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Exhibit 10.1

 

CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP

C L I F F O R D

C H A N C E

 

 

	  	
CONFORMED COPY

	  	  
	  	  
	
DATED 12 JANUARY 2012

 

	
WESTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLC

AS THE COMPANY

 

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

AND

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

AS JOINT COORDINATORS

 

ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES PLC (TRADING AS SANTANDER GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS),

BARCLAYS CAPITAL,

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC,

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC AND

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

AS BOOKRUNNERS AND MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS

 

AND

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

AS FACILITY AGENT

 

	  	
 

£245,000,000 REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

	  

  

  

  

 

	
CONTENTS

 

	
Clause

	  	
Page

	  	  	  
	
1

	
Interpretation

	
1

	
2

	
The Facility

	
17

	
3

	
Purpose

	
20

	
4

	
Conditions Precedent

	
20

	
5

	
Utilisation

	
20

	
6

	
Repayment

	
21

	
7

	
Prepayment and Cancellation

	
22

	
8

	
Interest

	
25

	
9

	
Terms

	
26

	
10

	
Market Disruption

	
27

	
11

	
Tax gross-up and indemnities

	
28

	
12

	
Increased Costs

	
36

	
13

	
Mitigation

	
37

	
14

	
Payments

	
39

	
15

	
Representations

	
41

	
16

	
Information Covenants

	
45

	
17

	
Financial Covenants

	
49

	
18

	
General Covenants

	
52

	
19

	
Default

	
58

	
20

	
The Administrative Parties

	
61

	
21

	
Evidence and Calculations

	
68

	
22

	
Fees

	
68

	
23

	
Indemnities and Break Costs

	
69

	
24

	
Expenses

	
71

	
25

	
Amendments and Waivers

	
71

	
26

	
Changes to the Parties

	
74

	
27

	
Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information

	
79

	
28

	
Set-off

	
82

	
29

	
Pro rata sharing

	
82

	
30

	
Severability

	
83

	
31

	
Counterparts

	
84

	
32

	
Notices

	
84

	
33

	
Language

	
85

	
34

	
Governing law

	
86

	
35

	
Enforcement

	
86

	
Schedule 1 Original Parties

	
87

	
Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent Documents

	
88

	
Schedule 3 Requests

	
89

	
Schedule 4 Calculation of the Mandatory Cost

	
90

	
Schedule 5 Form of Transfer Certificate

	
93

	
Schedule 6 Form of Compliance Certificate

	
96

	
Schedule 7 Form of Increase Confirmation

	
97

 

  

  

  

THIS AGREEMENT is dated 12 January 2012

 

BETWEEN:

 

	
(1)  

	
WESTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLC (registered number 02366894) (the "Company");

 

	
(2)  

	
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC and MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. as joint coordinators, ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES PLC (TRADING AS SANTANDER GLOBAL BANKING & MARKETS), BARCLAYS CAPITAL, LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. as bookrunners and mandated lead arrangers (whether acting individually or together the "Arranger");

 

	
(3)  

	
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 (Original Parties) as original lenders (the "Original Lenders"); and

 

	
(4)  

	
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD. as facility agent (the "Facility Agent").

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

	
1.  

	
INTERPRETATION

 

	
1.1  

	
Definitions

 

In this Agreement:

 

"Acceptable Bank" means a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of A- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services or A- or higher by Fitch Ratings Ltd or A3 or higher by Moody’s Investor Services Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency.

 

"Acceptable Jurisdiction" means:

 

	
(i)  

	
the United States of America;

 

	
(ii)  

	
the United Kingdom; or

 

	
(iii)  

	
any other member state of the European Union or any Participating Member State where such country has long term sovereign credit rating of AA or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or Aa2 or higher from Moody's Investor Services Limited or AA or higher from Fitch Ratings Ltd.

 

"Act" means the Electricity Act 1989 and, unless the context otherwise requires, 

all subordinate legislation made pursuant thereto.

 

"Administrative Party" means the Arranger or the Facility Agent.

 

"Affiliate" means a Subsidiary or a Holding Company of a person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing and in so far as it relates to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as a Lender, the term "Affiliate" shall not include (i) the UK government or any member or instrumentality thereof, including Her Majesty's Treasury and UK Financial Investments Limited (or any directors, officers, employees or entities thereof) or (ii) any persons or entities controlled by or under common control with the UK government or any member or instrumentality thereof (including Her Majesty's Treasury and UK Financial Investments Limited) and which are not part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and its subsidiary or subsidiary undertakings.

 

"Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange" means the Facility Agent's spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the relevant currency in the London foreign exchange market with Sterling at or about 11.00 a.m. on a particular day.

 

"Applicable Accounting Principles" means those accounting principles, standards and practices generally accepted in the United Kingdom and the accounting and reporting requirements of the Companies Act 2006, in each case as used in the Original Financial Statements.

 

"Authority" means The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority established under Section 1 of the 

Utilities Act 2000.

 

"Available Commitment" means a Lender's Commitment minus:

 

	
(a)  

	
the amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and

 

	
(b)  

	
in relation to any proposed Loans, the amount of its participation in any Loan that are due to be made on or before the proposed Drawdown Date,

 

other than that Lender's participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Drawdown Date.

 

"Available Facility" means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender's Available Commitment.

 

"Availability Period" means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the 

date falling one month prior to the Final Maturity Date.

 

"Balancing and Settlement Code" means the document, as modified from time to time, setting out the electricity balancing and settlement arrangements designated by the Secretary of State and adopted by The National Grid Company plc (Registered No. 2366977) or its successor pursuant to its transmission licence.

 

"Balancing and Settlement Code Framework Agreement" means the agreement of that title, in the form approved by the Secretary of State, as amended from time to time, to which the Company is a party and by which the Balancing and Settlement Code is made binding upon the Company.

 

"Basel III" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated;

 

	
(b)  

	
the rules for global systematically important banks contained in "Global systematically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement – Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011, as amended, supplemented or restated; and

 

	
(c)  

	
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III".

 

"Break Costs" means the amount (if any), calculated in accordance with Clause 23.3 (Break Costs), which a Lender is entitled to receive under this Agreement as compensation if any part of a Loan or overdue amount is prepaid.

 

"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which commercial banks are 

open in London.

 

"Commitment" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
in relation to an Original Lender, the Sterling amount set opposite its name under the heading "Commitment" in Schedule 1 (Original Parties) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase); and 

 

	
(b)  

	
in relation to any other Lender, the Sterling amount of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase),

 

to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.

 

"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form of Schedule 6 (Form of Compliance Certificate) setting out, among other things, calculations of the financial covenants.

