT
		

		
			If any of the following conditions or events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
		

		
			Section 7.01.   Failure to Make Payments When Due.  Failure to pay any installment of principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of prepayment or otherwise; or failure to pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount due under this Agreement when due and such default shall continue for 5 days; or
		

		
			Section 7.02.   Default in Other Agreements.  (i) Failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal or interest on any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in ‎Section 7.01) in an individual principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or items of Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 or more beyond the end of any period prior to which the obligee thereunder is prohibited from accelerating payment thereunder or any grace period after the maturity thereof, or (ii) breach or default of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a default arising under any restrictive provision relating to any sale, pledge or other disposition of Margin Stock contained in a lending agreement to which any Lender or Affiliate thereof is a party) with respect to any other term of (x) any evidence of any Indebtedness in an individual principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or items of Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 or more or (y) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto, if such failure, default or breach shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, specified therein and shall not at the time of acceleration hereunder be cured or waived; or
		

		
			Section 7.03.   Breach of Certain Covenants.  Failure of the Borrower to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in (i) ‎Section 5.02, 6.01, 6.03 or 6.04 of this Agreement or (ii) ‎Section 6.05(b) of this Agreement, and in the case of clause (ii) only, such failure to perform or comply shall continue unremedied or waived for five Business Days; or
		

		
			Section 7.04.   Breach of Warranty.  Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower in this Agreement or in any statement or certificate at any time given by such Person in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or
		

		
			Section 7.05.   Other Defaults under Agreement.  The Borrower shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement other than those referred to above in ‎Section 7.01, 7.03 or 7.04 and such default shall not have been remedied or
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			waived within 30 days after receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
		

		
			Section 7.06.   Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.  (a) A court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (b) an involuntary case is commenced against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is involuntarily appointed; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process is issued against any substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the continuance of any such events in subpart (b) for 60 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
		

		
			Section 7.07.   Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.  The Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; the making by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the inability or failure of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or the admission by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in writing of its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) adopts any resolution or otherwise authorizes action to approve any of the foregoing; or
		

		
			Section 7.08.   Judgments and Attachments.  Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process involving individually or in the aggregate an amount in excess of $100,000,000 shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of its assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed, as the case may be, for a period of 30 days or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or
		

		
			Section 7.09.   Dissolution.  Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of the Borrower or that Restricted Subsidiary and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of 30 days; or
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 7.10.   ERISA Title IV Liabilities.  (a) The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall terminate or experience the termination of (by action of the PBGC or any successor thereto) any Pension Plan, or shall experience the appointment of or the institution of proceedings to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan, or shall withdraw (under Section 4063 of ERISA) from a Pension Plan, if as of the date thereof or any subsequent date the sum of the Borrower’s and each ERISA Affiliate’s liabilities to the PBGC or any other Person under Sections 4062, 4063 and/or 4064 of ERISA (calculated after giving effect to the tax consequences thereof) resulting from or otherwise associated with the above described events could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
		

		
			(b)      The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall withdraw from any Multiemployer Plan and the aggregate amount of withdrawal liability (determined pursuant to Sections 4201 et seq. of ERISA) to which the Borrower and/or its ERISA Affiliates become obligated to all such Multiemployer Plans could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
		

		
			Section 7.11.   Change of Control.  A Change of Control shall occur;
		

		
			THEN (i) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the foregoing Sections 7.06 or 7.07, the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on all the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, and the Commitments and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loans hereunder and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, the Required Lenders may, by written notice to the Borrower, (A) terminate the Commitments and the obligation of each Lender to make any Loans hereunder and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder shall thereupon terminate and/or (B) declare the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on all the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit to be, and the same shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable.  Nevertheless, if at any time within 60 days after acceleration of the maturity of the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on account of the principal or any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on principal and, to the extent permitted by law, on overdue interest, at the rates specified in this Agreement) and all other fees and expenses then owed hereunder and all Events of Default and Potential Events of Default (other than non-payment of principal of and accrued interest on the Loans and any outstanding reimbursement obligation in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, in each case due and payable solely by virtue of acceleration) shall be remedied or waived pursuant to Section 9.05, then the Required Lenders by written notice to the Borrower may (in their sole discretion) rescind and annul the acceleration and its consequences; but such action shall not affect any termination of the Commitments or any subsequent Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 7.12.   Cash Cover.  The Borrower agrees, in addition to the provisions in ‎Article 7, that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, it shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Lenders having more than 50% of the Letter of Credit Liabilities, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount in immediately available funds (which funds shall be held as collateral pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders) equal to the aggregate amount available for drawing under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in ‎Section 7.06 or 7.07 with respect to the Borrower, the Borrower shall pay such amount forthwith without any notice or demand or any other act by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
		

		
			ARTICLE 8
		

		
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			Section 8.01.   Appointment.  (a) Each of the Lenders hereby appoints and authorizes the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns to act hereunder and under the other instruments and agreements referred to herein as its agent hereunder and thereunder.  Each Agent agrees to act as such upon the express conditions contained in this ‎Article 8.  The provisions of this ‎Article 8 are solely for the benefit of the Agents, and the Borrower shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of or any obligations under any of the provisions hereof other than Sections 8.05 and 8.06.  In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, each Agent shall act solely as agent of the Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Borrower. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.
		

		
			(b)      In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to the Borrower under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation 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 (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
		

		
			(i)      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 Reimbursement 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, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.14, 9.02, 9.03 and 9.10) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
		

		
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			and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing 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 Lender or the Issuing Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Sections 9.02 and 9.03). 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 or Issuing Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Lender in any such proceeding.
		

		
			Section 8.02.   Powers; General Immunity; Duties Specified.  (a) Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers hereunder and under the other instruments and agreements referred to herein as are specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Agents shall have only those duties and responsibilities which are expressly specified in this Agreement and each may perform such duties by or through its agents or employees.  The duties of the Agents shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; and no Agent shall have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary or trust relationship in respect of any Lender or its Affiliates, and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agents any obligations in respect of this Agreement or the other instruments and agreements referred to herein except as expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby.
		

		
			(b)      No Responsibility for Certain Matters.  (i) No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Loan or any Letter of Credit, or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statement or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports, certificates or any other documents in connection herewith or therewith furnished or made by such Agent to any Lender or by or on behalf of the Borrower to such Agent or any Lender, or be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained herein or therein or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit, or of the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default.
		

		
			(ii)      The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Document or the occurrence of any default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 3 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such items) expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
		

		
			(iii)     Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with Section 9.15, (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.15, (iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or Issuing Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender or Issuing Lender for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Lender sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, an electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties.
		

