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EX-10.19

 Exhibit 10.19 

 
 

 
 Lease Agreement Number BO111821 

Lease Agreement 
 This
Lease Agreement (“AGREEMENT”), dated November 18, 2021, is made by and between HONOUR CAPITAL LLC (the “Lessor”) with an office located at 825 11th Avenue SE, Suite 200,
Minneapolis, MN 55414 and Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (the “Lessee”), a Delaware corporation with an address of 12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 520, Reston, VA 20191. Lessor and Lessee may be referred to as Party or Parties. 

Lessor hereby leases or grants to the Lessee the right to use and Lessee hereby rents and accepts the right to use the tangible property and
equipment whether or not listed by serial number (together with all replacements, substitutions, parts, additions, accessions and accessories at any time incorporated therein or made a part thereof, “Hardware”), and software, general
intangibles and related services (“Software”) on the Lease Schedule(s) attached hereto or incorporated herein by reference from time to time (collectively, the Hardware, Software and all related services are the “Equipment”),
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as supplemented with respect to each item of Equipment by the terms and conditions set forth in the appropriate Lease Schedule. The term “AGREEMENT” shall include this Lease Agreement and the
various Lease Schedule(s) identifying each item of Equipment or the appropriate Lease Schedule(s) identifying one or more particular items of Equipment. 

 

	1.	 Term 

This AGREEMENT is effective from the date it is executed by both parties. The term of this AGREEMENT, as to all Equipment designated on any
particular Lease Schedule, shall commence on the Installation Date for all Equipment on such Lease Schedule and shall continue for an initial period ending that number of months from the Commencement Date as set forth in such Lease Schedule (the
“Initial Term”) and shall continue from year to year thereafter until terminated. The term of this AGREEMENT as to all Equipment designated on any particular Lease Schedule may be terminated without cause at the end of the Initial Term or
any year thereafter by either Party mailing written notice of its termination to the other Party not less than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to such termination date. 

 

	2.	 Commencement Date 

The Installation Date for each item of Equipment shall be the day said item of Equipment is installed at the Location of Installation, ready
for use, and accepted in writing by the Lessee. The Commencement Date for any Lease Schedule is the first of the month following installation of all the Equipment on the Lease Schedule, unless the latest Installation Date for any Equipment on the
Lease Schedule falls on the first day of the month, in which case such date shall be the Commencement Date. The Lessee agrees to lease the Equipment associated with the Lease Schedule and agrees to complete, execute and deliver to Lessor one or more
Certificate(s) of Acceptance listing the specific items of Equipment to be leased upon installation of such Equipment. 
  

	3.	 Lease Charge 

The lease charges for the Equipment leased pursuant to this AGREEMENT shall be the aggregate “Monthly Lease Charge(s)” as set forth
on each and every Lease Schedule executed pursuant hereto (the aggregate “Monthly Lease Charge(s)” are the “Lease Charges”). Lessor and Lessee agree that the fair market value of the use of the Equipment leased on any Lease
Schedule hereunder shall be the Monthly Lease Charge as set forth on such Lease Schedule. Lessee agrees to pay to Lessor the Lease Charges in accordance with the Lease Schedule(s), and

 
the payments shall be made by ACH at Lessor’s direction. Lessor may pull the ACH payment from Lessee’s account if a payment has not been made within five (5) days of its due date.
The Lease Charges shall be paid by Lessee monthly in advance with the first full month’s payment due on the Commencement Date. The Lease Charge for the period from the Installation Date to the Commencement Date (the “Installation
Period”) shall be an amount equal to the “Monthly Lease Charge” divided by thirty (30) and multiplied by the number of days from and including the Installation Date to the Commencement Date and such amount shall be due and
payable upon receipt of an invoice from Lessor. Charges for taxes made in accordance with Section 4 and charges made under any other provision of this AGREEMENT and payable by Lessee shall be paid to Lessor at Lessor’s address specified on
the Lease Schedule(s) on the date specified in invoices delivered to Lessee. If payment, as specified above, is not received by Lessor on the due date, Lessee agrees to and shall pay, to the extent permitted by law, on demand, as a late charge, an
amount equal to one and one-half percent (11⁄2%), or the maximum percentage allowed by law if less, of the amount past due
(“Late Charges”). The Parties agree that Late Charges shall be charged and added to any past due amount(s) on the date such payment is due and every thirty (30) days thereafter until all past due amounts are paid in full to Lessor.

  

	4.	 Taxes 

In addition to the Lease Charges set forth in Section 3, the Lessee shall reimburse Lessor for all license or registration fees,
assessments, sales and use taxes, rental taxes, recycling, administrative or environmental fees, gross receipts taxes, personal property taxes and other taxes or fees now or hereafter imposed by any government, agency, province or otherwise upon the
Equipment, the Lease Charges or upon the ownership, leasing, renting, purchase, possession, use, recycling or disposal of the Equipment, whether the same be assessed to Lessor or Lessee (the “Taxes”). Lessee’s obligation to remit
taxes and other non-rent related charges shall be due and payable upon invoice from Lessor in accordance with the terms of such invoice. Lessor shall file all property tax returns and pay all Taxes when due.
Lessee, upon notice to Lessor, may, in Lessee’s own name, contest or protest any

 

 
Taxes, and Lessor shall honor any such notice except when in Lessor’s sole opinion such contest is futile or will cause a levy or lien to arise on the Equipment or cloud Lessor’s title
thereto. Lessee shall, in addition, be responsible to Lessor for the payment and discharge of any penalties or interest as a result of Lessee’s actions or inactions. Nothing herein shall be construed to require Lessee to be responsible for any
federal or state taxes or payments in lieu thereof, imposed upon or measured by the net income of Lessor, or state franchise taxes of Lessor, or except as provided hereinabove, any penalties or interest resulting from Lessor’s failure to timely
remit such tax payments. 
  

	5.	 Delivery and Installation 

Lessee shall inspect, test, and either accept or reject the Equipment before such time as the applicable vendor requires payment for such
Equipment. 
 All transportation charges upon the Equipment for delivery to Lessee’s designated Location of Installation are to be paid
by Lessee. All rigging, drayage charges, structural alterations, rental of heavy equipment and/or other expense necessary to place the Equipment at the Location of Installation are to be promptly paid by Lessee. 

Lessee agrees to pay for the actual installation of the Equipment at Lessee’s site. Lessee shall make available and agrees to pay for all
costs associated with providing a suitable place of installation and necessary electrical power, outlets and air conditioning required for operating the Equipment as defined in the Equipment manufacturer’s installation manual or instructions.
All supplies consumed or required by the Equipment shall be furnished and paid for by Lessee. 
  

	6.	 Return to Lessor 

On the day following the last day of the lease term associated with a Lease Schedule (the “Return Date”), Lessee shall cause and pay
for the Equipment listed on that Lease Schedule to be deinstalled, packed using standard packing materials that adequately protect the Equipment from damage during shipping, and shipped to a location designated in writing by Lessor (the “Return
Location”). If the Equipment listed on the applicable Lease Schedule is not at the Return Location within ten (10) days of the Return Date, or Lessee fails to deinstall and ship the Equipment on the Return Date, then any written notice of
termination delivered by Lessee shall automatically become void, and the Lease Schedule shall continue in accordance with this AGREEMENT. Irrespective of any other provision hereof, Lessee will bear the risk of damage from fire, the elements or
otherwise until delivery of the Equipment to the Return Location. At such time as the Equipment is delivered to the Lessor at the Return Location, the Equipment will be at the risk of Lessor. 

 

	7.	 Maintenance 

Lessee, at its sole expense, shall maintain the Equipment in good working order and condition. Lessee shall enter into, pay for and maintain in
force during the entire term of any Lease Schedule, a maintenance agreement with the manufacturer of the Equipment providing for continuous uninterrupted maintenance of the Equipment (the “Maintenance Agreement”). Upon Lessor’s
request, Lessee shall provide a copy of each such Maintenance Agreement to Lessor. Lessee will cause the manufacturer to keep the Equipment in good working order in accordance with the provisions of the Maintenance Agreement and make all necessary
adjustments and repairs to the Equipment. The manufacturer is hereby authorized to accept the directions of Lessee with respect thereto. Lessee agrees to allow the manufacturer full and free access to the Equipment. All maintenance and service
charges, whether under the Maintenance Agreement or otherwise, and all expenses, if any, of the manufacturer’s customer engineers incurred in connection with maintenance and repair services, shall be promptly paid by Lessee.

 
Lessee warrants that all of the Equipment shall be in good working order operating according to manufacturer’s specification and eligible for the manufacturer’s standard maintenance
agreement upon delivery to and inspection and testing by the Lessor. If the Equipment is not free of physical defect or damage, operating according to manufacturer’s specification, in good working order and/or eligible for the
manufacturer’s standard maintenance agreement, then Lessee agrees to reimburse Lessor for all costs, losses, expenses and fees associated with such equipment and the repair or replacement thereof. 

 

	8.	 Location, Ownership and Use 

The Equipment shall, at all times, be the sole and exclusive property of Lessor. Lessee shall have no right or property interest therein,
except for the right to use the Equipment in the normal operation of its business at the Location of Installation, or as otherwise provided herein. Lessee hereby assigns all of its rights (but none of its obligations) to Lessor under any purchase
orders, invoices, or other contracts of sale with respect to the Equipment. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any Lease Schedule hereto is not a true lease or a finance lease for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, but rather
a secured financing, then Lessee shall be deemed to have granted, and hereby grants to Lessor, a first priority security interest in the Equipment leased thereunder together with all substitutions and replacements therefor and all attachments and
accessories thereto and all proceeds (including insurance proceeds) thereof. The Equipment is and shall remain personal property even if installed in or attached to real property. Lessor shall be permitted to display notice of its ownership on the
Equipment by means of a suitable stencil, label or plaque affixed thereto. 
 Lessee shall keep the Equipment at all times free and clear
from all claims, levies, encumbrances and process. Lessee shall give Lessor immediate notice of any such attachment or other judicial process affecting any of the Equipment. Without Lessor’s written permission, Lessee shall not attempt to or
actually: (i) pledge, lend, create a security interest in, sublet, exchange, trade, assign, swap, use for an allowance or credit or otherwise; (ii) allow another to use; (iii) part with possession; (iv) dispose of; or
(v) remove from the Location of Installation, any item of Equipment. Lessee shall not cause the Equipment to be located outside of the United States. If any item of Equipment is exchanged, assigned, traded, swapped, used for an allowance or
credit or otherwise to acquire new or different equipment (the “New Equipment”) without Lessor’s prior written consent, then all of the New Equipment shall become Equipment owned by Lessor subject to this AGREEMENT and the applicable
Lease Schedule. 
 Any features installed on the Equipment at the time of delivery which are not specified on the Lease Schedule are and
shall remain the sole property of the Lessor. 
 Lessee shall cause the Equipment to be operated in accordance with the applicable
vendor’s or manufacturer’s manual of instructions by competent and qualified personnel. 
  

	9.	 Financing Statement 

Lessee authorizes Lessor to cause this AGREEMENT or other instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements, to be filed or
recorded for the purposes of showing Lessor’s interest in the Equipment. Lessee agrees to execute any such instruments as Lessor may request from time to time. 
  

	10.	 Alterations and Attachments 

Upon prior written notice to Lessor, Lessee may, at its own expense, make minor alterations in or add attachments to the Equipment, provided
such alterations and attachments shall not interfere with the normal operation of the Equipment and do not otherwise involve the pledge, assignment, exchange, trade or substitution of the Equipment or any component or part thereof. All such
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part of the Equipment leased to Lessee and owned by Lessor. If, in Lessor’s sole determination, the alteration or attachment reduces the value of the Equipment or interferes with the normal
and satisfactory operation or maintenance of any of the Equipment, or creates a safety hazard, Lessee shall, upon notice from Lessor to that effect, promptly remove the alteration or attachment at Lessee’s expense and restore the Equipment to
the condition the Equipment was in just prior to the alteration or attachment. 
  

	11.	 Loss and Damage 

Lessee shall assume and bear the risk of loss, theft and damage (including any governmental requisition, condemnation or confiscation) to the
Equipment and all component parts thereof from any and every cause whatsoever, whether or not covered by insurance. No loss or damage to the Equipment or any component part thereof shall impair any obligation of Lessee under this AGREEMENT, which
shall continue in full force and effect except as hereinafter expressly provided. Lessee shall repair or cause to be repaired all damage to the Equipment. In the event that all or part of the Equipment shall, as a result of any cause whatsoever,
become lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise rendered irreparably unusable or damaged (collectively, the “Loss”) then Lessee shall, within ten (10) days after the Loss, fully inform Lessor in writing of such a Loss and shall pay to
Lessor the following amounts: (i) the Monthly Lease Charges (and other amounts) due and owing under this AGREEMENT at the time of the Loss (or Event of Default, as defined hereinafter), plus (ii) the Original Cost of the Equipment subject
to the Loss (or Event of Default, as defined hereinafter) multiplied by the “Percent of Original Cost.” The Original Cost of a particular item of Equipment shall be Lessee’s original purchase price of such item at the time of its
purchase or payment to the applicable vendor by Lessor, plus additional or related charges such as taxes, delivery and freight, installation, maintenance, etc. The Percent of Original Cost shall be the Per Payment Factor multiplied by the number of
lease payments Lessor has received from Lessee during the Initial Term subtracted from 112 and then divided by 100. The Per Payment Factor is the sum of 112 multiplied by 0.8 divided by the number of Monthly Lease Charges that are due during the
Initial Term (collectively, the sum of (i) plus (ii) shall be the “Casualty Loss Value”). Upon receipt by Lessor of the Casualty Loss Value: (i) the applicable Equipment shall be removed from the Lease Schedule; and
(ii) Lessee’s obligation to pay Lease Charges associated with the applicable Equipment shall cease. Lessor may request, and Lessee shall complete, an affidavit(s) which swears out the facts supporting the Loss of any item of Equipment.

  

	12.	 Insurance 

Until the Equipment is returned to Lessor or as otherwise herein provided, whether or not this AGREEMENT has terminated as to the Equipment,
Lessee, at its expense, shall maintain: (i) property and casualty insurance insuring the Equipment for its Casualty Loss Value naming Lessor or its assigns as sole loss payee; and (ii) commercial general liability insurance insuring
against liability for bodily injury and property damage naming Lessor and its assigns as additional insureds. The insurance shall cover the interest of both the Lessor and Lessee in the Equipment, or as the case may be, shall protect both the Lessor
and Lessee in respect to all risks arising out of the condition, delivery, installation, maintenance, use or operation of the Equipment. All such insurance shall provide for thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lessor of cancellation,
restriction, or reduction of coverage and shall have a clause specifying that no action or misrepresentation by Lessee shall invalidate such policy. Lessor shall be under no duty to ascertain the existence of or to examine any such policy or to
advise Lessee in the event any such policy shall not comply with the requirements hereof. Lessee hereby irrevocably appoints Lessor as Lessee’s attorney-in-fact to
make claim for, receive payment of and execute and endorse all documents, checks or drafts for loss or damage or return premium under any insurance policy issued on

 
the Equipment. Prior to installation of the Equipment, all policies or certificates of insurance shall be delivered to Lessor by Lessee. Lessee agrees to keep the Equipment insured with an
insurance company which is at least “A” rated by A.M. Best and in such form, including a maximum deductible, as may be satisfactory to Lessor. The proceeds of any loss or damage insurance shall be payable to Lessor, but Lessor shall remit
all such insurance proceeds to Lessee at such time as Lessee either (i) provides Lessor satisfactory proof that the damage has been repaired and the Equipment has been restored to good working order and condition or (ii) pays to Lessor the
Casualty Loss Value. It is understood and agreed that any payments made by Lessee or its insurance carrier for loss or damage of any kind whatsoever to the Equipment are not made as accelerated rental payments or adjustments of rental, but are made
solely as indemnity to Lessor for loss or damage of its Equipment. 
  

	13.	 Enforcement of Manufacturer’s Warranties 

Lessee, in its own name, shall, so long as this AGREEMENT is in force, enforce any manufacturer’s Equipment warranty. 

 

	14.	 Warranties, Disclaimers and Indemnity 

Lessor warrants that at the time the Equipment is delivered to Lessee, Lessor will have full right, power and authority to lease the Equipment
to Lessee. EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTY IN THE SENTENCE DIRECTLY PRECEDING THIS ONE, THE LESSOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
IT IS NOT RELYING ON LESSOR’S SKILL OR JUDGMENT TO SELECT OR FURNISH GOODS SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THAT LESSOR HAS NOT SELECTED, MANUFACTURED, SOLD OR SUPPLIED ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT (OR SELECTED THE SUPPLIER THEREOF), AND THAT THERE
ARE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO EACH MUTUALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL IMPLIED COVENANTS INCLUDING THE IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR
DEALING. LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NO VENDOR, SUPPLIER, OR MANUFACTURER OR ANY SALESPERSON OR OTHER AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OR ANY FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY, BROKER OR OTHER PARTY, IS AN AGENT FOR OR HAS ANY AUTHORITY TO
ACT OR SPEAK FOR, OR BIND, LESSOR IN ANY MANNER; NOR IS LESSOR AN AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY SUCH VENDOR, SUPPLIER, MANUFACTURER, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY, BROKER OR OTHER PARTY. LESSEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT LESSOR AND ITS
REPRESENTATIVES AND EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT MADE ANY STATEMENT, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY RELATIVE TO THE ACCOUNTING OR TAX ENTRIES, TREATMENT, BENEFIT, USE OR CLASSIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT OR ASSOCIATED LEASE SCHEDULES. LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND/OR ITS INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR (i) ANY AND ALL OF LESSEE’S ACCOUNTING AND TAX ENTRIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGREEMENT AND/OR THE LEASE SCHEDULES AND (ii) THE ACCOUNTING AND TAX TREATMENT, BENEFITS, USES
AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT OR ANY LEASE SCHEDULE. LESSOR SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INFORMATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSUMER OR PATIENT INFORMATION, THAT IS AT ANY TIME ENTERED, STORED,
TRANSFERRED TO, CONTAINED OR RETAINED ON ANY EQUIPMENT, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER

 

  
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LAW, INCLUDING BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY AND NOT OF LIMITATION, THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 (HIPAA), FINANCIAL MODERNIZATION ACT (GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT), ETC. LESSOR
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LESSOR AND LESSEE, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE PERFORMANCE,
POSSESSION, LEASE OR USE OF THE EQUIPMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS INTENDED BY THE PARTIES TO BE A LEASE OF EQUIPMENT TO BE OWNED BY LESSOR (OR WHICH LESSOR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEASE) AND NOT A LOAN, SALE OR LEASE INTENDED AS A SALE OR LOAN. THIS
AGREEMENT IS A “FINANCE LEASE” AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED AND USED IN ARTICLE 2A OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. NO RIGHTS OR REMEDIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2A OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE WILL BE CONFERRED ON LESSEE. 

Lessee agrees that Lessor shall not be liable to Lessee for, and Lessee shall indemnify, defend and hold Lessor harmless with respect to, any
claim from a third party for any liability, claim, loss, damage or expense of any kind or nature, whether based upon a theory of strict liability or otherwise, caused, directly or indirectly, by: (i) the inadequacy of any item of Equipment,
including Software, for any purpose; (ii) any deficiency or any latent or other defects in any Equipment, including Software, whether or not detectable by Lessee; (iii) the selection, manufacture, rejection, ownership, lease, possession,
maintenance, operation, use or performance of any item of Equipment, including Software; (iv) any interruption or loss of service, use or performance of any item of Equipment, including Software; (v) patent, trademark or copyright
infringement; (vi) any information whatsoever or the loss, release, unauthorized access, transfer, theft, use or misuse thereof, or (vii) any loss of business or other special, incidental or consequential damages whether or not resulting
from any of the foregoing. Lessee’s duty to defend and indemnify Lessor shall survive the expiration, termination, settlement, cancellation, assignment or resolution of this AGREEMENT or a Lease Schedule and shall be binding upon Lessee’s
successors and permitted assigns. 
  

	15.	 Event of Default 

The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this AGREEMENT and/or any Lease Schedule: 

 

	 	(1)	 the nonpayment by Lessee of any Lease Charges when due, or the nonpayment by Lessee of any other sum required
hereunder to be paid by Lessee which non-payment continues for a period of ten (10) days from the date when due; 

  

	 	(2)	 the failure of Lessee to perform any other term, covenant or condition of this AGREEMENT, any Lease Schedule or
any other document, agreement or instrument executed pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, which is not cured within ten (10) days after written notice thereof from Lessor; 

 

	 	(3)	 Lessee attempts to or does remove, transfer, sell, swap, assign, sublease, trade, exchange, encumber, receive
an allowance or credit for, or part with possession of, any item of Equipment; 

  

	 	(4)	 Lessee ceases doing business as a going concern, is insolvent, makes an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, fails to pay its debts as they become due, offers a settlement to creditors or calls a meeting of creditors for any such purpose, files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, is subject to an involuntary petition in bankruptcy, is
adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, files or has filed against it a petition seeking any reorganization, arrangement or composition, under any present or future statute, law or regulation;

	 	(5)	 any of Lessee’s representations or warranties made herein or in any oral or written statement or
certificate at any time given in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be false or misleading in any material respect; 

  

	 	(6)	 Lessee defaults under or otherwise has accelerated any material obligation, credit agreement, loan agreement,
conditional sales contract, lease, indenture or debenture; or Lessee defaults under any other agreement now existing or hereafter made with Lessor; 

  

	 	(7)	 Lessee (i) divides, merges or consolidates into or with, or sells or transfers all or any substantial
portion of its assets to, or enters into any partnership or joint venture other than in the ordinary course of business with, any entity, (ii) dissolves, liquidates or ceases or suspends the conduct of business, or ceases to maintain its
existence, (iii) enters into or suffers any transaction or series of transactions as a result of which Lessee is directly or indirectly controlled by persons or entities not directly or indirectly controlling Lessee as of the date hereof, or
(iv) if Lessee is a publicly held entity, there shall be a change in the ownership of Lessee’s stock or other equivalent ownership interest such that Lessee is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of, or no longer has a class of
equity securities registered under, the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or 

  

	 	(8)	 the breach or repudiation by any party thereto of any guaranty, subordination agreement or other agreement
running in favor of Lessor obtained in connection with this AGREEMENT. 

  

	16.	 Remedies 

Should any Event of Default occur, Lessor may, with or without notice or demand upon Lessee, retain any and all security deposits and pursue
and enforce, alternatively, successively and/or concurrently, any one or more of the following remedies: 
  

	 	(1)	 recover from Lessee all accrued and unpaid Lease Charges and other amounts due and owing on the date of the
default; 

  

	 	(2)	 recover from Lessee from time to time all Lease Charges and other amounts as and when becoming due hereunder;

  

	 	(3)	 either (A) accelerate, cause to become immediately due and recover the present value of all Lease Charges
and other amounts due and/or likely to become due hereunder from the date of the default to the end of the lease term using a discount rate of four percent (4%); or (B) cause to become immediately due and payable and recover from Lessee the
Casualty Loss Value of the Equipment which Lessee agrees is not a penalty but rather a reasonable forecast of the just compensation for the harm caused by the Event of Default, which harm is incapable or very difficult of accurate estimation;

  

	 	(4)	 terminate any or all of the Lessee’s rights, but not its obligations, associated with the lease of
Equipment under this AGREEMENT; 

  

	 	(5)	 either (A) retake (by Lessor, independent contractor, or by requiring Lessee to assemble and surrender the
Equipment in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 hereinabove) possession of the Equipment without terminating the Lease Schedule or the AGREEMENT free from claims by Lessee which claims are hereby expressly waived by Lessee; or (B)

 

  
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require Lessee to deliver the Equipment to a location designated by Lessor; LESSEE WAIVES THE RIGHT, IF ANY, TO REQUIRE LESSOR TO GIVE NOTICE AND/OR A JUDICIAL HEARING PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS
RIGHT OF REPOSSESSION; 

	 	(6)	 upon Lessor’s instructions after an Event of Default, Lessee agrees to cease immediately the use of any or
all Software, to uninstall and delete all copies of such licensed Software from any computer systems owned or controlled by Lessee or its affiliates or used for Lessee’s or Lessee’s affiliate’s benefit, to destroy any and all written
documentation, manuals and materials provided with the Software, and to provide Lessor with a certificate signed by a Lessee officer who is responsible for Lessee’s information systems, attesting to such cessation of use, deinstallation,
deletion, and/or destruction of the Software; and 

	 	(7)	 render Equipment unusable; 

	 	(8)	 proceed by court action to enforce performance by Lessee of its obligations associated with any Lease Schedule
and/or this AGREEMENT; and 

	 	(9)	 pursue any other remedy Lessor may otherwise have, at law, equity or under any statute, and recover damages and
expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Lessor by reason of the Event of Default. 

 Lessor’s pursuit
and enforcement of any one or more remedies shall not be deemed an election or waiver by Lessor of any other remedy. 
 If a court of
competent jurisdiction determines that any Lease Schedule hereto is not a true lease or a finance lease for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code, but rather a secured financing, the following terms shall apply. Upon repossession of the Equipment,
Lessor shall have the right to lease, sell or otherwise dispose of such Equipment in a commercially reasonable manner, with or without notice, at a public or private sale. Lessor shall not be obligated to sell or
re-lease the Equipment. Any sale or re-lease may be held at such place or places as are selected by Lessor, with or without having the Equipment present. Any such sale
or re-lease, may be at wholesale or retail, in bulk or in parcels. 
  

	17.	 Costs and Attorneys’ Fees 

In the event of any default, claim, proceeding, including a bankruptcy proceeding, arbitration, mediation, counter-claim, action (whether legal
or equitable), appeal or otherwise, whether initiated by Lessor or Lessee (or a debtor-in-possession or bankruptcy trustee), which arises out of, under, or is related in
any way to this AGREEMENT, any Lease Schedule, or any other document, agreement or instrument executed pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, or any governmental examination or investigation of Lessee which requires Lessor’s participation
(individually and collectively the “Claim”), Lessee, in addition to all other sums which Lessee may be called upon to pay under the provisions of this AGREEMENT, shall pay to Lessor, on demand, all costs, expenses and fees paid or payable
in connection with the Claim, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket costs, including travel and related expenses incurred by Lessor or
its attorneys. 
  

	18.	 Lessor’s Performance Option 

Should Lessee fail to make any payment or to do any act as provided by this AGREEMENT, then Lessor shall have the right (but not the
obligation), without notice to Lessee of its intention to do so and without releasing Lessee from any obligation hereunder to make or to do the same, to make advances to preserve the Equipment or Lessor’s title thereto, and to pay, purchase,
contest or compromise any insurance premium, encumbrance, charge, tax, lien or other sum which in the judgment of Lessor appears to affect the Equipment, and in exercising any such rights, Lessor may incur any liability and expend whatever amounts
in its absolute discretion it may deem necessary therefor. All sums so incurred or expended by Lessor shall be due and payable by Lessee within ten (10) days of notice thereof.

	19.	 Quiet Possession and Inspection 

Lessor hereby covenants with Lessee that Lessee shall quietly possess the Equipment subject to and in accordance with the provisions hereof so
long as Lessee is not in default hereunder; provided, however, that Lessor or its designated agent may, at any and all reasonable times during business hours, enter Lessee’s premises for the purposes of inspecting the Equipment and the manner
in which it is being used. 
  

	20.	 Assignments 

This AGREEMENT shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. Lessee, however,
shall not assign this AGREEMENT or sublet any of the Equipment without first obtaining the prior written consent of Lessor and its assigns, if any. Lessee acknowledges that the terms and conditions of this AGREEMENT have been fixed in anticipation
of the possible assignment of Lessor’s rights under this AGREEMENT and in and to the Equipment as collateral security to a third party (“Assignee” herein) which will rely upon and be entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this
AGREEMENT. Lessee agrees with Lessor and such Assignee to recognize in writing any such assignment within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice thereof and to pay thereafter all sums due to Lessor hereunder directly to such Assignee
if directed by Lessor, provided, however, that such recognition by Lessee shall not constitute a waiver of any defense, set-off or counterclaim whatsoever (whether arising from a breach of this AGREEMENT or
not) that Lessee may from time to time have against Lessor. Upon such assignment, the Lessor shall remain obligated to perform any obligations it may have under this AGREEMENT and the Assignee shall (unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing
by the Assignee) have no obligation to perform such obligations. Any such assignment shall be subject to Lessee’s rights to use and possess the Equipment so long as Lessee is not in default hereunder. 

 

	21.	 Survival of Obligations 

All covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained in this AGREEMENT, any Lease Schedule, or in any document attached
thereto, shall be for the benefit of Lessor and Lessee and their successors, any assignee or secured party. Further, all covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained in this AGREEMENT, any Lease Schedule, or in any document
attached thereto, shall survive the execution and delivery of this AGREEMENT and the expiration or other termination of this AGREEMENT. 
  

	22.	 Corporate Authority 

The Parties covenant and warrant that the persons executing this AGREEMENT and each Lease Schedule on their behalf have been duly authorized to
do so, and this AGREEMENT and any Lease Schedule constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Parties. Lessee will, at Lessor’s request, provide to Lessor Certificates of Authority naming the officers of the Lessee who have the authority to
execute this AGREEMENT and any Lease Schedules issued hereunder. Lessee agrees that it shall advise Lessor of any change in Lessee’s name, address or corporate structure within ten (10) days after such change and execute all documents and
instruments requested by Lessor. 
  

	23.	 Landlords’ and Mortgagees’ Waiver 

If requested, Lessee shall furnish waivers, in form and substance satisfactory to Lessor, from all landlords and mortgagees of any premises
upon which any Equipment is located. 

 

  
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	24.	 Miscellaneous 

This AGREEMENT, the Lease Schedule(s), attached riders and any documents or instruments issued or executed pursuant hereto will have been made,
executed and delivered in, and shall be governed by the internal laws (as opposed to conflicts of law provisions) and decisions of, the State of Minnesota. Lessee and Lessor consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of any local, state or federal court
located within Minnesota. Venue must be in Minnesota and Lessee hereby waives local venue and any objection relating to Minnesota being an improper venue to conduct any proceeding relating to this AGREEMENT. At Lessor’s sole election and
determination, Lessor may select an alternative forum, including arbitration or mediation, to adjudicate any dispute arising out of this AGREEMENT. 