 

"Confidential Information" means all information relating to the Company, the Group, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from either:

 

	
(a)  

	
any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

 

	
(b)  

	
another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,

 

 in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information that:

 

	
(i)  

	
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 27 (Confidentiality and disclosure of information); or

 

	
(ii)  

	
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or

 

	
(iii)  

	
is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality.

 

"Confidentiality Undertaking" means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Facility Agent.

 

"Contribution Notice" means a contribution notice issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 38 or 

section 47 of the Pensions Act 2004.

 

"CTA" means the Corporation Tax Act 2009.

 

"Debt Purchase Transaction" means, in relation to a person, a transaction where such person:

 

	
(a)  

	
purchases by way of assignment or transfer;

 

	
(b)  

	
enters into any sub-participation in respect of; or

 

	
(c)  

	
enters into any other agreement or arrangement having an economic effect substantially similar to a sub-participation in respect of,

 

any Commitment or amount outstanding under this Agreement.

 

"Default" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
an Event of Default; or

 

	
(b)  

	
an event which would be (with the lapse of time, the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice or the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of them) an Event of Default.

 

"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender:

 

	
(a)  

	
which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available or has notified the Facility Agent that it will not make its participation in a Loan available by the Drawdown Date of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.3 (Advance of Loan);

 

	
(b)  

	
which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or

 

	
(c)  

	
with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing,

 

unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:

 

	
(i)  

	
its failure to pay is caused by:

 

	
(A)  

	
administrative or technical error; or

 

	
(B)  

	
a Disruption Event,

 

and payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.

 

"Disruption Event" means either or both of:

 

	
(a)  

	
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Finance Documents (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or

 

	
(b)  

	
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:

 

	
(i)  

	
from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

 

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

 

"Dodd-Frank" means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 stat. 1376 (2010) and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives in connection therewith.

 

"Drawdown Date" means each date on which a Loan is made.

 

"Environment" means humans, animals, plants and all other living organisms including the ecological 

systems of which they form part and the following media:

 

	
(a)  

	
air (including, without limitation, air within natural or man-made structures, whether above or below ground);

 

	
(b)  

	
water (including, without limitation, territorial, coastal and inland waters, water under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and

 

	
(c)  

	
land (including, without limitation, land under water).

 

"Environmental Claim" means any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation by any person in respect of any Environmental Law.

 

"Environmental Law" means any applicable law or regulation which relates to:

 

	
(a)  

	
the pollution or protection of the Environment;

 

	
(b)  

	
the conditions of the workplace; or

 

	
(c)  

	
the generation, handling, storage, use, release or spillage of any substance which, alone or in combination with any other, is capable of causing harm to the Environment, including, without limitation, any waste.

 

"Existing RCF" means a £210,000,000 revolving credit facility agreement dated 7 July 2009 and entered into inter alia between the Company, HSBC Bank plc, Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Clydesdale Bank plc.

 

"Event of Default" means an event specified as such in this Agreement.

 

"Facility" means the revolving credit facility made available under this Agreement as described in sub-clause 2.1 of Clause 2 (The Facility).

 

"Facility Office" means the office(s) notified by a Lender to the Facility Agent:

 

	
(a)  

	
on or before the date it becomes a Lender; or

 

	
(b)  

	
by not less than five Business Days' notice,

 

as the office(s) through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

"Fee Letter" means any letter entered into by reference to the Facility between one or more Administrative Parties and the Company setting out the amount of certain fees referred to in the Agreement.

 

"Final Maturity Date" means the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement.

 

"Finance Document" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
this Agreement;

 

	
(b)  

	
a Fee Letter;

 

	
(c)  

	
a Transfer Certificate; or

 

	
(d)  

	
any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and the Company.

 

"Finance Party" means a Lender or an Administrative Party.

 

"Financial Indebtedness" means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

 

	
(a)  

	
moneys borrowed;

 

	
(b)  

	
any acceptance credit;

 

	
(c)  

	
any bond, note, debenture, loan stock or other similar instrument;

 

	
(d)  

	
any redeemable preference share;

 

	
(e)  

	
any finance or capital lease;

 

	
(f)  

	
receivables sold or discounted (otherwise than on a non-recourse basis);

 

	
(g)  

	
the acquisition cost of any asset to the extent payable after its acquisition or possession by the party liable where the deferred payment is arranged primarily as a method of raising finance or financing the acquisition of that asset;

 

	
(h)  

	
any derivative transaction protecting against or benefiting from fluctuations in any rate or price (and, except for non-payment of an amount, the then mark to market value of the derivative transaction will be used to calculate its amount);

 

	
(i)  

	
any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) which has the commercial effect of a borrowing;

 

	
(j)  

	
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of any guarantee, indemnity, bond, letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution; or

 

	
(k)  

	
any guarantee, indemnity or similar assurance against financial loss of any person in respect of any item referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above.

 

"Financial Support Direction" means a financial support direction issued by the Pensions Regulator 

under section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004.

 

"Group" means the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

"Holding Company" means in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in 

respect of which it is a Subsidiary.

 

"Impaired Agent" means the Facility Agent at any time when:

 

	
(a)  

	
it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment required to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment;

 

	
(b)  

	
the Facility Agent otherwise rescinds or repudiates a Finance Document;

 

	
(c)  

	
(if the Facility Agent is also a Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of "Defaulting Lender"; or

 

	
(d)  

	
an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Facility Agent;

 

unless, in the case of paragraph (a) above:

 

	
(i)  

	
its failure to pay is caused by:

 

	
(A)  

	
administrative or technical error; or

 

	
(B)  

	
a Disruption Event,

 

and payment is made within five Business Days of its due date; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
the Facility Agent is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.

 

"Increase Confirmation" means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of 

Increase Confirmation).

 

"Increase Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.2 (Increase).

 

"Increased Cost" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
an additional or increased cost;

 

	
(b)  

	
a reduction in the rate of return under a Finance Document or on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital; or

 

	
(c)  

	
a reduction of an amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

 

which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates but only to the extent attributable to that Finance Party having entered into any Finance Document or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.

 

"Information Memorandum" means the information memorandum in the form approved by the Company concerning the Group which, at the Company’s request and on its behalf, was prepared in relation to this transaction and distributed by the Arranger to selected financial institutions before the date of this Agreement and which is entitled: "Information Memorandum December 2011".