		
			(c)      Exculpatory Provisions.  Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible or liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted hereunder or under the Notes or in connection herewith or therewith unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If an Agent shall request instructions from any Lender with respect to any act or action (including the failure to take an action) in connection with this Agreement, such Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders.  Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Borrower), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting under this Agreement or the other instruments and agreements referred to herein or therein in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders.  The Agents shall be entitled to refrain from exercising any power, discretion or authority vested in it under this Agreement or the other instruments and agreements
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			referred to herein or therein unless and until it has obtained the instructions of the Required Lenders; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith reasonably believes exposes it to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification and is exculpated in a manner satisfactory to it from the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided,  further, that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has been provided. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
		

		
			(d)      Agents Entitled to Act as Lender.  The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its respective individual capacity as a Lender hereunder.  With respect to its participation in the Loans and the Letters of Credit, each of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and MUFG Bank, Ltd. shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Agents in their respective individual capacity.  Each of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and MUFG Bank, Ltd. and their respective Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with the Borrower or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from the Borrower or any such Affiliate or Subsidiary for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to the Lenders.
		

		
			Section 8.03.   Representations and Warranties; No Responsibility for Appraisal of Creditworthiness.  Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower in connection with the making of the Loans hereunder and has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower.  No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility either initially or on a continuing basis to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of any Lender or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loan or the issuance of the Letter of Credit or any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall further have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of the information provided to the Lenders.
		

		
			Section 8.04.   Right to Indemnity.  Each Lender severally in accordance with its Applicable Percentage agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Issuing Lender and the officers,
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			directors, employees, agents and advisors and affiliates of each of them to the extent such Agent or Issuing Lender shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or Issuing Lender in performing its duties hereunder or under the Notes or any Letter of Credit or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from an Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided further that nothing in this ‎Section 8.04 shall affect any right that a Lender may have against an Issuing Lender under ‎Section 2.12(f)(ii).  If any indemnity furnished to an Agent or Issuing Lender for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent or Issuing Lender, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent or Issuing Lender may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.
		

		
			Section 8.05.   Resignation by or Removal of the Agents.  (a) Any Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.  Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of appointment pursuant to clauses ‎(b) and ‎(c) below or as otherwise provided below.  In addition, in the event the Administrative Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent may be removed by the Borrower, with the consent of the Required Lenders.
		

		
			(b)      Upon any such notice of resignation or upon any such removal, the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor Agent who shall be satisfactory to the Borrower and shall be an incorporated bank or trust company with a combined surplus and undivided capital of at least $500 million.
		

		
			(c)      In the case of resignation of an Agent, if a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30 day period, the resigning Agent, with the consent of the Borrower, shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve in the same capacity as the resigning Agent until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower, appoint a successor Agent as provided above.
		

		
			Section 8.06.   Successor Agents.  (a) Any Agent may resign at any time as provided in ‎Section 8.05 hereof.  Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five days’ notice to the Borrower and subject to ‎Section 8.05 hereof, to appoint a successor Agent.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment by a successor Agent, that successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as an Agent under this Agreement.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder as an Agent the provisions of this ‎Article 8 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an Agent under this Agreement.
		

		
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			within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; and (ii) the retiring Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, may appoint a successor Administrative Agent, subject to the prior written approval of the Borrower and such successor, which successor Administrative Agent shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank, and such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. If no successor is appointed by the Administrative Agent in such notice, the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Lender. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Sections 9.02, 9.03 and 9.10, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
		

		
			Section 8.07.   Other Agents.  Nothing in this Agreement shall impose upon any Agent other than the Administrative Agent any duty or liability whatsoever in its capacity as an Agent.
		

		
			Section 8.08.   Posting of Communications. (a) The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders by posting the Communications on IntraLinksTM, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).
		

		
			(b)      Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(c)      THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. 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 THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY DOCUMENTATION AGENT, ANY SYNDICATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE BORROWER, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF THE BORROWER’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
		

		
			“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.
		

		
			(d)      Each Lender and each Issuing Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
		

		
			(e)      Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
		

		
			(f)      Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
		

		
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			course of its business and that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) 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.
		

		
			(b)   Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.
		

		
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			(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 and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, 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 or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments 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, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments 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, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			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, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments 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.
		

		
			(b)      In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance 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, 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, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments 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).
		

		
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			Section 9.01.   Benefit of Agreement.  (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto, provided that the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its interest hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lenders, except as permitted by ‎Section 6.01.
		

		
			(b)      Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Loans or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to it at, to or for the account of, any of its branch offices or the offices of an Affiliate of such Lender, provided that doing so shall not cause the Borrower to incur any additional costs hereunder at the time of such transfer.
		

		
			(c)      Any Lender may assign its rights and delegate its obligations under this Agreement and further may sell participations in all or any part of any Loan or Loans made by it or its Commitment or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to it or any other interest herein to another bank or other entity; provided that (i) in the case of an assignment, such Lender shall (A) give to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent prior notice thereof (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Issuing Lender thereof), and, in the case of any assignment, the Borrower, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall, except as set forth in the last sentence of this ‎Section 9.01(c), have consented thereto (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (B) comply with ‎Section 9.01(e) hereof and thereupon, the assignee (the “Purchasing Lender”) shall have, to the extent of such assignment (unless otherwise provided thereby), the rights and benefits described in ‎Section 9.01(e) hereof, and (ii) in the case of a participation, except as set forth below, (A) the participant shall not have any
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			rights under this Agreement or any other document delivered in connection herewith (the participant’s rights against such Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such Lender in favor of the participant relating thereto); provided that a participation agreement may provide that a Lender will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of any provision in this Agreement described in subclause (A), (C), or (E) of Section 9.05(a)(ii) without the consent of the participant and (B) all amounts payable by the Borrower under Sections ‎2.09(e) and ‎2.09(h) hereof shall be determined as if the Lender had not sold such participation.  Except with respect to interest rate, principal amount of any Loan, fees, scheduled dates for payment of principal or interest or fees, scheduled termination of commitments and commitment amounts, a Lender will not in any such participation agreement restrict its ability to make any modification, amendment or waiver to this Agreement without the consent of the participant.  Any Lender may furnish any information concerning the Borrower in possession of such Lender from time to time to Affiliates of such Lender and to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants), provided,  however, that (i) except when such information is furnished to an Affiliate, the furnishing Lender shall give the Borrower prior notice of any furnishing of non-public information, (ii) the recipient shall agree to the terms of this ‎Section 9.01 hereof and (iii) the furnishing of such information (and the nature, manner and extent thereof) by any Lender to its Affiliates and such assignees and participants shall be further governed by the relevant agreement, assignment or participation agreement relating to such arrangement, assignment or participation, as the case may be.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (A) any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, assign any of its rights and interests in Loans hereunder to (x) a federal reserve bank, (y) another Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or (z) any Affiliate of such Lender; (B) no consent of the Borrower to an assignment shall be required if at the time an Event of Default exists; (C) the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment unless the Borrower shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within fifteen Business Days after having received notice thereof, and (D) no assignment may be made to (x) the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or (y) 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).
		