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION,
CAUSE OF ACTION, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, OR RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT OR SUCH TRANSACTIONS, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING
OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE. 
 The Parties jointly drafted this AGREEMENT,
and the Parties hereby agree that neither should be favored in the construction, interpretation or application of any provision or any ambiguity. No unwritten or oral agreements between the Parties exist. This AGREEMENT and associated Lease
Schedule(s) constitute the entire understanding and agreement between Lessor and Lessee with respect to the lease of the Equipment superseding all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations, discussions, proposals, representations, promises,
commitments and offers between the Parties, whether oral or written. This AGREEMENT and associated Lease Schedule(s) constitute a single unitary agreement. No provision of this AGREEMENT or any Lease Schedule shall be deemed waived, amended,
discharged or modified orally or by custom, usage or course of conduct unless such waiver, amendment or modification is in writing and signed by an officer of each of the Parties. Time and exactitude of each of the terms and conditions of this
AGREEMENT are hereby declared to be of the essence. Lessor may accept past due payments in any amount without modifying the terms of this AGREEMENT and without waiving any rights of Lessor hereunder. If any one or more of the provisions of this
AGREEMENT or any Lease Schedule is for any reason held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this AGREEMENT and any such Lease Schedule will be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be
replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision that is closest to the original intention of the Parties. Titles or headings are used herein for convenience and are not substantive. Lessee agrees that neither the equipment
manufacturer, nor the supplier, nor any of their salespersons, employees or agents are agents of Lessor. 
 Any notice provided for herein
shall be in writing and sent by overnight courier providing a receipt of delivery or by certified or registered mail to the Parties at the addresses stated on page 1 of this AGREEMENT. 

The Monthly Lease Charge is intended to be fixed from the Commencement Date to the end of the term. The three year treasury rate is an integral
part of the lease rate. The Lessee and Lessor agree that the lease rate shall also be fixed during the Installation Period but should the three year treasury note increase during such Installation Period, the lease rate will be adjusted on the
Commencement Date to give effect to the increase in the treasury rate and the same shall cause an increase in the Monthly Lease Charge.

 Lessor is entitled to review a complete set of Lessee’s financial statements, including a
statement of cash flows, balance sheet and income statement, and any other financial information that Lessor may request. If during the Installation Period the Lessee’s financial condition changes in any material respect (as determined by the
Lessor in its sole discretion), then Lessor shall be entitled to stop purchasing equipment to be leased to Lessee and to commence the applicable lease schedule(s). 

This AGREEMENT shall not become effective until delivered to Lessor at its offices at Minneapolis, Minnesota and executed by Lessor. 

This AGREEMENT is made subject to the terms and conditions included herein and Lessee’s acceptance is effective only to the extent that
such terms and conditions are consistent with the terms and conditions herein. Any acceptance which contains terms and conditions which are in addition to or inconsistent with the terms and conditions herein will be a counter-offer and will not be
binding unless agreed to in writing by Lessor. The terms used in this AGREEMENT, unless otherwise defined, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Lease Schedule(s). 
  

	25.	 Net Lease 

This AGREEMENT is a net lease and Lessee’s obligations to pay all Lease Charges and other amounts payable hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional and, except as expressly provided herein, shall not be subject to any: (i) delay, abatement, reduction, defense, counterclaim, set-off, or recoupment; (ii) discontinuance or termination
of any license, maintenance agreement, service contract, or other agreement; (iii) Equipment failure, defect or deficiency; (iv) damage to or destruction of the Equipment; or (v) dissatisfaction with the Equipment or otherwise,
including any present or future claim against Lessor or the manufacturer, supplier, reseller or vendor of the Equipment. To the extent that the Equipment includes intangible (or intellectual) property, Lessee understands and agrees that:
(i) Lessor is not a party to and does not have any responsibility under any Software license and/or other agreement with respect to any Software; and (ii) Lessee will be responsible to pay all of the Lease Charges and perform all its other
obligations under this AGREEMENT despite any defect, deficiency, failure, termination, dissatisfaction, damage or destruction of any Software or Software license. Further, Lessee agrees that it has an unconditional, irrevocable and absolute
obligation to pay all Lease Charges and other amounts payable hereunder to the Lessor although (i) the Lessor does not hold title to any Software (or intellectual or intangible property), (ii) Lessor is not a party to any Software license (or
intellectual or intangible property license) that is listed among the Equipment on any Lease Schedule and (iii) any license to Software is exclusively between the licensor of the Software (“Licensor”) and the Lessee. Except as
expressly provided herein, this AGREEMENT shall not terminate for any reason, including any defect in the Equipment or Lessor’s title thereto or any destruction or loss of use of any item of Equipment. 

 

	26.	 Electronic Signatures 

The Parties intend that the AGREEMENT be a valid and legally enforceable lease contract between Lessee and Lessor notwithstanding any means of
signature or signing, including PDF, manual or electronic signature. The words “signature,” “sign,” “signed,” “execute,” and words of like import in or relating to the AGREEMENT or any other written or
electronic document or record signed in connection with the AGREEMENT, including, but not limited to, any Lease Schedule and any Certificate of Acceptance shall be deemed to include (without limitation) electronic signatures and contract formations
on electronic platforms, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature and/or physical delivery thereof to the full extent provided for in the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global
and National Commerce Act, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as enacted in Minnesota or any other applicable similar state law

 

  
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based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Lessee hereby represents and warrants that its electronic signature on any contract, record or other document (including, without limitation,
the AGREEMENT including all amendments and supplements thereto) shall be unconditionally valid and legally enforceable, and therefore, agrees to not contest, call into question or otherwise challenge the validity or enforceability of any electronic
signature (or the authority of the electronic signer to sign) or raise any of the foregoing as a defense or counterclaim. Further, the Parties agree that electronic signature means a symbol or signature, or process attached to, or associated with, a
contract (including, without limitation, the AGREEMENT and any amendment or supplement thereto and all Lease Schedules and Certificates of Acceptance) or other

 document or record and adopted by a contracting Party with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such
contract, document or record. Lessor and Lessee unconditionally agree that the physical printed version of the AGREEMENT (including any amendments and supplements hereto) and any Lease Schedule containing a manual, fax, PDF, or electronic signature
or signatures with the legend “Original” or “Original Chattel Paper” shall constitute the only original authoritative version and record. Both Lessor and Lessee hereby agree that this AGREEMENT (including any amendment or
supplement), any Lease Schedule, any Certificate of Acceptance or any other written or electronic document or record signed in connection with the AGREEMENT may be authenticated by electronic signatures.

 

  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have
caused this AGREEMENT to be signed by their respective duly authorized representative. 
  

									
	Every Term is Agreed to and Accepted:	 		 	Every Term is Agreed to and Accepted:
	HONOUR CAPITAL LLC	 		 	BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD.
					
	By:	 	/s/ Shea Huston	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Bruce Labovitz
					
	Print Name:	 	Shea Huston	 		 	Print Name:	 	Bruce Labovitz
					
	Title:	 	Co-CEO	 		 	Title:	 	CFO
					
	Date:	 	11/19/2021	 		 	Date:	 	11/19/2021

  

  
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 MASTER LEASE SCHEDULE A 

Lessor and Lessee enter into this Master Lease Schedule pursuant to Lease Agreement Number BO111821 dated November 18, 2021. The terms of the
Lease Agreement and the terms and conditions of Certificates of Acceptance to be executed pursuant to Master Lease Schedule A, including Installation Dates and descriptions and serial numbers of Equipment contained therein, are a part hereof and are
incorporated by reference herein. 
  

			
	LESSOR	  	LESSEE
	Honour Capital LLC	  	Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
	825 11th Avenue SE	  	12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 520
	Minneapolis, MN 55414	  	Reston, VA 20191
		
	SUPPLIER OF EQUIPMENT	  	LOCATION OF INSTALLATION
	Various	  	Various

 Term of Lease from Commencement Date: 48 months 

Monthly Lease Charge: $110,185.00 
 Anticipated Delivery and
Installation: November 2021 – December 2022 
 Security Deposit: Upon Lessee’s execution of this Lease Schedule, Lessee shall deliver a security
deposit in the amount of $110,185.00 If there is no Event of Default, this security deposit may be applied toward the total amounts due pursuant to this Lease Schedule. 

Origination Fee: waived 
  

									
	 MANUFACTURER
	  	 QTY
	  	 MACHINE/MODEL
	  	 EQUIPMENT
	  	 EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION (including
features)

		  		  		  		  	 Engineering and site survey equipment

		  		  		  		  	 Licenses, Support and Service Contracts

 Lessee understands that Lessor’s commitment to lease equipment under this Master Lease Schedule A is contingent upon
formal credit approval by Lessor’s credit committee. 
 Lease Schedules sequentially numbered beginning with Lease Schedule A01 (each a
“Takedown Schedule”) will be prepared periodically by the Lessor to memorialize the actual equipment accepted for lease by the Lessee during the installation period. The Monthly Lease Charge will be prorated and charged as interim rent
between the date an item of equipment is accepted and the Commencement Date. The lease rate and associated Lease Charges are based on the applicable treasury rate published as of November 18, 2021. Should the treasury rate increase prior to or
during the Installation Period, the lease rate will be adjusted. Lessee agrees to lease from Lessor Equipment that has an acquisition value of $5,000,000.00. 
  

									
	Agreed to and Accepted by Lessor:	 		 	        Agreed to and Accepted by Lessee:
	HONOUR CAPITAL LLC	 		 	        BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD.

									
					
	By:	 	/s/ Shea Huston	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Bruce Labovitz

									
					
	Print Name:	 	Shea Huston	 		 	Print Name:	 	 Bruce Labovitz

									
					
	Title:	 	Co-CEO	 		 	Title:	 	CFO

									
					
	Date:	 	11-19-2021	 		 	Date:	 	11-19-2021

			
	Rider Number:	  	001
		
	Lease Agreement Number:	  	BO111821 (the “AGREEMENT”)
		
	Lease Schedule Number:	  	Master A
		
	Lease Date:	  	November 18, 2021

 At the end of the Initial Term of any Lease Schedule, Lessee shall have the option to purchase the Equipment in its physical
possession and on the Lease Schedule, in whole and not in part, on an as-is, where-is basis, for the then determined mutually-agreed price not to exceed 22.5% of the
Original Equipment Cost provided that (i) an Event of Default has not occurred, (ii) Lessor has received all of the Lease Charges owing prior to Lessee exercising this option to purchase, and (iii) Lessor has received written notice
of Lessee’s election to exercise said purchase option not less than one-hundred twenty days prior to the end of the Initial Term of the Lease Schedule. Alternatively, Lessee may provide notice and return
the Equipment to Lessor in compliance with the terms of the AGREEMENT, or Lessee may continue to lease the Equipment under the Lease Schedule as provided in the AGREEMENT. 
  

									
	Agreed to and Accepted by Lessor:	 		 	        Agreed to and Accepted by Lessee:
	HONOUR CAPITAL LLC	 		 	        BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD.

									
					
	By:	 	/s/ Shea Huston	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Bruce Labovitz

									
					
	Print Name:	 	Shea Huston	 		 	Print Name:	 	Bruce Labovitz

									
					
	Title:	 	Co-CEO	 		 	Title:	 	CFO

									
					
	Dated:	 	11/19/2021	 		 	Dated:	 	11/19/2021Document

			
	

CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM LOAN)
dated as of November 22, 2021
by and among
CONFORMIS, INC., 
IMATX, INC.,
and any additional borrower that hereafter becomes party hereto, each as Borrower, and collectively as Borrowers,
and
MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST,
as Agent,
and
THE LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

			
	

 
			
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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	Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
	1

	Section 1.1    Certain Defined Terms
	1

	Section 1.2    Accounting Terms and Determinations
	30

	Section 1.3    Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions
	30

	Section 1.4    Settlement and Funding Mechanics
	30

	Section 1.5    Time is of the Essence
	30

	Section 1.6    Time of Day
	30

	Article 2 - LOANS
	31

	Section 2.1    Loans
	31

	Section 2.2    Interest, Interest Calculations and Certain Fees
	34

	Section 2.3    Notes
	35

	Section 2.4    [Reserved]
	35

	Section 2.5    [Reserved]
	35

	Section 2.6    General Provisions Regarding Payment; Loan Account
	35

	Section 2.7    Maximum Interest
	36

	Section 2.8    Taxes; Capital Adequacy
	36

	Section 2.9    Appointment of Borrower Representative
	40

	Section 2.10    Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution; Subordination and Subrogation
	41

	Section 2.11    [Reserved]
	43

	Section 2.12    Termination; Restriction on Termination
	43

	Article 3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	43

	Section 3.1    Existence and Power
	44

	Section 3.2    Organization and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention
	44

	Section 3.3    Binding Effect
	44

	Section 3.4    Capitalization
	44

	Section 3.5    Financial Information
	44

	Section 3.6    Litigation
	45

	Section 3.7    Ownership of Property
	45

	Section 3.8    No Default
	45

	Section 3.9    Labor Matters
	45

	Section 3.10    Investment Company Act
	45

	Section 3.11    Margin Regulations
	45

	Section 3.12    Compliance With Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws
	45

	Section 3.13    Taxes
	46

	Section 3.14    Compliance with ERISA
	46

	Section 3.15    Consummation of Financing Documents; Brokers
	47

	Section 3.16    [Reserved]
	47

	Section 3.17    Material Contracts
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	Section 3.18    Compliance with Environmental Requirements; No Hazardous Materials
	47

	Section 3.19    Intellectual Property and License Agreements
	48

	Section 3.20    Solvency
	48

	Section 3.21    Full Disclosure
	48

	Section 3.22    [Reserved]
	48

	Section 3.23    Subsidiaries
	48

	Section 3.24    Accuracy of Schedules
	48

	Section 3.25    Regulatory Matters
	48

	Section 3.26    Senior Indebtedness Status
	49

	Article 4 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	49

	Section 4.1    Financial Statements, Other Reports and Notices
	49

	Section 4.2    Payment and Performance of Obligations
	52

	Section 4.3    Maintenance of Existence
	52

	Section 4.4    Maintenance of Property; Insurance
	52

	Section 4.5    Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts
	53

	Section 4.6    Inspection of Property, Books and Records
	53

	Section 4.7    Use of Proceeds
	54

	Section 4.8    [Reserved]
	54

	Section 4.9    Notices of Material Contracts, Litigation and Defaults
	54

	Section 4.10    Hazardous Materials; Remediation
	54

	Section 4.11    Further Assurances
	55

	Section 4.12    [Reserved]
	56

	Section 4.13    Power of Attorney
	56

	Section 4.14    [Reserved]
	57

	Section 4.15    Schedule Updates
	57

	Section 4.16    Intellectual Property and Licensing
	57

	Section 4.17    Regulatory Covenants
	58

	Article 5 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	58

	Section 5.1    Debt; Contingent Obligations
	59

	Section 5.2    Liens
	59

	Section 5.3    Distributions
	59

	Section 5.4    Restrictive Agreements
	59

	Section 5.5    Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Debt
	59

	Section 5.6    Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets; Change in Control
	60

	Section 5.7    Investments
	60

	Section 5.8    Transactions with Affiliates
	60

	Section 5.9    Modification of Organizational Documents
	61

	Section 5.10    Modification of Certain Agreements
	61

	Section 5.11    Conduct of Business
	61

	Section 5.12    [Reserved]
	61

	Section 5.13    Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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	Section 5.14    Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts; Payroll and Benefits Accounts
	61

	Section 5.15    Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws
	61

	Section 5.16    [Reserved]
	62

	Section 5.17    Change in Accounting
	62

	Section 5.18    Investment Company Act
	62

	Section 5.19    Inactive Subsidiaries; Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries
	62

	Article 6 - FINANCIAL COVENANTS
	63

	Section 6.1    Minimum Liquidity
	63

	Section 6.2    Evidence of Compliance
	63

	Article 7 - CONDITIONS
	63

	Section 7.1    Conditions to Closing
	63

	Section 7.2    Conditions to Each Loan
	63

	Section 7.3    Searches
	64

	Section 7.4    Post-Closing Requirements
	64

	Article 8 - [RESERVED]
	64

	Article 9 - SECURITY AGREEMENT
	64

	Section 9.1    Generally
	64

	Section 9.2    Representations and Warranties and Covenants Relating to Collateral
	64

	Article 10 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT
	68

	Section 10.1    Events of Default
	68

	Section 10.2    Acceleration
	71

	Section 10.3    UCC Remedies
	71

	Section 10.4    Protective Payments
	73

	Section 10.5    Default Rate of Interest
	73

	Section 10.6    Setoff Rights
	73

	Section 10.7    Application of Proceeds
	73

	Section 10.8    Waivers
	74

	Section 10.9    Injunctive Relief
	76

	Section 10.10    Marshalling; Payments Set Aside
	76

	Article 11 - AGENT
	76

	Section 11.1    Appointment and Authorization
	76

	Section 11.2    Agent and Affiliates
	76

	Section 11.3    Action by Agent
	76

	Section 11.4    Consultation with Experts
	77

	Section 11.5    Liability of Agent
	77

	Section 11.6    Indemnification
	77

	Section 11.7    Right to Request and Act on Instructions
	77

	Section 11.8    Credit Decision
	78

	Section 11.9    Collateral Matters
	78

	Section 11.10    Agency for Perfection
	78

	Section 11.11    Notice of Default
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	Section 11.12    Assignment by Agent; Resignation of Agent; Successor Agent
	79

	Section 11.13    Payment and Sharing of Payment
	79

	Section 11.14    Right to Perform, Preserve and Protect
	80

	Section 11.15    Additional Titled Agents
	81

	Section 11.16    Amendments and Waivers
	81

	Section 11.17    Assignments and Participations
	82

	Article 12 - MISCELLANEOUS
	84

	Section 12.1    Survival
	84

	Section 12.2    No Waivers
	85

	Section 12.3    Notices
	85

	Section 12.4    Severability
	85

	Section 12.5    Headings
	86

	Section 12.6    Confidentiality
	86

	Section 12.7    Waiver of Consequential and Other Damages
	86

	Section 12.8    GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
	86

	Section 12.9    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	87

	Section 12.10    Publication; Advertisement
	88

	Section 12.11    Counterparts; Integration
	88

	Section 12.12    No Strict Construction
	88

	Section 12.13    Lender Approvals
	89

	Section 12.14    Expenses; Indemnity
	89

	Section 12.15    [Reserved]
	90

	Section 12.16    Reinstatement
	90

	Section 12.17    Successors and Assigns
	90

	Section 12.18    USA PATRIOT Act Notification
	91

	Section 12.19    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
	91

	Section 12.20    Erroneous Payments
	91

	Section 12.21    .
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CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM LOAN)
THIS CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (TERM LOAN) (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) is dated as of November 22, 2021 by and among CONFORMIS, INC., a Delaware corporation, IMATX, INC., a California corporation, and any additional borrower that may hereafter be added to this Agreement (each individually as a “Borrower”, and collectively as “Borrowers”), MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, individually as a Lender, and as Agent, and the financial institutions or other entities from time to time parties hereto, each as a Lender.
RECITALS
Borrowers have requested that Lenders make available to Borrowers the financing facilities as described herein.  Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrowers under the terms and conditions herein set forth.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Borrowers, Lenders and Agent agree as follows:
Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1Certain Defined Terms.  The following terms have the following meanings:
“Acceleration Event” means the occurrence of an Event of Default (a) in respect of which Agent has declared all or any portion of the Obligations to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 10.2 and/or (b) pursuant to either Section 10.1(e) and/or Section 10.1(f).
“Account Debtor” means “account debtor”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and any other obligor in respect of an Account.
“Accounts” means, collectively, (a) any right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (b) without duplication, any “account” (as defined in the UCC), any accounts receivable (whether in the form of payments for services rendered or goods sold, rents, license fees or otherwise), any “health-care-insurance receivables” (as defined in the UCC), any “payment intangibles” (as defined in the UCC) and all other rights to payment and/or reimbursement of every kind and description, whether or not earned by performance, (c) all accounts, “general intangibles” (as defined in the UCC), Intellectual Property, rights, remedies, Guarantees, “supporting obligations” (as defined in the UCC), “letter-of-credit rights” (as defined in the UCC) and security interests in respect of the foregoing, all rights of enforcement and collection, all books and records evidencing or related to the foregoing, and all rights under the Financing Documents in respect of the foregoing, (d) all information and data compiled or derived by any Credit Party or to which any Credit Party is entitled in respect of or related to the foregoing, and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Acquisition” means any transaction or series of related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition (including through licensing) of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of any business, line of business or division or other unit of operation of a Person, (b) the acquisition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Equity Interests of any Person, whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (c) any merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person or (d) the acquisition (including through licensing) of any Product, Product line or Intellectual Property of or from any other Person (but in each case excluding in-bound licenses of, and purchases of, over-the-counter and other software that is commercially available to the public and open source licenses in the Ordinary Course of Business).
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“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution. 
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Person, (b) any Person which is controlled by or is under common control with such controlling Person, and (c) each of such Person’s (other than, with respect to any Lender, any Lender’s) executive officers or directors (or Persons functioning in substantially similar roles).  As used in this definition, the term “control” of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent” means MCF, in its capacity as administrative agent for itself and for Lenders hereunder, as such capacity is established in, and subject to the provisions of, Article 11, and the successors and assigns of MCF in such capacity.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including, without limitation, Executive Order No. 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws or general or specific licenses administered by OFAC.
“Applicable Margin” means five and 70/100 percent (5.70%).
“Approved Fund” means any (a) investment company, fund, trust, securitization vehicle or conduit that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business, or (b) any Person (other than a natural person) which temporarily warehouses loans for any Lender or any entity described in the preceding clause (a) and that, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (a) and (b), is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) a Person (other than a natural person) or an Affiliate of a Person (other than a natural person) that administers or manages a Lender.
“Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, license, transfer, assignment or other consensual disposition (including by merger, allocation of assets (including allocation of assets to any series of a limited liability company), division, consolidation or amalgamation) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof of any asset of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary.
“Assignment Agreement” means an assignment agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent. 
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto.
“Base LIBOR Rate” means, for each Interest Period, the rate per annum, determined by Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers appropriate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100%), to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) in the amount of One Million Dollars 
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($1,000,000) are offered to major banks in the London interbank market on or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for a term comparable to such Interest Period, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error; provided, however, that if (a) the supervisor for or administrator responsible for determining and publishing such rate per annum, determined by Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, has made a public announcement identifying a date certain on or after which such rate shall no longer be provided or published, as the case may be; or (b) timely, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such rate and the circumstances giving rise to the Agent’s inability to ascertain LIBOR are unlikely to be temporary as determined in Agent’s reasonable discretion, then Agent may, upon prior written notice to Borrower Representative and consistent with such determinations made by Agent with respect to other financing arrangements as to which the Agent serves in a similar capacity, choose a reasonably comparable index or source together with corresponding adjustments to “Applicable Margin” or scale factor, spread adjustment or floor to such index that Agent, in its reasonable discretion, has determined is necessary to preserve the current all-in yield (including interest rate margins, any interest rate floors, original issue discount and upfront fees, but without regard to future fluctuations of such alternative index, it being acknowledged and agreed that neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability whatsoever from such future fluctuations) to use as the basis for Base LIBOR Rate; provided further that, if the replacement index or source as so determined would be less than one percent (1.00%), the replacement index or source will be deemed to be one percent (1.00%) for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Base Rate” means a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) one percent (1.00%) per annum and (b) a per annum rate of interest equal to the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate,” with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate; provided, however, that Agent may, upon prior written notice to Borrower, choose a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the basis for the Base Rate.
“Blocked Person” means any Person:  (a) listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (c) with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224, or (e) that is named a “specially designated national” or “blocked person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other similar sanctions list or is named as a “listed person” or “listed entity” on other lists made under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
“Borrower” and “Borrowers” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Representative” means Conformis, in its capacity as Borrower Representative pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.9, or any successor Borrower Representative selected by Borrowers and approved by Agent.
“Borrower Unrestricted Cash” means unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrowers and Credit Parties that (a) are held in the name of a Borrower or other Credit Party in a Deposit Account or Securities Account located in the United States that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement, as applicable, in favor of Agent at bank or financial institution located in the United States, (b) is not subject to any Lien (other than Liens securing the Obligations and other Permitted Liens that are non-consensual Liens arising under applicable law), and (c) are not funds for the payment of a drawn or committed but unpaid draft, ACH or EFT transaction. 
“Borrower’s Investment Policy” shall mean any investment policy of Conformis, adopted by its board of directors, and approved in writing by the Agent in its sole discretion (it being understood that the investment policy in effect on the Closing Date has been approved).
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“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which either the New York Stock Exchange is closed, or on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by Law to close and, in the case of a Business Day which relates to a determination of the LIBOR Rate, a day on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000); and (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000), and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Change in Control” means any of the following events:  (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of forty percent (40%) or more of the combined voting power of all voting stock of Conformis on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right), but excluding any such “person” or “group” that owns, on the date hereof, at least forty percent (40%) of the combined voting power of all voting stock of Conformis, as so determined; (b) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors of Conformis cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board; (c) any Credit Party ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries (with the exception of any (i) local director qualifying interests, issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date or issued in a Permitted Asset Disposition, in respect of any Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries and (ii) Subsidiaries permitted to be dissolved, merged or otherwise disposed of to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement); or (d) the occurrence of a “Change of Control”, “Fundamental Change”, “Change in Control”, “Deemed Liquidation Event” or terms of similar import under any document or instrument governing or relating to Debt of or preferred Equity Interests of such Person with a principal amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).  As used herein, “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning provided in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final form.
“Collateral” means all property, other than Excluded Property, now existing or hereafter acquired, mortgaged or pledged to, or purported to be subjected to a Lien in favor of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents, including, without limitation, all of the property described in Schedule 9.1 hereto.
“Commitment Annex” means Annex A to this Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
“Conformis” means Conformis, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 
“Conformis Cares” means Conformis Cares LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. 
“Conformis Germany” means ConforMIS Europe GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
“Conformis Hong Kong” ConforMIS Hong Kong Limited.
“Conformis India” means Conformis India LLP, a limited inability partnership formed under the laws of the Republic of India.
“Conformis UK” means ConforMIS UK Limited.
“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, at any date, any Subsidiary the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of Conformis (or any other Person, as the context may require hereunder) in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.
“Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of such Person:  (a) with respect to any Debt of another Person (a “Third Party Obligation”) if the purpose or intent of such Person incurring such liability, or the effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such Third Party Obligation that such Third Party Obligation will be paid or discharged, or that any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or that any holder of such Third Party Obligation will be protected, in whole or in part, against loss with respect thereto; (b) with respect to any undrawn portion of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for the reimbursement of any drawing; (c) under any Swap Contract, to the extent not yet due and payable (the amount thereof shall be deemed to be the obligation that would be reflected in the financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP); (d) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement; or (e) for any obligations of another Person pursuant to any Guarantee or pursuant to any agreement to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any obligation or any property constituting security therefor, to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation or to preserve the solvency, financial condition or level of income of another Person.  The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so Guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if not a fixed and determinable amount, the maximum amount so Guaranteed or otherwise supported.
“Controlled Group” means all members of a group of corporations and all members of a group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Credit Parties, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA and, solely for purposes of Section 412 and 436 of the Code, Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
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“Correction” means repair, modification, adjustment, relabeling, destruction or inspection (including patient monitoring) of a Product without its physical removal to some other location. 
“Credit Party” means any Guarantor under a Guarantee of the Obligations or any part thereof, any Borrower and any other Person (other than Agent, a Lender or a participant of a Lender), whether now existing or hereafter acquired or formed, that becomes obligated as a borrower, guarantor, surety, indemnitor, pledgor, assignor or other obligor under any Financing Document; and “Credit Parties” means all such Persons, collectively.
“Debt” of a Person means at any date, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not yet past due, (d) all Finance Leases of such Person, (e) all non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument, (f) all Disqualified Equity Interests, (g) all obligations secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such obligation is otherwise an obligation of such Person (with the amount thereof being measured as the lower of (x) fair market value of such property and (y) the principal amount of the obligations secured), (h) “earnouts”, purchase price adjustments, profit sharing arrangements, deferred purchase money amounts and similar payment obligations or continuing obligations of any nature of such Person arising out of purchase and sale contracts; provided that the amount of such obligations shall be deemed to be the amount that is required to be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (i) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, (j) off-balance sheet liabilities and/or Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan liabilities of such Person, and (k) Contingent Obligations.  Without duplication of any of the foregoing, Debt of Credit Parties shall include any and all Loans.
“Default” means any condition or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Lender” means, so long as such failure shall remain in existence and uncured, any Lender which shall have failed to make any Loan or other credit accommodation, disbursement, settlement or reimbursement required pursuant to the terms of any Financing Document.
“Defined Period” means for any given calendar quarter or date of determination, the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period ending on the last day of such calendar quarter. 
“Deposit Account” means a “deposit account” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), an investment account, or other account in which funds are held or invested for credit to or for the benefit of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, among Agent, any Credit Party and each financial institution in which such Credit Party maintains a Deposit Account, which agreement provides that (a) such financial institution shall comply with instructions originated by Agent directing disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further consent by the applicable Credit Party, and (b) such financial institution shall agree that it shall have no Lien on, or right of setoff or recoupment against (or shall subordinate such Liens or rights with respect to), such Deposit Account or the contents thereof, other than in respect of usual and customary service fees and returned items or as otherwise is usual and customary for such agreements, and containing such other terms and conditions as Agent may reasonably require.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that, within less than 91 days after the Termination Date, either by its terms (or by the terms of any security or any other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Permitted Debt or other Equity Interest in such Person or of Conformis that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely for Permitted Debt or other Equity Interests in such Person or of Conformis that do not 
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constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or distributions in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Debt (other than Permitted Debt) or any other Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests.
“Distribution” means as to any Person (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) on any Equity Interest in such Person (except those payable solely in its Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests), (b) any payment by such Person on account of (i) the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, surrender, cancellation, termination or acquisition of any Equity Interests in such Person or any claim respecting the purchase or sale of any Equity Interest in such Person or (ii) any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Equity Interests in such Person, (c) any management fees, salaries or other fees or compensation to any Person holding an Equity Interest in a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of a Credit Party (other than reasonable and customary (i) payments of salaries to individuals, (ii) directors fees, and (iii) advances and reimbursements to employees or directors, all in the Ordinary Course of Business), an Affiliate of a Credit Party or an Affiliate of any Subsidiary of a Credit Party, (d) any lease or rental payments to an Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Credit Party, or (e) repayments of or debt service on loans or other indebtedness (other than conversion to Equity Interests other than Disqualified Equity Interests) held an Affiliate of any Credit Party unless permitted under and made pursuant to a Subordination Agreement applicable to such loans or other indebtedness.
“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“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 in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by Agent; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include any Borrower or any of a Borrower’s Affiliates.
“Environmental Laws” means any present and future federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, standards, policies and other governmental directives or requirements, as well as common law, pertaining to the environment, natural resources, pollution, health (including any environmental clean-up statutes and all regulations adopted by any local, state, federal or other Governmental Authority, and any statute, ordinance, code, order, decree, law rule or regulation all of which pertain to or impose liability or standards of conduct concerning medical waste or medical products, equipment or supplies), safety or clean-up that apply to any Credit Party and relate to Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act (42 U.S.C. § 4851 et seq.), any analogous state or local laws, any amendments thereto, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws, together with all amendments from time to time to any of the foregoing and judicial interpretations thereof.
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“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company or other ownership in participation or equivalent interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s equity capital (including any warrants, options or other purchase rights with respect to the foregoing), whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto, and any and all rules or regulations promulgated from time to time thereunder.
“ERISA Plan” means any “employee benefit plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary maintains, sponsors or contributes to, or, in the case of an employee benefit plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, to which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary has any liability, including on account of any member of the Controlled Group, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA, or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.
“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.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
    “Excluded Accounts” means Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts (i) used exclusively for trust, payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage or employee benefit payments to or for the benefit of any Credit Party’s employees, (ii) that are zero balance accounts (including any such accounts where payments pursuant to Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE or other state or federal healthcare payor programs are deposited) that sweep to a non-Excluded Account held by a Credit Party, (iii) which contains solely cash collateral in respect of a Permitted Lien, (iv) in which the amount on deposit that constitute “Excluded Accounts” in reliance on this clause (iv) does not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts at any time and (v) that are in the name of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary (but, for the avoidance of doubt, only for so long as such Person remains an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary). 

“Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” means (a) Conformis India, (b) Conformis Germany, (c) Conformis Hong Kong, (d) Conformis UK and (e) each direct and indirect Subsidiary of Borrower that (i) (x) is a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, (y) that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, or (z) substantially all of the assets of which are equity interests in one or more “controlled foreign corporations” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, and in each case, either (A) the pledge of all of the capital stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (B) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Credit Parties; and (ii) is designated as an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary by Borrowers to Agent in writing; provided that, the Net Revenue attributable to all Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries for the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Conformis shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate Net Revenue for Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the trailing twelve month period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary becomes a “Credit Party” pursuant to the terms of Section 4.11(e) Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, upon satisfaction of the Joinder Requirements), such Subsidiary shall cease to be Excluded Foreign Subsidiary for all purposes hereunder and under the other Financing Documents.
“Excluded Property” means, collectively:
(a)any lease, license, contract, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and to the extent that the grant of the security interest hereunder shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Credit Party therein or (ii) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or default under, any such lease, license, contract, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or agreement; 
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(b)any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent that Agent may not validly possess a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization under applicable Law; 
(c)any “intent-to-use” trademarks or service mark applications for which an amendment to allege use or statement of use has not been filed under 15 U.S.C. § 1051 Section 1(c) or Section 1(d), respectively or if filed, has not been deemed in conformance with 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a) or examined and accepted, respectively by the United States Patent and Trademark Office; 
(d)any equipment which is subject to a purchase money Lien or Finance Lease permitted hereunder and the proceeds thereof to the extent the granting of a security interest in such asset is prohibited pursuant to the terms of the contract governing such purchase money Lien or Finance Lease; 
(e)more than 65% of the voting capital stock of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, to the extent that the grant of a security interest in excess of such percentage to secure the Obligations would cause material adverse tax consequences for such Credit Party; provided that immediately upon any amendment of the Code that would allow the pledge of a greater percentage of such voting stock without material adverse tax consequences to such Credit Party, “Collateral” shall automatically and without further action required by, and without notice to, any Person include such greater percentage of voting stock of such Excluded Foreign Subsidiary from that time forward;
(f)assets or property as to which the Agent agrees (in its sole discretion) in writing that the cost of creating or perfecting a pledge of, or a security interest in, such assets is excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby; and
(g)any motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title to the extent a Lien thereon cannot be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement or equivalent;
provided that (x) any such limitation described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) on the security interests granted hereunder shall apply only to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including Sections 9-406, 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC) or principles of equity, (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in such contract, agreement, permit, lease or license or in any applicable Law, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such contract, agreement, permit, lease, license, franchise, authorization or asset shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder and shall be included as Collateral hereunder, and (z) all rights to payment of money due or to become due pursuant to, and all proceeds (and rights to the proceeds) from the sale of, any Excluded Property shall be and at all times remain subject to the security interests created by this Agreement (unless such proceeds would independently constitute Excluded Property).
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on behalf of any obligation of Credit Parties hereunder or the Obligations or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent, such Lender or such recipient (including any interest and penalties thereon):  (a) Taxes to the extent imposed on or measured by Agent’s, any Lender’s or such recipient’s revenue, net income (however denominated), branch profits Taxes, and franchise Taxes and similar Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under which Agent, such Lender or such recipient is organized, has its principal office or conducts business with respect to entering into any of the Financing Documents or taking any action thereunder or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, United States withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in the Loans pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement other than as a result of an assignment requested by a Credit Party under the terms hereof or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office for funding its Loan, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.8, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, or Term Loan Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office; 
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(c) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.8(c); and (d) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed in respect of a Lender under FATCA.
“Existing Debt Facility” means that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2019 (as amended through the Closing Date), by and among INNOVATUS LIFE SCIENCES LENDING FUND I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as collateral agent, the lenders party thereto, and the Borrower.
“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 U.S. Treasury regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to the implementation of Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any intergovernmental agreement between the United States Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Government and any governmental or taxation authority under any other jurisdiction which agreement’s principal purposes deals with the implementation of such sections of the Code.
“FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration of the United States of America, any comparable state or local Governmental Authority, any comparable Governmental Authority in any non-United States jurisdiction, and any successor agency of any of the foregoing.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided, however, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next preceding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Agent in a commercially reasonable manner.
“Fee Letter” means each agreement between Agent and Credit Parties relating to fees payable to Agent and/or Lenders in connection with this Agreement.
“Finance Lease” of any Person means a lease that is required to be accounted for as a finance lease or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.  For the avoidance of doubt, a straight-line or operating lease shall not be considered a Finance Lease.
“Financing Documents” means this Agreement, any Notes, the Security Documents, each Fee Letter, any subordination or intercreditor agreement pursuant to which any Debt and/or any Liens securing such Debt is subordinated to all or any portion of the Obligations and all other documents, instruments and agreements related to the Obligations and heretofore executed, executed concurrently herewith or executed at any time and from time to time hereafter, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the United States accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
“General Intangible” means any “general intangible” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and any personal property, including things in action, other than accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, goods, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, and oil, gas or other minerals before extraction, but including payment intangibles and software.
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“Good Manufacturing Practices” means current good manufacturing practices, as set forth in 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, local or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any corporation or other Person owned or controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing, whether domestic or foreign.
“Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise), or (b) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided, however, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business.  The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantor” means any Credit Party that has executed or delivered, or shall in the future execute or deliver, any Guarantee of any portion of the Obligations.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or Inactive Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor for purposes of the Financing Documents. 
“Hazardous Materials” means petroleum and petroleum products and compounds containing them, including gasoline, diesel fuel and oil; explosives, flammable materials; radioactive materials; polychlorinated biphenyls and compounds containing them; lead and lead-based paint; asbestos or asbestos-containing materials; underground or above-ground storage tanks, whether empty or containing any substance; any substance the presence of which is prohibited by any Environmental Laws; toxic mold, any substance that requires special handling; and any other material or substance now or in the future defined as a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “toxic substance,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “pollutant” or other words of similar import within the meaning of any Environmental Law, including:  (a) any “hazardous substance” defined as such in (or for purposes of) CERCLA, or any so-called “superfund” or “superlien” Law, including the judicial interpretation thereof; (b) any “pollutant or contaminant” as defined in 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601(33); (c) any material now defined as “hazardous waste” pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 260; (d) any petroleum or petroleum by-products, including crude oil or any fraction thereof; (e) natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel; (f) any “hazardous chemical” as defined pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Part 1910; (g) any toxic or harmful substances, wastes, materials, pollutants or contaminants (including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable explosives, radioactive materials, infectious substances, materials containing lead-based paint or raw materials which include hazardous constituents); and (h) any other toxic substance or contaminant that is subject to any Environmental Laws or other past or present requirement of any Governmental Authority.
“Hazardous Materials Contamination” means contamination (whether now existing or hereafter occurring) of the improvements, buildings, facilities, personalty, soil, groundwater, air or other elements on or of the relevant property by Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, or on or of any other property as a result of Hazardous Materials, or any derivatives thereof, generated on, emanating from or disposed of in connection with the relevant property.
“Healthcare Laws” means all applicable Laws relating to the procurement, development, provision, clinical and non-clinical evaluation or investigation, product approval or clearance, manufacture, production, analysis, distribution, dispensing, importation, exportation, use, handling, quality, reimbursement, sale, labeling, advertising, promotion, or postmarket requirements of any medical device or other product (including, without limitation, any ingredient or component of, or accessory to, the foregoing products) subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as 
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amended, 21 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq., and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and similar state or foreign laws, consumer product safety laws, the National Organ Transplant Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder or any state laws or foreign laws and/or regulations of similar import, Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and all laws, policies, procedures, requirements and regulations pursuant to which Permits are issued, in each case, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Inactive Subsidiary” means each of Conformis Cares, Conformis Hong Kong and Conformis UK.
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Borrowers or any other Credit Party under any Financing Documents and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Instrument” means “instrument”, as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Intellectual Property” means all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, trade names, service marks, rights of use of any name, domain names, or any other similar rights, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, clinical and non-clinical data, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing.
“Interest Period” means any period commencing on the first day of a calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month.
“Inventory” means “inventory” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to purchase or acquire any stock or stock equivalents, or any obligations or other securities of, or any interest in, any Person, including the establishment or creation of a Subsidiary, (b) to make, commit to make or otherwise consummate any Acquisition, or (c) make, purchase or hold any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to or in, or any other investment in, any Person.  The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto.
“IRS” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“Joinder Requirements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.11(c).
“Laws” means any and all federal, state, provincial, territorial, local and foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, codes, injunctions, permits, governmental agreements and governmental restrictions, whether now or hereafter in effect, which are applicable to any Credit Party in any particular circumstance.  “Laws” includes, without limitation, Healthcare Laws and Environmental Laws.
“Lender” means each of (a) MCF, in its capacity as a lender hereunder, (b) each other Person party hereto in its capacity as a lender hereunder, (c) each other Person that becomes a party hereto as Lender pursuant to Section 11.17, and (d) the respective successors of all of the foregoing, and “Lenders” means all of the foregoing.
“Lender Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(iii).
“LIBOR Rate” means, for each Loan, a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) one percent (1.00%) and (b) the rate determined by Agent (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th%) by dividing (i) the Base LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period, by (ii) the sum of one minus the daily 
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average during such Interest Period of the aggregate maximum reserve requirement (expressed as a decimal) then imposed under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor thereto) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined therein).
“LIBOR Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any replacement of the Base LIBOR Rate as contemplated in the definition thereof, any technical administrative or operational changes (including, without limitation, changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such replacement index or source and to permit the administration thereof by Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the replacement index or source exists, in such other manner of administration as Agent decides is reasonable necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, in respect of such asset.  For the purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Finance Lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
“Litigation” means any action, suit or proceeding before any court, mediator, arbitrator or Governmental Authority.
“Loan Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(b).
“Loan(s)” means the Term Loan and each and every advance under the Term Loan.  All references herein to the “making” of a Loan or words of similar import shall mean the making of any advance in respect of a Term Loan.
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Market Withdrawal” means a Person’s Removal or Correction of a distributed product which involves a minor violation that would not be subject to legal action by the FDA or which involves no violation, e.g., normal stock rotation practices, routine equipment adjustments and repairs, etc. 
“Material Adverse Effect” means with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any Litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences, whether or not related, (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, any of (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business, or properties of the Credit Parties taken as a whole, (ii) the rights and remedies of Agent or Lenders under any Financing Document, or the ability of any Credit Party to perform any of its obligations under any Financing Document to which it is a party, (iii) the legality, validity or enforceability of any Financing Document, (iv) the existence, perfection or priority of any security interest granted in any Financing Document, or (v) the value of any material Collateral, or (b) a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations when due.
“Material Contracts” means (a) the Financing Documents, (b) the agreements listed on Schedule 3.17, and (c) any other agreement or contract to which such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries is a party the termination of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Intangible Assets” means all of (a) Intellectual Property owned by the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries and (b) license or sublicense agreements or other agreements with respect to rights in Intellectual Property not owned by a Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof, in each case that are material to the condition (financial or otherwise), business or operations of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), as determined by Agent in its reasonable discretion. 
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“Maturity Date” means November 1, 2026.
“Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“MCF” means MidCap Financial Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and its successors and assigns.
“Minimum Liquidity Covenant” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any other member of the Controlled Group (or any Person who in the last five years was a member of the Controlled Group) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years (as determined on the applicable date of determination) made contributions.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a)    with respect to any casualty event with respect to the Collateral or other Asset Disposition, the aggregate cash proceeds (including cash proceeds received pursuant to policies of property and casualty insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance) and by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note, installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) received by any Credit Party pursuant to such casualty event or Asset Disposition net of (i) the reasonable and documented direct costs relating to such casualty event or Asset Disposition (including reasonable and documented sales commissions and legal, accounting and investment banking fees, commissions and out of pocket expenses), (ii) any portion of such proceeds deposited in an escrow account pursuant to the documentation relating to such casualty event or Asset Disposition (provided that such amounts shall be treated as Net Cash Proceeds upon their release from such escrow account to the applicable Credit Party), (iii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated by Borrower Representative to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), and (iv) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of any Debt secured by a Lien that has priority over the Lien of Agent on the asset subject to such casualty event or Asset Disposition; and
(b)    with respect to any issuance of Debt or other Debt securities, the aggregate cash proceeds received by any Credit Party pursuant to such issuance, net of the reasonable direct costs relating to such issuance (including legal and accounting expenses and reasonable sales and underwriter’s commission).
“Net Revenue” means, for any period, (a) the consolidated gross revenues of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries generated solely through the commercial sale of Products by Borrowers and their Subsidiaries during such period, less, without duplication, (b)(i) trade, quantity and cash discounts allowed by Borrower, (ii) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, retroactive price adjustments and any other allowances which effectively reduce net selling price, (iii) product returns and allowances, (iv) allowances for shipping or other distribution expenses, (v) set-offs and counterclaims, and (vi) any other similar and customary deductions used by Borrower in determining net revenues, all, in respect of (a) and (b), as determined in accordance with GAAP (as applicable) and in the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Notice of Borrowing” means a notice of a Responsible Officer of Borrower Representative, appropriately completed and substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
“Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (monetary (including, without limitation, the payment of interest and other amounts arising after the commencement of any case with respect to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case) or otherwise) of each Credit Party under this Agreement or any 
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other Financing Document, in each case howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC Lists” means, collectively, the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (Sept. 25, 2001) and/or any other list of terrorists or other restricted Persons maintained pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable Executive Orders.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, the ordinary course of such Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s business and undertaken by such Person in good faith and not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Financing Document.
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person other than a natural person, the documents by which such Person was organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such Person (such as by-laws, a partnership agreement or an operating agreement, joint venture agreement, limited liability company agreement or members agreement), including any and all shareholder agreements or voting agreements relating to the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Person.
“Other Connection Taxes” means taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between Agent or any Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than connections arising from Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Financing Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loans or any Financing Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Financing Document, except any such taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.8(i)).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.17(a)(iii).
“Payment Account” means the account specified on the signature pages hereof into which all payments by or on behalf of each Borrower to Agent under the Financing Documents shall be made, or such other account as Agent shall from time to time specify by notice to Borrower Representative.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any Person succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any ERISA Plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.
“Perfection Certificate” means each Perfection Certificate delivered to Agent as of the Closing Date, together with any amendments thereto required under this Agreement.
“Permit” means all licenses, certificates, accreditations, product clearances or approvals, supplier numbers, marketing authorizations, drug or device authorizations and approvals, other authorizations, franchises, qualifications, accreditations, registrations, permits, consents and approvals of a Credit Party issued or required under Laws applicable to the business of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or necessary in the manufacturing, importing, exporting, possession, ownership, warehousing, marketing, promoting, sale, labeling, furnishing, distribution or delivery of goods or services under Laws applicable 
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to the business of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Permit” includes any Regulatory Required Permit.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by a Borrower, in each case, to the extent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:  
(a)the Borrower Representative shall have delivered to Agent at least ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by Agent) prior to the closing of the proposed Acquisition: (i) a description of the proposed Acquisition; (ii) a due diligence package (including, to the extent available, a quality of earnings report); and (iii) copies of the respective agreements, documents or instruments pursuant to which such Acquisition is to be consummated (or substantially final drafts thereof), any schedules to such agreements, documents or instruments and all other material ancillary agreements, instruments and documents to be executed or delivered in connection therewith, and, to the extent required to be completed prior to the closing of such Acquisition under the related acquisition agreement and reasonably requested by Agent, all material regulatory and third party approvals and copies of any environmental assessments, if applicable; 
(b)the Credit Parties (including any new Subsidiary to the extent required by Section 4.11) shall comply with the Joinder Requirements and execute and deliver the agreements, instruments and other documents to the extent required by Section 4.11 hereof, including such agreements, instruments and other documents necessary to ensure that Agent receives a first priority perfected Lien in all entities and assets acquired in connection with the Acquisition to the extent required by this Agreement;
(c)at the time of such Acquisition and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(d)the Acquisition would not result in a Change in Control and each Credit Party remains a surviving legal entity after such Acquisition;
(e)with respect to any Acquisition involving an in-license to a Credit Party, all such in-licenses or agreements related thereto shall constitute “Collateral” and Agent shall have the ability in the event of a liquidation of any Collateral to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents;
(f)all transactions in connection with such Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with applicable Laws;
(g)the assets acquired in such Acquisition are for use in the same, similar, related or complementary lines of business as the Credit Parties are currently engaged or a similar, related or complementary line of business reasonably related thereto;
(h)is not hostile and shall have been approved by the board of directors (or other similar body) and, to the extent required for due authorization, the stockholders or other equity holders of any Person being acquired in such Acquisition;
(i)no Debt or Liens (other than Permitted Debt and Permitted Liens, including Permitted Debt and Permitted Liens of any new Subsidiary which becomes a Credit Party in accordance with this definition) are assumed or created in connection with such Acquisition; 
(j)the Borrowers shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the consummation of such Acquisition, with the covenants contained in Section 6.1;
(k)unless Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (in its sole discretion), (x) if the Acquisition is an equity purchase or merger, the target and its Subsidiaries must have as their jurisdiction of formation a state within the United States or the District of Columbia, and (y) if the Acquisition is an asset purchase, all or substantially all of the assets so acquired shall be located within the United States 
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(or in the case of Registered Intellectual Property, registered in the United States (it being understood that such Intellectual Property may also be registered in other jurisdictions));
(l)the consideration payable by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition shall consist solely of (x) Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) in Conformis and/or (y) cash and Cash Equivalents not to exceed in the aggregate the cap set forth in clause (m) below;
(m)the sum of all cash amounts (including Cash Equivalents) paid or payable in connection with all Permitted Acquisitions (including all Debt, liabilities and Contingent Obligations (in each case to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder) incurred or assumed and the maximum amount of any royalties, earn-outs or comparable payment obligations in connection therewith, regardless of when due or payable and whether or not reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of Borrowers) shall not exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) in the aggregate over the term of this Agreement; and 
(n)Agent has received, prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, updated pro forma financial projections giving effect to such Acquisition, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, for the immediately succeeding twelve (12) months following the proposed consummation of the Acquisition beginning with the month during which the Acquisition is to be consummated.
“Permitted Asset Dispositions” means the following Asset Dispositions:
(a)dispositions of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business and not pursuant to any bulk sale, 
(b)dispositions of furniture, fixtures and equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business that the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary determines in good faith is no longer used or useful in the business of such Credit Party and its Subsidiaries with a fair salable value not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate for all such furniture, fixtures and equipment in any calendar year; and 
(c)Asset Dispositions by (i) any Borrower to another Borrower, and (ii) any other Credit Party or Subsidiary of a Credit Party to a Borrower or another Credit Party (other than a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary); 
(d)other dispositions approved by Agent in writing from time to time in its sole discretion;
(e)sales and dispositions of tangible personal property (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Intellectual Property or other intangible assets) for at least fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) so long as the fair market value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of during the term of this Agreement does not exceed $1,000,000, provided that (A) at least 75% of the consideration therefor consists of cash and Cash Equivalents, (B) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with this Agreement and (C) no Default or Event of Default exists at such time or would result therefrom;
(f)the use of cash or Cash Equivalents in a manner not prohibited by the Financing Documents;
(g)sales, forgiveness or discounting, on a non-recourse basis and in the Ordinary Course of Business, of past due accounts in connection with the collection or compromise thereof or the settlement of delinquent accounts or in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or customers;
(h)dispositions resulting from casualty events not constituting an Event of Default, provided the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as applicable;
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(i)voluntary terminations of Swap Contracts permitted hereunder;
(j)transactions constituting Permitted Distributions, Permitted Licenses, Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments;
(k)the abandonment in the Ordinary Course of Business of Intellectual Property (other than Material Intangible Assets) that is no longer used or useful to the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries;
(l)issuances of Equity Interests by (i) Conformis that do not result in a Change in Control and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of Conformis to their direct parent that is a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of a Credit Party to the extent constituting a Permitted Investment by such Credit Party or Subsidiary; 
(m)so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, the liquidation or dissolution of (i) any Subsidiary of a Credit Party with no assets or operations or (ii) any Guarantor that is not a Borrower so long as the assets of such Guarantor have been transferred to another Credit Party and no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom; 
(n)the sale, transfer, issuance or other disposition of a de minimis number of shares of the Equity Interests of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by applicable Law; and 
(o)so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, a disposition of tangible personal property to the extent that (A) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (B) the proceeds (determined on an after-tax basis) of such disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement. 
“Permitted Contest” means, with respect to any tax obligation or other obligation allegedly or potentially owing from any Credit Party or its Subsidiary to any governmental tax authority or other third party, a contest maintained in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and with respect to which such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made on the books and records and financial statements of the applicable Credit Party(ies); provided, however, that (a) compliance with the obligation that is the subject of such contest is effectively stayed during such challenge; (b) Credit Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ title to, and its right to use, the Collateral is not adversely affected thereby and Agent’s Lien and priority on the Collateral are not adversely affected, altered or impaired thereby; (c) the Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein shall not be in any danger of being sold, forfeited or lost by reason of such contest by Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries; (d) the Credit Parties have given Agent notice of the commencement of such contest to the extent the amount in controversy exceeds Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and upon request by Agent, from time to time, notice of the status of such contest by the Credit Parties and/or confirmation of the continuing satisfaction of this definition; and (e) upon a final determination of such contest, Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries shall promptly comply with the requirements thereof.
“Permitted Debt” means:
(a)Borrowers’ and its Subsidiaries’ Debt to Agent and each Lender under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents;
(b)Debt incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(c)purchase money Debt and Finance Leases not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate at any time (whether in the form of a loan or a lease) used solely to acquire equipment used in the Ordinary Course of Business and secured only by such equipment and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; 
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(d)Debt existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 5.1 (but not including any refinancings, extensions, increases or amendments to such Debt other than a Permitted Refinancing); 
(e)Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) outstanding at any time existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided, however, that such obligations are (or were) entered into by Borrower or an Affiliate in the Ordinary Course of Business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person and not for purposes of speculation;
(f)Debt owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to the Credit Parties, including to finance insurance premiums, so long as the amount of such Debt is not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of, such insurance for the policy year in which such Debt is incurred and such Debt is outstanding only during such policy year; 
(g)trade accounts payable arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not yet past due; 
(h)Debt consisting of unsecured intercompany loans and advances incurred by (i) any Borrower owing to any other Borrower, (ii) any Borrower or any Guarantor (other than a Guarantor that is a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) owing to any Guarantor, (iii) any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party owing to another Restricted Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, or (iv) any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to any Borrower or any Guarantor, so long as such Debt constitutes a Permitted Investment of the applicable Credit Party pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Investments; provided, however, that upon the request of Agent at any time, any such Debt owed to a Credit Party shall be evidenced by promissory notes having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent, the sole originally executed counterparts of which shall be pledged and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, as security for the Obligations; 
(i)Subordinated Debt;
(j)Debt (x) secured by Liens permitted by clause (m) of Permitted Liens or (y) assumed or incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition (and not created in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition), and, in each case, extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof; provided that the aggregate amount of all such Debt at any time outstanding shall not exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000);
(k)other unsecured Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) at any one time outstanding;
(l)liabilities and obligations resulting from endorsements for collection or deposit and in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and other like services, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of Business; 
(m)liabilities and obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds and other similar obligations;
(n)liabilities and obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with Permitted Asset Dispositions;
(o)Debt with respect to outstanding letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar instruments posted in the Ordinary Course of business, provided the outstanding principal amount of such Debt shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate at any time;
(p)Guarantees of Debt otherwise constituting Permitted Debt;
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(q)advances or deposits in the Ordinary Course of Business from customers, vendors or partners and not constituting Debt for borrowed money; and
(r)workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with health, disability or other types of social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, reclamation and statutory obligations, in each case incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Permitted Distributions” means the following Distributions:
(a)Dividends or distribution by (i) any Subsidiary of any Credit Party to a Credit Party (other than a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) or (ii) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party to its direct parent;
(b)so long as there exists no Default or Event of Default both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to any such Distribution, pro rata dividends or distribution by any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Credit Party to its equity holders; 
(c)dividends and distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) so long as such dividends or distributions do not result in a Change in Control; 
(d)repurchases of stock of present and former employees, directors, officers or consultants in connection with the death, disability or termination of such Persons’ services or pursuant to stock purchase agreements, employee stock option agreements, equity incentive plans, or other similar agreements or plans so long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such repurchase and would not exist after giving effect to such repurchase, provided, however, that such repurchase does not exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate per fiscal year;
(e)(i) cashless repurchases of Equity Interests by Conformis deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants of its Equity Interests to represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) to the extent constituting a Distribution, acquisitions (or withholdings) by Conformis of its Equity Interests pursuant to any employee stock option or similar plan in satisfaction of withholding or similar taxes payable by any present or former officer, employee, director or member of management; and
(f)payments of cash by Conformis in lieu of fractional shares of Equity Interests arising out of stock dividends, splits or combinations in connection with exercises or conversions of options, warrants and other convertible securities.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a)Investments shown on Schedule 5.7 and existing on the Closing Date; 
(b)cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments made in accordance with the Borrower’s Investment Policy;
(c)Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the Ordinary Course of Business; 
(d)Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Conformis pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or agreements approved by Conformis’ board of directors, but the aggregate of all such loans and advances outstanding pursuant to this clause (d) may not exceed Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) at any time; 
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(e)Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; 
(f)Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the Ordinary Course of Business, provided, however, that this subpart (f) shall not apply to Investments of Credit Parties in any Subsidiary; 
(g)the granting of Permitted Licenses; 
(h)Investments by a Credit Party in any other Credit Party (other than a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary); 
(i)so long as no Event of Default exists at the time of such Investment or after giving effect to such Investment, subject to Section 5.19, Investments of cash and Cash Equivalents by any Credit Party in (i) Inactive Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in any fiscal year and (ii) the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) in any fiscal year;
(j)so long as no Event of Default exists at the time of such Investment or after giving effect to such Investment, other Investments of cash and Cash Equivalents in an amount no to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided, however, that this clause (j) shall not apply to Investments in any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary;
(k)Contingent Obligations and Guarantees constituting Permitted Debt;
(l)Permitted Acquisitions and Investments held by a Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition to the extent such Investment was not made in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition;
(m)earnest money deposits in respect of contemplated Permitted Acquisitions and other similar Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) at any time;
(n)Investments made by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with a Permitted Asset Disposition to the extent such consideration is not required to applied as a mandatory prepayment of the Loan; and
(o)Investments in respect of Swap Contracts permitted by this Agreement.
“Permitted License” means 
(a)Licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public;
(b)license agreements existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 3.19;
(c)any non-exclusive license of patent rights of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries so long as all such Permitted Licenses (i) are granted to third parties in the Ordinary Course of Business or in connection with settlement agreements relating to the infringement of the Intellectual Property of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries and pursuant to which such Borrower or Subsidiary licenses Intellectual Property to the opposing party, (ii) do not result in a legal transfer of title to the licensed property, (iii) have been granted in exchange for fair consideration on commercially reasonable arms’ length terms, and (iv) no Event of Default is existing at the time such license is granted or would result from the granting thereof, and 
(d)any exclusive license approved in writing by the Agent in its sole discretion. 
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“Permitted Liens” means:
(a)deposits or pledges of cash arising in the Ordinary Course of Business to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance (but excluding Liens arising under ERISA or, with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, the Code) pertaining to a Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s employees, if any; 
(b)deposits or pledges of cash to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money or the deferred purchase price of property or services), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; 
(c)carrier’s, warehousemen’s, mechanic’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like Liens on Collateral arising in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to obligations which are not due, or which are being contested pursuant to a Permitted Contest; 
(d)Liens for taxes or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or the subject of a Permitted Contest; provided that no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under any applicable law, including, without limitation, the Code and the treasury regulations adopted thereunder; 
(e)attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens for sums not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate arising in connection with court proceedings; provided, however, that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are the subject of a Permitted Contest; 
(f)easements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; 
(g)Liens and encumbrances in favor of Agent under the Financing Documents; 
(h)Liens existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 5.2 and Liens incurred in a Permitted Refinancing of the obligations or liabilities secured by such Liens; 
(i)any Lien on any equipment securing Debt permitted under subpart (c) of the definition of Permitted Debt, provided, however, that such Lien attaches concurrently with or within twenty (20) days after the acquisition thereof;
(j)Liens granted in the Ordinary Course of Business on the unearned portion of insurance premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted clause (f) of the definition of Permitted Debt;
(k)Liens that are rights of set-off, bankers’ liens or similar non-consensual Liens relating to Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in favor of banks, other depositary institutions and securities intermediaries solely to secure payment of fees and similar costs and expenses and arising in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(l)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 in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(m)subject to the limitations in clause (j) of Permitted Debt, Liens existing on tangible personal property at the time of the acquisition thereof (including acquired in a Permitted Acquisition) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary (and not created in contemplation of such acquisition (and any replacements of such Liens applicable solely to such property));
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(n)Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or equivalent filings or registrations in foreign jurisdictions) filed under any lease permitted by this Agreement;
(o)Liens arising by law out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Credit Party or any of their Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(p)to the extent constituting a Lien, escrow arrangements securing indemnification obligations associated any Permitted Investment;
(q)to the extent constituting a Lien, Permitted Licenses;
(r)liens on cash securing Debt permitted by clauses (e) and (o) of Permitted Debt; and
(s)other Liens not described above (and not securing Debt for borrowed money) on assets not constituting Collateral securing obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
“Permitted Modifications” means (a) such amendments or other modifications to a Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents as are required under this Agreement or by applicable Law and fully disclosed to Agent within thirty (30) days after such amendments or modifications have become effective, and (b) such amendments or modifications to a Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents (other than those involving a change in the name of a Borrower or Subsidiary or involving a reorganization of a Borrower or Subsidiary under the laws of a different jurisdiction) that would not adversely affect the rights and interests of Agent or Lenders and fully disclosed to Agent within thirty (30) days after such amendments or modifications have become effective.
“Permitted Refinancing” means Debt constituting a refinancing, extension or renewal of Debt; provided that the refinanced, extended, or renewed Debt (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Debt being refinanced or extended (plus any reasonable and customary interest, fees, premiums and costs and expenses) (b) has a weighted average maturity (measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no shorter than that of the Debt being refinanced or extended, (c) is not entered into as part of a sale leaseback transaction, (d) is not secured by a Lien on any assets other than the collateral securing the Debt being refinanced or extended, (e) the obligors of which are the same as the obligors of the Debt being refinanced or extended and (f) is otherwise on terms no less favorable in all material respects to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, than those of the Debt being refinanced or extended (other than such changes in terms and market interest rates, fees and other economic terms that are necessary to reflect then market terms for such Debt being refinanced or extended).
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, professional association, limited partnership, general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by the Credit Parties in favor of Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, covering all the Equity Interests respectively owned by the Credit Parties, as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Pro Rata Share” means (a) with respect to a Lender’s obligation to make advances in respect of a Term Loan and such Lender’s right to receive payments of principal and interest with respect to the Term Loans, the Term Loan Commitment Percentage of such Lender in respect of such Term Loan, and (b) for all other purposes (including, without limitation, the indemnification obligations arising under Section 11.6) with respect to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Term Loan Commitment Amount of such Lender (or, in the event the Term Loan Commitment shall have been terminated, such Lender’s then outstanding principal advances of such Lender under the Term Loan), by 
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(ii) the sum of the Term Loan Commitment (or, in the event the Term Loan Commitment shall have been terminated, the then outstanding principal advances of such Lenders under the Term Loan) of all Lenders.
“Products” means, from time to time, any products currently manufactured, sold, developed, tested or marketed by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation, those products set forth on Schedule 4.17 (as updated from time to time in accordance with Section 4.15); provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, any new Product not disclosed on Schedule 4.17 shall still constitute a “Product” as herein defined.
“Protective Advance”  means all sums expended by Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.4 to (a) protect the priority, validity and enforceability of any lien on, and security interests in, any Collateral and the instruments evidencing and securing the Obligations, (b) prevent the value of any Collateral from being diminished, or (c) protect any of the Collateral from being materially damaged, impaired, mismanaged or taken.
“Recall” means a Person’s Removal or Correction of a marketed product that the FDA considers to be in violation of the laws it administers and against which the FDA would initiate legal action, e.g., seizure. 
“Registered Intellectual Property” means any patent, registered trademark or servicemark, registered copyright, or any pending application for any of the foregoing.
“Regulatory Reporting Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17.
“Regulatory Required Permit” means any and all licenses, approvals and permits issued by the FDA, any other applicable Governmental Authority necessary for (a) the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of any Product by any applicable Credit Party or its Subsidiaries or (b) the operation by any applicable Credit Party or its subsidiaries of any manufacturing facility or other similar operation.
“Removal” means the physical removal of a Product from its point of use to some other location for repair, modification, adjustment, relabeling, destruction, or inspection.
“Required Lenders” means at any time Lenders holding (a) more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the Term Loan Commitment (taken as a whole), or (b) if the Term Loan Commitment has been terminated, more than fifty percent (50%) of the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the applicable tranche of Term Loans.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Officer” means any of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or any other officer of the applicable Credit Party acceptable to Agent.
“Restricted Foreign Subsidiary” means each direct and indirect Subsidiary of a Borrower not organized under the laws of United States or any state or territory thereof, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Agent, including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Account” means a “securities account” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), an investment account, or other account in which investment property or securities are held or invested for credit to or for the benefit of any Credit Party.
“Securities Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, among Agent, any applicable Credit Party and each securities intermediary in which such Credit Party maintains a Securities Account pursuant to which Agent shall obtain “control” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) over such Securities Account.
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“Security Document” means this Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and any other agreement, document or instrument executed concurrently herewith or at any time hereafter pursuant to which one or more Credit Parties or any other Person either (a) Guarantees payment or performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, and/or (b) provides, as security for all or any portion of the Obligations, a Lien on any of its assets in favor of Agent for its own benefit and the benefit of the Lenders, as any or all of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) owns and will own assets the fair saleable value of which are (i) greater than the total amount of its debts and liabilities (including subordinated and Contingent Obligations), and (ii) greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of its then existing debts as they become absolute and matured considering all financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably available to it; (b) has capital that is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as presently conducted or after giving effect to any contemplated transaction; and (c) does not intend to incur and does not believe that it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due.
“Stated Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“Subordinated Debt” means any Debt of Borrowers incurred pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Debt Documents and with the prior written consent of Agent, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion.  As of the Closing Date, there is no Subordinated Debt.
“Subordinated Debt Documents” means any documents evidencing and/or securing Debt governed by a Subordination Agreement, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion.  As of the Closing Date, there are no Subordinated Debt Documents.
 “Subordination Agreement” means each agreement between Agent and another creditor of Credit Parties, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, pursuant to which the Debt owing from any Credit Party and/or the Liens securing such Debt granted by any Credit Party to such creditor are subordinated in any way to the Obligations and the Liens created under the Security Documents, the terms and provisions of such Subordination Agreements to have been agreed to by and be acceptable to Agent in the exercise of its sole discretion.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation (or any foreign equivalent thereof) of which an aggregate of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or designate the vote of more than fifty percent (50%) of such capital stock whether by proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company (or any foreign equivalent thereof) in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent (50%) or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner.  Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of a Credit Party.