 

"Insolvency Event" in relation to a Finance Party means that the Finance Party:

 

	
(a)  

	
is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);

 

	
(b)  

	
becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;

 

	
(c)  

	
makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;

 

	
(d)  

	
institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official;

 

	
(e)  

	
has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (d) above and:

 

	
(i)  

	
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding up or liquidation; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof;

 

	
(f)  

	
has a resolution passed for its winding up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);

 

	
(g)  

	
seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets;

 

	
(h)  

	
has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter;

 

	
(i)  

	
causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) to (h) above; or

 

	
(j)  

	
takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.

 

"ITA" means the Income Tax Act 2007.

 

"Legal Reservations" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors;

 

	
(b)  

	
the time barring of claims under the Limitation Act 1980 and the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of UK stamp duty may be void and defences of set-off or counterclaim;

 

	
(c)  

	
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any jurisdiction in which a member of the Group or a Holding Company of the Company is incorporated; and

 

	
(d)  

	
any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law of general application in any legal opinion provided under Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent Documents).

 

"Lender" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
an Original Lender; or

 

	
(b)  

	
any person which becomes a Lender after the date of this Agreement in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 26 (Changes to the Parties),

 

which in each case has not ceased to be a Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

"LIBOR" means for a Term of any Loan or overdue amount:

 

	
(a)  

	
the applicable Screen Rate; or

 

	
(b)  

	
if no Screen Rate is available for Sterling or the Term of that Loan or overdue amount, the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to four decimal places) of the rates, as supplied to the Facility Agent at its request, quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market,

 

as of 11.00 a.m. on the Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in Sterling or the currency of the overdue amount for a period comparable to that Term, and if any such rate is below zero LIBOR will be deemed to be zero.

 

"Licence" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
the electricity distribution licence made and treated as granted to the Company under Section 6(1)(c) of the Act pursuant to a licensing scheme made by the Secretary of State under Part II of Schedule 7 to the Utilities Act 2000 on 28 September, 2001; or

 

	
(b)  

	
any statutory amendment or replacement licence or licences granted pursuant to the Utilities Act 2000 (or any equivalent legislation which supersedes the Utilities Act) which permit the Company to distribute electricity in the area it is certified to operate in.

 

"LMA" means the Loan Market Association.

 

"Loan" means, unless otherwise stated in this Agreement, the principal amount of each borrowing under this Agreement or the principal amount outstanding of that borrowing.

 

 "Majority Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders:

 

	
(a)  

	
whose share in the outstanding Loans and whose undrawn Commitments then aggregate 662/3 per cent. or more of the aggregate of all the outstanding Loans and the undrawn Commitments of all the Lenders;

 

	
(b)  

	
if there are no Loans then outstanding, whose undrawn Commitments then aggregate 662/3 per cent. or more of the Total Commitments; or

 

	
(c)  

	
if there are no Loans then outstanding and the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, whose Commitments aggregated 662/3 per cent. or more of the Total Commitments immediately before the reduction.

 

"Mandatory Cost" means the cost of complying with certain regulatory requirements, expressed as a percentage rate per annum and calculated by the Facility Agent under Schedule 4 (Calculation of the Mandatory Cost).

 

"Margin" means, provided that:

 

	
(a)  

	
at least one of Moody's Investor Services Limited ("Moody's") and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("Standard & Poor's") has provided a current rating in respect of the long-term, unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of the Company; and

 

	
(b)  

	
no Event of Default is outstanding,

 

the rate set out in the table below:

 

	 	
Rating (Moody's)

	
Rating (Standard & Poor's)

	
Margin (per annum)

	 	
Less than or equal to Baa3

	
Less than or equal to BBB-

	
1.25%

	 	
Baa2

	
BBB

	
1.00%

	 	
Baa1

	
BBB+

	
0.90%

	 	
A3 or higher

	
A- or higher

	
0.75%

 

If the current Moody's and Standard & Poor's ratings in respect of the Company imply different Margin rates, the Margin shall be the average of the two Margin rates implied. If only one of Moody's and Standard & Poor's provides a rating in respect of the long-term, unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of the Company, that rating alone shall be used to determine the applicable Margin. If neither Moody's nor Standard & Poor's provides a rating in respect of the long-term, unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of the Company, or if an Event of Default is outstanding, the applicable Margin shall be 1.25% per annum. Any increase or decrease in the Margin shall take effect on (i) the date on which the Moody's and/or Standard & Poor's rating in respect of the long-term, unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of the Company is published or, as the case may be, changed or (ii) where the Facility Agent receives notice from the Company or otherwise becomes aware that an Event of Default has occurred or has ceased to be outstanding, with effect from the date on which such Event of Default occurs or ceases to be outstanding.

 

 

For the purposes of this definition, an Event of Default being "outstanding" means that it has not been remedied (as evidenced by the Company to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably)) or waived.

 

"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on:

 

	
(a)  

	
the business, assets or financial condition of the Group taken as a whole;

 

	
(b)  

	
the ability of the Company to perform its payment obligations under the Finance Documents or its obligations under Clauses 17.3 (Interest Cover) or 17.4 (Asset Cover) of this Agreement; or

 

	
(c)  

	
the validity or enforceability of the Finance Documents or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the Finance Documents.

 

"Material Subsidiary" means, at any time, a Subsidiary of the Company whose gross assets or gross revenues (on a consolidated basis and excluding intra-Group items) then equal or exceed 10 per cent. of the gross assets or gross revenues of the Group.

 

For this purpose:

 

	
(a)  

	
the gross assets or gross revenues of a Subsidiary of the Company will be determined from its financial statements (consolidated if it has Subsidiaries) upon which the latest audited financial statements of the Group have been based;

 

	
(b)  

	
if a Subsidiary of the Company becomes a member of the Group after the date on which the latest audited financial statements of the Group have been prepared, the gross assets or gross revenues of that Subsidiary will be determined from its latest financial statements;

 

	
(c)  

	
the gross assets or gross revenues of the Group will be determined from the Company’s latest audited financial statements, adjusted (where appropriate) to reflect the gross assets or gross revenues of any company or business subsequently acquired or disposed of; and

 

	
(d)  

	
if a Material Subsidiary disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another Subsidiary of the Company, it will immediately cease to be a Material Subsidiary and the other Subsidiary (if it is not already) will immediately become a Material Subsidiary; the subsequent financial statements of those Subsidiaries and the Group will be used to determine whether those Subsidiaries are Material Subsidiaries or not.

 

If there is a dispute as to whether or not a company is a Material Subsidiary, a certificate of the auditors of the Company will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive.

 

"Maturity Date" means the last day of the Term of a Loan.

 

"OFGEM" means the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.

 

"Original Financial Statements" means the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company 

for the year ended 31 March 2011.