		
			(d)      Except pursuant to an assignment permitted by this Agreement but only to the extent set forth in such assignment, no Lender shall, as between the Borrower and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participations in, all or any part of the Loans or Commitment of or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to that Lender or other obligations owed to such Lender.
		

		
			(e)      Subject to ‎Section 9.01(c), any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Lenders or other financial institutions all, or a proportionate part of all, of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that (i) the minimum amount of such assignment shall be equivalent to (A) if the Purchasing Lender is not a Lender hereunder, $10,000,000 or the aggregate amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, whichever is less and (B) if the Purchasing Lender is a Lender hereunder, $5,000,000 or the aggregate amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment, whichever is less and (ii) after giving effect to such assignment, the Commitment of the assigning Lender is equivalent to not less than $10,000,000, unless such assigning Lender shall have assigned all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any assignment made pursuant to ‎Section 9.01(c) hereof shall be made pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G annexed hereto, executed by
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			the Purchasing Lender, the transferor Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  Upon (i) such execution of such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (ii) delivery of an executed copy thereof to the Borrower, (iii) payment by such Purchasing Lender to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between such transferor Lender and such Purchasing Lender, and (iv) payment by such Purchasing Lender or transferor Lender (as they shall mutually agree) to the Administrative Agent of a non-refundable fee of $3,500 to cover administrative and other expenses which may be incurred in connection with such assignment, such Purchasing Lender shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this Agreement and shall have the rights (including without limitation the benefits of Sections 2.09 and 2.10) and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto and thereto with the pro rata Share of the applicable Commitment set forth in such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and no further consent or action by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall be required.  Such Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of pro rata Shares arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement and the Loans.  Upon the consummation of any transfer to a Purchasing Lender pursuant to this paragraph ‎(e), the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that, if requested, a replacement Note is issued to such transferor Lender and a new Note or, as appropriate, a replacement Note, if requested, issued to such Purchasing Lender, in each case in principal amounts reflecting their pro rata Shares or, as appropriate, their outstanding Loans, as adjusted pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Borrower nor any of its Affiliates nor any Defaulting Lender may be a Purchasing Lender.
		

		
			(f)      Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a nonfiduciary 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 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, letters of credit or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit 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 clearly demonstrable 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.
		

		
			Section 9.02.   Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Borrower agrees to promptly pay (a) all the actual and reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of the Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement; (b) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel to the Agents, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of this Agreement, the Loans and any amendments and waivers hereto or thereto; and (c) all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, expenses and
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			disbursements, and costs of settlement) incurred by the Lenders (including any Issuing Lender) in enforcing any obligations of or in collecting any payments due from the Borrower hereunder by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a “work-out” or of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise.
		

		
			Section 9.03.   Indemnity.  In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to ‎Section 9.02 hereof, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, pay and hold each Agent and each Lender (including any Issuing Lender) and the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and affiliates of each of them (collectively called the “Indemnitees”) harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto), which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against that Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit, the Lenders’ agreement to make the Loans or the use or intended use of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder (the “indemnified liabilities”); provided that, the Borrower shall have no obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder to the extent that such indemnified liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non‐appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee.  To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy or otherwise, the Borrower shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.
		

		
			Section 9.04.   Setoff.  Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by it which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then due with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by such other Lender, the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by the other Lenders, and such other adjustments shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal and interest with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by the Lenders shall be shared by the Lenders pro rata; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of any Lender to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and to apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness of the Borrower other than its indebtedness under the Agreement.  The Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any holder of a participation in a Loan or Letter of Credit Liability, whether or not acquired pursuant to the foregoing arrangements, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim and other rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Section 9.05.   Amendments and Waivers.
		

		
			(a)      Subject to ‎Section 2.09(b)(ii) and ‎Section 9.05(b) below, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note or Letter of Credit or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any amendment, modification, termination or waiver (A) of any provision that expressly requires the approval or concurrence of all Lenders, (B) of any provision that affects the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, (C) of any of the provisions contained in ‎Section 7.01 hereof and this Section 9.05 or (D) of Section 2.07(e) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, shall be effective only if evidenced by a writing signed by or on behalf of all Lenders, and (ii) any amendment, modification, termination or waiver (A) of any provision that increases the principal amount of the Commitments or the Loans, changes a Lender’s pro rata Share, affects the definition of “Termination Date” or postpones (except as expressly provided in ‎Section 2.12) the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, (B) that permits an extension of the Commitment of any Lender pursuant to ‎Section 2.01(d)(ii) without the approval of such Lender, (C) that decreases the amount or changes the due date of any amount payable in respect of the fees payable hereunder, (D) of any of the provisions contained in Sections ‎2.09(b) and ‎2.09(c) hereof or (E) that decreases the principal of or interest rates borne by the Loans or the amount to be reimbursed in respect of any Letter of Credit or any interest thereon, or postpones the payment of principal or interest due on the Loans or for reimbursement in respect of any Letter of Credit, shall be effective only if evidenced by a writing signed by or on behalf of each Lender affected thereby; provided that no consent of any Defaulting Lender shall be required pursuant to clause (i) above as to any modification that does not adversely affect such Defaulting Lender in a non-ratable manner.  No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of ‎Article 8 hereof or any of the rights, duties, indemnities or obligations of any Agent, as agent shall be effective without the written concurrence of such Agent.  No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of ‎Section 2.12 shall be effective without the written concurrence of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lenders.
		

		
			(b)      If the Administrative Agent and the Borrower acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, typographical error or other ministerial defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, typographical error or other ministerial defect, and such amendment shall become effective without the consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days after the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment.
		

		
			(c)      The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of that Lender.  Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.  No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			shall entitle the Borrower to any further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 9.05 shall be binding upon each present or future Lender and, if signed by the Borrower, on the Borrower.
		

		
			Section 9.06.   Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitation of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
		

		
			Section 9.07.   Notices.  Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, telexed or sent by United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person, upon receipt of electronic mail, telecopy or telex or four Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail, registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent.  For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section 9.07) shall be: (a) in the case of the Borrower, at its address or facsimile number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (b) in the case of the Administrative Agent, at its address, facsimile number or telex number in New York City set forth on the signature pages hereof, (c) in the case of any Lender, at its address, facsimile number or telex number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or (d) in the case of any party, at such other address, facsimile number or telex number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
		

		
			Section 9.08.   Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements.  (a) All agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the issuances of the Letters of Credit hereunder.
		

		
			(b)      Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of the Borrower set forth in Sections 2.09(e), 2.09(h), 2.14, 9.02 and 9.03 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 8.02(c), 8.04, 9.04 and 9.05 shall survive the payment of the Loans, the reduction of the Letter of Credit Liabilities to zero and the termination of this Agreement.
		