“Swap Contract” means any “swap agreement”, as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code, that is obtained by a Credit Party to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates, but only if Agent provides its prior written consent to the entry into such “swap agreement”.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
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“Term Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Term Loan Commitment” means the sum of each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Amount, which is equal to Twenty One Million Dollars ($21,000,000).
“Term Loan Commitment Amount” means, as to any Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Term Loan Commitment Amount”.
“Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender, the percentage set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Term Loan Commitment Percentage”.
“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) any date on which the maturity of the Loans is accelerated pursuant to Section 10.2, or (c) the termination date stated in any notice of termination of this Agreement provided by Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.12.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c)(i).
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the perfection of security interests in any Collateral.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution. 
“United States” means the United States of America.
“Withholding Agent” means any Borrower or Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Section 1.2Accounting Terms and Determinations.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder (including, without limitation, determinations made pursuant to the exhibits hereto) shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of Conformis and its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to Agent and each of the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and if applicable, the absence of footnotes.  If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or financial requirement set forth in any Financing Document, and 
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either Borrower Representative or the Required Lenders shall so request, Agent, the Lenders and Borrowers shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided, however, that until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) Conformis shall provide to Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement which include a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  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 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Debt or other liabilities of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party at “fair value”, as defined therein.
Section 1.3Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions.  References in this Agreement to “Articles”, “Sections”, “Annexes”, “Exhibits”, or “Schedules” shall be to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided.  Any term defined herein may be used in the singular or plural.  “Include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation”.  Except as otherwise specified or limited herein, references to any Person include the successors and assigns of such Person.  References “from” or “through” any date mean, unless otherwise specified, “from and including” or “through and including”, respectively.  References to any statute or act shall include all related current regulations and all amendments and any successor statutes, acts and regulations.  All amounts used for purposes of financial calculations required to be made herein shall be without duplication.  References to any statute or act, without additional reference, shall be deemed to refer to federal statutes and acts of the United States.  References to any agreement, instrument or document shall include all schedules, exhibits, annexes and other attachments thereto.  References to capitalized terms that are not defined herein, but are defined in the UCC, shall have the meanings given them in the UCC.  All references herein to times of day shall be references to daylight or standard time, as applicable.  All references herein to a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or analogous term, will be construed to mean also a division of or by a limited liability company, as if it were a merger, transfer, consolidation, amalgamation, assignment, sale or transfer, or similar term, as applicable.  Any series of limited liability company shall be considered a separate Person.
Section 1.4Settlement and Funding Mechanics.  Unless otherwise specified herein, the settlement of all payments and fundings hereunder between or among the parties hereto shall be made in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.
Section 1.5Time is of the Essence.  Time is of the essence in Borrower’s and each other Credit Party’s performance under this Agreement and all other Financing Documents.
Section 1.6Time of Day.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight savings or standard, as applicable).
Article 2 - LOANS
Section 2.1Loans.
(a)Term Loans.
(i)Term Loan Amounts.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Lenders severally hereby agree to make to Borrowers a term loan in an original principal amount equal to the Term Loan Commitment (“Term Loan”).  Each Lender’s obligation to fund the Term Loan shall be limited to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage, and no Lender shall have any obligation to fund any portion of any Term Loan required to be funded by any other Lender, but not so funded.  No Borrower shall have any right to reborrow any portion of the Term Loan that is repaid or prepaid from time to time.  The Term Loan shall be funded in one advance on the Closing Date.  Borrowers shall deliver to Agent a Notice of Borrowing with respect to the proposed Term Loan advance, such Notice of Borrowing 
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to be delivered no later than noon (Eastern time) two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or such later time as agreed by the Agent in its sole discretion).
(ii)Scheduled Repayments; Mandatory Prepayments; Optional Prepayments.
(A)There shall become due and payable, and Borrowers shall repay the Term Loan through, scheduled principal payments as set forth on Schedule 2.1 attached hereto.  Notwithstanding the payment schedule set forth on Schedule 2.1, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan shall become immediately due and payable in full on the Termination Date.
(B)There shall become due and payable and Borrowers shall prepay the Term Loan in the following amounts and at the following times:
(i)Unless Agent shall otherwise consent in writing, within two (2) Business Days of the date on which any Credit Party (or Agent as loss payee or assignee) receives any Net Cash Proceeds from any casualty event in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) with respect to assets upon which Agent maintained a Lien, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds, or such lesser portion of such proceeds as Agent shall elect to apply to the Obligations;
(ii)an amount equal to any interest that is deemed to be in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate (as defined below) and is required to be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Loans by any Lender as provided for in Section 2.7;
(iii)unless Agent shall otherwise consent in writing, within two (2) Business Days of receipt by any Credit Party of the Net Cash Proceeds in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) of any Asset Disposition (other than any Permitted Asset Disposition described in clauses (a), (c), (d) (to the extent the Agent does not require prepayment of such approved Asset Disposition), and (f) through (o) of such definition), an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Disposition, or such lesser portion as Agent shall elect to apply to the Obligations; and
(iv)unless Agent shall otherwise consent in writing, upon receipt by any Credit Party of any Net Cash Proceeds from the incurrence of Debt other than Permitted Debt, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists: any such Net Cash Proceeds required to be prepaid in respect of casualty events or Asset Dispositions under clauses (i) and (iii) above may be used by Borrowers within one hundred eighty (180) days from the receipt of such proceeds (or actually applied within 270 days of receipt if such proceeds are committed within such 180-day period to be a applied to a binding agreement) to replace or repair any assets in respect of which such proceeds were paid or reinvest such proceeds to purchase new or replacement assets so long as (x) promptly upon the receipt of such proceeds, Borrowers have delivered to Agent notice of such replacement, repair or reinvestment of such proceeds and (y) such proceeds are deposited into a deposit account subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement in favor of the Agent pending such reinvestment; provided, further that any such Net Cash Proceeds that are not so applied within such 180-day period (or 270-day period as applicable), shall be immediately paid to the Agent to be applied as a prepayment of the Term Loans.
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the Term Loan in whole or in part, but in an minimum principal amount of not less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (or, if less, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan) or any multiple thereof (other than mandatory partial prepayments required under this Agreement); provided, however, that each such prepayment shall be accompanied by all accrued interest in respect of the amounts prepaid, any prepayment fees required hereunder and any fee required under the Fee Letter or any Financing Document in connection with such prepayment.
(iii)All Prepayments.  Except as this Agreement may specifically provide otherwise, all prepayments of the Term Loan shall be applied by Agent to the Obligations in inverse order of maturity.  The monthly payments required under Schedule 2.1 shall continue in the same amount (for so long as the Term Loan and/or (if applicable) any advance thereunder shall remain outstanding) notwithstanding any partial prepayment, whether mandatory or optional, of the Term Loan.
(iv)LIBOR Rate.
(A)Except as provided in subsection (C) below, the Term Loan shall accrue interest at the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(B)The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes in applicable Law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period, including changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), which additional or increased costs would increase the cost of funding loans bearing interest based upon the LIBOR Rate; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “change in applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.  In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Borrowers and Agent notice of such a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Borrowers may, by notice to such affected Lender (I) require such Lender to furnish to Borrowers a statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the amount of such adjustment, or (II) repay the Loans bearing interest based upon the LIBOR Rate with respect to which such adjustment is made.
(C)In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation, treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation of application thereof, shall at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or impractical for such Lender to maintain Loans bearing interest based upon the LIBOR Rate or to continue such maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, but excluding in such case a change resulting from application of the proviso to the definition of the term “Base LIBOR Rate”, such Lender shall give notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Borrowers and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender, (I) in the case of the Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan held by such Lender and then outstanding, the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall be deemed to be the last day of the Interest Period of such portion of the Term Loan, and interest upon such portion thereafter shall accrue interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, and (II) such portion of the Term Loan shall continue to accrue interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin until 
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such Lender determines that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to maintain such Term Loan at the LIBOR Rate.
(D)Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither Agent nor any Lender is required actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues based on the LIBOR Rate.
(E)In connection with the any replacement of the Base LIBOR Rate as contemplated in the definition thereof, Agent will have the right to make LIBOR Replacement Conforming Changes and amendments implementing such LIBOR Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.  Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the Lenders of (i) replacement of the Base LIBOR Rate as contemplated in the definition thereof and (ii) the effectiveness of any LIBOR Replacement Conforming Changes.  Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Agent in connection with any replacement of the Base LIBOR Rate, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.1(a).
Section 2.2Interest, Interest Calculations and Certain Fees.
(a)Interest.  From and following the Closing Date, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Loans and the other Obligations shall bear interest at the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.  Interest on the Loans shall be paid monthly in arrears on the first (1st) day of each month and on the maturity of such Loans, whether by acceleration or otherwise.  Interest on all other Obligations shall be payable upon demand.  
(b)Fee Letter.  In addition to the other fees set forth herein, the Borrowers agree to pay Agent the fees set forth in the Fee Letter.
(c)[Reserved].
(d)[Reserved].
(e)[Reserved].
(f)[Reserved].
(g)[Reserved].
(h)Prepayment Fee.  If any advance under the Term Loan is prepaid at any time, in whole or in part, for any reason (whether by voluntary prepayment by Borrower, by mandatory prepayment by Borrower, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise, or if the Term Loan shall become accelerated (including any automatic acceleration due to the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 10.1(e) or (f)) or otherwise) and due and payable in full, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of all Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, as compensation for the costs of such Lenders making funds available to Borrowers under this Agreement, a prepayment fee (the “Prepayment Fee”) calculated in accordance with this subsection.  The Prepayment Fee shall be equal to an amount determined by multiplying the amount being prepaid (or required to be prepaid, if such amount is greater) by the following applicable percentage amount: (w) three percent (3.00%) for the first year following the Closing Date, (x) two percent (2.00%) for the second year following the Closing Date, (y) one percent (1.00%) for the third year following the Closing Date, and (z) zero percent (0.00%) thereafter.  The Prepayment Fee shall not apply to or be assessed upon any prepayment made by Borrowers if such payments were required by Agent to be made pursuant to Section 
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2.1(a)(ii)(B) subpart (i) (relating to casualty proceeds), or subpart (ii) (relating to payments exceeding the Maximum Lawful Rate).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Prepayment Fee shall not apply to or be assessed upon any prepayment made by Borrowers if such payments were made due to the Term Loans being paid in full as a result of a refinancing of the Term Loans in full prior to the Maturity Date by Agent or an Affiliate of Agent.  All fees payable pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed fully-earned and non-refundable as of the Closing Date.
(i)Audit Fees.  Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses in connection with audits and inspections of Borrowers’ books and records, audits, valuations or appraisals of the Collateral, audits of Borrowers’ compliance with applicable Laws and such other matters as Agent shall deem appropriate, which shall be due and payable on the first Business Day of the month following the date of issuance by Agent of a written request for payment thereof to Borrowers.
(j)Wire Fees.  Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the account of any other Lenders, on written demand, fees for incoming and outgoing wires made for the account of Borrowers, such fees to be based on Agent’s then current wire fee schedule (available upon written request of the Borrowers).
(k)Late Charges.  If payments of principal (other than a final installment of principal upon the Termination Date), interest due on the Obligations, or any other amounts due hereunder or under the other Financing Documents are not timely made and remain overdue for a period of five (5) days, Borrowers, without notice or demand by Agent, promptly shall pay to Agent, for its own account and not for the benefit of any other Lenders, as additional compensation to Agent in administering the Obligations, an amount equal to two percent (2.0%) of each delinquent payment.
(l)Computation of Interest and Related Fees.  All interest and fees under each Financing Document shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed.  The date of funding of a Loan shall be included in the calculation of interest.  The date of payment of a Loan shall be excluded from the calculation of interest.
(m)Automated Clearing House Payments.  If Agent so elects, monthly payments of principal, interest, fees, expenses or any other amounts due and owing from Borrower to Agent hereunder shall be paid to Agent by Automated Clearing House debit of immediately available funds from the financial institution account designated by Borrower Representative in the Automated Clearing House debit authorization executed by Borrowers or Borrower Representative in connection with this Agreement, and shall be effective upon receipt.  Borrowers shall execute any and all forms and documentation necessary from time to time to effectuate such automatic debiting.  In no event shall any such payments be refunded to Borrowers.
Section 2.3Notes.  The portion of the Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced, if so requested by such Lender, by one or more promissory notes executed by Borrowers on a joint and several basis (each, a “Note”) in an original principal amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Amount.
Section 2.4[Reserved].
Section 2.5[Reserved].
Section 2.6General Provisions Regarding Payment; Loan Account.
(a)All payments to be made by each Credit Party under any Financing Document, including payments of principal and interest made hereunder and pursuant to any other Financing Document, and all fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements, shall be made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim.  If any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension (it being understood and agreed that, solely for purposes of calculating financial covenants and 
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computations contained herein and determining compliance therewith, if payment is made, in full, on any such extended due date, such payment shall be deemed to have been paid on the original due date without giving effect to any extension thereto).  Any payments received in the Payment Account before 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on any date shall be deemed received by Agent on such date, and any payments received in the Payment Account at or after 12:00 Noon (Eastern time) on any date shall be deemed received by Agent on the next succeeding Business Day.
(b)Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record Loans and other extensions of credit made by the Lenders hereunder or under any other Financing Document, and all payments thereon made by each Borrower.  All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time.  The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded in Agent’s books and records at any time shall be conclusive and binding evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent by each Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect any Borrower’s duty to pay all amounts owing hereunder or under any other Financing Document.  Agent shall endeavor to provide Borrowers with a monthly statement regarding the Loan Account (but neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability if Agent shall fail to provide any such statement).  Unless any Borrower notifies Agent of any objection to any such statement (specifically describing the basis for such objection) within ninety (90) days after the date of receipt thereof, it shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrowers in all respects as to all matters reflected therein absent manifest error.
Section 2.7Maximum Interest.  In no event shall the interest charged with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations of any Borrower under any Financing Document exceed the maximum amount permitted under the laws of the State of New York or of any other applicable jurisdiction.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or elsewhere, if at any time the rate of interest payable hereunder or under any Note or other Financing Document (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable law to be charged (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, each Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, continue to pay interest at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received is equal to the total interest which would have been received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate payable.  Thereafter, the interest rate payable shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply.  In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If, notwithstanding the prior sentence, any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Loans or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to Borrowers.  In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made.
Section 2.8Taxes; Capital Adequacy.
(a)All payments of principal and interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and if any such withholding or deduction is in respect of any Indemnified Taxes, then the Credit Parties shall pay such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Agent and each Lender will equal the full amount Agent and such Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required (including, without limitation, such withholdings and deductions applicable to additional sums 
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payable under this Section 2.8).  After payment of any Tax by a Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.8, such Credit Party shall promptly forward to Agent the original or a certified copy of an official receipt, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other documentation satisfactory to Agent evidencing such payment to such authority.  Credit Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(b)The Credit Parties shall indemnify Agent and Lenders, within ten (10) days after demand thereof, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.8) payable or paid by Agent or any Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Agent or any Lender and any expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate in reasonable detail as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c)Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments made under any Financing Document shall deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrowers or Agent as will enable Borrowers or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to 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 2.8(c)(i), 2.8(c)(ii) and 2.8(e) below) shall not be required if in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.   
(i)Each Lender that is not a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is a party hereto on the Closing Date or purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 11.17(a) after the Closing Date (unless such Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment) (each such Lender a “Foreign Lender”) shall, to the extent permitted by Law, execute and deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:  (A) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Financing Document, two (2) properly completed and executed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Financing Documents, two (2) properly completed and executed originals of IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty; (B) two (2) executed originals of Form W-8ECI (or successor form); (C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two (2) executed originals of IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form); (D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, two (2) executed 
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originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or successor form), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or Exhibit F-3, IRS Form W-9 (or successor form), and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner; or (E) other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS.  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 Borrower Representative and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.  In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such forms shall be delivered by each Foreign Lender upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender.  Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify Borrower Representative at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to Borrower Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). 
(ii)Each Lender that is a “United States person” (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is a party hereto on the Closing Date or purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 11.17(a) after the Closing Date (unless such Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment) shall, to the extent permitted by Law, provide to Borrower Representative and 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 reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent), a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-9 or any successor form certifying as to such Lender’s entitlement to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding and other applicable forms, certificates or documents prescribed by the IRS or reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or Agent.  Each such Lender shall promptly notify Borrowers at any time it determines that any certificate previously delivered to Borrower Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. governmental authorities for such purposes) is no longer valid.   
(iii)Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower Representative and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrowers or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(d)If any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund in respect of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.8 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.8), then it shall promptly pay an amount equal to such refund to Borrowers, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or of Agent with respect thereto, including any Taxes; provided, however, that Borrowers, upon the written request of such Lender or Agent, agree to repay any amount paid over to Borrowers to such Lender or to Agent (plus any related penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such Lender or Agent is required, for any reason, to disgorge or otherwise repay such refund.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.8, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 2.8(d) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This Section 2.8 shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
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(e)If a payment made to a Lender under any Financing Document 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 Borrower Representative and Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower Representative or 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 Borrower Representative or Agent as may be necessary for Borrowers and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(f)Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.17 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Agent in connection with any Financing Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Financing Document or otherwise payable by Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (f).
(g)Each party’s obligations under Section 2.8(a) through (f) shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations hereunder.
(h)If any Lender shall reasonably determine that the adoption or taking effect of, or any change in, any applicable Law regarding capital adequacy, in each instance, after the Closing Date, or any change after the Closing Date in the interpretation, administration or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation, administration or application thereof, or the compliance by any Lender or any Person controlling such Lender with any request, guideline or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency adopted or otherwise taking effect after the Closing Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such adoption, taking effect, change, interpretation, administration, application or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) then from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate setting forth the basis for such demand and a calculation of the amount thereof in reasonable detail, a copy of which shall be furnished to Agent), Borrowers shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amount as will compensate such Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction, so long as such amounts have accrued on or after the day which is two hundred seventy (270) days prior to the date on which such Lender first made demand therefor; provided that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “change in applicable Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
(i)If any Lender requests compensation under either Section 2.1(a)(iv) or Section 2.8(h), or requires Borrowers to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8, then, upon the written request of 
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Borrower Representative, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder (subject to the provisions of Section 11.17) to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or materially reduce amounts payable pursuant to any such Section, as the case may be, in the future, (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and (iii) would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender (as determined in its sole good faith discretion).  Without limitation of the provisions of Section 12.14, each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
Section 2.9Appointment of Borrower Representative.  
(a)Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Borrower Representative as its agent and attorney-in-fact to request and receive Loans in the name or on behalf of such Borrower and any other Borrowers, deliver Notices of Borrowing, give instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Financing Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants) in the name or on behalf of any Borrower or Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.  Agent and Lenders may disburse the Loans to such bank account of Borrower Representative or a Borrower or otherwise make such Loans to a Borrower, in each case as Borrower Representative may designate or direct, without notice to any other Borrower.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Agent may at any time and from time to time require that Loans to or for the account of any Borrower be disbursed directly to an operating account of such Borrower.
(b)Borrower Representative hereby accepts the appointment by Borrowers to act as the agent and attorney-in-fact of Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.9.  Borrower Representative shall ensure that the disbursement of any Loans that are at any time requested by or to be remitted to or for the account of a Borrower shall be remitted or issued to or for the account of such Borrower. 
(c)Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes Borrower Representative as its agent to receive statements on account and all other notices from Agent, Lenders with respect to the Obligations or otherwise under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.
(d)Any notice, election, representation, warranty, agreement or undertaking made or delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower by Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made or delivered by such Borrower, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if made or delivered directly by such Borrower.
(e)No resignation by or termination of the appointment of Borrower Representative as agent and attorney-in-fact as aforesaid shall be effective, except after ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent.  If the Borrower Representative resigns under this Agreement, Borrowers shall be entitled to appoint a successor Borrower Representative (which shall be a Borrower and shall be reasonably acceptable to Agent as such successor).  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Borrower Representative hereunder, such successor Borrower Representative shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Borrower Representative and the term “Borrower Representative” means such successor Borrower Representative for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and the retiring or terminated Borrower Representative’s appointment, powers and duties as Borrower Representative shall be thereupon terminated.
Section 2.10Joint and Several Liability; Rights of Contribution; Subordination and Subrogation.
(a)Borrowers are defined collectively to include all Persons named as one of the Borrowers herein; provided, however, that any references herein to “any Borrower”, “each Borrower” or similar references, shall be construed as a reference to each individual Person named as one of the Borrowers herein.  Each Person so named shall be jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of 
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Borrowers under this Agreement.  Each Borrower, individually, expressly understands, agrees and acknowledges, that the credit facilities would not be made available on the terms herein in the absence of the collective credit of all of the Persons named as the Borrowers herein, the joint and several liability of all such Persons, and the cross-collateralization of the collateral of all such Persons.  Accordingly, each Borrower individually acknowledges that the benefit to each of the Persons named as one of the Borrowers as a whole constitutes reasonably equivalent value, regardless of the amount of the credit facilities actually borrowed by, advanced to, or the amount of collateral provided by, any individual Borrower.  In addition, each entity named as one of the Borrowers herein hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, conditions, agreements and other terms contained in this Agreement shall be applicable to and shall be binding upon and measured and enforceable individually against each Person named as one of the Borrowers herein as well as all such Persons when taken together.  By way of illustration, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the terms of Section 10.1 of this Agreement are to be applied to each individual Person named as one of the Borrowers herein (as well as to all such Persons taken as a whole), such that the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 10.1 of this Agreement as to any Person named as one of the Borrowers herein shall constitute an Event of Default even if such event has not occurred as to any other Persons named as the Borrowers or as to all such Persons taken as a whole.
(b)Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, it is intended that the joint and several nature of the liability of each Borrower for the Obligations and the Liens granted by Borrowers to secure the Obligations, not constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance (as defined below).  Consequently, Agent, Lenders and each Borrower agree that if the liability of a Borrower for the Obligations, or any Liens granted by such Borrower securing the Obligations would, but for the application of this sentence, constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, the liability of such Borrower and the Liens securing such liability shall be valid and enforceable only to the maximum extent that would not cause such liability or such Lien to constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, and the liability of such Borrower and this Agreement shall automatically be deemed to have been amended accordingly.  For purposes hereof, the term “Fraudulent Conveyance” means a fraudulent conveyance under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of Title II of the Bankruptcy Code or a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the applicable provisions of any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer law or similar law of any state, nation or other governmental unit, as in effect from time to time.
(c)Agent is hereby authorized, without notice or demand (except as otherwise specifically required under this Agreement) and without affecting the liability of any Borrower hereunder, at any time and from time to time, to (i) renew, extend or otherwise increase the time for payment of the Obligations; (ii) with the written agreement of any Borrower, change the terms relating to the Obligations or otherwise modify, amend or change the terms of any Note or other agreement, document or instrument now or hereafter executed by any Borrower and delivered to Agent for any Lender; (iii) accept partial payments of the Obligations; (iv) take and hold any Collateral for the payment of the Obligations or for the payment of any guaranties of the Obligations and exchange, enforce, waive and release any such Collateral; (v) apply any such Collateral and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Agent, in its sole discretion, may determine; and (vi) settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Obligations and any Collateral therefor in any manner, all guarantor and surety defenses being hereby waived by each Borrower.  Except as specifically provided in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, Agent shall have the exclusive right to determine the time and manner of application of any payments or credits, whether received from any Borrower or any other source, and such determination shall be binding on all Borrowers.  All such payments and credits may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to any of the Obligations that Agent shall determine, in its sole discretion, without affecting the validity or enforceability of the Obligations of the other Borrower.
(d)Each Borrower hereby agrees that, except as hereinafter provided, its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of (i) the absence of any attempt to collect the Obligations from any obligor or other action to enforce the same; (ii) the waiver or consent by Agent with respect to any provision of any instrument evidencing the Obligations, or any part thereof, or any other agreement heretofore, now or hereafter executed by a Borrower and delivered to Agent; (iii) failure by Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its rights to, any security or collateral for the Obligations; (iv) the institution of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar proceeding, by or against a Borrower or Agent’s election in any such proceeding of the 
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application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (v) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by a Borrower as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; (vi) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of Agent’s claim(s) for repayment of any of the Obligations; or (vii) any other circumstance other than payment in full of the Obligations which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor or surety.
(e)Borrowers hereby agree, as between themselves, that to the extent that Agent, on behalf of Lenders, shall have received from any Borrower any Recovery Amount (as defined below), then the paying Borrower shall have a right of contribution against each other Borrower in an amount equal to such other Borrower’s contributive share of such Recovery Amount; provided, however, that in the event any Borrower suffers a Deficiency Amount (as defined below), then the Borrower suffering the Deficiency Amount shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against the other Borrowers in an amount equal to the Deficiency Amount; and provided, further, that in no event shall the aggregate amounts so reimbursed by reason of the contribution of any Borrower equal or exceed an amount that would, if paid, constitute or result in Fraudulent Conveyance.  Until all Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full, no payment made by or for the account of a Borrower including, without limitation, (i) a payment made by such Borrower on behalf of the liabilities of any other Borrower, or (ii) a payment made by any other Guarantor under any Guarantee, shall entitle such Borrower, by subrogation or otherwise, to any payment from such other Borrower or from or out of such other Borrower’s property.  The right of each Borrower to receive any contribution under this Section 2.10(e) or by subrogation or otherwise from any other Borrower shall be subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations and such Borrower shall not exercise any right or remedy against such other Borrower or any property of such other Borrower by reason of any performance of such Borrower of its joint and several obligations hereunder, until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full, and no Borrower shall exercise any right or remedy with respect to this Section 2.10(e) until the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full.  As used in this Section 2.10(e), the term “Recovery Amount” means the amount of proceeds received by or credited to Agent from the exercise of any remedy of the Lenders under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, including, without limitation, the sale of any Collateral.  As used in this Section 2.10(e), the term “Deficiency Amount” means any amount that is less than the entire amount a Borrower is entitled to receive by way of contribution or subrogation from, but that has not been paid by, the other Borrowers in respect of any Recovery Amount attributable to the Borrower entitled to contribution, until the Deficiency Amount has been reduced to Zero Dollars ($0) through contributions and reimbursements made under the terms of this Section 2.10(e) or otherwise.
Section 2.11[Reserved].
Section 2.12Termination; Restriction on Termination.
(a)Termination by Lenders.  In addition to the rights set forth in Section 10.2, Agent may, and at the direction of Required Lenders shall, terminate this Agreement without notice upon or after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
(b)Termination by Borrowers.  Upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to Agent and Lenders, Borrowers may, at its option, terminate this Agreement in connection with the payment in full of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted); provided, however, that no such termination shall be effective until Borrowers have complied with Sections 2.2 and 2.12(c) and the terms of each Fee Letter.  Any notice of termination given by Borrowers shall be irrevocable unless all Lenders otherwise agree in writing; provided, however, such notice may be conditioned upon the occurrence of a specified event the proceeds of such event are necessary for the repayment in full of the Obligations.  Borrowers may elect to terminate this Agreement in its entirety only.  No section of this Agreement or type of Loan available hereunder may be terminated singly.
(c)Effectiveness of Termination.  All of the Obligations shall be immediately due and payable upon the Termination Date.  All undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of the Credit Parties contained in the Financing Documents shall survive any such termination and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and Agent and each Lender shall retain all of 
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its rights and remedies under the Financing Documents notwithstanding such termination until all Obligations have been discharged or paid, in full, in immediately available funds, including, without limitation, all Obligations under Section 2.2 and the terms of any Fee Letter resulting from such termination.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or the payment in full of the Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in the Collateral unless, with respect to any loss or damage Agent may incur as a result of dishonored checks or other items of payment received by Agent from Credit Parties or any Account Debtor and applied to the Obligations, Agent shall have retained cash Collateral or other Collateral for such period of time as Agent, in its discretion, may deem necessary to protect Agent and each Lender from any such loss or damage.
Article 3 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and other credit accommodations contemplated hereby, each Borrower and each Credit Party party hereto hereby represents and warrants to Agent and each Lender that:
Section 3.1Existence and Power.  Each Credit Party (a) is an entity as specified on Schedule 3.1, (b) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and no other jurisdiction, (c) has the same legal name as it appears in such Credit Party’s Organizational Documents and an organizational identification number (if any), in each case as specified on Schedule 3.1, (d) has all powers to own its assets and has powers and all Permits necessary or desirable in the operation of its business as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have such Permits could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) is qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it is required to be so qualified, which jurisdictions as of the Closing Date are specified on Schedule 3.1, except in the case of this clause (e) where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1, no Credit Party (x) has had, over the five (5) year period preceding the Closing Date, any name other than its current name, or (y) was incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than its current jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.
Section 3.2Organization and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Financing Documents to which it is a party are within its powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action pursuant to its Organizational Documents, require no further action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority (other than filings, control agreements and other similar actions contemplated by the Financing Documents to perfect the Liens created by such Financing Documents) and do not violate, conflict with or cause a breach or a default under (a) any Law applicable to any Credit Party or any of the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party, or (b) any agreement or instrument binding upon it, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults as could not, with respect to this clause (b), reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.3Binding Effect.  Each of the Financing Documents to which any Credit Party is a party constitutes a valid and binding agreement or instrument of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.  Each Financing Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party party thereto.
Section 3.4Capitalization.  The authorized equity securities of each of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date are as set forth on Schedule 3.4.  All issued and outstanding equity securities of each of the Credit Parties (other than Conformis) are duly authorized and validly issued, to the extent applicable, fully paid, nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens other than those in favor of Agent for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and other Permitted Liens that are non-consensual Liens arising under applicable law, and such equity securities were issued in compliance with all applicable Laws.  The identity of the holders of the equity securities of each of the Credit Parties (other than Conformis) and the percentage of their fully-diluted ownership of the equity securities of each of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 3.4.  No shares of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any 
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Credit Party (other than Conformis), other than those described above, are issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4, as of the Closing Date there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights or similar agreements or understandings for the purchase or acquisition from any Credit Party (other than Conformis) of any equity securities of any such entity.
Section 3.5Financial Information.  All information delivered to Agent and pertaining to the financial condition of any Credit Party fairly presents the financial position of such Credit Party as of such date in conformity with GAAP (and as to unaudited financial statements, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosures).  Since December 31, 2020, there has been (a) no material adverse change in the business, operations, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Credit Party and (b) no fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.6Litigation.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6, as of the Closing Date, there is no Litigation pending against, or to such Borrower’s knowledge threatened against or affecting, any Credit Party involving amounts claimed against such Credit Party in an indefinite amount or an amount in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6 or as hereafter disclosed to Agent in writing, there is no Litigation pending in which an adverse decision could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which in any manner draws into question the validity of any of the Financing Documents.
Section 3.7Ownership of Property.  Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries is the lawful sole owner of, has good and marketable title to and is in lawful possession of, or has valid leasehold interests in, all properties, accounts and other assets (real or personal, tangible, intangible or mixed) necessary or used in the conduct of the business by such Person.
Section 3.8No Default.  No Event of Default, or to such Borrower’s knowledge, Default, has occurred and is continuing.  No Credit Party is in breach or default under or with respect to any contract, agreement, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its property is bound or affected, which breach or default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.9Labor Matters.  As of the Closing Date, there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to any Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any Credit Party.  Hours worked and payments made to the employees of the Credit Parties have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Law dealing with such matters except for such violations as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except for de minimis amounts not intentionally withheld, all payments due from the Credit Parties, or for which any claim may be made against any of them, on account of wages and employee and retiree health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on their books, as the case may be.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
Section 3.10Investment Company Act.  No Credit Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” or a “subsidiary” of an “investment company,” all within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 3.11Margin Regulations.
(a)Each Credit Party is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable Laws (including all applicable Healthcare Laws), except for such Laws the noncompliance with which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)None of the proceeds from the Loans have been or will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board), for the purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any “margin stock”, to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing 
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or carrying margin stock or for any other purpose which might cause any of the Loans to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section 3.12Compliance With Laws; Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(a)Each Credit Party is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable Laws (including all applicable Healthcare Laws), except for such Laws the noncompliance with which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)None of the Credit Parties and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, none of their Affiliates (i) is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (ii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iii) is a Blocked Person, or is controlled by a Blocked Person, (iv) is acting or will act for or on behalf of a Blocked Person, (v) is associated with, or will become associated with, a Blocked Person or (vi) is providing, or will provide, material, financial or technical support or other services to or in support of acts of terrorism of a Blocked Person.  No Credit Party nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any of its Affiliates or agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (A) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, or (B) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law.
Section 3.13Taxes.  All federal, state and other material local tax returns, reports and statements required to be filed by or on behalf of each Credit Party have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such returns, reports and statements are required to be filed and, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, all Taxes (including real property Taxes) and other charges shown to be due and payable in respect thereof have been timely paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof.  Except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, all state and material local sales and use Taxes required to be paid by each Credit Party have been timely paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof.  All federal and state returns have been filed by each Credit Party for all periods for which returns were due with respect to employee income tax withholding, social security and unemployment taxes, and, except to the extent subject to a Permitted Contest, the amounts shown thereon to be due and payable have been paid in full or adequate provisions therefor have been made prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof.
Section 3.14Compliance with ERISA.
(a)Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each ERISA Plan (and the related trusts and funding agreements) complies in form and in operation with, has been administered in compliance with, and the terms of each ERISA Plan satisfy, the applicable requirements of ERISA and the Code and (ii) each ERISA Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and the United States Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable determination letter with respect to each such ERISA Plan which may be relied on currently.  No Credit Party has incurred liability for any material excise tax under any of Sections 4971 through 5000 of the Code.
(b)Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provision of the Code relating to ERISA Plans and the regulations and published interpretations therein.  During the thirty-six (36) month period prior to the Closing Date or the making of any Loan (i) no steps have been taken to terminate any Pension Plan, and (ii) no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code and no event has occurred that would give rise to a Lien under Section 4068 of ERISA.  No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan which could result in the incurrence by any Credit Party of any material 
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liability, fine or penalty.  No Credit Party has incurred liability to the PBGC (other than for current premiums) with respect to any employee Pension Plan.  All contributions (if any) have been made on a timely basis in all material respects to any Multiemployer Plan that are required to be made by any Credit Party or any other member of the Controlled Group under the terms of the plan or of any collective bargaining agreement or by applicable Law; no Credit Party nor any member of the Controlled Group has withdrawn or partially withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan pursuant to which there remains outstanding liability, incurred any withdrawal liability with respect to any such plan or received notice of any claim or demand for withdrawal liability or partial withdrawal liability from any such plan, and no condition has occurred which, if continued, could result in a withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any such plan, and no Credit Party nor any member of the Controlled Group has received any notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, that increased contributions may be required to avoid a reduction in plan benefits or the imposition of any excise tax, that any such plan is or has been funded at a rate less than that required under Section 412 of the Code, that any such plan is or may be terminated, or that any such plan is or may become insolvent.
Section 3.15Consummation of Financing Documents; Brokers.  Except for fees payable to Agent and/or Lenders (or as otherwise disclosed to Agent prior to the Closing Date), no broker, finder or other intermediary has brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, and no Credit Party has or will have any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees, commissions or other expenses in connection herewith or therewith.
Section 3.16[Reserved].
Section 3.17Material Contracts.  Except for the Financing Documents and the agreements set forth on Schedule 3.17, as of the Closing Date there are no Material Contracts.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents will not give rise to a right of termination in favor of any party to any Material Contract (other than any Credit Party), except for such Material Contracts the noncompliance with which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.18Compliance with Environmental Requirements; No Hazardous Materials.  Except in each case as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth on Schedule 3.18:
(a)no notice, notification, demand, request for information, citation, summons, complaint or order has been issued, no complaint has been filed, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or review is pending, or to such Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by any Governmental Authority or other Person with respect to any (i) alleged violation by any Credit Party of any Environmental Law, (ii) alleged failure by any Credit Party to have any Permits required in connection with the conduct of its business or to comply with the terms and conditions thereof, (iii) any generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, or (iv) release of Hazardous Materials; and
(b)no property now owned or leased by any Credit Party and, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, no such property previously owned or leased by any Credit Party, to which any Credit Party has, directly or indirectly, transported or arranged for the transportation of any Hazardous Materials, is listed or, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, proposed for listing, on the National Priorities List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, or CERCLIS (as defined in CERCLA) or any similar state list or is the subject of federal, state or local enforcement actions or, to the knowledge of such Credit Party, other investigations which may lead to claims against any Credit Party for clean-up costs, remedial work, damage to natural resources or personal injury claims, including, without limitation, claims under CERCLA.
For purposes of this Section 3.18, each Credit Party shall be deemed to include any business or business entity (including a corporation) that is, in whole or in part, a predecessor of such Credit Party.
Section 3.19Intellectual Property and License Agreements.  A list of all Registered Intellectual Property of each Credit Party and all in-bound license or sublicense agreements, and exclusive out-bound license or sublicense agreements (but, in each case, excluding in-bound licenses of 
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over-the-counter and other software that is commercially available to the public and open source licenses in the Ordinary Course of Business), as of the Closing Date and, as updated pursuant to Section 4.15, is set forth on Schedule 3.19.  Schedule 3.19 shall be prepared by Credit Parties in the form provided by Agent and contain all information required in such form.  Except Permitted Liens arising by operation of law and Permitted Licenses, each Credit Party is the sole owner of its Intellectual Property free and clear of any Liens.  Each patent owned or licensed by any Credit Party material to the conduct of such Credit Party’s business is valid and enforceable in all material respects and no part of the Material Intangible Assets has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and to the best of Credit Parties’ knowledge and except as set forth on Schedule 3.6 and such claims as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim has been made that any part of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party.
Section 3.20Solvency.  After giving effect to the Loan advance and the liabilities and obligations of each Credit Party under the Financing Documents, the Borrowers, and the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
Section 3.21Full Disclosure.  None of the written information (financial or otherwise, but excluding all projections, forward looking information or information of a general economic or industry nature) furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.  All financial projections delivered to Agent and the Lenders by Credit Parties (or their agents) have been prepared on the basis of the assumptions stated therein.  Such projections represent each Credit Party’s best estimate of such Credit Party’s future financial performance and such assumptions are believed by such Credit Party to be fair and reasonable in light of current business conditions; provided, however, that Credit Parties can give no assurance that such projections will be attained.
Section 3.22[Reserved].
Section 3.23Subsidiaries.  Credit Parties do not own any stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equity securities or Subsidiaries except for Permitted Investments.
Section 3.24Accuracy of Schedules.  All information set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement is true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date.  All information set forth in the Perfection Certificate is true, accurate and complete as of the Closing Date and any other subsequent date in which Borrower is requested to update such certificate.
Section 3.25Regulatory Matters.
(a)All of Credit Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ material Products and material Regulatory Required Permits (limited to those Regulatory Required Permits the loss of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) are listed on Schedule 4.17 on the Closing Date.  With respect to each material Product, (i) the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries have received, and such Product is the subject of, all Regulatory Required Permits needed in connection with the testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of such Product as currently being conducted by or on behalf of the Credit Parties, and have provided Agent with all notices and other information required by Section 4.1, and (ii) such Product is being tested, manufactured, marketed or sold, as the case may be, by Credit Parties (or to the Credit Parties’ knowledge, by any applicable third parties) in material compliance with all applicable Laws and Regulatory Required Permits. 
(b)None of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof are in violation of any Healthcare Law in any material respect.
(c)No Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof receives any payments directly (including through any third party payment processor) from Medicare, Medicaid, or TRICARE. 
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(d)To the Credit Parties’ knowledge (after reasonable inquiry), none of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries’ officers, directors, employees, shareholders, their agents or affiliates has made an untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA, committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA to invoke its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities,” set forth in 56 Fed. Regulation 46191 (September 10, 1991).
(e)Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Product (i) has been and/or shall be manufactured, imported, possessed, owned, warehoused, marketed, promoted, sold, labeled, furnished, distributed and marketed and each service has been conducted in accordance with all applicable Permits and Laws; and (ii) to the extent applicable, has been and/or shall be manufactured in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practices. 
(f)No Credit Party, nor any Subsidiary thereof, is subject to any proceeding, suit or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, investigation by any federal, state or local government or quasi-governmental body, agency, board or authority or any other administrative or investigative body (including the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services), which could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, transfer, surrender, suspension of any material Permits of Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or otherwise be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g)As of the Closing Date, there have been no Regulatory Reporting Events. 
Section 3.26Senior Indebtedness Status.  The Obligations of each Credit Party under this Agreement and each of the other Financing Documents ranks and shall continue to rank at least senior in priority of payment to all Debt that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations of each such Person under this Agreement and is designated as “Senior Indebtedness” (or an equivalent term) under all instruments and documents, now or in the future, relating to all Debt that is contractually subordinated to the Obligations under this Agreement of each such Person.
Article 4 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party agrees that:
Section 4.1Financial Statements, Other Reports and Notices.  The Credit Parties will deliver to Agent:
(a)as soon as available, but no later than forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal quarter (or sixty (60) days in the case of the last fiscal quarter of any fiscal year), a company prepared consolidated (and, upon Agent’s request, consolidating) balance sheet, cash flow and income statement (including year-to-date results) covering Borrowers’ and their Consolidated Subsidiaries’ consolidated (and, when applicable, consolidating) operations during the period, prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as at the end of the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, certified by a Responsible Officer, subject to normal year-end adjustments and to the absence of footnotes required by GAAP; provided that to the extent any of the foregoing is available on the SEC EDGAR website, delivery to Agent will be deemed to have occurred upon notice of such availability to Agent;
(b)[reserved]; 
(c)as soon as available, but no later than ninety (90) days after the last day of Conformis’ fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements of Conformis and its consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, together with an opinion on the financial statements from Grant Thornton or an independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Agent in its reasonable discretion, which opinion shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification (other than a “going concern” qualification or exception solely as a result of the scheduled 
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maturity of the Loans occurring within one year from the date such opinion is delivered); provided that to the extent any of the foregoing is available on the SEC EDGAR website, delivery to Agent will be deemed to have occurred upon notice of such availability to Agent;
(d)within five (5) Business Days of delivery or filing thereof, copies of all material statements, reports and notices made available to such Credit Party’s security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Debt and copies of all reports and other filings made by such Credit Party with any stock exchange on which any securities of any Credit Party are traded and/or the SEC; provided that to the extent any of the foregoing is available on the SEC EDGAR website, delivery to Agent will be deemed to have occurred concurrently with the posting thereof; 
(e)a prompt written report of any legal actions pending or threatened against any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in damages or costs to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or more or otherwise could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(f)prompt written notice of an event that materially and adversely affects the value of any Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of the business of the Credit Parties; 
(g)within sixty (60) days after the start of each fiscal year, projections for the forthcoming then current fiscal year, on a quarterly basis; 
(h)promptly (but in any event within ten (10) days of any request therefor) such readily available other budgets, sales projections, operating plans and other financial information and information, reports or statements regarding the Credit Parties, their business and the Collateral as Agent may from time to time reasonably request;
(i)(i) as soon as available, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last day of each month (other than the last month in any fiscal quarter) and (ii) together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to clause (a) above, deliver to Agent a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth calculations showing (a) compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Article 6 and (b) monthly cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties and their subsidiaries;
(j)[reserved];
(k)[reserved];
(l)written notice to Agent promptly, but in any event within five (5) days of a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party receiving written notice or otherwise becoming aware that:
(i)the marketing or sales of a Product, which is material to the Credit Parties’ business and which has been approved for marketing and sale, should cease or such Product should be withdrawn from the marketplace; 
(ii)any Governmental Authority is conducting an investigation or review (other than routine reviews in the Ordinary Course of Business) of any Regulatory Required Permit the loss of which could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; 
(iii)any Regulatory Required Permit, the loss of which could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, has been revoked or withdrawn;
(iv)any Governmental Authority, including without limitation the FDA, the Office of the Inspector General of HHS or the United States Department of Justice, has commenced any action against a Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof, any action to enjoin a Credit Party or a Subsidiary thereof from conducting their businesses at any facility owned or used by them or for any material civil penalty, injunction, seizure or criminal action; 
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(v)receipt by a Credit Party, any Subsidiary thereof or a material contract manufacturer thereof, from the FDA a warning letter, Form FDA-483, “Untitled Letter,” other correspondence or notice setting forth alleged violations of laws and regulations enforced by the FDA, or any comparable correspondence from any state or local authority responsible for regulating drug or medical device products and establishments, or any comparable correspondence from any foreign counterpart of the FDA, or any comparable correspondence from any foreign counterpart of any state or local authority with regard to any material Product or the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding thereof;
(vi)any significant failures in the manufacturing of any material Product have occurred such that the amount of such Product successfully manufactured in accordance with all specifications thereof and the required payments to be made to any Credit Party therefor in any month shall decrease significantly with respect to the quantities of such Product and payments produced in the prior month; or
(vii)any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof engaging in any Recalls, Market Withdrawals, or other forms of product retrieval from the marketplace of any Products (other than discrete batches or lots that are not material in quantity or amount and are not made in conjunction with a larger recall) (each of the events set forth in clauses (i)-(vii) a “Regulatory Reporting Event”); 
(m)promptly after the request by any Lender, all documentation and other information that such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act; and
(n)promptly, but in any event within five (5) days, after any Responsible Officer of any Borrower obtains knowledge of the occurrence of any event or change (including, without limitation, any notice of any violation of applicable Healthcare Laws) that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of a Responsible Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of any such event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken by such holder or Person and the nature of such event or change, and what action the applicable Credit Party or Subsidiary has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.2Payment and Performance of Obligations.  Each Credit Party (a) will pay and discharge, and cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge, on a timely basis as and when due, all of their respective obligations and liabilities, except for such obligations and/or liabilities (i) that may be the subject of a Permitted Contest, and (ii) the nonpayment or nondischarge of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Lien against any Collateral, except for Permitted Liens, (b) without limiting anything contained in the foregoing clause (a), pay all amounts due and owing in respect of Taxes (including without limitation, payroll and withholdings tax liabilities but excluding Taxes subject to a Permitted Contest) on a timely basis as and when due, and in any case prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof, (c) will maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, in accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of all of their respective obligations and liabilities, and (d) will not breach or permit any Subsidiary to breach, or permit to exist any default under, the terms of any lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation to which it is a party, or by which its properties or assets are bound, except for such breaches or defaults which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.3Maintenance of Existence.  Each Credit Party (a) will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect and in good standing, and (b) will cause each Subsidiary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect and in good standing, their respective existence and their respective rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of business, except (i) in each case as a result of transactions permitted by this Agreement and (ii) in the case of clause (b), as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.4Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
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(a)Each Credit Party will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation events excepted.  If all or any part of the Collateral necessary in its business becomes damaged or destroyed, each Credit Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, promptly repair and/or restore the affected Collateral in a good and workmanlike manner, regardless of whether Agent agrees to disburse insurance proceeds or other sums to pay costs of the work of repair or reconstruction.
(b)Upon completion of any Permitted Contest, Credit Parties shall, and will cause each Subsidiary to, promptly pay the amount due, if any, and if such amount exceeds Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), deliver to Agent proof of the completion of the contest and payment of the amount due, if any.
(c)Each Credit Party will maintain casualty, liability and such other insurance coverage, in each case, against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons; provided, however, that, in no event shall such insurance be in amounts or with coverage less than, or with carriers with qualifications inferior to, any of the insurance or carriers in existence as of the Closing Date (or required to be in existence after the Closing Date under a Financing Document).  All such insurance shall be provided by insurers having an A.M. Best policyholders rating reasonably acceptable to Agent.
(d)On or prior to the Closing Date, and at all times thereafter, each Credit Party will cause Agent to be named as an additional insured, assignee and lender loss payee (which shall include, as applicable, identification as mortgagee), as applicable, on each insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to this Section 4.4 pursuant to endorsements in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent.  Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent and the Lenders (i) on the Closing Date, a certificate from Credit Parties’ insurance broker dated such date showing the amount of coverage as of such date, and that such policies will include effective waivers (whether under the terms of any such policy or otherwise) by the insurer of all claims for insurance premiums against all loss payees and additional insureds and all rights of subrogation against all loss payees and additional insureds, and that if all or any part of such policy is canceled, terminated or expires, the insurer will forthwith give notice thereof to each additional insured, assignee and loss payee and that no cancellation, reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by each additional insured, assignee and loss payee of written notice thereof, (ii) on an annual basis, and upon the request of any Lender through Agent from time to time full information as to the insurance carried, (iii) within five (5) days of receipt of notice from any insurer, a copy of any notice of cancellation, nonrenewal or material change in coverage from that existing on the date of this Agreement, (iv) forthwith, notice of any cancellation or nonrenewal of coverage by any Credit Party, and (v) prior to expiration of any policy of insurance, evidence of renewal of such insurance upon the terms and conditions herein required.
(e)In the event any Credit Party fails to provide Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Agreement, Agent may purchase insurance at Credit Parties’ expense to protect Agent’s interests in the Collateral.  This insurance may, but need not, protect such Credit Party’s interests.  The coverage purchased by Agent may not pay any claim made by such Credit Party or any claim that is made against such Credit Party in connection with the Collateral.  Such Credit Party may later cancel any insurance purchased by Agent, but only after providing Agent with evidence that such Credit Party has obtained insurance as required by this Agreement.  If Agent purchases insurance for the Collateral, Credit Parties will be responsible for the costs of that insurance to the fullest extent provided by law, including interest and other charges imposed by Agent in connection with the placement of the insurance, until the effective date of the cancellation or expiration of the insurance.  The costs of the insurance may be added to the Obligations.  The costs of the insurance may be more than the cost of insurance such Credit Party is able to obtain on its own.
Section 4.5Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts.  Each Credit Party will comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with the requirements of all applicable Laws and Material Contracts, except to the extent that failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to (a) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) result in any Lien upon a material portion of the assets of any such Person in favor of any Governmental Authority.
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Section 4.6Inspection of Property, Books and Records.  Each Credit Party will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of record substantially in accordance with GAAP in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, at the sole cost of the applicable Credit Party or any applicable Subsidiary, representatives of Agent and of any Lender to visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine and make abstracts or copies from any of their respective books and records (other than (a) in respect of which disclosure to Agent or any Lender is prohibited by law or (b) is subject to attorney-client privilege or constitutes attorney work product), to conduct a collateral audit and analysis of their respective operations and the Collateral, to evaluate and make physical verifications and appraisals of the Inventory and other Collateral in any manner and through any medium that Agent considers advisable, to verify the amount and age of the Accounts, the identity and credit of the respective Account Debtors, to review the billing practices of Credit Parties and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent public accountants as often as may reasonably be desired, during normal business hours.  In the absence of a Default or an Event of Default which is continuing (i) such inspections and audits shall be conducted no more often than one (1) time every twelve (12) months and (ii) Agent or any Lender exercising any rights pursuant to this Section 4.6 shall give the applicable Credit Party or any applicable Subsidiary commercially reasonable prior notice of such exercise.  No notice shall be required during the existence and continuance of any Default or any time during which Agent reasonably believes a Default exists.
Section 4.7Use of Proceeds.  Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Term Loan solely for  (a) transaction fees incurred in connection with the Financing Documents, (b) repayment, in full, of all obligations outstanding under the Existing Debt Facility, and (c) for working capital needs of Borrowers.  No portion of the proceeds of the Loans will be used for family, personal, agricultural or household use.
Section 4.8[Reserved].
Section 4.9Notices of Material Contracts, Litigation and Defaults.
(a)(i) Credit Parties shall promptly (but in any event contemporaneously with when the next Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered) provide written notice to Agent after any Credit Party or Subsidiary receives or delivers any notice of termination or default or similar notice in connection with any Material Contract, and (ii) Credit Parties shall provide, together with the next quarterly Compliance Certificate required to be delivered under this Agreement, written notice to Agent after any Credit Party or Subsidiary (1) executes and delivers any material amendment, consent, waiver or other modification to any Material Contract or (2) enters into new Material Contract and shall, upon request of Agent, promptly provide Agent a copy thereof.
(b)Credit Parties shall promptly (but in any event within three (3) Business Days) provide written notice to Agent (i)  upon any Credit Party becoming aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default, (ii) of any strikes or other labor disputes pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened against any Credit Party, (iii) if there is any infringement or claim of infringement by any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property rights of any Credit Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or if there is any claim by any other Person that any Credit Party in the conduct of its business is infringing on the Intellectual Property rights of others, and (iv) of all returns, recoveries, disputes and claims that would reasonably be expected to result in liability of more than Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) in the aggregate.  Credit Parties represent and warrant that Schedule 4.9 sets forth a complete list of all matters existing as of the Closing Date for which notice could be required under this Section 4.9(b).
Each Credit Party shall provide such further information (including copies of such documentation) as Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request with respect to any of the events or notices described in clauses (a) and (b) above.  From the date hereof and continuing through the termination of this Agreement, each Credit Party shall make available to Agent and each Lender, without expense to Agent or any Lender, each Credit Party’s officers, employees and agents and books, to the extent that Agent or any Lender may deem them reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or against Agent or any Lender with respect to any Collateral or relating to a Credit Party.
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Section 4.10Hazardous Materials; Remediation.
(a)If any material release or disposal of Hazardous Materials shall occur or shall have occurred on any real property or any other assets of any Borrower or any other Credit Party, such Credit Party will cause the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous Materials and the remediation of such real property or other assets as is necessary to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and Healthcare Laws and to preserve the value of such real property or other assets.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall comply in all material respects with each Environmental Law and Healthcare Law requiring the performance at any real property by any Borrower or any other Credit Party of activities in response to the release or threatened release of a Hazardous Material.
(b)Credit Parties will provide Agent within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor with a bond, letter of credit or similar financial assurance evidencing to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent that sufficient funds are available to pay the cost of removing, treating and disposing of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination and discharging any assessment which may be established on any property as a result thereof, such demand to be made, if at all, upon Agent’s reasonable business determination that the failure to remove, treat or dispose of any Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Materials Contamination, or the failure to discharge any such assessment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.11Further Assurances.
(a)Each Credit Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, at its own cost and expense, promptly and duly take, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such further acts, documents and assurances as may from time to time be necessary or as Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and purposes of the Financing Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, including all such actions to establish, create, preserve, protect and perfect a first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) in favor of Agent for itself and for the benefit of the Lenders on the Collateral (including Collateral acquired after the date hereof).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (x) Credit Parties shall, at the time of the delivery of any Compliance Certificate disclosing the acquisition by an Credit Party of any registered Intellectual Property or application for the registration of Intellectual Property, deliver to Agent a duly completed and executed supplement to the applicable Credit Party’s Patent Security Agreement or Trademark Security Agreement in the form of the respective Exhibit thereto, and (y) at the request of Agent, following the disclosure by Credit Parties on any Compliance Certificate of the acquisition by any Credit Party of any rights under a license as a licensee with respect to any registered Intellectual Property or application for the registration of any Intellectual Property owned by another Person, Credit Parties shall execute any documents necessary (as determined by Agent) or reasonably requested by Agent to establish, create, preserve, protect and perfect a first priority lien in favor of Agent, to the extent legally possible, in such Credit Party’s rights under such license and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the written consent of the licensor which such license to the granting in favor of Agent of a Lien on such Credit Party’s rights as licensee under such license.
(b)Upon receipt of an affidavit of an authorized representative of Agent or a Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note or any other Financing Document which is not of public record, and, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note or other applicable Financing Document, Borrowers will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note or other applicable Financing Document, dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or other Financing Document in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.
(c)Credit Parties shall provide Agent with at least ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as Agent may accept in its sole discretion) prior written notice of its intention to create (or to the extent permitted under this Agreement, acquire) a new Subsidiary.  Promptly upon, but in any event within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as the Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of the formation (or to the extent permitted under this Agreement, acquisition) of a new Subsidiary or the date on which any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary ceases to be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, Credit Parties shall: (i) pledge, have pledged or cause or have caused to be pledged to Agent pursuant to a pledge 
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agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, all of the outstanding Equity Interests of such new Subsidiary owned directly or indirectly by any Credit Party, along with undated stock or equivalent powers for such certificates, executed in blank; provided that in the case of Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries no Borrower shall be required to pledge any Excluded Property; (ii) unless Agent shall agree otherwise in writing, cause such Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) to take such other actions (including entering into or joining any Security Documents) as are necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of Agent in order to grant Agent, acting on behalf of the Lenders, a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens which have priority by operation of Law) on all real and personal property (other than Excluded Property) of such Subsidiary in existence as of such date and in all after acquired property, which first priority Liens are required to be granted pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) unless Agent shall agree otherwise in writing, cause such Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) to either (at the election of Agent) become a Borrower hereunder with joint and several liability for all obligations of Borrowers hereunder and under the other Financing Documents pursuant to a joinder agreement or other similar agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent or to become a Guarantor of the obligations of Borrowers hereunder and under the other Financing Documents pursuant to a guaranty and suretyship agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; and (iv) cause such Subsidiary to deliver certified copies of such Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, together with good standing certificates, by-laws (or other operating agreement or governing documents), resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body, approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of the Security Documents, incumbency certificates and to execute and/or deliver such other documents and legal opinions or to take such other actions as may be requested by Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (the requirements set forth in clauses (i)-(iv), collectively, the “Joinder Requirements”).
(d)Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a landlord’s agreement or mortgagee agreement, as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property or mortgagee of owned property with respect to any business location where any portion of the Collateral with an aggregate value in excess of $1,000,000, or the records relating to such Collateral and/or software and equipment relating to such records or Collateral, is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent.  Borrowers shall timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location where any Collateral, or any records related thereto, is or may be located.
(e)Upon the request of the Agent at any time after Borrower delivers a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 4.1(i)(ii) demonstrating that, at the end of such fiscal quarter, the aggregate Net Revenue attributable to the Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries for the Defined Period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate Net Revenue for Conformis and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such Defined Period, then Credit Parties shall promptly (and in any event with thirty (30) days of the date on which financial statements were delivered in respect of such Defined Period pursuant to Section 4.1(a)) cause any Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries designated by Agent in its reasonable discretion (which may include without limitation Conformis Germany), to comply with the Joinder Requirements (as though they were no longer an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) such that, following such joinder, the aggregate Net Revenue attributable to the Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries for such Defined Period is less than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate consolidated Net Revenue for Conformis and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such Defined Period.  Following any such joinder, such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and shall be a Credit Party (but shall remain a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) for all purposes hereunder and under the other Financing Documents. 
Section 4.12[Reserved]
Section 4.13Power of Attorney.  Each of the authorized representatives of Agent is hereby irrevocably made, constituted and appointed the true and lawful attorney for Credit Parties (without requiring any of them to act as such) with full power of substitution, exercisable only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to do the following:  (a) endorse the name of Credit Parties upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, and other instruments for the payment of money that are payable to Credit Parties and constitute collections on Credit Parties’ Accounts; (b) so long as Agent has provided not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to any Credit Party to perform the same and such Credit Party has failed to take such action, execute in the name of Credit 
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Parties any schedules, assignments, instruments, documents, and statements that Credit Parties are obligated to give Agent under this Agreement; (c) take any action Credit Parties are required to take under this Agreement; (d) so long as Agent has provided not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to any Credit Party to perform the same and such Credit Party has failed to take such action, do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of Credit Parties that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce any Account or other Collateral or perfect Agent’s security interest or Lien in any Collateral; and (e) do such other and further acts and deeds in the name of Credit Parties that Agent may deem necessary or desirable to enforce its rights with regard to any Account or other Collateral.  This power of attorney shall be irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
Section 4.14[Reserved].
Section 4.15Schedule Updates.  Borrower shall, in the event of any information in the Schedule 3.19, Schedule 5.14, Schedule 9.2(b) or Schedule 9.2(d) becoming outdated, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading, deliver to Agent, together with the next Compliance Certificate required to be delivered under this Agreement after such event a proposed update to such Schedule correcting all outdated, inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information.
Section 4.16Intellectual Property and Licensing.
(a)Together with each Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(i) to the extent (i) any Credit Party acquires and/or develops any new Registered Intellectual Property, (ii) any Credit Party enters into or becomes bound by any additional in-bound license or sublicense agreement or other agreement with respect to rights in Intellectual Property (other than over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public and open source licenses entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (iii) there occurs any other material change in any Credit Party’s Registered Intellectual Property, material in-bound licenses or sublicenses from that listed on Schedule 3.19 together with such Compliance Certificate, deliver to Agent an updated Schedule 3.19 reflecting such updated information.    
(b)If Credit Parties obtain any Registered Intellectual Property, Credit Parties shall promptly (but in any event contemporaneously with when the next Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered) notify Agent and promptly execute such documents and provide such other information (including, without limitation, copies of applications) and take such other actions as Agent shall request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in such Registered Intellectual Property.  
(c)Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts, as Agent requests, to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any person whose consent or waiver is necessary for (x) all material licenses or material agreements to be deemed “Collateral” and for Agent to have a security interest in it that might otherwise be restricted or prohibited by Law or by the terms of any such material license or agreement, whether now existing or entered into in the future, and (y) Agent to have the ability in the event of a liquidation of any Collateral to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.
(d)Credit Parties shall own, or be licensed to use or otherwise have the right to use, all Material Intangible Assets, subject to Permitted Liens.  Credit Parties shall cause all Registered Intellectual Property to be duly and properly registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Credit Parties shall at all times conduct its business without material infringement or material claim of infringement of any valid Intellectual Property rights of others, except for such infringements or claims thereof that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Credit Parties shall (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of its Material Intangible Assets (ii) promptly advise Agent in writing of material infringements of its Material Intangible Assets, or of a material claim of infringement by Credit Parties on the Intellectual Property rights of others; and (iii) not allow any of Credit Parties’ Material Intangible Assets to be abandoned, invalidated, forfeited or dedicated to the public or to become 
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unenforceable.  Credit Parties shall not become a party to, nor become bound by, any material license or other agreement entered after the Closing Date with respect to which any Credit Party is the licensee (other than in-bound licenses of over-the-counter software and other software that is commercially available to the public and open source licenses) that prohibits or otherwise restricts Credit Party from granting a security interest in Credit Party’s interest in such license or agreement or other property.
Section 4.17Regulatory Covenants.
(a)Credit Parties shall have, and shall ensure that it and each of its Subsidiaries has, each material Permit and other material rights from, and have made all material declarations and filings with, all applicable Governmental Authorities, all self-regulatory authorities and all courts and other tribunals necessary to engage in all material respects in the ownership, management and operation of the business or the assets of any Credit Party and Credit Parties shall take such reasonable actions to ensure that no Governmental Authority has taken action to limit, suspend or revoke any such Permit.  Credit Parties shall ensure that all such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and Credit Parties are in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits.
(b)Credit Parties will maintain in full force and effect, and free from restrictions, probations, conditions or known conflicts which would materially impair the use or operation of Credit Parties; business and assets, all Permits necessary under Healthcare Laws to carry on the business of Credit Parties as it is conducted on the Closing Date, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)In connection with the development, testing, manufacture, marketing or sale of each and any material Product by any Credit Party, each Credit Party shall have obtained and comply in all material respects with all material Regulatory Required Permits at all times issued or required to be issued by any Governmental Authority, specifically including the FDA, with respect to such development, testing, manufacture, marketing or sales of such Product by such Credit Party as such activities are at any such time being conducted by such Credit Party.
(d)Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Credit Parties will timely file or caused to be timely filed (after giving effect to any extension duly obtained), all material notifications, reports, submissions, Permit renewals and reports required by Healthcare Laws (which reports will be materially accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect and shall not remain open or unsettled).
Article 5 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Borrower agrees that:
Section 5.1Debt; Contingent Obligations.  
(a)    No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Debt, except for Permitted Debt.  
(b)    [reserved].
(c)    No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Debt prior to its scheduled maturity (except for (i) Finance Lease obligations (x) to the extent required to be repaid in connection with the sale, disposition or casualty loss of the equipment or fixed assets securing such Finance Lease obligations or (y) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) during the term of this Agreement, (ii) for Subordinated Debt solely to the extent permitted by any applicable Subordination Agreement and Section 5.5 of this Agreement and (iii) any prepayment of the Loans made in accordance with this Agreement)
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Section 5.2Liens.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except for Permitted Liens.
Section 5.3Distributions.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Distribution, except for Permitted Distributions.
Section 5.4Restrictive Agreements.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly (a) enter into or assume any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien in favor of the Agent and Lenders upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (other than prohibitions described in clauses (B) and (C) below), or (b) create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind (except as provided by the Financing Documents) on the ability of any Subsidiary to:  (i) pay or make Distributions to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary; (ii) pay any Debt owed to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary; (iii) make loans or advances to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary; or (iv) transfer any of its property or assets to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, other than, in the case of this clause (b) (and (a) as specified above): (A) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of property of any Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (B) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to purchase money Debt, Finance Leases, other secured Debt and Liens permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Debt or which are subject to such Liens, and any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, extensions or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by this Agreement of any such agreement; provided that such amendments, extensions or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing, (C) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof which do not result in such leases, licenses and other contracts being Excluded Property, and (D) restrictions and conditions imposed under any Subordinated Debt incurred pursuant to and in accordance with Permitted Debt.
Section 5.5Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Debt.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly (a) declare, pay, make or set aside any amount for payment in respect of Subordinated Debt, except for payments made in full compliance with and expressly permitted under the Subordination Agreement, (b) amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Subordinated Debt, except for amendments or modifications made in full compliance with the Subordination Agreement, (c) declare, pay, make or set aside any amount for payment in respect of any Debt hereinafter incurred that, by its terms, or by separate agreement, is subordinated to the Obligations, except for payments made in full compliance with and expressly permitted under the subordination provisions applicable thereto, or (d) amend or otherwise modify the terms of any such Debt if the effect of such amendment or modification is to (i) increase the interest rate or fees on, or change the manner or timing of payment of, such Debt, (ii) accelerate or shorten the dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due on, or the principal amount of, such Debt, (iii) change in a manner adverse to any Credit Party or Agent any event of default or add or make more restrictive any covenant with respect to such Debt, (iv) change the prepayment or redemption provisions of such Debt or any of the defined terms related thereto, (v) change the subordination provisions thereof (or the subordination terms of any guaranty thereof), or (vi) change or amend any other term if such change or amendment would materially increase the obligations of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Debt in a manner adverse to Credit Parties, any Subsidiaries, Agent or Lenders.  Credit Parties shall, prior to entering into any such amendment or modification, deliver to Agent reasonably in advance of the execution thereof, any final or execution form copy thereof.
Section 5.6Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets; Change in Control.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly: 
(a)consolidate or merge or amalgamate with or into any other Person other than, subject to compliance with Section 5.7, (i) consolidations or mergers among Borrowers so long (x) in any consolidation or merger involving Conformis, Conformis is the surviving entity and (y) in any consolidation or merger involving any other Borrower, a Borrower is the surviving entity, (ii) 
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consolidations or mergers among a Guarantor and a Borrower so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity, (iii) consolidations or mergers among Guarantors so long as the surviving entity is not a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary (unless between Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries organized in the same country), (iv) consolidations or mergers among Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, (v) consolidations or mergers among Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties and any Credit Party so long as a Credit Party is the surviving entity, and (vi) consolidations or mergers in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Asset Disposition; or 
(b)make or consummate any Asset Dispositions other than Permitted Asset Dispositions.
Section 5.7Investments.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, to make any Investment other than Permitted Investments.  Without limiting the foregoing, no Credit Party shall, nor will any Credit Party permit any Subsidiary to, purchase or carry Margin Stock, to extend credit to others for purposes of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or for any other purpose that entails a violation of any of Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Section 5.8Transactions with Affiliates.  Except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 5.8, and except for transactions which contain terms that are no less favorable to the applicable Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those which might be obtained from a third party not an Affiliate of any Credit Party, no Borrower will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of any Borrower; except (a) transactions between or among the Credit Parties (other than, if involving a domestic Credit Party, with a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) and not involving any other Affiliate, (b) issuances by Conformis of Equity Interests, awards or grants of equity securities, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the board of directors of Conformis, (c) transactions constituting Permitted Distributions, (d) transactions constituting Permitted Investments among any Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, and (e) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of any Credit Party and their Subsidiaries who are not employees of such Credit Party or Subsidiary, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers or employees of any Credit Party and their Subsidiaries in the Ordinary Course of Business.
Section 5.9Modification of Organizational Documents.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, amend or otherwise modify any Organizational Documents of such Person, except for Permitted Modifications.
Section 5.10Modification of Certain Agreements.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, amend or otherwise modify any Material Contract, which amendment or modification in any case:  (a) is contrary to the terms of this Agreement or any other Financing Document; (b) could reasonably be expected to be adverse in any material respects to the rights, interests or privileges of the Agent or the Lenders or their ability to enforce the same; (c) results in the imposition or expansion in any material respect of any obligation of or restriction or burden on any Borrower or any Subsidiary; or (d) reduces in any material respect any rights or benefits of any Borrower or any Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that any such determination shall be in the discretion of the Agent).  Each Borrower shall, prior to entering into any amendment or other modification of any of the foregoing documents, deliver to Agent reasonably in advance of the execution thereof, any final or execution form copy of amendments or other modifications to such documents.
Section 5.11Conduct of Business.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, engage in any line of business other than those businesses engaged in on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 5.11 and businesses reasonably related thereto.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, change its normal billing payment and reimbursement policies and procedures with respect to its Accounts (including, without limitation, the amount and timing of finance charges, fees and write-offs) if such change would be adverse in any material respect to the Agent or the Lenders.
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Section 5.12[Reserved].
Section 5.13Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement with any Person whereby, in a substantially contemporaneous transaction, any Credit Party or any Subsidiaries sells or transfers all or substantially all of its right, title and interest in an asset and, in connection therewith, acquires or leases back the right to use such asset.
Section 5.14Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts; Payroll and Benefits Accounts.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, establish any new Deposit Account or Securities Account without prior written notice to Agent, and, except with respect to any Excluded Accounts, unless Agent, such Credit Party and the bank, financial institution or securities intermediary at which the account is to be opened enter into a Deposit Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement prior to or concurrently with the establishment of such Deposit Account or Securities Account.  Credit Parties represent and warrant that Schedule 5.14 lists all of the Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and as of the date on which each Compliance Certificate is delivered.
Section 5.15Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws.  Agent hereby notifies Credit Parties that pursuant to the requirements of Anti-Terrorism Laws, and Agent’s policies and practices, Agent is required to obtain, verify and record certain information and documentation that identifies Credit Parties and their principals, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and its principals and such other information that will allow Agent to identify such party in accordance with Anti-Terrorism Laws.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, knowingly enter into any Material Contracts with any Blocked Person or any Person listed on the OFAC Lists.  Each Credit Party shall immediately notify Agent if such Credit Party has knowledge that any Borrower, any additional Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates or agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is or becomes a Blocked Person or (a) is convicted on, (b) pleads nolo contendere to, (c) is indicted on, or (d) is arraigned and held over on charges involving money laundering or predicate crimes to money laundering.  No Credit Party will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including, without limitation, the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or other Anti-Terrorism Law.
Section 5.16[Reserved].
Section 5.17Change in Accounting.  No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) make any significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP or (ii) change the fiscal year or method for determining fiscal quarters of any Credit Party or of any Consolidated Subsidiary of any Credit Party. 
Section 5.18Investment Company Act.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, engage in any business, enter into any transaction, use any securities or take any other action or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, that would cause it or any of its Subsidiaries to become subject to the registration requirements of the Investment Company Act, by virtue of being an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” not entitled to an exemption within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. 
Section 5.19Inactive Subsidiaries; Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries. 
(a)No Credit Party shall permit any Inactive Subsidiary to (i) engage in any operating or business activities (other than the maintenance of its legal existence (including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance)) or (ii) have any assets (including, without 
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limitation, any cash, Cash Equivalents, capital stock, intellectual property, licenses or permits) or any liabilities (including, without limitation Debt, Contingent Obligations, or Liens), other than (x) de minimis assets (other than cash) or liabilities and (y) cash in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate for all Inactive Subsidiaries, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (or the local currency equivalent thereof) at any time.  For the avoidance of doubt, Borrower shall not make any Investment in or transfer any assets to any Inactive Subsidiary (other than Investments permitted under clause (i)(i) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”).
(b)No Credit Party shall permit any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary (other than Inactive Subsidiaries) to hold any cash or Cash Equivalents other than (i) with respect to Conformis Germany, an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) (or the local currency equivalent thereof) in the aggregate at any time and (ii) with respect to Conformis India, an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) (or the local currency equivalent thereof) in the aggregate at any time.
Article 6 - FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Section 6.1Minimum Liquidity.  Commencing on the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, Credit Parties shall not permit Borrower Unrestricted Cash, to be equal to or less than Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) (the covenant set forth in this Section 6.1, the “Minimum Liquidity Covenant”).