 

"Participating Member State" means a member state of the European Community that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency under the legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

"Party" means a party to this Agreement.

 

"Pensions Regulator" means the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established under Part I of 

the Pensions Act 2004.

 

"Pro Rata Share" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
for the purpose of determining a Lender's share in a Loan, the proportion which its Available Commitment bears to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan; and

 

	
(b)  

	
for any other purpose on a particular date:

 

	
(i)  

	
the proportion which its Commitment bears to the Total Commitments on that date; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
if the Total Commitments have been cancelled, the proportion which its Commitments bore to the Total Commitments immediately before being cancelled.

 

"PUHCA" means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, of the United States of 

America.

 

"Rate Fixing Day" means the first day of a Term or such other day as the Facility Agent determines is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in the London interbank market.

 

"Reference Banks" means Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and Royal Bank of Canada and any other bank or financial institution appointed as such by the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Company) under this Agreement.

 

"Related Fund" in relation to a fund (the "first fund"), means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the first fund.

 

"Repeating Representations" means the representations which are deemed to be repeated under this 

Agreement.

 

"Representative" means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or 

custodian.

 

"Request" means a request for a Loan, substantially in the relevant form set out in Schedule 3 (Requests).

 

"Rollover Loan" means one or more Loans:

 

	
(a)  

	
made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;

 

	
(b)  

	
the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing Loan; and

 

	
(c)  

	
made or to be made to the Company for the purpose of refinancing a maturing Loan.

 

"Screen Rate" means the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rate for Sterling and the Term displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the relevant page is replaced or the service ceases to be available, the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Company and the Lenders) may specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate.

 

"Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

 

"Security Interest" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, assignment, hypothecation or security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

 

"Sterling" and "£" mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

 

"Subsidiary" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
a subsidiary within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006; and

 

	
(b)  

	
unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty, addition to tax or any interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

 

"Term" means, in respect of a Loan, each period determined under this Agreement by reference to which 

interest on a Loan or an overdue amount is calculated.

 

"Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments, being £245,000,000 at the date of this 

Agreement.

 

"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate, substantially in the form of Schedule 5 (Form of Transfer Certificate), with such amendments as the Facility Agent may approve or reasonably require or any other form agreed between the Facility Agent and the Company.

 

"Transfer Date" means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:

 

	
(a)  

	
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Transfer Certificate; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the date on which the Facility Agent executes the relevant Transfer Certificate.

 

"U.K. " means the United Kingdom.

 

"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Company under the Finance Documents.

 

"VAT" means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and any other tax of a 

similar nature.

 

	
1.2  

	
Construction

 

	
1.2.1  

	
The following definitions have the meanings given to them in Clause 17 (Financial Covenants):

 

	
(a)  

	
Cash;

 

	
(b)  

	
Cash Equivalent Investments;

 

	
(c)  

	
Consolidated EBITDA;

 

	
(d)  

	
Interest Payable;

 

	
(e)  

	
Measurement Period;

 

	
(f)  

	
Regulatory Asset Base; and

 

	
(g)  

	
Total Net Debt.

 

	
1.2.2  

	
In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to:

 

	
(a)  

	
an amendment includes a supplement, novation, restatement or re-enactment and amended will be construed accordingly;

 

	
(b)  

	
assets includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;

 

	
(c)  

	
an authorisation includes an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, registration or notarisation;

 

	
(d)  

	
Barclays Capital is a reference to Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC;

 

	
(e)  

	
disposal means a sale, transfer, grant, lease or other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary, and dispose will be construed accordingly;

 

	
(f)  

	
indebtedness includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money;

 

	
(g)  

	
know your customer requirements are the identification checks that a Finance Party requests in order to meet its obligations under any applicable law or regulation to identify a person who is (or is to become) its customer;

 

	
(h)  

	
a person includes any individual, company, corporation, unincorporated association or body (including a partnership, trust, joint venture or consortium), government, state, agency, organisation or other entity whether or not having separate legal personality;

 

	
(i)  

	
a regulation includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the force of law, being of a type with which any person to which it applies is accustomed to comply) of any governmental, inter-governmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

 

	
(j)  

	
the winding-up of a person includes the administration, dissolution or liquidation or other like process of that person, any composition or arrangement with the creditors, amalgamation, reconstruction, reorganisation or consolidation pursuant to Part XXVI of the Companies Act 2006 proposed or carried out in respect of that person or a company voluntary arrangement pursuant to the Insolvency Act 1986 carried out or proposed in respect of that person;

 

	
(k)  

	
a currency is a reference to the lawful currency for the time being of the relevant country;

 

	
(l)  

	
save as set out in the definition of Margin in Clause 1.1 (Definitions), a Default (other than an Event of Default) being outstanding means that it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default being outstanding means that it has not been waived;

 

	
(m)  

	
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as extended, applied, amended or re-enacted and includes any subordinate legislation;

 

	
(n)  

	
a Clause, a Subclause or a Schedule is a reference to a clause or subclause of, or a schedule to, this Agreement;

 

	
(o)  

	
a person includes its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;

 

	
(p)  

	
a Finance Document or another document is a reference to that Finance Document or other document as amended; and

 

	
(q)  

	
a time of day is a reference to London time.

 

	
1.2.3  

	
Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a month or months is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month or the calendar month in which it is to end, except that:

 

	
(a)  

	
if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, the period will end on the next Business Day in that month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not);

 

	
(b)  

	
if there is no numerically corresponding day in that month, that period will end on the last Business Day in that month; and

 

	
(c)  

	
notwithstanding sub-clause 1.2.3(a) above, a period which commences on the last Business Day of a month will end on the last Business Day in the next month or the calendar month in which it is to end, as appropriate.

 

	
1.2.4  

	
Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is not a party to a Finance Document may not enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any third party is not required for any variation (including any release or compromise of any liability) or termination of that Finance Document.

 

	
1.2.5  

	
Unless the contrary intention appears:

 

	
(a)  

	
a reference to a Party will not include that Party if it has ceased to be a Party under this Agreement;

 

	
(b)  

	
a word or expression used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement; and

 

	
(c)  

	
any obligation of the Company under the Finance Documents which is not a payment obligation remains in force for so long as any payment obligation of the Company is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents.

 

	
1.2.6  

	
The headings in this Agreement do not affect its interpretation.

 

	
2.  

	
THE FACILITY

 

	
2.1  

	
The Facility

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Company a revolving credit facility denominated in Sterling in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.