		
			Section 9.09.   USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
		

		
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			Loans or Letters of Credit shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.  All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement or the Loans or the Letters of Credit are cumulative to and not exclusive of any rights or remedies otherwise available.
		

		
			Section 9.11.   Severability.  In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement or Loan shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations thereof, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
		

		
			Section 9.12.   Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights.  The obligation of each Lender hereunder is several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligation or commitment of any other Lender hereunder.  Nothing contained in this Agreement and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be deemed to constitute the Lenders to be a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity.  The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
		

		
			Section 9.13.   Headings.  Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
		

		
			Section 9.14.   Applicable Law, Consent to Jurisdiction, Limitation of Liability.
		

		
			(a)      THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES).
		

		
			(b)      ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST THE BORROWER WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT THE BORROWER ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.  THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY, AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(c)      No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages to the Borrower arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it 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, except to the extent the liability of such person is found in a final ruling by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
		

		
			Section 9.15.   Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of the Lenders.  The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any assignee or transferee of the Loans and in the event of such transfer or assignment, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon the Lenders shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.  The Borrower’s rights hereunder may not be assigned without the written consent of all the Lenders except pursuant to a merger, consolidation or sale, lease or transfer of assets permitted by ‎Section 6.01 hereof.  The Lenders’ rights of assignment are limited by and subject to ‎Section 9.01 hereof.  The Borrower may, in its sole discretion, upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice, replace any of the Lenders with one or more Lenders provided that (i) the Lender being replaced has concurrently therewith been paid in full all amounts due to such Lender hereunder, (ii) the full amount of the Commitments remains unchanged and (iii) the percentages of the total Commitments allocated to each other Lender (or any successors thereto) remains unchanged unless the prior written consent from such Lender has been obtained.  Any such Lender so replaced shall, upon written request of the Borrower, execute and deliver such instruments and agreements as are reasonably necessary to accomplish the same.
		

		
			Section 9.16.   Counterparts; Effectiveness; Integration; Electronic Execution.
		

		
			(a)      This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  This Agreement shall become effective on such date (the “Effective Date”) as (i) a counterpart hereof shall be executed by each of the parties hereto and copies hereof shall be delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the conditions set forth in ‎Section 3.01 shall be satisfied.  This Agreement and the Notes (and, as applicable, the fee letters entered into in connection herewith) constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
		

		
			(b)      Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any  document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries 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, physical delivery thereof or the use of a
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			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 nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.
		

		
			Section 9.17.   No Fiduciary Duty.  The Borrower agrees that in connection with all aspects of the Loans contemplated by this Agreement and any communications in connection therewith, (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Agents, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the other, and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of any Agent, Lender or Affiliate, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto.  The Borrower agrees that it will not claim that any Agent, Lender or any of their respective Affiliates has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
		

		
			Section 9.18.   Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document 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 party hereto 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
		

		
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			Section 9.19.   Acknowledgement 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 9.19, 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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			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Borrower:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						TEXTRON INC.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By: 

					
					
						/s/ Eric Salander

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Eric Salander

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title: 

					
					
						Vice President – Investor

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Relations and Treasurer

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Notice Address:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Textron Inc.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						40 Westminster Street

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Providence, RI 02903

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Attention: Treasurer

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Telephone No. (401) 457-6009

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Telecopy No. (401) 457-3533

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						with a copy to:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Textron Inc.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						40 Westminster Street

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Providence, RI 02903

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Attention: General Counsel

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Website for the delivery of information

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						pursuant to ‎Section 5.01(b)(iv):  

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						http://www.textron.com

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as 
Administrative Agent and as an Issuing Lender and a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Cristina Caviness

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Cristina Caviness

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Vice President

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Notice Address:

					
						JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
500 Stanton Christiana Road

					
						Ops Building 2, 3rd Floor

					
						Newark, Delaware 19713-2107
Attention:  Pranay Tyagi

					
						Telephone No. (302) 634-8459 
Telecopy No. (302) 634-8799
E-mail: pranay.tyagi@jpmorgan.com

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						with copy to:

					
						JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

					
						383 Madison Avenue

					
						New York, New York 10179

					
						Attention: Cristina Caviness

					
						Telephone No. (212) 270-2348

					
						Telecopy No. (212) 270-5100

					
						E-mail: cristina.caviness@jpmorgan.com

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as an Issuing
Lender and a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Prathamesh Kshirsagar

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Prathamesh Kshirsagar

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender and an
Issuing Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Susan M. Olsen

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Susan M. Olsen

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						MUFG Bank, Ltd., as an Issuing Lender and
a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Oscar Cortez

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Oscar Cortez

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Director

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a
Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Ryan Durkin

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Ryan Durkin

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Authorized Signatory

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING
CORPORATION, as a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Michael Maguire

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Michael Maguire

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Executive Director

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						U.S. Bank National Association, as a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Paul F. Johnson

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Paul F. Johnson

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Adam Spreyer

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Adam Spreyer

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Director

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						PNC Bank, National Association, as a
Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Joshua Kezele

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Joshua Kezele

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						The Bank of New York Mellon, as a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						Bank of China, New York Branch, as a
Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Raymond Qiao

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Raymond Qiao

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Executive Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						The Northern Trust Company, as a Lender

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						/s/ Eric Siebert

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

					
					
						Eric Siebert

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

					
					
						Senior Vice President

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			COMMITMENT SCHEDULE
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Lender

					
					
						Commitment

				
	
					
						JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

					
					
						$ 115,000,000

				
	
					
						Bank of America, N.A.

					
					
						$ 115,000,000

				
	
					
						Citibank, N.A.

					
					
						$ 115,000,000

				
	
					
						MUFG Bank, Ltd.

					
					
						$ 115,000,000

				
	
					
						Goldman Sachs Bank USA

					
					
						$ 85,000,000

				
	
					
						Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

					
					
						$ 85,000,000

				
	
					
						U.S. Bank National Association

					
					
						$ 85,000,000

				
	
					
						Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

					
					
						$ 85,000,000

				
	
					
						PNC Bank, National Association

					
					
						$ 57,500,000

				
	
					
						The Bank of New York Mellon

					
					
						$ 57,500,000

				
	
					
						Bank of China, New York Branch

					
					
						$ 42,500,000

				
	
					
						The Northern Trust Company

					
					
						$ 42,500,000

				
	
					
						Total

					
					
						$ 1,000,000,000

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

		
			 
		

		
			PRICING SCHEDULE
		

		
			Each of “Facility Fee Rate”, “Eurodollar Margin”, “Base Rate Margin” and “Letter of Credit Fee Rate” means, for any date, the rate set forth below in the row opposite such term and under the column corresponding to the “Pricing Level” at such date:
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Level I

					
					
						Level II

					
					
						Level III

					
					
						Level IV

					
					
						Level V

				
	
					
						Facility Fee Rate

					
					
						0.09%

					
					
						0.11%

					
					
						0.15%

					
					
						0.175%

					
					
						0.225%

				
	
					
						Eurodollar Margin

					
					
						0.91%

					
					
						1.015%

					
					
						1.10%

					
					
						1.20%

					
					
						1.40%

				
	
					
						Base Rate Margin

					
					
						0.00%

					
					
						0.015%

					
					
						0.10%

					
					
						0.20%

					
					
						0.40%

				
	
					
						Letter of Credit Fee Rate

					
					
						0.91%

					
					
						1.015%

					
					
						1.10%

					
					
						1.20%

					
					
						1.40%

				

		
			 
		

		
			For purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings, subject to the concluding paragraph of this Schedule:
		

		
			“Level I Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated A- or higher by S&P and A3 or higher by Moody’s.
		