Section 6.2Evidence of Compliance.  Borrowers shall furnish to Agent, as required by Section 4.1, a Compliance Certificate as evidence of (a) monthly cash and Cash Equivalents of (x) Borrowers and (y) Credit Parties taken as a whole, (b) Borrowers’ compliance with the covenants in this Article, and (c) that no Event of Default specified in this Article has occurred.  The Compliance Certificate shall include, without limitation, (i) a statement and report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, detailing Borrowers’ calculations, and (ii) if requested by Agent, back-up documentation (including, without limitation, bank statements and other evidence as Agent shall reasonably require) evidencing the propriety of the calculations.  A breach of a financial covenant contained in this Article 6 shall be deemed to have occurred as of any date of determination by Agent based upon reasonable evidence, or as of the last day of any specified Defined Period, regardless of when the financial statements or Compliance Certificate reflecting such breach are delivered to Agent.
Article 7 - CONDITIONS
Section 7.1Conditions to Closing.  The obligation of each Lender to make the initial Loans on the Closing Date shall be subject to the receipt by Agent of each agreement, document and instrument set forth on the closing checklist attached hereto as Exhibit G, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and such other closing deliverables reasonably requested by Agent and Lenders, and to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, each to the satisfaction of Agent and Lenders and their respective counsel in their sole discretion:
(a)the receipt by Agent of executed counterparts of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents;
(b)the payment of all fees, expenses and other amounts due and payable under each Financing Document; and
(c)since December 31, 2020, the absence of any material adverse change in any aspect of the business, operations, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of any Credit Party, or any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to result in such a material adverse change.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Financing Document and each other document, agreement and/or instrument required to be approved by Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable, on the Closing Date.
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Section 7.2Conditions to Each Loan.  The obligation of the Lenders to make a Loan or an advance in respect of any Loan (including the initial Loans on the Closing Date) is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions:
(a)receipt by Agent of a Notice of Borrowing;
(b)[reserved];
(c)the fact that, immediately before and after such advance or issuance, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(d)the fact that the representations and warranties of each Credit Party contained in the Financing Documents shall be true, correct and complete on and as of the date of such borrowing or issuance, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates to a specific date in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date; and
(e)the fact that no adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), properties, business, or operations of Borrowers or any other Credit Party shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Borrowers or any Credit Party since the date of this Agreement.
Section 7.3Searches.  Before the Closing Date, and thereafter (as and when determined by Agent in its discretion), Agent shall have the right to perform, all at Borrowers’ expense, the searches described in clauses (a), (b), and (c) below against Borrowers and any other Credit Party, the results of which are to be consistent with Credit Parties’ representations and warranties under this Agreement and the satisfactory results of which shall be a condition precedent to all advances of Loan proceeds:  (a) UCC searches with the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction in which the applicable Person is organized; (b) judgment, pending litigation, federal tax lien, personal property tax lien, and corporate and partnership tax lien searches, in each jurisdiction searched under clause (a) above; and (c) searches of applicable corporate, limited liability company, partnership and related records to confirm the continued existence, organization and good standing of the applicable Person and the exact legal name under which such Person is organized.
Section 7.4Post-Closing Requirements.  Notwithstanding the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2 above, Borrower Representative has informed Agent and the Lenders that certain items required to be delivered to Agent and Lenders or otherwise satisfied as conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement will not be delivered to Agent as of the date hereof.  As an accommodation to Borrower, Agent and the Lenders have agreed to make the Loans available under this Agreement notwithstanding that such conditions to closing have not been satisfied (but subject to the other conditions set forth herein).  In consideration of such accommodation, Credit Parties shall complete each of the post-closing obligations and/or provide to Agent each of the documents, instruments, agreements and information listed on Schedule 7.4 attached hereto on or before the date set forth for each such item thereon (or such later date as may be agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion), each of which shall be completed or provided in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.  It is understood that to the extent that the existence of any such post-closing actions would otherwise cause any representation, warranty, covenant, default or event of default in this Agreement or any other Financing Document to be in breach, Agent and Lenders hereby waive such breach for the period from the Closing Date until the first date on which such condition is required to be fulfilled pursuant to this Section 7.4.
Article 8 - [RESERVED]
Article 9 - SECURITY AGREEMENT
Section 9.1Generally.  As security for the payment and performance of the Obligations and without limiting any other grant of a Lien and security interest in any Security Document, each Credit Party hereby assigns, grants and pledges to Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, a continuing first priority Lien on and security interest in, upon, and to the personal property set forth on Schedule 9.1 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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Section 9.2Representations and Warranties and Covenants Relating to Collateral.
(a)The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a valid and, to the extent such security interest is required to be perfected by this Agreement and any other Financing Document, continuing perfected security interest in favor of Agent in all Collateral subject, for the following Collateral, to the occurrence of the following:  (i) in the case of all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 9.2(b) (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to Agent in completed and duly authorized form), (ii) with respect to any Deposit Account or Securities Account, the execution of Deposit Account Control Agreements or Securities Account Control Agreements, (iii) in the case of letter-of-credit rights that are not supporting obligations of Collateral, the execution of a contractual obligation granting control to Agent over such letter-of-credit rights, (iv) in the case of electronic chattel paper, the completion of all steps necessary to grant control to Agent over such electronic chattel paper, (v) in the case of all certificated stock, debt instruments and investment property, the delivery thereof to Agent of such certificated stock, debt instruments and investment property consisting of instruments and certificates, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to Agent or in blank, (vi) in the case of all investment property not in certificated form, the execution of control agreements with respect to such investment property,(vii) in the case of all other instruments and tangible chattel paper that are not certificated stock, debt instructions or investment property, the delivery thereof to Agent of such instruments and tangible chattel paper and (viii) in the case of commercial tort claims, upon providing a notice and description thereof to the Agent.  Such security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens.  Except to the extent not required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all actions by each Credit Party necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Lien granted hereunder on the Collateral have been duly taken.
(b)Schedule 9.2(b) sets forth (i) each chief executive office and principal place of business of each Credit Party and (ii) all of the addresses (including all warehouses) at which any of the Collateral is located and/or books and records of Credit Parties regarding any Collateral or any of Credit Party’s assets, liabilities, business operations or financial condition are kept, which such Schedule 9.2(b) indicates in each case which Credit Parties have Collateral with a value in excess of $1,000,000 and/or books located at such address, and, in the case of any such address not owned by one or more of the Credit Parties, indicates the nature of such location (e.g., leased business location operated by Credit Parties, third party warehouse, consignment location, processor location, etc.) and the name and address of the third party owning and/or operating such location (in each case, other than locations with respect to Collateral in transit, under repair or at customer locations in the ordinary course of busines).
(c)Without limiting the generality of Section 3.2, except as indicated on Schedule 3.19 with respect to any rights of any Credit Party as a licensee under any license of Intellectual Property owned by another Person, and except for the filing of financing statements under the UCC, no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or consent of any other Person is required for (i) the grant by each Credit Party to Agent of the security interests and Liens in the Collateral provided for under this Agreement and the other Security Documents (if any), or (ii) the granting of the security interest or the exercise by Agent of its rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral provided for under this Agreement and the other Security Documents or under any applicable Law, including the UCC and neither any such grant of Liens in favor of Agent or exercise of rights by Agent shall violate or cause a default under any agreement between any Credit Party and any other Person relating to any such collateral, including any license to which a Credit Party is a party, whether as licensor or licensee, with respect to any Intellectual Property, whether owned by such Credit Party or any other Person.
(d)As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 9.2(d), no Credit Party has any ownership interest in any Chattel Paper (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), letter of credit rights, commercial tort claims, Instruments, documents or investment property (other than Equity Interests in any Subsidiaries of such Credit Party disclosed on Schedule 3.4), in each case, with a value in excess of $250,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate and Credit Parties shall give notice to Agent promptly (but in any event not later than the delivery by Credit Parties of the next Compliance Certificate required pursuant to Section 4.1 above) upon the acquisition by any Credit Party of any such Chattel 
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Paper, letter of credit rights, commercial tort claims, Instruments, documents, investment property, in each case, with a value in excess of $250,000 individually or Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate.  No Person other than Agent or (if applicable) any Lender has “control” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) over any Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Account of the type described in clause (iii) of the definition thereof), investment property (including Securities Accounts and commodities account), letter of credit rights or electronic chattel paper in which any Credit Party has any interest (except for such control arising by operation of law in favor of any bank or securities intermediary or commodities intermediary with whom any Deposit Account, Securities Account or commodities account of Credit Parties is maintained).
(e)Credit Parties shall not take any of the following actions or make any of the following changes unless Credit Parties have given at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent (or such shorter notice as Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of Credit Parties’ intention to take any such action (which such written notice shall include an updated version of any Schedule impacted by such change) and have executed any and all documents, instruments and agreements and taken any other actions which Agent may request after receiving such written notice in order to protect and preserve the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Collateral:  (i) change the legal name or organizational identification number of any Credit Party as it appears in official filings in the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) change the jurisdiction of incorporation or formation (or the foreign equivalent thereof) of any Borrower or Credit Party or allow any Borrower or Credit Party to designate any jurisdiction as an additional jurisdiction of incorporation for such Borrower or Credit Party, or change the type of entity that it is, or (iii) change its chief executive office, principal place of business, or the location of its records concerning the Collateral or move any Collateral to or place any Collateral on any location that is not then listed on the Schedules (other than with respect to Collateral in transit, out for repair and maintained at customer locations in the ordinary course of business) and/or establish any business location at any location that is not then listed on the Schedules, in each case, only with respect to Collateral with a value in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate.
(f)Credit Parties shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Account, or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor, or allow any credit or discount thereon (other than adjustments, settlements, compromises, credits and discounts in the Ordinary Course of Business, made while no Default exists) without the prior written consent of Agent.  Without limiting the generality of this Agreement or any other provisions of any of the Financing Documents relating to the rights of Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to:  (i) exercise the rights of Credit Parties with respect to the obligation of any Account Debtor to make payment or otherwise render performance to Credit Parties and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of any Account Debtor or any other Person obligated on the Collateral, and (ii) adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of such Accounts.
(g)Without limiting the generality of Sections 9.2(c) and 9.2(e):
(i)Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent on the Closing Date and thereafter within 30 days of receipt thereof (or such later date as Agent may agree in its sole discretion), all tangible Chattel Paper and all Instruments and documents owned by any Credit Party and constituting part of the Collateral, in each case, with a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) individually or Five hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate, duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.  To the extent requested by the Agent, the Credit Parties shall provide Agent with “control” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) of all electronic Chattel Paper with a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) individually or Five hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate owned by any Credit Party and constituting part of the Collateral by having Agent identified as the assignee on the records pertaining to the single authoritative copy thereof and otherwise complying with the applicable elements of control set forth in the UCC.  Credit Parties also shall deliver to Agent all security agreements securing any such Chattel Paper and securing any such Instruments.  To the extent requested by the Agent, Credit Parties will mark conspicuously all such Chattel Paper and all such Instruments and documents with a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to 
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Agent, indicating that such Chattel Paper and such instruments and documents are subject to the security interests and Liens in favor of Agent created pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents.  Credit Parties shall comply with all the provisions of Section 5.14 with respect to the Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of Credit Parties.
(ii)Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent all letters of credit within 30 days of receipt thereof (or such later date as Agent may agree in its sole discretion) with a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) individually or Five hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate on which any Credit Party is the beneficiary and which give rise to letter of credit rights owned by such Credit Party which constitute part of the Collateral in each case duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.  Credit Parties shall take any and all actions as may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent may reasonably request, from time to time, to cause Agent to obtain exclusive “control” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) of any such letter of credit rights in a manner acceptable to Agent.
(iii)Credit Parties shall promptly advise Agent upon any Credit Party becoming aware that it has any interests in any commercial tort claim that is reasonably expected to have a value in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) that constitutes part of the Collateral, which such notice shall include descriptions of the events and circumstances giving rise to such commercial tort claim and the dates such events and circumstances occurred, the potential defendants with respect such commercial tort claim and any court proceedings that have been instituted with respect to such commercial tort claims, and Credit Parties shall, with respect to any such commercial tort claim, execute and deliver to Agent such documents as Agent shall reasonably request to perfect, preserve or protect the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to any such commercial tort claim.
(iv)Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a landlord’s agreement, mortgagee agreement or bailee agreement, as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property, the mortgagee or owned property or the warehouseman, consignee, bailee at any business location, in each case, located in the United States and (a) which is a Credit Party’s chief executive office or (b) where any portion of the Collateral with a value in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), is located (but excluding any Collateral in transit, out of repair or at customer locations in the ordinary course of business), in each case, which agreement or letter shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent.  Credit Parties shall timely and fully pay and perform all of its obligations (after giving effect to any applicable cure and grace periods and accepting any amounts under dispute) under all leases and other agreements with respect to each of the locations specified in the preceding sentence. In no event shall the Credit Parties maintain tangible Collateral (other than Inventory with contract manufacturers, Inventory in transit in the Ordinary Course of Business, equipment and inventory out for repair and Collateral at customer locations in the Ordinary Course of Business) with a value in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) outside of the United States without Agent’s prior consent.
(v)Credit Parties shall cause all equipment and other tangible personal property other than Inventory to be maintained and preserved in good working order, ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation events excepted, and shall promptly make or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other improvements in connection therewith that are necessary in the reasonable business judgment of the Credit Parties.  Credit Parties shall not permit any such tangible personal property to become fixtures to real estate unless such real estate is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent.
(vi)Each Credit Party hereby authorizes Agent to file without the signature of such Credit Party one or more UCC financing statements relating to liens on personal property relating to all or any part of the Collateral, which financing statements may list Agent as the “secured party” and such Credit Party as the “debtor” and which describe and indicate the collateral covered thereby as all or any part of the Collateral under the Financing Documents (including an indication of the collateral covered by any such financing statement as “all assets” of such Credit Party now owned or hereafter acquired) in such jurisdictions as Agent from time to 
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time determines are appropriate, and to file without the signature of such Credit Party any continuations of or corrective amendments to any such financing statements, in any such case in order for Agent to perfect, preserve or protect the Liens, rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Collateral.  Each Credit Party also ratifies its authorization for Agent to have filed in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
(vii)As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party holds, and after the Closing Date Credit Parties shall promptly notify Agent in writing upon creation or acquisition by any Credit Party of, any Collateral which constitutes a claim in excess of $1,000,000 against any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the federal government of the United States or any instrumentality or agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by any applicable Law, including, without limitation, the federal Assignment of Claims Act and any other comparable Law.  Upon the request of Agent, Credit Parties shall take such steps as may be necessary or desirable, or that Agent may request, to comply with any such applicable Law.
(viii)Credit Parties shall furnish to Agent from time to time any statements and schedules further identifying or describing the Collateral and any other information, reports or evidence concerning the Collateral as Agent may reasonably request from time to time.
Article 10 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 10.1Events of Default.  For purposes of the Financing Documents, the occurrence of any of the following conditions and/or events, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a)(i) any Credit Party shall fail to pay (x) when due any principal or interest or (y) within three (3) Business Days of when due, any premium or fee under any Financing Document or any other amount payable under any Financing Document, (ii) there shall occur any default in the performance of or compliance with any of the following sections of this Agreement:  Section 2.11, Section 4.2(b), Section 4.4(c), Section 4.6 and Article 5, or (iii) there shall occur any default in the performance of or compliance with Section 4.1 and/or Article 6 of this Agreement and Borrower Representative has received written notice from Agent or Required Lenders of such default;
(b)any Credit Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in this Agreement or in any other Financing Document (other than occurrences described in other provisions of this Section 10.1 for which a different grace or cure period is specified or for which no grace or cure period is specified and thereby constitute immediate Events of Default) and such default is not remedied by the Credit Party or waived by Agent within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) receipt by Borrower Representative of notice from Agent or Required Lenders of such default, or (ii) actual knowledge of any Borrower or any other Credit Party of such default;
(c)any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by or on behalf of any Credit Party in any Financing Document or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to any Financing Document is incorrect in any respect (or in any material respect if such representation, warranty, certification or statement is not by its terms already qualified as to materiality) when made (or deemed made);
(d)(i) failure of any Credit Party to pay when due or within any applicable grace period any principal, interest or other amount on Debt  (other than the Loans) or the occurrence of any breach, default, condition or event with respect to any Debt (other than the Loans) if the effect of such failure or occurrence is to cause or to permit the holder or holders of any such Debt to cause, Debt or other liabilities having an individual principal amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or having an aggregate principal amount in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to become or be declared due prior to its stated maturity, or (ii) the occurrence of any breach or default under any terms or provisions of any Subordinated Debt Document or under any agreement subordinating the Subordinated Debt to all or any portion of the Obligations or the occurrence of any event requiring the 
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prepayment of any Subordinated Debt (unless such prepayment is permitted by the terms of any applicable subordination agreement);
(e)any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any other jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due, or make an assignment of its property for the general benefit of its creditors under such Act, or make a proposal (or file a notice of its intention to do so) under such Act or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any other jurisdiction, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing;
(f)an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of forty-five (45) days; or an order for relief shall be entered against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party under applicable federal bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law in respect of (i) bankruptcy, liquidation, winding-up, dissolution or suspension of general operations, (ii) composition, rescheduling, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of, or other relief from, or stay of proceedings to enforce, some or all of the debts or obligations, or (iii) possession, foreclosure, seizure or retention, sale or other disposition of, or other proceedings to enforce security over, all or any substantial part of the assets of such Credit Party or Subsidiary;
(g)(i) institution of any steps by any Person to terminate a Pension Plan if as a result of such termination any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group could be required to make a contribution to such Pension Plan, or could incur a liability or obligation to such Pension Plan, in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), (ii) a contribution failure occurs with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA or Section 430(k) of the Code or an event occurs that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a Lien under Section 4068 of ERISA, or (iii) there shall occur any withdrawal or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan and the withdrawal liability (without unaccrued interest) to Multiemployer Plans as a result of such withdrawal (including any outstanding withdrawal liability that any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group have incurred on the date of such withdrawal) exceeds Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000);
(h)one or more judgments or orders for the payment of money (not paid or fully covered by insurance maintained in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) aggregating in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) shall be rendered against any or all Credit Parties and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon any such judgments or orders, or (ii) there shall be any period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of any such judgments or orders, by reason of a pending appeal, bond or otherwise, shall not be in effect;
(i)any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and perfected Lien on all of the Collateral purported to be encumbered thereby (except to the extent perfection of such Collateral is not required by this Agreement or the applicable Security Documents), subject to no prior or equal Lien except Permitted Liens, or any Credit Party shall so assert;
(j)the institution by any Governmental Authority of criminal proceedings against any Credit Party;
(k)a default or event of default occurs under any Guarantee of any portion of the Obligations;
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(l)any Credit Party makes any payment on account of any Debt that has been subordinated to any of the Obligations, other than payments specifically permitted by the terms of such subordination;
(m)Conformis’ equity fails to remain registered with the SEC in good standing, and/or such equity fails to remain publicly traded on and registered with a U.S. national public securities exchange;
(n)the occurrence of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(o)(i) the voluntary withdrawal or institution of any action or proceeding by the FDA or similar Governmental Authority to order the withdrawal of any material Product or Product category from the market or to enjoin any Credit Party, its Subsidiaries or any representative of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries from manufacturing, marketing, selling or distributing any Product or Product category, (ii) the institution of any action or proceeding by FDA or any other Governmental Authority to revoke, suspend, reject, withdraw, limit, or restrict any Regulatory Required Permit held by any Credit Party, its Subsidiaries or any representative of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, which, in each case, has or could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the commencement of any enforcement action against any Credit Party, its Subsidiaries or any representative of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries (with respect to the business of any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries) by FDA or any other Governmental Authority which has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) the occurrence of adverse test results in connection with a Product which could reasonably be expected to result in Material Adverse Effect; 
(p)the occurrence of a Change in Control; or
(q)any of the Financing Documents shall for any reason fail to constitute the valid and binding agreement of any party thereto in all material respects, or any Credit Party shall so assert, in each case, unless such Financing Document terminates pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof without any breach or default thereunder by any Credit Party thereto.
All cure periods provided for in this Section 10.1 shall run concurrently with any cure period provided for in any applicable Financing Documents under which the default occurred.
Section 10.2Acceleration.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may, and shall if requested by Required Lenders, by notice to Borrower Representative declare all or any portion of the Obligations to be, and the Obligations shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable, with accrued interest thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Credit Party and Credit Parties will pay the same; provided, however, that in the case of any of the Events of Default specified in Section 10.1(e) or 10.1(f) above, without any notice to any Credit Party or any other act by Agent or the Lenders, all of the Obligations shall become immediately and automatically due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Credit Party and Credit Parties will pay the same.
Section 10.3UCC Remedies.
(a)Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, Agent, in addition to all other rights, options, and remedies granted to Agent under this Agreement or at law or in equity, may exercise, either directly or through one or more assignees or designees, all rights and remedies granted to it under all Financing Documents and under the UCC in effect in the applicable jurisdiction(s) and under any other applicable law; including, without limitation:
(i)the right to take possession of, send notices regarding, and collect directly the Collateral, with or without judicial process;
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(ii)the right to (by its own means or with judicial assistance) enter any of Credit Parties’ premises and take possession of the Collateral, or render it unusable, or to render it usable or saleable, or dispose of the Collateral on such premises in compliance with subsection (iii) below and to take possession of Credit Parties’ original books and records, to obtain access to Credit Parties’ data processing equipment, computer hardware and software relating to the Collateral and to use all of the foregoing and the information contained therein in any manner Agent deems appropriate, without any liability for rent, storage, utilities, or other sums, and Credit Parties shall not resist or interfere with such action (if Credit Parties’ books and records are prepared or maintained by an accounting service, contractor or other third party agent, Credit Parties hereby irrevocably authorize such service, contractor or other agent, upon notice by Agent to such Person that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to deliver to Agent or its designees such books and records, and to follow Agent’s instructions with respect to further services to be rendered);
(iii)the right to require Credit Parties at Credit Parties’ expense to assemble all or any part of the Collateral and make it available to Agent at any place designated by Lender;
(iv)the right to notify postal authorities to change the address for delivery of Credit Parties’ mail to an address designated by Agent and to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to any Credit Party; and/or
(v)the right to enforce Credit Parties’ rights against Account Debtors and other obligors, including, without limitation, (i) the right to collect Accounts directly in Agent’s own name (as agent for Lenders) and to charge the collection costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to Credit Parties, and (ii) the right, in the name of Agent or any designee of Agent or Credit Parties, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts by mail, telephone, telegraph or otherwise, including, without limitation, verification of Credit Parties’ compliance with applicable Laws.  Credit Parties shall cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude such verification process.  Such verification may include contacts between Agent and applicable federal, state and local regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Credit Parties’ affairs, all of which contacts Credit Parties hereby irrevocably authorize.
(b)Each Credit Party agrees that a notice received by it at least ten (10) days before the time of any intended public sale, or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of the Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition.  If permitted by applicable law, any perishable Collateral which threatens to speedily decline in value or which is sold on a recognized market may be sold immediately by Agent without prior notice to Credit Parties.  At any sale or disposition of Collateral, Agent may (to the extent permitted by applicable law) purchase all or any part of the Collateral, free from any right of redemption by Credit Parties, which right is hereby waived and released.  Each Credit Party covenants and agrees not to interfere with or impose any obstacle to Agent’s exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral.  Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale.  Agent may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.  Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral.  Agent may specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like.  This procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.  If Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Credit Parties will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser, received by Agent and applied to the indebtedness of the purchaser.  In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Agent may resell the Collateral and Credit Parties shall be credited with the proceeds of the sale.  Credit Parties shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Obligations.
(c)Without restricting the generality of the foregoing and for the purposes aforesaid, each Credit Party hereby appoints and constitutes Agent its lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution in the Collateral, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to (i) use unadvanced funds remaining under this Agreement or which may be reserved, escrowed or set 
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aside for any purposes hereunder at any time, or to advance funds in excess of the face amount of the Notes, (ii) pay, settle or compromise all existing bills and claims, which may be Liens or security interests, or to avoid such bills and claims becoming Liens against the Collateral, (iii) execute all applications and certificates in the name of such Credit Party and to prosecute and defend all actions or proceedings in connection with the Collateral, and (iv) do any and every act which such Credit Party might do in its own behalf; it being understood and agreed that this power of attorney in this subsection (c) shall be a power coupled with an interest and cannot be revoked.
(d)Agent and each Lender is hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license or other right to use, without charge, Credit Parties’ labels, mask works, rights of use of any name, any other Intellectual Property and advertising matter, and any similar property as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral and, in connection with Agent’s exercise of its rights under this Article, Credit Parties’ rights under all licenses (whether as licensor or licensee) and all franchise agreements inure to Agent’s and each Lender’s benefit, subject to any rights of third party licensors or licensees, as applicable.
Section 10.4Protective Payments.  If any Credit Party fails to pay or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent may pay or perform such covenant or obligation, and all amounts so paid by Agent are Protective Advances and immediately due and payable, constituting principal and bearing interest at the then highest applicable rate for the Loans hereunder, and secured by the Collateral.  No such payments or performance by Agent shall be construed as an agreement to make similar payments or performance in the future or constitute Agent’s waiver of any Event of Default.  Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and Borrower hereby authorizes Agent, without the necessity of any notice or further consent from any Lender, from time to time prior to a Default, to make any Protective Advance with respect to any Collateral or the Financing Documents which may be necessary to protect the priority, validity or enforceability of any lien on, and security interest in, any Collateral and the instruments evidencing or securing the obligations of Borrower under the Financing Documents.  Credit Parties agree to pay on demand all Protective Advances.  The Lenders must reimburse Agent for any Protective Advances (in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares) to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties.