 

	
2.2  

	
Increase

 

	
2.2.1  

	
The Company may by giving prior notice to the Facility Agent by no later than the date falling 10 Business Days after the effective date of a cancellation of:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Available Commitments of a Defaulting Lender in accordance with sub-clause 7.6.4 of Clause 7.6 (Involuntary prepayment and cancellation); or

 

	
(b)  

	
the Commitments of a Lender in accordance with Clause 7.1 (Mandatory prepayment – illegality),

 

request that the Total Commitments be increased (and the Total Commitments shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount up to the amount of the Available Commitments or Commitments so cancelled as follows:

 

	
(c)  

	
the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Lenders or other banks, financial institutions, trusts, funds or other entities (each an "Increase Lender") selected by the Company (each of which shall not be a member of the Group and which is further acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably)) and each of which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an Original Lender;

 

	
(d)  

	
the Company and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Company and the Increase Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender;

 

	
(e)  

	
each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender" and any Increase Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those Finance Parties would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender;

 

	
(f)  

	
the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and

 

	
(g)  

	
any increase in the Total Commitments shall take effect on the date specified by the Company in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the conditions set out in sub-clause 2.2.2 below are satisfied.

 

	
2.2.2  

	
An increase in the Total Commitments will only be effective on:

 

	
(a)  

	
the execution by the Facility Agent of an Increase Confirmation from the relevant Increase Lender; and

 

	
(b)  

	
in relation to an Increase Lender which is not a Lender immediately prior to the relevant increase the performance by the Facility Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assumption of the increased Commitments by that Increase Lender, the completion of which the Facility Agent shall promptly notify to the Company and the Increase Lender.

 

	
2.2.3  

	
Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of doubt) that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective.

 

	
2.2.4  

	
Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees or the increased Commitment is assumed by an existing Lender, the Company shall, on the date upon which the increase takes effect, pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee of £1,750 and the Company shall promptly on demand pay the Facility Agent the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with any increase in Commitments under this Clause 2.2.

 

	
2.2.5  

	
The Company may pay to the Increase Lender a fee in the amount and at the times agreed between the Company and the Increase Lender in a letter between the Company and the Increase Lender setting out that fee.  A reference in this Agreement to a Fee Letter shall include any letter referred to in this paragraph.

 

	
2.2.6  

	
Clause 26.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lender) shall apply mutatis mutandis in this Clause 2.2 in relation to an Increase Lender as if references in that Clause to:

 

	
(a)  

	
an "Existing Lender" were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the relevant increase;

 

	
(b)  

	
the "New Lender" were references to that "Increase Lender"; and

 

	
(c)  

	
a "re-transfer" and "re-assignment" were references to respectively a "transfer" and "assignment"."

 

	
2.2.7  

	
Each Party (other than the Increase Lender) irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to execute any duly completed Increase Confirmation on its behalf.

 

	
2.3  

	
Nature of a Finance Party's rights and obligations

 

Unless otherwise agreed by all the Finance Parties:

 

	
2.3.1  

	
the obligations of a Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several;

 

	
2.3.2  

	
failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents;

 

	
2.3.3  

	
no Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents;

 

	
2.3.4  

	
the rights of a Finance Party under the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights;

 

	
2.3.5  

	
a debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party is a separate and independent debt; and

 

	
2.3.6  

	
a Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce those rights.

 

	
3.  

	
PURPOSE

 

	
3.1  

	
Purpose

 

The Company shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards the general corporate purposes of the Group in compliance with the Licence including, but not limited to, the refinancing of the Existing RCF.

 

	
3.2  

	
No obligation to monitor

 

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

	
4.  

	
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

	
4.1  

	
Conditions precedent documents

 

A Request may not be given until the Facility Agent has notified the Company and the Lenders that it has received (or waived receipt of) all of the documents and evidence set out in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent Documents) in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent. The Facility Agent shall give this notification to the Company and the Lenders upon being so satisfied.

 

	
4.2  

	
Further conditions precedent

 

The obligations of each Lender to participate in any Loan are subject to the further conditions precedent that on both the date of the Request and the Drawdown Date for that Loan:

 

	
4.2.1  

	
the Repeating Representations are correct in all material respects; and

 

	
4.2.2  

	
no Default or, in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is outstanding or would result from the Loan.

 

	
4.3  

	
Maximum number

 

Unless the Facility Agent agrees, a Request may not be given if, as a result, there would be more than 20 Loans outstanding.

 

	
5.  

	
UTILISATION

 

	
5.1  

	
Giving of Requests

 

	
5.1.1  

	
The Company may borrow a Loan by giving to the Facility Agent a duly completed Request.

 

	
5.1.2  

	
Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the latest time for receipt by the Facility Agent of a duly completed Request is 11.00 a.m. one Business Day before the Rate Fixing Day for the proposed borrowing.

 

	
5.1.3  

	
Each Request is irrevocable.

 

	
5.2  

	
Completion of Requests

 

A Request for a Loan will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

 

	
5.2.1  

	
the Drawdown Date is a Business Day falling within the Availability Period;

 

	
5.2.2  

	
the currency specified in the Request is Sterling;

 

	
5.2.3  

	
the amount of the Loan requested is:

 

	
(a)  

	
a minimum of £5,000,000 and an integral multiple of £1,000,000;

 

	
(b)  

	
the Available Commitment on the proposed Drawdown Date; or

 

	
(c)  

	
such other amount as the Facility Agent may agree; and

 

	
5.2.4  

	
the proposed Term complies with this Agreement.

 

Only one Loan may be requested in a Request.

 

	
5.3  

	
Advance of Loan

 

	
5.3.1  

	
The Facility Agent must promptly notify each Lender of the details of the requested Loan and the amount of its share in that Loan.

 

	
5.3.2  

	
The amount of each Lender's share of the Loan will be its Pro Rata Share on the proposed Drawdown Date.

 

	
5.3.3  

	
No Lender is obliged to participate in a Loan if as a result:

 

	
(a)  

	
its share in the aggregate amount of the Loans would exceed its Commitment; or

 

	
(b)  

	
the aggregate amount of the Loans would exceed the Total Commitments.

 

	
5.3.4  

	
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, and subject to Clause 6.2 (Cashless Rollover), each Lender must make its share in the Loan available to the Facility Agent for the Company by no later than 2.00 pm on the Drawdown Date.

 

	
5.3.5  

	
The Facility Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan, in each case by noon one Business Day before the Rate Fixing Day for the proposed borrowing.

 

	
6.  

	
REPAYMENT

 

	
6.1  

	
Repayment of Loans

 

	
6.1.1  

	
The Company must repay each Loan in full on its Maturity Date.  No Loan may be outstanding after the Final Maturity Date.