		
			“Level II Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated BBB+ by S&P and Baa1 by Moody’s.
		

		
			“Level III Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated BBB by S&P and Baa2 by Moody’s.
		

		
			“Level IV Pricing” applies at any date, if at such date, the Borrower’s long-term debt is rated BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s.
		

		
			“Level V Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, no other Pricing Level applies.
		

		
			“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (or any successor thereto).
		

		
			“Pricing Level” refers to the determination of which of Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV or Level V applies at any date.
		

		
			“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (or any successor thereto).
		

		
			The credit ratings to be utilized for purposes of this Schedule are those assigned to the senior unsecured long-term debt securities of the Borrower without third-party enhancement, and any rating assigned to any other debt security of the Borrower shall be disregarded.  The rating in effect at any date is that in effect at the close of business of such date.
		

		
			If the Borrower is split-rated, then for purposes of determining the applicable Pricing Level, (a) if the ratings differential is one level, the higher of the ratings will apply and (b) if the ratings
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

		
			 
		

		
			differential is more than one level, a rating that is one notch lower than the higher rating will apply.  If the Borrower has only one rating or has no rating, then Level V shall apply.
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			SCHEDULE 2.12(a)
		

		
			LETTER OF CREDIT COMMITMENTS
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Issuing Lender

					
					
						Letter of Credit Commitment

				
	
					
						JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A

					
					
						$ 25,000,000

				
	
					
						Bank of America, N.A.

					
					
						$ 25,000,000

				
	
					
						Citibank, N.A.

					
					
						$ 25,000,000

				
	
					
						MUFG Bank, Ltd.

					
					
						$ 25,000,000

				
	
					
						Total:

					
					
						$ 100,000,000

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

		
			 
		

		
			SCHEDULE 2.12(b)
		

		
			EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
		

		
			Issuing Lender:  Bank of America, N.A.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Applicant

					
					
						Beneficiary

					
					
						L/C No.

					
					
						Currency

					
					
						Amount

					
					
						Effective Date

					
					
						Expiration Date

				
	
					
						Textron Inc.

					
					
						Wells Fargo Bank

					
					
						149045

					
					
						USD

					
					
						$ 1,217,260.28

					
					
						10/04/2013

					
					
						4/15/2020

				
	
					
						Cessna Aircraft Company

					
					
						The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A.

					
					
						3012779

					
					
						USD

					
					
						$ 8,973,589.04

					
					
						10/04/2013

					
					
						11/03/2020

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

			 

		

		

			 

		

		

		
			 
		

		
			EXHIBIT A to
Credit Agreement
		

		
			TEXTRON INC.
		

		
			FORM OF NOTE
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						New York, New York

				
	
					
						$[    ]

					
					
						 

					
					
						____ __, 20__

				

		
			 
		

		
			FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned TEXTRON INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to ______________ and its registered assigns (the “Payee”) for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, on the maturity date provided for in the Credit Agreement, the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by the Payee to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below.
		

		
			The Borrower also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from the date hereof until paid in full at the rates and at the times which shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
		

		
			This Note is one of the Borrower’s “Notes” and is issued pursuant to and entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement to which reference is hereby made for a more complete statement of the terms and conditions under which the Loans evidenced hereby were made and are to be repaid.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			All payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.  Each of the Payee and any subsequent holder of this Note agrees, by its acceptance hereof, that before disposing of this Note or any part thereof it will make a notation on Schedule I attached hereto of all principal payments previously made hereunder and of the date to which interest hereon has been paid; provided, however, that the failure to make a notation of any payment made on this Note shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder with respect to payments of principal or interest on this Note.
		

		
			Whenever any payment on this Note shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest on this Note; provided, however, that in the event that the
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			day on which payment relating to a Eurodollar Rate Loan is due is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, then the due date thereof shall be the next preceding Business Day.
		

		
			This Note is subject to prepayment at the option of the Borrower as provided in Section 2.07(b) of the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the unpaid balance of the principal amount of this Note, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, may become, or may be declared to be (and shall automatically become and be declared to be, in the case of certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy matters), due and payable in the manner, upon the conditions and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			The terms of this Note are subject to amendment only in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			The Borrower promises to pay all costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, all as provided in Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, incurred in the collection and enforcement of this Note.  The Borrower hereby consents to renewals and extensions of time at or after the maturity hereof, without notice, and hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand and notice of every kind and, to the full extent permitted by law, the right to plead any statute of limitations as a defense to any demand hereunder.
		

		
			The Credit Agreement and this Note shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
		

		
			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year and at the place first above written.
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						TEXTRON INC.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			SCHEDULE I
		

		
			LOANS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS SCHEDULE
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						Date

					
					
						    

					
					
						Type of
Loan Made
This Date

					
					
						    

					
					
						Amount of
Loan Made
This Date

					
					
						    

					
					
						Amount of
Principal
Paid This
Date

					
					
						    

					
					
						Outstanding
Principal
Balance
This Date

					
					
						    

					
					
						Notation
Made By

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT B to
		

		
			Credit Agreement
		

		
			FORM OF
		

		
			 
		

		
			OPINION OF COUNSEL
		

		
			 
		

		
			FOR THE
		

		
			 
		

		
			BORROWER
		

		
			 
		

		
			 [Letterhead of Textron Inc.]
		

		
			October 18, 2019
		

		
			JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
		

		
			as Administrative Agent
		

		
			383 Madison Avenue
		

		
			New York, New York 10179
		

		
			and
		

		
			The Lenders Party to the 
		

		
			Credit Agreement Referenced Below
		

		
			Re: Textron Inc. – Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019
		

		
			Ladies and Gentlemen:
		

		
			I am the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).  This opinion is rendered to you pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, certain lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity the “Agent”) and a Lender.  Each capitalized term used and not defined herein has the meaning assigned to that term in the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			In rendering this opinion, I have examined a copy identified to my satisfaction as being a true copy of the Credit Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, and each Note issued on the date hereof (each, a “Note”).
		