Section 10.5Default Rate of Interest.  At the election of Agent or Required Lenders, after the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as it continues, the Loans and other Obligations shall bear interest at rates that are two percent (2.0%) per annum in excess of the rates otherwise payable under this Agreement; provided, however, that in the case of any Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(e) or 10.1(f) above, such default rates shall apply immediately and automatically without the need for any election or action of any kind on the part of Agent or any Lender.
Section 10.6Setoff Rights.  During the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time, with reasonably prompt subsequent notice to such Credit Party (any prior or contemporaneous notice being hereby expressly waived) to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all (a) balances held by such Lender or any of such Lender’s Affiliates at any of its offices for the account of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (regardless of whether such balances are then due to such Borrower or its Subsidiaries), and (b) other property at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or for the account of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, against and on account of any of the Obligations; except that no Lender shall exercise any such right without the prior written consent of Agent.  Any Lender exercising a right to set off shall purchase for cash (and the other Lenders shall sell) interests in each of such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would be necessary to cause all Lenders to share the amount so set off with each other Lender in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share of the Obligations.  Each Credit Party agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that any Lender and any of such Lender’s Affiliates may exercise its right to set off with respect to the Obligations as provided in this Section 10.6.
Section 10.7Application of Proceeds.
(a)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Credit Party irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times thereafter received by Agent 
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from or on behalf of such Credit Party or any Guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, and, as between Borrowers on the one hand and Agent and Lenders on the other, Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and to reapply any and all payments received against the Obligations in such manner as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous application by Agent.
(b)Following the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, but absent the occurrence and continuance of an Acceleration Event, Agent shall apply any and all payments received by Agent in respect of the Obligations, and any and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, in such order as Agent may from time to time elect.
(c)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if an Acceleration Event shall have occurred, and so long as it continues, Agent shall apply any and all payments received by Agent in respect of the Obligations, and any and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, in the following order:  first, to all fees, costs, indemnities, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred by or owing to Agent with respect to this Agreement, the other Financing Documents or the Collateral; second, to all fees, costs, indemnities, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred by or owing to any Lender with respect to this Agreement, the other Financing Documents or the Collateral; third, to accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations (including any interest which, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such amounts); fourth, to the principal amount of the Obligations outstanding; and fifth to any other indebtedness or obligations of Borrowers owing to Agent or any Lender under the Financing Documents.  Any balance remaining shall be delivered to Borrowers or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive such balance or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.  In carrying out the foregoing, (y) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category, and (z) each of the Persons entitled to receive a payment in any particular category shall receive an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of amounts available to be applied pursuant thereto for such category.
Section 10.8Waivers.
(a)Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Credit Party waives:  (i) presentment, demand and protest, and notice of presentment, dishonor, intent to accelerate, acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all Financing Documents, the Notes or any other notes, commercial paper, accounts, contracts, documents, Instruments, Chattel Paper and Guarantees at any time held by Lenders on which any Credit Party may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Lenders may do in this regard; (ii) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s or any Lender’s taking possession or control of, or to Agent’s or any Lender’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, any Collateral or any bond or security which might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent or any Lender to exercise any of its remedies; and (iii) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal and exemption Laws.  Each Credit Party acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel of its choices and decisions with respect to this Agreement, the other Financing Documents and the transactions evidenced hereby and thereby.
(b)Each Credit Party for itself and all its successors and assigns, (i) agrees that its liability shall not be in any manner affected by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver, or modification granted or consented to by Lender; (ii) consents to any indulgences and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Agent or any Lender with respect to the payment or other provisions of the Financing Documents, and to any substitution, exchange or release of the Collateral, or any part thereof, with or without substitution, and agrees to the addition or release of any Credit Party, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties, or whether primarily or secondarily liable, without notice to any other Credit Party and without affecting its liability hereunder; (iii) agrees that its liability shall be unconditional and without regard to the liability of any other Credit Party, Agent or any Lender for any tax on the indebtedness; and (iv) to the fullest extent permitted by law, expressly waives the benefit of any statute or rule of law or equity now provided, or which may hereafter be provided, which would produce a result contrary to or in conflict with the foregoing.
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subsequent disbursement of Loan proceeds, such acquiescence shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver by Agent or any Lender of such requirements with respect to any future disbursements of Loan proceeds and Agent may at any time after such acquiescence require Credit Parties to comply with all such requirements.  Any forbearance by Agent or Lender in exercising any right or remedy under any of the Financing Documents, or otherwise afforded by applicable law, including any failure to accelerate the maturity date of the Loans, shall not be a waiver of or preclude the exercise of any right or remedy nor shall it serve as a novation of the Notes or as a reinstatement of the Loans or a waiver of such right of acceleration or the right to insist upon strict compliance of the terms of the Financing Documents.  Agent’s or any Lender’s acceptance of payment of any sum secured by any of the Financing Documents after the due date of such payment shall not be a waiver of Agent’s and such Lender’s right to either require prompt payment when due of all other sums so secured or to declare a default for failure to make prompt payment.  The procurement of insurance or the payment of taxes or other Liens or charges by Agent as the result of an Event of Default shall not be a waiver of Agent’s right to accelerate the maturity of the Loans, nor shall Agent’s receipt of any condemnation awards, insurance proceeds, or damages under this Agreement operate to cure or waive any Credit Party’s default in payment of sums secured by any of the Financing Documents.
(d)Without limiting the generality of anything contained in this Agreement or the other Financing Documents, each Credit Party agrees that if an Event of Default is continuing (i) Agent and Lenders shall not be subject to any “one action” or “election of remedies” law or rule, and (ii) all Liens and other rights, remedies or privileges provided to Agent or Lenders shall remain in full force and effect until Agent or Lenders have exhausted all remedies against the Collateral and any other properties owned by Credit Parties and the Financing Documents and other security instruments or agreements securing the Loans have been foreclosed, sold and/or otherwise realized upon in satisfaction of Credit Parties’ obligations under the Financing Documents.
(e)Nothing contained herein or in any other Financing Document shall be construed as requiring Agent or any Lender to resort to any part of the Collateral for the satisfaction of any of Credit Parties’ obligations under the Financing Documents in preference or priority to any other Collateral, and Agent may seek satisfaction out of all of the Collateral or any part thereof, in its absolute discretion in respect of Credit Parties’ obligations under the Financing Documents.  In addition, Agent shall have the right from time to time to partially foreclose upon any Collateral in any manner and for any amounts secured by the Financing Documents then due and payable as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:  (i) in the event any Credit Party defaults beyond any applicable grace period in the payment of one or more scheduled payments of principal and/or interest, Agent may foreclose upon all or any part of the Collateral to recover such delinquent payments, or (ii) in the event Agent elects to accelerate less than the entire outstanding principal balance of the Loans, Agent may foreclose all or any part of the Collateral to recover so much of the principal balance of the Loans as Lender may accelerate and such other sums secured by one or more of the Financing Documents as Agent may elect.  Notwithstanding one or more partial foreclosures, any unforeclosed Collateral shall remain subject to the Financing Documents to secure payment of sums secured by the Financing Documents and not previously recovered.
(f)To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Credit Party, for itself and its successors and assigns, waives in the event of foreclosure of any or all of the Collateral any equitable right otherwise available to any Credit Party which would require the separate sale of any of the Collateral or require Agent or Lenders to exhaust their remedies against any part of the Collateral before proceeding against any other part of the Collateral; and further in the event of such foreclosure each Credit Party does hereby expressly consent to and authorize, at the option of Agent, the foreclosure and sale either separately or together of each part of the Collateral.
Section 10.9Injunctive Relief.  The parties acknowledge and agree that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any Credit Party’s obligations under any Financing Documents, Agent and Lenders may have no adequate remedy in money damages and, accordingly, shall be entitled to an injunction (including, without limitation, a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, writ of attachment, or order compelling an audit) against such breach or threatened breach, including, without limitation, maintaining any cash management and collection procedure described herein.  However, no specification in this Agreement of a specific legal or equitable remedy shall be construed as a waiver or 
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prohibition against any other legal or equitable remedies in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Agreement.  Each Credit Party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the requirement of the posting of any bond in connection with such injunctive relief.  By joining in the Financing Documents as a Credit Party, each Credit Party specifically joins in this Section as if this Section were a part of each Financing Document executed by such Credit Party.
Section 10.10Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.  Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in payment of any or all of the Obligations.  To the extent that any Credit Party makes any payment or Agent enforces its Liens or Agent or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such enforcement or set-off is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, or required to be repaid by anyone, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligations or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement or set-off had not occurred.
Article 11 - AGENT
Section 11.1Appointment and Authorization.  Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Agent to enter into each of the Financing Documents to which it is a party (other than this Agreement) on its behalf and to take such actions as Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Financing Documents as are delegated to Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Subject to the terms of Section 11.16 and to the terms of the other Financing Documents, Agent is authorized and empowered to amend, modify, or waive any provisions of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents on behalf of Lenders.  The provisions of this Article 11 are solely for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and neither any Borrower nor any other Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof (except with respect to Section 11.9, 11.12, 11.16 and 11.17).  In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, Agent shall act solely as agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Borrower or any other Credit Party.  Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder, or under the Financing Documents, by or through its agents, servicers, trustees, investment managers or employees.
Section 11.2Agent and Affiliates.  Agent shall have the same rights and powers under the Financing Documents as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not Agent, and Agent and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest in and generally engage in any kind of business with each Credit Party or Affiliate of any Credit Party as if it were not Agent hereunder.
Section 11.3Action by Agent.  The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature.  Agent shall not have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender.  Nothing in this Agreement or any of the Financing Documents is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any of the Financing Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
Section 11.4Consultation with Experts.  Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 11.5Liability of Agent.  Neither Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, trustees, investment managers, servicers or employees shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or not taken by it in connection with the Financing Documents, except that Agent shall be liable with respect to its specific duties set forth hereunder but only to the extent of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct in the discharge thereof as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  Neither Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, trustees, investment managers, servicers or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify (a) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Financing Document or any borrowing hereunder; (b) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements specified in any Financing Document; (c) the satisfaction of any condition specified in any Financing 
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Document; (d) the validity, effectiveness, sufficiency or genuineness of any Financing Document, any Lien purported to be created or perfected thereby or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith; (e) the existence or non-existence of any Default or Event of Default; or (f) the financial condition of any Credit Party.  Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing (which may be a bank wire, facsimile or electronic transmission or similar writing) believed by it to be genuine or to be signed by the proper party or parties.  Agent shall not be liable for any apportionment or distribution of payments made by it in good faith and if any such apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to have been made in error the sole recourse of any Lender to whom payment was due but not made, shall be to recover from other Lenders any payment in excess of the amount to which they are determined to be entitled (and such other Lenders hereby agree to return to such Lender any such erroneous payments received by them).
Section 11.6Indemnification.  Each Lender shall, in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties) upon demand against any cost, expense (including counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as result from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) that Agent may suffer or incur in connection with the Financing Documents or any action taken or omitted by Agent hereunder or thereunder.  If any indemnity furnished to Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against even if so directed by Required Lenders until such additional indemnity is furnished.    
Section 11.7Right to Request and Act on Instructions.  Agent may at any time request instructions from Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the Financing Documents Agent is permitted or desires to take or to grant, and if such instructions are promptly requested, Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or withholding any approval under any of the Financing Documents until it shall have received such instructions from Required Lenders or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders (or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement) and, notwithstanding the instructions of Required Lenders (or such other applicable portion of the Lenders), Agent shall have no obligation to take any action if it believes, in good faith, that such action would violate applicable Law or exposes Agent to any liability for which it has not received satisfactory indemnification in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.6.
Section 11.8Credit Decision.  Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon 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 Agreement.  Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent 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 any action under the Financing Documents.
Section 11.9Collateral Matters.  Lenders irrevocably authorize Agent, at its option and in its discretion to, and Agent hereby agrees with each Borrower and Credit Party that it shall (a) release any Lien granted to or held by Agent under any Security Document (i) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligation for which no claim has been asserted), (ii) constituting property sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition permitted under any Financing Document (it being understood and agreed that Agent may conclusively rely without further inquiry on a certificate of a Responsible Officer as to the sale or other disposition of property being made in full compliance with the provisions of the Financing Documents) or (iii) subject to Section 11.16, if approved in writing by the Required Lenders; (b) release any Guarantor from its Guarantee under any Financing Document (i) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligation for which no claim has been asserted), (ii) if such party was sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition permitted under any Financing Document (it being understood and agreed that Agent may conclusively rely without further inquiry on a certificate of a Responsible Officer 
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as to the sale or other disposition of such party being made in full compliance with the provisions of the Financing Documents) or (iii) subject to Section 11.16, if approved in writing by the Required Lenders; or (c) subordinate any Lien granted to or held by Agent under any Security Document to a Permitted Lien that is allowed to have priority over the Liens granted to or held by Agent pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Liens”.  Upon request by Agent at any time, Lenders will confirm Agent’s authority to release and/or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 11.9.
In connection with any termination, release or subordination pursuant to this Section 11.9, Agent shall (i) execute and deliver to any Borrower or Credit Party, at such Borrower or Credit Party’s expense, all documents that such Borrower or Credit Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination, release or subordination and (ii) deliver to such Borrower or Credit Party any portion of such Collateral so released in possession of the Agent.
Section 11.10Agency for Perfection.  Agent and each Lender hereby appoint each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Agent’s security interest in assets which, in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code in any applicable jurisdiction, can be perfected by possession or control.  Should any Lender (other than Agent) obtain possession or control of any such assets, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such assets to Agent or in accordance with Agent’s instructions or transfer control to Agent in accordance with Agent’s instructions.  Each Lender agrees that it will not have any right individually to enforce or seek to enforce any Security Document or to realize upon any Collateral for the Loan unless instructed to do so by Agent (or consented to by Agent), it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised only by Agent.
Section 11.11Notice of Default.  Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to Agent for the account of Lenders, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or a Credit Party referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”.  Agent will notify each Lender of its receipt of any such notice.  Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by Required Lenders (or all or such other portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Agreement) in accordance with the terms hereof.  Unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interests of Lenders.
Section 11.12Assignment by Agent; Resignation of Agent; Successor Agent.
(a)Agent may at any time assign its rights, powers, privileges and duties hereunder to (i) another Lender, or (ii) any Person to whom Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, has assigned (or will assign, in conjunction with such assignment of agency rights hereunder) 50% or more of its Loan, in each case without the consent of the Lenders or Credit Parties.  Following any such assignment, Agent shall give reasonably prompt notice to the Lenders and Borrowers.  Failure to give such notice shall not affect such assignment in any way or cause the assignment to be ineffective.  An assignment by Agent pursuant to this subsection (a) shall not be deemed a resignation by Agent for purposes of subsection (b) below.
(b)Without limiting the rights of Agent to designate an assignee pursuant to subsection (a) above, Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and Borrowers.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within ten (10) Business Days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent; provided, however, that if Agent shall notify Borrowers and the Lenders that no Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice from Agent that no Person has accepted such appointment and, from and following delivery of such notice, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be 
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made by, to or through Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph.
(c)Upon (i) an assignment permitted by subsection (a) above, or (ii) the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent pursuant to subsection (b) above, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Financing Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph).  The fees payable by Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrowers and such successor.  After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Financing Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.12 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent and its sub-agents in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting or was continuing to act as Agent.
Section 11.13Payment and Sharing of Payment.
(a)[Reserved].
(b)Term Loan Payments.  Payments of principal, interest and fees in respect of the Term Loans will be settled on the date of receipt if received by Agent on the first Business Day of a month or on the Business Day immediately following the date of receipt if received on any day other than the first Business Day of a month.
(c)Return of Payments.
(i)If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from a Credit Party and such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on demand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, together with interest accruing on a daily basis at the Federal Funds Rate.
(ii)If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to any Credit Party or paid to any other Person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender.  In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to any Credit Party or such other Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(d)Defaulted Lenders.  The failure of any Defaulted Lender to make any payment required by it hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations to make payment, but neither any other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Defaulted Lender to make any payment required hereunder.  Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Defaulted Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Financing Document or constitute a “Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Required Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Financing Document.
(e)Sharing of Payments.  If any Lender shall obtain any payment or other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of setoff or otherwise) on account of any Loan (other than pursuant to the terms of Section 2.8(d)) in excess of its Pro Rata Share of payments entitled pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 11.13, such Lender shall purchase from the other Lenders such participations in extensions of credit made by such other Lenders (without recourse, representation or warranty) as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or other recovery ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of the excess payment or other recovery is thereafter required to be returned or otherwise recovered from such purchasing Lender, such portion of such purchase shall be rescinded and each Lender which has sold a participation to the 
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purchasing Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the ratable extent of such return or recovery, without interest.  Each Credit Party agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this clause (e) may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including pursuant to Section 10.6) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of Credit Parties in the amount of such participation.  If under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, any Lender receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff to which this clause (e) applies, such Lender shall, to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights of the Lenders entitled under this clause (e) to share in the benefits of any recovery on such secured claim.
Section 11.14Right to Perform, Preserve and Protect.  If any Credit Party fails to perform any obligation hereunder or under any other Financing Document, Agent itself may, but shall not be obligated to, cause such obligation to be performed at Credit Parties’ expense.  Agent is further authorized by the Credit Parties and the Lenders to make expenditures from time to time which Agent, in its reasonable business judgment, deems necessary or desirable to (a) preserve or protect the business conducted by the Credit Parties, the Collateral, or any portion thereof, and/or (b) enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loan and other Obligations.  Each Credit Party hereby agrees to reimburse Agent on demand for any and all costs, liabilities and obligations incurred by Agent pursuant to this Section 11.14.  Each Lender hereby agrees to indemnify Agent upon demand for any and all costs, liabilities and obligations incurred by Agent pursuant to this Section 11.14, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.6.
Section 11.15Additional Titled Agents.  Except for rights and powers, if any, expressly reserved under this Agreement to any bookrunner, arranger or to any titled agent named on the cover page of this Agreement, other than Agent (collectively, the “Additional Titled Agents”), and except for obligations, liabilities, duties and responsibilities, if any, expressly assumed under this Agreement by any Additional Titled Agent, no Additional Titled Agent, in such capacity, has any rights, powers, liabilities, duties or responsibilities hereunder or under any of the other Financing Documents.  Without limiting the foregoing, no Additional Titled Agent shall have nor be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.  At any time that any Lender serving as an Additional Titled Agent shall have transferred to any other Person (other than any Affiliates) all of its interests in the Loan, such Lender shall be deemed to have concurrently resigned as such Additional Titled Agent.
Section 11.16Amendments and Waivers.
(a)No provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document may be materially amended, waived or otherwise modified unless such amendment, waiver or other modification is in writing and is signed or otherwise approved by Borrowers, the Required Lenders and any other Lender to the extent required under Section 11.16(b); provided, however, the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
(b)In addition to the required signatures under Section 11.16(a), no provision of this Agreement or any other Financing Document may be amended, waived or otherwise modified unless such amendment, waiver or other modification is in writing and is signed or otherwise approved by the following Persons:
(i)if any amendment, waiver or other modification would increase a Lender’s funding obligations in respect of any Loan, by such Lender; and/or
(ii)if the rights or duties of Agent are affected thereby, by Agent;
provided, however, that, in each of (i) and (ii) above, no such amendment, waiver or other modification shall, unless signed or otherwise approved in writing by all the Lenders directly affected thereby, (A) reduce the principal of, rate of interest on or any fees with respect to any Loan or forgive any principal, interest (other than default interest) or fees (other than late charges) with respect to any Loan; (B) postpone the date fixed for, or waive, any payment (other than any mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii)) of principal of any Loan, or of interest on any Loan (other than default interest) or any fees provided for hereunder (other than late charges) or postpone the date of termination of any 
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commitment of any Lender hereunder; (C) change the definition of the term Required Lenders or the percentage of Lenders which shall be required for Lenders to take any action hereunder; (D) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, authorize any Credit Party to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Collateral or release any Guarantor of all or any portion of the Obligations or its Guarantee obligations with respect thereto, except, in each case with respect to this clause (D), as otherwise may be provided in this Agreement or the other Financing Documents (including in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder); (E) amend, waive or otherwise modify this Section 11.16(b) or the definitions of the terms used in this Section 11.16(b) insofar as the definitions affect the substance of this Section 11.16(b);  (F) consent to the assignment, delegation or other transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Financing Document or release any Credit Party of its payment obligations under any Financing Document, except, in each case with respect to this clause (F), pursuant to a merger or consolidation permitted pursuant to this Agreement; or (G) amend any of the provisions of Section 10.7 or amend any of the definitions Pro Rata Share, Term Loan Commitment Percentage or that provide for the Lenders to receive their Pro Rata Shares of any fees, payments, setoffs or proceeds of Collateral hereunder.  It is hereby understood and agreed that all Lenders shall be deemed directly affected by an amendment, waiver or other modification of the type described in the preceding clauses (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) of the preceding sentence.
        (c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Financing Document, Agent may, without the consent of any Lender or Credit Party, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents in order to implement any replacement of the Base LIBOR Rate as contemplated in the definition thereof or any LIBOR Replacement Conforming Changes or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 2.1(a)(iv) in accordance with the terms of Section 2.1(a)(iv).
Section 11.17Assignments and Participations.
(a)Assignments.
(i)Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of such Lender’s Loan together with all related obligations of such Lender hereunder.  Except as Agent may otherwise agree, the amount of any such assignment (determined as of the date of the applicable Assignment Agreement or, if a “Trade Date” is specified in such Assignment Agreement, as of such Trade Date) shall be in a minimum aggregate amount equal to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) or, if less, the assignor’s entire interests in the outstanding Loan; provided, however, that, in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more related Approved Funds, such Approved Funds shall be treated as one assignee for purposes of determining compliance with the minimum assignment size referred to above.  Credit Parties and Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the interests so assigned to an Eligible Assignee until Agent shall have received and accepted an effective Assignment Agreement executed, delivered and fully completed by the applicable parties thereto and a processing fee of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) to be paid by the assigning Lender; provided, however, that only one processing fee shall be payable in connection with simultaneous assignments to two or more related Approved Funds.
(ii)From and after the date on which the conditions described above have been met, (A) such Eligible Assignee shall be deemed automatically to have become a party hereto and, to the extent of the interests assigned to such Eligible Assignee pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder, and (B) the assigning Lender, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, shall be released from its rights and obligations hereunder (other than those that survive termination pursuant to Section 12.1).  Upon the request of the Eligible Assignee (and, as applicable, the assigning Lender) pursuant to an effective Assignment Agreement, each Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent for delivery to the Eligible Assignee (and, as applicable, the assigning Lender) Notes in the aggregate principal amount of the Eligible Assignee’s Loan (and, as applicable, Notes in the principal amount of that portion of the principal amount of the Loan retained by the assigning Lender).  Upon receipt by 
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the assigning Lender of such Note, the assigning Lender shall return to Borrower Representative any prior Note held by it.
(iii)Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at the office of its servicer located in Bethesda, Maryland a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register (the “Lender Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of each Lender, and the commitments of, and principal amount of the Loan owing to, such Lender pursuant to the terms hereof.  The entries in the Lender Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, Agent and Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded therein pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Lender Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice to Agent.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrowers 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 Obligations (each, a “Participant Register”).  The entries in the Participant Registers shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.  Each Participant Register shall be available for inspection by Borrowers and Agent at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice to the applicable Lender; provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (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 any Financing Document) to any Person (including Credit Parties) 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.  For the avoidance of doubt, Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a participant register.
(iv)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.17(a) or any other provision of this Agreement, any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(v)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.17(a) or any other provision of this Agreement, Agent has the right, but not the obligation, to effectuate assignments of Loan via an electronic settlement system acceptable to Agent as designated in writing from time to time to the Lenders by Agent (the “Settlement Service”).  At any time when Agent elects, in its sole discretion, to implement such Settlement Service, each such assignment shall be effected by the assigning Lender and proposed assignee pursuant to the procedures then in effect under the Settlement Service, which procedures shall be consistent with the other provisions of this Section 11.17(a).  Each assigning Lender and proposed Eligible Assignee shall comply with the requirements of the Settlement Service in connection with effecting any assignment of Loan pursuant to the Settlement Service.  With the prior written approval of Agent, Agent’s approval of such Eligible Assignee shall be deemed to have been automatically granted with respect to any transfer effected through the Settlement Service.  Assignments and assumptions of the Loan shall be effected by the provisions otherwise set forth herein until Agent notifies Lenders of the Settlement Service as set forth herein.
(b)Participations.  Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Credit Party or Agent, sell to one or more Persons (other than any Credit Party or any Credit Party’s Affiliates) participating interests in its Loan, commitments or other interests hereunder (any such Person, a “Participant”).  In the event of a sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, (i) such Lender’s obligations hereunder shall remain unchanged for all purposes, (ii) Credit Parties and Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, and (iii) all amounts payable by each Credit Party shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation and shall be paid directly to such Lender.  Each Credit Party agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due and payable (as a result of acceleration or 
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otherwise), each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set-off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement; provided, however, that such right of set-off shall be subject to the obligation of each Participant to share with Lenders, and Lenders agree to share with each Participant, as provided in Section 11.5.  
(c)Replacement of Lenders.  Within thirty (30) days after: (i) receipt by Agent of notice and demand from any Lender for payment of additional costs as provided in Section 2.8(h), which demand shall not have been revoked, (ii) any Credit Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8(a) through (h), (iii) any Lender is a Defaulted Lender, and the circumstances causing such status shall not have been cured or waived; or (iv) any failure by any Lender to consent to a requested amendment, waiver or modification to any Financing Document in which Required Lenders have already consented to such amendment, waiver or modification but the consent of each Lender, or each Lender affected thereby, is required with respect thereto (each relevant Lender in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being an “Affected Lender”) each of Borrower Representative and Agent may, at its option, notify such Affected Lender and, in the case of Borrowers’ election, Agent, of such Person’s intention to obtain, at Borrowers’ expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for such Lender, which Replacement Lender shall be an Eligible Assignee and, in the event the Replacement Lender is to replace an Affected Lender described in the preceding clause (iv), such Replacement Lender consents to the requested amendment, waiver or modification making the replaced Lender an Affected Lender.  In the event Borrowers or Agent, as applicable, obtains a Replacement Lender within ninety (90) days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender shall sell, at par, and assign all of its Loan and funding commitments hereunder to such Replacement Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 11.17(a); provided, however, that (A) Borrowers shall have reimbursed such Lender for its increased costs and additional payments for which it is entitled to reimbursement under Section 2.8(a) through (h), as applicable, of this Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment, and (B) Borrowers shall pay to Agent the Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500) processing fee in respect of such assignment.  In the event that a replaced Lender does not execute an Assignment Agreement pursuant to Section 11.17(a) within five (5) Business Days after receipt by such replaced Lender of notice of replacement pursuant to this Section 11.17(c) and presentation to such replaced Lender of an Assignment Agreement evidencing an assignment pursuant to this Section 11.17(c), such replaced Lender shall be deemed to have consented to the terms of such Assignment Agreement, and any such Assignment Agreement executed by Agent, the Replacement Lender and, to the extent required pursuant to Section 11.17(a), Credit Parties, shall be effective for purposes of this Section 11.17(c) and Section 11.17(a).  Upon any such assignment and payment, such replaced Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof, other than with respect to such rights and obligations that survive termination as set forth in Section 13.1.
(d)Credit Party Assignments.  No Credit Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or other obligations hereunder or under any other Financing Document without the prior written consent of Agent and each Lender, except pursuant to a merger or consolidation permitted pursuant to this Agreement.
Article 12 - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.1Survival.  All agreements, representations and warranties made herein and in every other Financing Document shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents.  The provisions of Section 2.9 and Articles 11 and 12 shall survive the payment of the Obligations (both with respect to any Lender and all Lenders collectively) and any termination of this Agreement and any judgment with respect to any Obligations, including any final foreclosure judgment with respect to any Security Document, and no unpaid or unperformed, current or future, Obligations will merge into any such judgment.
Section 12.2No Waivers.  No failure or delay by Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege under any Financing Document shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein and therein provided shall be cumulative and not 
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exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.  Any reference in any Financing Document to the “continuing” nature of any Event of Default shall not be construed as establishing or otherwise indicating that any Borrower or any other Credit Party has the independent right to cure any such Event of Default, but is rather presented merely for convenience should such Event of Default be waived in accordance with the terms of the applicable Financing Documents.
Section 12.3Notices.
(a)All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including prepaid overnight courier, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party at its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth on the signature pages hereof (or, in the case of any such Lender who becomes a Lender after the date hereof, in an assignment agreement or in a notice delivered to Borrower Representative and Agent by the assignee Lender forthwith upon such assignment) or at such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to Agent and Borrower Representative; provided, however, that notices, requests or other communications shall be permitted by electronic means only in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.3(b) and (c).  Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile, when such notice is transmitted to the facsimile number specified by this Section and the sender receives a confirmation of transmission from the sending facsimile machine, or (ii) if given by mail, prepaid overnight courier or any other means, when received or when receipt is refused at the applicable address specified by this Section 12.3(a).
(b)Notices and other communications to the parties hereto may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved from time to time by Agent, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to notices sent directly to any Lender if such Lender has notified Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices by electronic communication.  Agent or Borrower Representative may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to them hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided, however, that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c)Unless Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor, provided, however, that if any such notice or other communication is not sent or posted during normal business hours, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day.
Section 12.4Severability.  In case any provision of or obligation under this Agreement or any other Financing Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.5Headings.  Headings and captions used in the Financing Documents (including the Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes hereto and thereto) are included for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect.
Section 12.6Confidentiality.  Agent and each Lender shall hold all non-public information regarding the Credit Parties and their respective businesses and obtained by Agent or any Lender confidentially in accordance with such Person’s customary procedures for handling information of such nature, except that disclosure of such information may be made (i) to their respective agents, employees, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, attorneys, auditors, professional consultants, rating agencies, insurance industry associations and portfolio management services (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information), (ii) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in the Loans, Agent or a Lender, provided, however, that any 
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such Persons are bound by obligations of confidentiality, (iii) as required by Law, subpoena, judicial order or similar order and in connection with any litigation, provided, that (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (iii), Agent or such Lender agrees to endeavor to provide Borrower Representative with prior notice thereof and with respect to any order, subpoena or legal or administrative order or process, to the extent Agent or such Lender is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrower Representative pursuant to the terms thereof, and (y) any disclosure under this clause (iii) shall be limited solely to that portion of the non-public information as may be specifically requested or required by such Law, subpoena, judicial order or similar order and in connection with such litigation, (iv) as may be required in connection with the routine examination, audit or similar investigation of such Person, (v) as Agent or any Lender considers appropriate in exercising remedies under the Financing Documents and (vi) to a Person that is a trustee, investment advisor or investment manager, collateral manager, servicer, noteholder or secured party in a Securitization (as hereinafter defined) in connection with the administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral for such Securitization (and who agree to treat information as confidential including, pursuant to general obligations under master confidentiality agreements or other agreements entered into in connection with such Securitization).  For the purposes of this Section, “Securitization” shall mean (A) the pledge of the Loans as collateral security for loans to a Lender, or (B) a public or private offering by a Lender or any of its Affiliates or their respective successors and assigns, of securities which represent an interest in, or which are collateralized, in whole or in part, by the Loans.  Confidential information shall not include information that: (x) is in the public domain, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to such Person through no fault of such Person, (y) is disclosed to such Person by a Person other than a Credit Party, provided, however, Agent does not have actual knowledge that such Person is prohibited from disclosing such information or (z) is independently developed by such Person without using confidential information and without otherwise violating their obligations hereunder.  The obligations of Agent and Lenders under this Section 12.6 shall supersede and replace the obligations of Agent and Lenders under any confidentiality agreement in respect of this financing executed and delivered by Agent or any Lender prior to the date hereof.
Section 12.7Waiver of Consequential and Other Damages.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (as defined below), on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Financing Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages 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 Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 12.8GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.
(a)THIS AGREEMENT, EACH NOTE AND EACH OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT, AND ALL DISPUTES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO OR ARISING THEREFROM (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW OR OTHERWISE), 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 LAWS PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
(b)EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS.  EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS.  EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND AGREES THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON SUCH CREDIT PARTY BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, ADDRESSED 
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TO SUCH CREDIT PARTY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE TEN (10) DAYS AFTER THE SAME HAS BEEN POSTED.
Section 12.9WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.    EACH CREDIT PARTY, AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.  EACH CREDIT PARTY, AGENT AND EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS.  EACH CREDIT PARTY, AGENT AND EACH LENDER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVIEWING THIS JURY WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS.
(b)IN THE EVENT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT OR FILED IN ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR IN ANY STATE COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL SET FORTH IN SECTION 12.9(A) HEREOF IS DETERMINED OR HELD TO BE INEFFECTIVE OR UNENFORCEABLE, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS SHALL BE RESOLVED BY REFERENCE TO A PRIVATE JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY, PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638, BEFORE A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE REFEREE OR, IF THE PARTIES CANNOT AGREE, A REFEREE SELECTED BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.  SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WITH CALIFORNIA RULES OF EVIDENCE AND DISCOVERY APPLICABLE TO SUCH PROCEEDING.  IN THE EVENT ANY ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARE TO BE RESOLVED BY JUDICIAL REFERENCE, ANY PARTY MAY SEEK FROM ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOVER ANY PREJUDGMENT ORDER, WRIT OR OTHER RELIEF AND HAVE SUCH PREJUDGMENT ORDER, WRIT OR OTHER RELIEF ENFORCED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW NOTWITHSTANDING THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARE OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO RESOLUTION BY JUDICIAL REFERENCE.
Section 12.10Publication; Advertisement.
(a)Publication.  No Credit Party will directly or indirectly publish, disclose or otherwise use in any public disclosure, advertising material, promotional material, press release or interview, any reference to the name, logo or any trademark of MCF or any of its Affiliates or any reference to this Agreement or the financing evidenced hereby, in any case except (i) as reasonably determined by Borrower Representative as necessary in connection with any required public filings under applicable Law, (ii) as required by Law, subpoena or judicial or similar order, in which case the applicable Credit Party shall, to the extent permitted and appliable, give Agent prior written notice of such publication or other disclosure (provided it being understood that no prior written notice shall be required in connection with any public securities filings), or (iii) with MCF’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b)Advertisement.  Each Lender and each Credit Party hereby authorizes MCF to publish the name of such Lender and Credit Party, the existence of the financing arrangements referenced under this Agreement, the primary purpose and/or structure of those arrangements, the amount of credit extended under each facility, the title and role of each party to this Agreement, and the total amount of the financing evidenced hereby in any “tombstone”, comparable advertisement or press release which MCF elects to submit for publication.  In addition, each Lender and each Credit Party agrees that MCF may provide lending industry trade organizations with information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements after the Closing Date.  With respect to any of the foregoing, MCF shall provide Borrowers with an opportunity to review and confer with MCF regarding the contents of any such 
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tombstone, advertisement or information, as applicable, prior to its submission for publication and, following such review period, MCF may, from time to time, publish such information in any media form desired by MCF, until such time that Borrowers shall have requested MCF cease any such further publication.
Section 12.11Counterparts; Integration.  This Agreement and the other Financing Documents may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.  Signatures by facsimile or by electronic mail delivery of an electronic version of any executed signature page shall bind the parties hereto.  In furtherance of the foregoing, 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 or thereby 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 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. As used herein, “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 other record.  This Agreement and the other Financing Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 12.12No Strict Construction.  The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement.  In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
Section 12.13Lender Approvals.  Unless expressly provided herein to the contrary, any approval, consent, waiver or satisfaction of Agent or Lenders with respect to any matter that is the subject of this Agreement, the other Financing Documents may be granted or withheld by Agent and Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion and credit judgment.
Section 12.14Expenses; Indemnity.
(a)Except with respect to Indemnified Taxes, Other Taxes and Excluded Taxes, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 2.8, Credit Parties hereby agree to promptly pay (i) all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses of counsel to, and independent appraisers and consultants retained by Agent) in connection with the examination, review, due diligence investigation, documentation, negotiation, closing and syndication of the transactions contemplated by the Financing Documents, in connection with the performance by Agent of its rights and remedies under the Financing Documents and in connection with the continued administration of the Financing Documents including (A) any amendments, modifications, consents and waivers to and/or under any and all Financing Documents, and (B) any periodic public record searches conducted by or at the request of Agent (including, without limitation, title investigations, UCC searches, fixture filing searches, judgment, pending Litigation and tax lien searches and searches of applicable corporate, limited liability, partnership and related records concerning the continued existence, organization and good standing of certain Persons); (ii) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the creation, perfection and maintenance of Liens pursuant to the Financing Documents; (iii) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all costs and expenses of Agent in connection with (A) protecting, storing, insuring, handling, maintaining or selling any Collateral, (B) any Litigation, dispute, suit or proceeding relating to any Financing Document, and (C) any workout, collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings under any and all of the Financing Documents; (iv) without limitation of the preceding clause (i), all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Agent in connection with Agent’s reservation of funds in anticipation of the funding of the 
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initial Loans to be made hereunder; and (v) all costs and expenses incurred by Lenders in connection with any Litigation, dispute, suit or proceeding relating to any Financing Document and in connection with any workout, collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings under any and all Financing Documents, whether or not Agent or Lenders are a party thereto.  If Agent or any Lender uses in-house counsel for any of these purposes, Credit Parties further agree that the Obligations include reasonable charges for such work commensurate with the fees that would otherwise be charged by outside legal counsel selected by Agent or such Lender for the work performed.
(b)Each Credit Party hereby agrees to indemnify, pay and hold harmless Agent and Lenders and the officers, directors, employees, trustees, agents, investment advisors and investment managers, collateral managers, servicers, and counsel of Agent and Lenders (collectively called the “Indemnitees”) 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 the fees and disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitee) in connection with any investigative, response, remedial, administrative or judicial matter or proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto and including any such proceeding initiated by or on behalf of a Credit Party, and the reasonable expenses of investigation by engineers, environmental consultants and similar technical personnel and any commission, fee or compensation claimed by any broker (other than any broker retained by Agent or Lenders) asserting any right to payment for the transactions contemplated hereby, which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee as a result of or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Financing Documents (including (i)(A) as a direct or indirect result of the presence on or under, or escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge, emission or release from, any property now or previously owned, leased or operated by a Credit Party, any Subsidiary or any other Person of any Hazardous Materials, (B) arising out of or relating to the offsite disposal of any materials generated or present on any such property, or (C) arising out of or resulting from the environmental condition of any such property or the applicability of any governmental requirements relating to Hazardous Materials, whether or not occasioned wholly or in part by any condition, accident or event caused by any act or omission of a Credit Party or any Subsidiary, and (ii) proposed and actual extensions of credit under this Agreement) and the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loans, except that Credit Parties shall have no obligation hereunder to an Indemnitee with respect to any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  To the extent that the undertaking set forth in the immediately preceding sentence may be unenforceable, Credit Parties shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable Law to the payment and satisfaction of all such indemnified liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.
(c)Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Agreement, the obligations of Credit Parties under this Section 12.14 shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.  NO INDEMNITEE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO THE CREDIT PARTIES OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY FINANCING DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
(d)Each Credit Party for itself and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties and their heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby further specifically waives any rights that it may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code (to the extent applicable), which provides as follows: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR,” and further waives any similar rights under applicable Laws.
Section 12.15[Reserved].
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Section 12.16Reinstatement.  This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition or other proceeding be filed by or against any Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should an interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manager or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Credit Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a fraudulent preference reviewable transaction or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
Section 12.17Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Credit Parties and Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 12.18USA PATRIOT Act Notification.  Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) and each Lender hereby notifies Credit Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record certain information and documentation that identifies Credit Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Credit Parties and such other information that will allow Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to identify Credit Parties in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.
Section 12.19Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Financing Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Financing Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and
(b)the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i)a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii)a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Financing Document; or
(iii)the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.
Section 12.20Erroneous Payments.
(a)Each Lender and any other party hereto hereby severally agrees that if (i) the Agent notifies (which such notice shall be conclusive absent manifest error) such Lender (or the Lender which is an Affiliate of a Lender) or any other Person that has received funds from the Agent or any of its Affiliates, either for its own account or on behalf of a Lender (each such recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Payment Recipient were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Payment Recipient) or (ii) any Payment Recipient receives any payment from the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount 
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than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted or received in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) then, in each case, an error in payment shall be presumed to have been made (any such amounts specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 12.20(a), whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise; individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”), then, in each case, such Payment Recipient is deemed to have knowledge of such error at the time of its receipt of such Erroneous Payment; provided that nothing in this Section shall require the Agent to provide any of the notices specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above.  Each Payment Recipient agrees that it shall not assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(b)Without limiting the immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient agrees that, in the case of clause (a)(ii) above, it shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of such occurrence.
(c)In the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, and upon demand from the Agent such Payment Recipient shall (or, shall cause any Person who received any portion of an Erroneous Payment on its behalf to), promptly, but in all events no later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds and in the currency so received, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
(d)In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Agent in accordance with immediately preceding clause (c), from any Lender that is a Payment Recipient or an Affiliate of a Payment Recipient (such unrecovered amount as to such Lender, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), then at the sole discretion of the Agent and upon the Agent’s written notice to such Lender (i) such Lender shall be deemed to have made a cashless assignment of the full face amount of the portion of its Loans with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans”) to the Agent or, at the option of the Agent, the Agent’s applicable lending affiliate (such assignee, the “Agent Assignee”) in an amount that is equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such assigned amount, without further consent or approval of any party hereto and without any payment by the Agent Assignee as the assignee of such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment.  Without limitation of its rights hereunder, following the effectiveness of the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, the Agent may make a cashless reassignment to the applicable assigning Lender of any Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment at any time by written notice to the applicable assigning Lender and upon such reassignment all of the Loans assigned pursuant to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment shall be reassigned to such Lender without any requirement for payment or other consideration.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (1) any assignment contemplated in this clause (d) shall be made without any requirement for any payment or other consideration paid by the applicable assignee or received by the assignor, (2) the provisions of this clause (d) shall govern in the event of any conflict with the terms and conditions of Section 11.17 and (3) the Agent may reflect such assignments in the Lender Register without further consent or action by any other Person.
(e)Each party hereto hereby agrees that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Agent (1) shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Payment 
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Recipient and (2) is authorized to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Payment Recipient under any Financing Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Agent to such Payment Recipient from any source, against any amount due to the Agent under this Section 12.20 or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement, (y) the receipt of an Erroneous Payment by a Payment Recipient shall not for the purpose of this Agreement be treated as a payment, prepayment, repayment, discharge or other satisfaction of any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Credit Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Agent from the Borrower or any other Credit Party for the purpose of making for a payment on the Obligations and (z) to the extent that an Erroneous Payment was in any way or at any time credited as payment or satisfaction of any of the Obligations, the Obligations or any part thereof that were so credited, and all rights of the Payment Recipient, as the case may be, shall be reinstated and continue in full force and effect as if such payment or satisfaction had never been received.
(f)Each party’s obligations under this Section 12.20 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any transfer of right or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Financing Document.
The provisions of this Section 12.20 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) nothing in this Section 12.20 will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from any Payment Recipient’s receipt of an Erroneous Payment and (ii) there will only be deemed to be a recovery of the Erroneous Payment to the extent that Agent has received payment from the Payment Recipient in immediately available funds the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency, whether directly from the Payment Recipient, as a result of the exercise by Agent of its rights of subrogation or set off as set forth above in clause (e) or as a result of the receipt by Agent Assignee of a payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans assigned to Agent Assignee pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, but excluding any other amounts in respect thereof (it being agreed that any payments of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts (other than principal) received by Agent Assignee in respect of the Loans assigned to Agent Assignee pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment shall be the sole property of the Agent Assignee and shall not constitute a recovery of the Erroneous Payment).
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(Signature Page to Credit and Security Agreement)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, and intending that this Agreement constitute an agreement executed under seal, each of the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed under seal the day and year first above mentioned.
															