 

	
6.1.2  

	
Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts repaid under sub-clause 6.1.1 above may be re-borrowed.

 

	
6.2  

	
Cashless Rollover

 

	
6.2.1  

	
Without prejudice to the Company's obligation under Clause 6.1 above, if one or more Loans are to be made available to the Company:

 

	
(a)  

	
on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid by the Company; and

 

	
(b)  

	
in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan,

 

the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Loan so that:

 

	
(i)  

	
if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new Loans:

 

	
(A)  

	
the Company will only be required to pay an amount in cash equal to that excess; and

 

	
(B)  

	
each Lender's participation (if any) in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Company in or towards repayment of that Lender's participation (if any) in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required to make its participation in the new Loans available in cash; and

 

	
(ii)  

	
if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the new Loans:

 

	
(A)  

	
the Company will not be required to make any payment in cash; and

 

	
(B)  

	
each Lender will be required to make its participation in the new Loans available in cash only to the extent that its participation (if any) in the new Loans exceeds that Lender's participation (if any) in the maturing Loan and the remainder of that Lender's participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Company in or towards repayment of that Lender's participation in the maturing Loan.

 

	
7.  

	
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

 

	
7.1  

	
Mandatory prepayment - illegality

 

	
7.1.1  

	
A Lender must notify the Company promptly if it becomes aware that it is unlawful in any jurisdiction for that Lender to perform any of its obligations under a Finance Document or to fund or maintain its share in any Loan.

 

	
7.1.2  

	
After notification under sub-clause 7.1.1 above:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Company must repay or prepay the share of that Lender in each Loan made to it on the date specified in sub-clause 7.1.3 below; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the Commitments of that Lender will be immediately cancelled.

 

	
7.1.3  

	
The date for repayment or prepayment of a Lender's share in a Loan will be:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Business Day following receipt by the Company of notice from the Lender under sub-clause 7.1.1 above; or

 

	
(b)  

	
if later, the latest date allowed by the relevant law.

 

	
7.2  

	
Mandatory prepayment - change of control

 

 If the Company becomes aware of any person (whether alone or together with any associated person or persons) gaining control of the Company (for these purposes "associated person" means, in relation to any person, a person who is (i) "acting in concert" (as defined in the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers) with that person or (ii) a "connected person" (as defined in section 839 of the Taxes Act) of that person and "control" means the relevant person satisfies any of the criteria set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) of Section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006):

 

	
7.2.1  

	
within five days of such date, the Company shall give notice of such change of control to the Facility Agent;

 

	
7.2.2  

	
the Lenders and the Company shall immediately enter into negotiations for a period of not more than 45 days from the date of the change of control with a view to agreeing whether the Facility shall continue to be made available and on what terms;

 

	
7.2.3  

	
if no such agreement is reached within the said period of 45 days then:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Lender may on 10 days' notice to the Facility Agent and to the Company require the repayment of its share in each Loan and cancel its Commitment; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the Majority Lenders may on 10 days' notice to the Company require repayment in full of all outstanding Loans and cancel the Total Commitments; and

 

	
7.2.4  

	
a Lender shall not be obliged to fund any further loans under the Facility (except for a Rollover Loan) during the negotiation period set out in sub-clause 7.2.2, and if no agreement is reached within such negotiation period, during the 10 day notice period set out in sub-clause 7.2.3.

 

	
7.3  

	
Voluntary prepayment

 

	
7.3.1  

	
The Company may, by giving not less than five Business Days' prior written notice to the Facility Agent, prepay any Loan at any time in whole or in part.

 

	
7.3.2  

	
A prepayment of part of a Loan must be in a minimum amount of £5,000,000 and an integral multiple of £1,000,000.

 

	
7.4  

	
Automatic cancellation

 

The Commitments of each Lender will be automatically cancelled at the close of business on the last day of the Availability Period.

 

	
7.5  

	
Voluntary cancellation

 

	
7.5.1  

	
The Company may, by giving not less than three Business Days' prior written notice to the Facility Agent, cancel the unutilised amount of the Total Commitments in whole or in part.

 

	
7.5.2  

	
Partial cancellation of the Total Commitments must be in a minimum amount of £5,000,000 and an integral multiple of £1,000,000.

 

	
7.5.3  

	
Any cancellation in part shall be applied against the Commitment of each Lender pro rata.

 

	
7.6  

	
Involuntary prepayment and cancellation

 

	
7.6.1  

	
If the Company is, or will be, required to pay to a Lender a Tax Payment or an Increased Cost, the Company may, while the requirement continues, give notice to the Facility Agent requesting prepayment and cancellation in respect of that Lender.

 

	
7.6.2  

	
After notification under sub-clause 7.6.1 above:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Company must repay or prepay that Lender's share in each Loan made to it on the date specified in sub-clause 7.6.3 below; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the Commitments of that Lender will be immediately cancelled.

 

	
7.6.3  

	
The date for repayment or prepayment of a Lender's share in a Loan will be the last day of the current Term for that Loan or, if earlier, the date specified by the Company in its notification.

 

	
7.6.4  

	 

	
(a)  

	
If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Company may, at any time whilst the Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Facility Agent five Business Days' notice of cancellation of the Available Commitment of that Lender.

 

	
(b)  

	
On the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above becoming effective, the Available Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

 

	
(c)  

	
The Facility Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, notify all the Lenders.

 

	
7.7  

	
Re-borrowing of Loans

 

Any voluntary prepayment of a Loan may be re-borrowed on the terms of this Agreement.  Any mandatory or involuntary prepayment of a Loan may not be re-borrowed.

 

	
7.8  

	
Miscellaneous provisions

 

	
7.8.1  

	
Any notice of prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement is irrevocable and must specify the relevant date(s) and the affected Loans and Commitments.  The Facility Agent must notify the Lenders promptly of receipt of any such notice.

 

	
7.8.2  

	
All prepayments under this Agreement must be made with accrued interest on the amount prepaid.  No premium or penalty is payable in respect of any prepayment except for Break Costs.

 

	
7.8.3  

	
The Majority Lenders may agree a shorter notice period for a voluntary prepayment or a voluntary cancellation.

 

	
7.8.4  

	
No prepayment or cancellation is allowed except in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement.

 

	
7.8.5  

	
Subject to Clause 2.2 (Increase), no amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may subsequently be reinstated.

 

	
8.  

	
INTEREST

 

	
8.1  

	
Calculation of interest

 

The rate of interest on each Loan for each Term is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable:

 

	
8.1.1  

	
Margin;

 

	
8.1.2  

	
LIBOR; and

 

	
8.1.3  

	
Mandatory Cost.