		
			I have assumed without independent investigation that:
		

		
			(a)  The signatures on all documents examined by me are genuine, all individuals executing such documents had all requisite legal capacity and
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			competency and were duly authorized, the documents submitted to me as originals are authentic and the documents submitted to me as certified or reproduction copies conform to the originals;
		

		
			(b)  The Company is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite power to execute and deliver the Credit Agreement and to perform its obligations thereunder, the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement by the Company and performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and except as specifically addressed in my opinions in paragraph 2 below, do not violate any law, regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to the Company, and the Credit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company; and
		

		
			(c)  There are no agreements or understandings between or among any of the parties to the Credit Agreement or third parties that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Credit Agreement or the respective rights or obligations of the parties thereunder.
		

		
			In rendering this opinion, I have made such inquiries and examined, among other things, originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such records, agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents as I have considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.  As to certain factual matters, I have relied to the extent I deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon the representations and warranties of the Company in the Credit Agreement, a certificate of an officer of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto, or certificates obtained from public officials and others.
		

		
			Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations herein contained, I am of the opinion that:
		

		
			1.   Each of the Credit Agreement and each Note constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
		

		
			2.   The execution and delivery by the Company of the Credit Agreement and each Note, and performance of its obligations thereunder do not and will not violate, or require any filing with or approval of any governmental authority or regulatory body of the State of New York under, any law or regulation of the State of New York applicable to the Company that, in my experience, is generally applicable to transactions in the nature of those contemplated by the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			The opinions expressed above are subject to the following additional exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			A.  I render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.  This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of New York and the facts as they currently exist.  I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.  I express no opinion regarding the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any other federal or state securities laws or regulations.
		

		
			B.   My opinions are subject to (i) the effect of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement or similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally (including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent transfers or preferential transfers) and (ii) general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
		

		
			C.   I express no opinion regarding (a) the effectiveness of (i) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) under the Credit Agreement of, or any consent thereunder relating to, unknown future rights or the rights of any party thereto existing, or duties owing to it, as a matter of law; (ii) any waiver (whether or not stated as such) contained in the Credit Agreement of rights of any party, or duties owing to it, that is broadly or vaguely stated or does not describe the right or duty purportedly waived with reasonable specificity; (iii) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws or due to the negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnified party; (iv) any provision in the Credit Agreement waiving the right to object to venue in any court; (v) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any Federal Court; (vi) any waiver of the right to jury trial; (vii) any provision purporting to establish evidentiary standards; (viii) any provision to the effect that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to any other right or remedy or that the election of some particular remedy does not preclude recourse to one or more others; or (ix) any right of setoff to the extent asserted by a participant in the rights of a Lender under the Credit Agreement; or (b) the availability of damages or other remedies not specified in the Credit Agreement in respect of breach of any covenants (other than covenants relating to the payment of principal, interest, indemnities and expenses).  In addition, I advise you that some of the provisions of the Credit Agreement may not be enforceable by a Lender acting individually (as opposed to the Lenders acting through the Agent).
		

		
			This opinion is rendered as of the date hereof to the Lenders in connection with the Credit Agreement and may not be relied upon by any person other than the Lenders or by the Lenders in any other context.  The Lenders may not furnish this opinion or copies hereof to any other person except (i) to bank examiners and
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			other regulatory authorities should they so request in connection with their normal examinations, (ii) to the independent auditors and attorneys of the Lenders, (iii) pursuant to order or legal process of any court or governmental agency, (iv) in connection with any legal action to which any Lender is a party arising out of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, or (v) to any potential permitted assignee of or participant in the interest of any Lender under the Credit Agreement for its information.  This opinion may not be quoted without my prior written consent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, parties referred to in clause (v) of this paragraph who become Lenders after the date hereof may rely on this opinion as if it were addressed to them (provided that such delivery shall not constitute a re-issue or reaffirmation of this opinion as of any date after the date hereof).
		

		
			Very truly yours,
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Textron Inc.
		

		
			 Officer's Certificate
		

		
			October 18, 2019
		

		
			The undersigned, Eric Salander, does hereby certify pursuant to this certificate (this “Certificate”) to E. Robert Lupone, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in his capacity as an officer of the Company, in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, certain lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity the “Agent”) and a Lender, as follows:
		

		
			1.   I am the duly elected and incumbent Vice President—Investor Relations and Treasurer of the Company and am authorized to execute this Certificate on behalf of the Company.
		

		
			2.   I recognize and acknowledge that this Certificate is being furnished to E. Robert Lupone in connection with the delivery of his legal opinion of even date herewith pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement (the “Opinion”).  I further understand that E. Robert Lupone is relying to a material degree on this Certificate in rendering that opinion.  On behalf of the Company, I hereby authorize such reliance.
		

		
			3.   I have asked such questions regarding the meaning of any of the provisions of this Certificate as I have considered necessary.
		

		
			4.   To the best of my knowledge, each and all of the representations and warranties as to factual matters relating to the Company contained in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such agreement and as of the date hereof.
		

		
			5.   To the best of my knowledge, there are no agreements or understandings between or among the Agent, the Lenders, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries or third parties that would expand, modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Credit Agreement referred to in the Opinion or the respective rights or obligations of the parties thereunder.
		

		
			Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.  A copy of this Certificate executed and delivered by facsimile or email transmission shall be valid for all purposes.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the date first set forth above.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name: Eric Salander

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title: Vice President—Investor

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Relations and Treasurer

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT C to
		

		
			Credit Agreement
		

		
			FORM OF
		

		
			 
		

		
			OPINION OF COUNSEL
		

		
			 
		

		
			FOR THE
		

		
			 
		

		
			BORROWER
		

		
			 
		

		
			 [Letterhead of Textron Inc.]
		

		
			 
		

		
			October 18, 2019
		

		
			 
		

		
			JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
		

		
			as Administrative Agent
		

		
			383 Madison Avenue
		

		
			New York, New York 10179
		

		
			and
		

		
			The Lenders Party to the 
Credit Agreement Referenced Below
		

			
					
						Re:

					
					
						Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 among Textron Inc., the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				

		
			 
		

		
			Ladies and Gentlemen:
		

		
			I am the Executive Counsel of Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”).  This opinion is rendered to you pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.  The undersigned has prepared this opinion and delivered it to the Lenders for their benefit at the request of the Borrower.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			In my capacity as Executive Counsel I have examined originals, or copies identified to my satisfaction, of such records, documents or other instruments as in my judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable me to render the opinions expressed below.  I am familiar, either directly or by inquiry of other officers or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or others, and/or through
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			examination of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ books and records, with the business, affairs and records of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries requisite to giving this opinion.  Where and as this opinion states conclusions based upon the absence of facts, I have received in the course of my employment no contrary information and would expect to receive such information if an officer of the Borrower had notice thereof.
		