	BORROWERS:	CONFORMIS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

		By:	/s/ Mark A. Augusti
		Name:	Mark A. Augusti
		Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer
		Address:

		600 Technology Park Drive
		Billerica, Massachusetts 01821
		Attn:	Robert S. Howe, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

		Facsimile:	N/A
		E-Mail:	Bob.Howe@conformis.com
		

															
		IMATX, INC.,
a California corporation

		By:	/s/ Mark A. Augusti
		Name:	Mark A. Augusti
		Title:	President and Treasurer

						
	AGENT:	MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST

By:     Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
         its investment manager

By:     Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
    its general partner

    By: ___/s/ Maurice Amsellem_______
    Name:     Maurice Amsellem    
    Title:       Authorized Signatory

		
		Address:

 

(Signature Page to Credit and Security Agreement)

						
		c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer
7255 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Attn:  Account Manager for Conformis transaction
Facsimile:  301-941-1450
E-mail:  notices@midcapfinancial.com

Copying, for notice purposes only:
c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer
7255 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Attn:  General Counsel
Facsimile:  301-941-1450
E-mail:  legalnotices@midcapfinancial.com

		Payment Account Designation
		SunTrust Bank
ABA #:  061000104
Swift Code: SNTRUS3A
Account Name: MidCap Financial Trust
Account #:  1000113400435
Reference: Conformis – [Nature of Payment]

	LENDERS:	MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST

By:     Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
         its investment manager

By:     Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
    its general partner

    By: ___/s/ Maurice Amsellem_______
    Name:     Maurice Amsellem    
    Title:       Authorized Signatory

		

MIDCAP FUNDING XIII TRUST

By:     Apollo Capital Management, L.P.,
         its investment manager

By:     Apollo Capital Management GP, LLC,
    its general partner

    By: ___/s/ Maurice Amsellem_______
    Name:     Maurice Amsellem    
    Title:       Authorized Signatory

		Address:

 

(Signature Page to Credit and Security Agreement)

						
		

c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer
7255 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Attn:  Account Manager for Xtant transaction
Facsimile:  301-941-1450
E-mail:  notices@midcapfinancial.com

with a copy to:

c/o MidCap Financial Services, LLC, as servicer
7255 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Attn:  General Counsel
Facsimile:  301-941-1450
E-mail:  legalnotices@midcapfinancial.com

		

 

ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
ANNEXES
						
	Annex A	Commitment Annex

EXHIBITS
						
	Exhibit A	[Reserved]
	Exhibit B	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit C	[Reserved]
	Exhibit D	Form of Notice of Borrowing
	Exhibit E	Form of Payment Notification
	Exhibit F-1	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit F-2	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit F-3	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit F-4	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit G	Closing Checklist

SCHEDULES
						
	Schedule 2.1	Scheduled Principal Payments
	Schedule 3.1	Existence, Organizational ID Numbers, Foreign Qualification, Prior Names
	Schedule 3.4	Capitalization
	Schedule 3.6	Litigation
	Schedule 3.17	Material Contracts
	Schedule 3.18	Environmental Compliance
	Schedule 3.19	Intellectual Property
	Schedule 4.9	Litigation, Governmental Proceedings and Other Notice Events
	Schedule 4.17	Products
	Schedule 5.1	Debt; Contingent Obligations
	Schedule 5.2	Liens
	Schedule 5.7	Permitted Investments
	Schedule 5.8	Affiliate Transactions
	Schedule 5.11	Business Description
	Schedule 5.14	Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
	Schedule 7.4	Post-Closing Obligations
	Schedule 9.1	Collateral
	Schedule 9.2(d)	Location of Collateral
	Schedule 9.2(d)	Chattel Paper, Letter of Credit Rights, Commercial Tort Claims, Instruments, Documents, Investment Property

 

ANNEX A TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (COMMITMENT ANNEX)
									
	Lender
	Term Loan Commitment Amount
	Term Loan Commitment Percentage

	MidCap Financial Trust	$16,000,000.00	76.19%
	MidCap Funding XIII Trust	$5,000,000.00	23.81%
	TOTALS	$21,000,000.00	100%

									
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