 

	
8.2  

	
Payment of interest

 

Except where it is provided to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company must pay accrued interest on each Loan made to it on the last day of each Term and also, if the Term is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-monthly intervals after the first day of that Term.

 

	
8.3  

	
Interest on overdue amounts

 

	
8.3.1  

	
If the Company fails to pay any amount payable by it under the Finance Documents, it must immediately on demand by the Facility Agent pay interest on the overdue amount from its due date up to the date of actual payment, both before, on and after judgment.

 

	
8.3.2  

	
Interest on an overdue amount is payable at a rate determined by the Facility Agent to be one per cent. per annum above the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan.  For this purpose, the Facility Agent may (acting reasonably):

 

	
(a)  

	
select successive Terms of any duration of up to three months; and

 

	
(b)  

	
determine the appropriate Rate Fixing Day for that Term.

 

	
8.3.3  

	
Notwithstanding sub-clause 8.3.2 above, if the overdue amount is a principal amount of a Loan and becomes due and payable prior to the last day of its current Term, then:

 

	
(a)  

	
the first Term for that overdue amount will be the unexpired portion of that Term; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the rate of interest on the overdue amount for that first Term will be one per cent. per annum above the rate then payable on that Loan.

 

After the expiry of the first Term for that overdue amount, the rate on the overdue amount will be calculated in accordance with sub-clause 8.3.2 above.

 

	
8.3.4  

	
Interest (if unpaid) on an overdue amount will be compounded with that overdue amount at the end of each of its Terms but will remain immediately due and payable.

 

	
8.4  

	
Notification of rates of interest

 

The Facility Agent must promptly notify each relevant Party of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

 

	
9.  

	
TERMS

 

	
9.1  

	
Selection

 

	
9.1.1  

	
Each Loan has one Term only.

 

	
9.1.2  

	
The Company must select the Term for a Loan in the relevant Request.

 

	
9.1.3  

	
Subject to the following provisions of this Clause, each Term for a Loan will be one, two, three or six months or a period of one to thirty days or any other period agreed between the Company and the Lenders in relation to the relevant Loan. The Company shall not use its right to select a Term of less than one month's duration more than four times in any calendar year.

 

	
9.1.4  

	
A Term for a Loan shall start on the Drawdown Date for that Loan.

 

	
9.2  

	
No overrunning the Final Maturity Date

 

If a Term would otherwise overrun the Final Maturity Date, it will be shortened so that it ends on the Final Maturity Date.

 

	
9.3  

	
Other adjustments

 

	
9.3.1  

	
The Facility Agent and the Company may enter into such other arrangements as they may agree for the adjustment of Terms and the consolidation and/or splitting of Loans.

 

	
9.3.2  

	
Subject to sub-clause 9.3.3 below, if two or more Terms in respect of Loans end on the same date, those Loans will, unless the Company specifies to the contrary in the Request for the next Term, be consolidated into, and treated as, a single Loan on the last day of the Term.

 

	
9.3.3  

	
Subject to Clause 4.3 (Maximum Number) and Clause 5.2 (Completion of Requests) if the Company requests in a Request that a Loan be divided into two or more Loans, that Loan will, on the last day of its Term, be so divided into the amounts specified in that Request, having an aggregate amount equal to the amount of the Loan immediately before its division.

 

	
9.4  

	
Notification

 

The Facility Agent must notify the Company and the Lenders of the duration of each Term promptly after ascertaining its duration.

 

	
10.  

	
MARKET DISRUPTION

 

	
10.1  

	
Failure of a Reference Bank to supply a rate

 

If LIBOR is to be calculated by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a rate by 12.00 noon on a Rate Fixing Day, the applicable LIBOR will, subject as provided below, be calculated on the basis of the rates of the remaining Reference Banks.

 

	
10.2  

	
Market disruption

 

	
10.2.1  

	
In this Clause, each of the following events is a market disruption event:

 

	
(a)  

	
LIBOR is to be calculated by reference to the Reference Banks but no, or only one, Reference Bank supplies a rate by 12.00 noon on the Rate Fixing Day; or

 

	
(b)  

	
the Facility Agent receives by close of business on the Rate Fixing Day notification from Lenders whose shares in the relevant Loan exceed 50 per cent. of that Loan that such Lenders are unable to obtain matching deposits in the relevant interbank market or the rate at which they can do so is in excess of LIBOR for the relevant Term.

 

	
10.2.2  

	
The Facility Agent must promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of a market disruption event.

 

	
10.2.3  

	
After notification under sub-clause 10.2.2 above, the rate of interest on each Lender's share in the affected Loan for the relevant Term will be the aggregate of the applicable:

 

	
(a)  

	
Margin;

 

	
(b)  

	
rate notified to the Facility Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable, and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Term, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender of funding its share in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; and

 

	
(c)  

	
Mandatory Cost.

 

	
10.3  

	
Alternative basis of interest or funding

 

	
10.3.1  

	
If a market disruption event occurs and the Facility Agent or the Company so requires, the Company and the Facility Agent must enter into negotiations for a period of not more than 30 days with a view to agreeing an alternative basis for determining the rate of interest and/or funding for the affected Loan and any future Loan.

 

	
10.3.2  

	
Any alternative basis agreed will be, with the prior consent of all the Lenders, binding on all the Parties.

 

	
11.  

	
TAX GROSS-UP AND INDEMNITIES

 

	
11.1  

	
Definitions

 

	
11.1.1  

	
In this Agreement:

 

"Qualifying Lender" means:

 

	
(a)  

	
a Lender (other than a Lender within paragraph (b) below) which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document and is:

 

	
(i)  

	
a Lender:

 

	
(A)  

	
which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document; or

 

	
(B)  

	
in respect of an advance made under a Finance Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of ITA) at the time that that advance was made,

 

and which is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
a Lender which is:

 

	
(A)  

	
a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;

 

	
(B)  

	
a partnership each member of which is:

 

	
(1)  

	
a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or

 

	
(2)  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or

 

	
(C)  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company; or

 

	
(iii)  

	
a Treaty Lender; or

 

	
(b)  

	
a Lender which is a building society (as defined for the purpose of section 880 of ITA) making an advance under a Finance Document.

 

"Tax Confirmation" means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either:

 

	
(a)  

	
a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;

 

	
(b)  

	
a partnership each member of which is:

 

	
(i)  

	
a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or

 

	
(c)  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company.

 

"Tax Credit" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

 

"Tax Deduction" means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document.