		
			I have been furnished with, and have obtained and relied without independent investigation upon, such certificates and assurances from public officials as I have deemed necessary or appropriate.  In my examinations, I have assumed (a) the genuineness of all signatures as to all parties other than the Borrower, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to them as copies or drafts and the authenticity of such originals of such latter documents, (b) as to all Persons other than the Borrower, the due completion, execution, acknowledgment as indicated thereon and delivery of documents recited herein and therein and the validity and enforceability against all parties thereto, and (c) that each Person other than the Borrower which is a party to the Credit Agreement has full power, authority and legal right, under its charter and other governing documents, corporate legislation and the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, to perform its respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			I have investigated such questions of law for the purpose of rendering this opinion as I have deemed necessary.  I am opining herein only as to the United States federal laws and the corporate laws of the State of Delaware.
		

		
			On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:
		

		
			1.         The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware.  The Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Agreement and each Note issued on the date hereof and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
		

		
			2.         The Borrower is in good standing wherever necessary to carry on its present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in which the failure to be in good standing has not had and will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			3.         The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement and each Note issued on the date hereof and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the Borrower.
		

		
			4.         The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the issuance, delivery and performance of the Notes issued
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			thereunder today and the borrowing of the Loans and the request for the issuance of each Letter of Credit do not and will not (i) violate any provision of law applicable to the Borrower, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) violate the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated By-laws of the Borrower, each, as amended, (iii) to my knowledge (after inquiry), violate any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on the Borrower, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is filed as an exhibit to the most recent Form 10-K filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, except to the extent such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (v) result in or require the creation or imposition of any material Lien upon any of the material properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any such Contractual Obligation or (vi) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under any such Contractual Obligation.
		

		
			5.         The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the issuance, delivery and performance by the Borrower of any Notes to be issued by the Borrower today will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other Governmental Authority or regulatory body other than any such registration, consent, approval, notice or other action which (i) has been or, with respect to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will be duly made, given or taken or (ii) the failure to make, obtain, give or take would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			6.         Except as disclosed in the Financial Statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Credit Agreement or as otherwise disclosed to the Lenders prior to the date hereof, to my knowledge (after inquiry), there is no action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity or before or by any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, court or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, pending or, to my knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which is probable of being successful and which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
		

		
			7.         The Borrower is not subject to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed as contemplated by the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			8.         Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
		

		
			I am furnishing this opinion to you solely in connection with the entry by the Borrower into the Credit Agreement; the opinion is solely for your benefit and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose without my express permission, except that this opinion may be furnished (i) to bank examiners and other regulatory authorities should they so request in connection with their normal examinations, (ii) to the independent auditors and attorneys of the Lenders, (iii) pursuant to order or legal process of any court or governmental agency, (iv) in connection with any legal action to which any Lender is a party arising out of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, or (v) to any potential permitted assignee of or participant in the interest of any Lender under the Credit Agreement for its information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, parties referred to in clause (v) of this paragraph who become Lenders after the date hereof may rely on this opinion as if it were addressed to them (provided that such delivery shall not constitute a re-issue or reaffirmation of this opinion as of any date after the date hereof).
		

		
			Very truly yours,
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT D to
		

		
			Credit Agreement
		

		
			 
		

		
			[Letterhead of
		

		
			Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP]
		

		
			 
		

		
			October 18, 2019
		

		
			 
		

		
			To the Lenders and Administrative Agent referred to below
		

		
			c/o JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
		

		
			as Administrative Agent
		

		
			383 Madison Avenue
		

		
			New York, New York 10179
		

		
			Ladies and Gentlemen:
		

		
			We have participated in the preparation of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”) among Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and have acted as special counsel for the Administrative Agent for the purpose of rendering this opinion pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
		

		
			We have reviewed executed copies of the Credit Agreement and each Note issued on the date hereof (each, a “Note”).
		

		
			We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and officers of the Borrower and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion.  In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Borrower that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Borrower as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
		

		
			Based on the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
		

		
			1.          The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and each Note are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			2.          The Credit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Borrower and each Note to be issued thereunder today constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms.
		

		
			The foregoing opinions are subject to the following assumptions and qualifications:
		

		
			(a)     Our opinion in paragraph 2 above is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.
		

		
			(b)    We express no opinion as to any provision in the Credit Agreement that purports to indemnify any Person for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
		

		
			(c)     We express no opinion as to provisions in the Credit Agreement that purport to create rights of set-off in favor of participants or that provide for set-off to be made otherwise than in accordance with applicable laws.
		

		
			(d)    We express no opinion as to provisions in the Credit Agreement that purport to waive objections to venue, claims that a particular jurisdiction is an inconvenient forum or the like.
		

		
			(e)    We express no opinion as to whether a New York State or United States federal court would enforce the exclusivity of the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States federal court provided for in the Credit Agreement or any Note.
		

		
			(f)     We express no opinion as to whether a United States federal court would have subject-matter or personal jurisdiction over a controversy arising under the Credit Agreement or any Note.
		

		
			(g)    We express no opinion as to the United States federal or any state securities laws.
		

		
			(h)    We have assumed that (i) the Borrower is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and each Note do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any law, rule or regulation (other than United States federal and New York State statutory laws and the Delaware General Corporation Law, in each case that in our experience are normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by the Credit Agreement) or any order, injunction, decree, agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
		

		
			(i)     We express no opinion as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction (except the State of New York) in which any Lender is located which may limit the rate of interest that such Lender may charge or collect.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(j)     As to various provisions in the Credit Agreement that grant the Administrative Agent or the Lenders certain rights to make determinations or take actions in their discretion, we assume that such discretion will be exercised in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
		

		
			(k)    We express no opinion with respect to Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the federal laws of the United States of America and, with respect to paragraph 1 above only, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, except that we express no opinion as to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Borrower, the Credit Agreement or any Note or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to the Credit Agreement or any Note or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.
		

		
			This opinion is delivered to you in connection with the above matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or delivered to any other person without our prior written consent.
		

		
			Very truly yours,
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT E-1 to
		

		
			Credit Agreement
		

		
			FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
		

		
			Pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 among Textron Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Agent”) (as amended to the date hereof being the “Credit Agreement”), this notice represents the undersigned Borrower’s request to borrow on __________, 20__1 from the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Pro Rata share $__________ as [Base Rate/Eurodollar Rate] Loans.  [The initial Interest Period for such Loans is requested to be a __________ period.]2  The proceeds of such Loans are to be deposited in the Borrower’s account designated below.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						Dated3:

					
					
						    

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						TEXTRON INC.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Account Designation

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name of Bank:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Account Number:

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		
			1      To be a Business Day.
		

		
			2      Include bracketed text for borrowings of Eurodollar Rate Loans.
		

		
			3      To be delivered no later than (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the proposed Funding Date and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) three Business Days in advance of the proposed Funding Date.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT E-2 to
		

		
			Credit Agreement
		

		
			FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
		

		
			Pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (as amended to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”) among Textron Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, this notice represents the undersigned Borrower’s request [A:  to convert $_________ in principal amount of presently outstanding Base Rate Loans with an Interest Payment Date of __________, 20__ to Eurodollar Rate Loans on __________, 20__.  The Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loans commencing on such Interest Payment Date is requested to be a __________ period.] [B:  to continue as Eurodollar Rate Loans $__________ in principal amount of presently outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans with an Interest Payment Date of __________, 20__.  The Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loans commencing on such Interest Payment Date is requested to be a __________ period.]1
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						Dated:

					
					
						    

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						TEXTRON INC.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		
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			EXHIBIT F to
		

		
			Credit Agreement
		

		
			TEXTRON INC.
		

		
			 
		

		
			Compliance Certificate
		

		
			With reference to the provisions of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) among Textron Inc. (the  “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the undersigned, being the [Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)] of the Borrower, hereby certifies that:
		

		
			(a)        the consolidated balance sheet at [insert date] and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the [quarter] [year] then ended which were included in the accompanying [Quarterly] [Annual] Report on Form 10-K/10-Q for the [year/quarter] ended [insert date], present fairly the consolidated financial position of Textron Inc. at [insert date] and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the [quarter] [year] then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles which have been applied on a consistent basis during the period except as noted in such report;
		

		
			(b)        with respect to Section 6.03 of the Agreement, the Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing did not at any time exceed an amount equal to 65% of Consolidated Capitalization (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) as at [insert date] (see Schedule A attached hereto);
		

		
			(c)        with respect to Section 6.05(b) of the Agreement, the Finance Company Leverage Ratio did not at any time exceed 9 to 1 as at [insert date] (see Schedule A attached hereto); and
		

		
			(d)        the undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under the undersigned’s supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the above-referenced financial statements and the undersigned has no knowledge of the existence as at the date of this certificate of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the Agreement).
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this ___ day of _________, ____.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
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			Schedule A
		

		
			TEXTRON INC.
		

		
			 Financial Covenant
		

		
			 (in millions)
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						[Insert Date]

				
	
					
						Section 6.03 -

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron Manufacturing (defined in the Credit Agreement as the sum of short-term and long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is shown on a balance sheet of Textron Manufacturing (or would be if a balance sheet were prepared on such date))

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Maximum permitted:

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Consolidated Capitalization, i.e., the sum of (without duplication):

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						  (a) Consolidated Indebtedness of Textron   Manufacturing

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						  (b) Plus Consolidated Net Worth (defined in the Credit Agreement as the stockholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (but excluding the effects of the Borrower’s accumulated other comprehensive income/loss) calculated in conformity with GAAP)

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						  (b) Plus preferred stock of the Borrower

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						(c) Plus other securities of the Borrower convertible (whether mandatorily or at the option of the holder) into capital stock of the Borrower

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Equals: Consolidated Capitalization  

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						X 65% equals maximum permitted as of [Insert Date]

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						[Insert Date]

				
	
					
						Section 6.05(b) -

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Finance Company Leverage Ratio

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						  (i) Finance Group debt (determined in a manner consistent with “Finance group debt” on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet included in the Financial Statements)

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						  (ii) Minus Finance Group securitized debt (determined in a manner consistent with “Note 7. Debt and Credit Facilities” in the notes to the Financial Statements”)

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						(A)  Equals:  

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						(iii) Total Finance Group assets

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						(iv) Minus Total Finance Group liabilities

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						(B)  Equals:  

					
					
						 

					
					
						$

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Ratio of (A) to (B):

					
					
						 

					
					
						_____:1.00

				
	
					
						Maximum Permitted

					
					
						 

					
					
						9.00:1.00

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT G to
Credit Agreement
		

		
			FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
		

		
			This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]5 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each] Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”).  [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]6 hereunder are several and not joint.]7  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee.  The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
		

		
			For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit and guarantees included in such facilities), and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the
		

		

		
			5      For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.
		

		
			6      Select as appropriate.
		

		
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			foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”).  Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
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						Assignor[s]:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
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						Assignee[s]:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						[Assignee is an [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
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						Borrower:

					
					
						Textron Inc.

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						4.

					
					
						Administrative Agent:

					
					
						JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						5.

					
					
						Credit Agreement:

					
					
						The $1,000,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 by and among Textron Inc., as borrower, the Lenders parties thereto, and the Administrative Agent referred to above

				

		
			 
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						Assigned Interest[s]:

					
					
						 

				

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						Assignor[s]8

					
					
						Assignee[s]9

					
					
						Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all Lenders10

					
					
						Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned8

					
					
						Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment/
Loans11

					
					
						CUSIP
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						Trade Date:

					
					
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			8         List each Assignor, as appropriate.
		

		
			9         List each Assignee, as appropriate.
		

		
			10       Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
		

		
			11       Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
		

		
			12       To be completed if the Assignor(s) and the Assignee(s) intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Effective Date:   _____________ ___, 20___ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
		

		
			 
		

		
			The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						ASSIGNOR[S]13

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						    

					
					
						ASSIGNEE[S]14

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				

		
			 
		

		

		
			13      Add additional signature blocks as needed. Include both Fund/Pension Plan and manager making the trade (if applicable).
		

		
			14      Add additional signature blocks as needed. Include both Fund/Pension Plan and manager making the trade (if applicable).
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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						[Consented to and]15 Accepted:

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as

				
	
					
						Administrative Agent

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
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						TEXTRON INC., as Borrower

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Title:

				

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		
			15     To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			16     To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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						[NAME OF ISSUING BANKS]

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						By:

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
						Name:

				
	
					
						 

					
					
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			1.1       Assignor[s].  [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is not a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
		

		
			 
		

		
			1.2.      Assignee[s].  [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 9.01(c) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

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			United States, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
		

		
			 
		

		
			2.         Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to [the][the relevant] Assignee.
		

		
			 
		

		
			3.         General Provisions.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption.  This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of laws principles).
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT H to
Credit Agreement
		

		
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			EXTENSION AGREEMENT
		

		
			JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
		

		
			under the Credit Agreement referred to below
		

		
			383 Madison Avenue
		

		
			New York, New York 10179
		

		
			Ladies and Gentlemen:
		

		
			Effective as of [insert pre-effectiveness Termination Date], the undersigned hereby agrees to extend its Commitment and the Termination Date under the Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2019 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplement or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Textron Inc., the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, for one year to [date to which the Termination Date is to be extended] pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
		

		
			This Extension Agreement shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without regard to conflicts of law principles). This Extension Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
		

		
			 
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
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						Agreed and Accepted:

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

				
	
					
						TEXTRON INC.,

				
	
					
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						JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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