 

"Tax Payment" means either the increase in a payment made by the Company to a Finance Party under Clause 11.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 11.3 (Tax indemnity).

 

"Treaty Lender" means a Lender which:

 

	
(a)  

	
is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;

 

	
(b)  

	
does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lender's participation in the Loan is effectively connected; and

 

	
(c)  

	
meets all other conditions which must be met under the Treaty for residents of such Treaty State to obtain full exemption from tax on interest imposed by the United Kingdom, except that for this purpose it shall be assumed that the following are satisfied:

 

	
(i)  

	
any condition which relates (expressly or by implication) to the amounts or terms of any Loan or the Finance Documents or any condition which relates (expressly or by implication) to there not being a special relationship between the Company and the Finance Party or between them both and another person; and

 

	
(ii)  

	
any necessary procedural formality.

 

"Treaty State" means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a "Treaty") with the United Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest.

 

"UK Non-Bank Lender" means where a Lender becomes a Party after the day on which this Agreement is entered into, a Lender which gives a Tax Confirmation in the assignment agreement or Transfer Certificate which it executes on becoming a Party.

 

	
11.1.2  

	
Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 11 a reference to "determines" or "determined" means a determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the determination.

 

	
11.2  

	
Tax gross-up

 

	
11.2.1  

	
The Company shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

 

	
11.2.2  

	
The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction)  notify the Facility Agent accordingly.  Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Facility Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender.  If the Facility Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Company.

 

	
11.2.3  

	
If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Company, the amount of the payment due from the Company shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

 

	
11.2.4  

	
A payment shall not be increased under sub-clause 11.2.3 above by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of Tax imposed by the United Kingdom, if on the date on which the payment falls due:

 

	
(a)  

	
the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or

 

	
(b)  

	
the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of Qualifying Lender and:

 

	
(i)  

	
an officer of HM Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a "Direction") under section 931 of the ITA which relates to the payment and that Lender has received from the Company a certified copy of that Direction; and

 

	
(ii)  

	
the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if that Direction had not been made; or

 

	
(c)  

	
the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of Qualifying Lender and:

 

	
(i)  

	
the relevant Lender has not given a Tax Confirmation to the Company; and

 

	
(ii)  

	
the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if the Lender had given a Tax Confirmation to the Company on the basis that the Tax Confirmation would have enabled the Company to have formed a reasonable belief that the payment was an "excepted payment" for the purpose of section 930 of the ITA; or

 

	
(d)  

	
the relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Company making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under sub-clause 11.2.7 below.

 

	
11.2.5  

	
If the Company is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Company shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

 

	
11.2.6  

	
Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Company making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment a statement under Section 975 of the ITA, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

	
11.2.7  

	 

	
(a)  

	
Subject to paragraph (b) below, a Treaty Lender and the Company which makes a payment to which that Treaty Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Company to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.

 

	
(b)  

	
Nothing in paragraph (a) above shall require a Treaty Lender to:

 

	
(i)  

	
register under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme;

 

	
(ii)  

	
apply the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to any Loan if it has so registered; or

 

	
(iii)  

	
file Treaty forms if it has included an indication to the effect that it wishes the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to apply to this Agreement in accordance with sub-clause 11.2.10 below or sub-clause 11.2.111.6.1 of Clause 11.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation) and the Company making that payment has not complied with its obligations under sub-clause 11.2.11 below or sub-clause 11.6.2 of Clause 11.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation).

 

	
11.2.8  

	
A UK Non-Bank Lender which becomes a Party on the day on which this Agreement is entered into gives a Tax Confirmation to the Company by entering into this Agreement.

 

	
11.2.9  

	
A UK Non-Bank Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Facility Agent if there is any change in the position from that set out in the Tax Confirmation.

 

	
11.2.10  

	
A Treaty Lender which becomes a Party on the day on which this Agreement is entered into that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall include an indication to that effect (for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company) by including its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence opposite its name in ‎Schedule 1 (Original Parties).

 

	
11.2.11  

	
Where a Lender includes the indication described in sub-clause 11.2.10 above in Schedule 1 (Original Parties), the Company shall file a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date of this Agreement and shall promptly provide the Lender with a copy of that filing provided that the Company shall not be liable in respect of any non-compliance with its obligations under this sub-clause 11.2.11 where such non-compliance is due to circumstances beyond the control of the Company (including, without limitation, any delay, failure or omission on the part of the relevant Lender or the Facility Agent to comply with any obligation owed to the Company, or to any inaccuracy in any information provided by the relevant Lender or the Facility Agent in connection with the DT Treaty Passport scheme).

 

	
11.2.12  

	
Any Lender which has confirmed that it is entitled to use its DT Treaty Passport in accordance with sub-clause 11.2.10 or sub-clause 11.6.1 of Clause 11.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation) will reasonably promptly notify the Facility Agent and the Company if at any time it ceases to holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme or if it ceases to be able to use such passport as a Lender.

 

	
11.2.13  

	
If a Lender has not included an indication to the effect that it wishes the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to apply to this Agreement in accordance with sub-clause 11.2.10 above or sub-clause 11.6.1 of Clause 11.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation), the Company shall not file any form relating to the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme in respect of that Lender's Commitment or its participation in any Loan.

 

	
11.3  

	
Tax indemnity

 

	
11.3.1  

	
Except as provided below, the Company must indemnify a Finance Party, within three Business Days of demand, against any loss or liability which that Finance Party (in its absolute discretion) determines will be or has been suffered (directly or indirectly) by that Finance Party for or on account of Tax in relation to a payment received or receivable (or any payment deemed to be received or receivable) under a Finance Document.

 

	
11.3.2  

	
Sub-clause 11.3.1 above does not apply to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party under the laws of the jurisdiction in which:

 

	
(a)  

	
that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

 

	
(b)  

	
that Finance Party's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

 

if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable by that Finance Party. However, any payment deemed to be received or receivable, including any amount treated as income but not actually received by the Finance Party, such as a Tax Deduction, will not be treated as net income received or receivable for this purpose.

 

	
11.3.3  

	
Sub-clause 11.3.1 above does not apply to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party to the extent the loss or liability:

 

	
(a)  

	
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 11.2 (Tax gross-up); or

 

	
(b)  

	
would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 11.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in Clause 11.2 (Tax gross-up) applied.

 

	
11.3.4  

	
A Finance Party making, or intending to make, a claim under sub-clause 11.3.1 above must promptly notify the Company of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim.

 

	
11.4  

	
Tax Credit

 

If the Company makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party has obtained, used and retained any Tax Credit that is attributable to that Tax Payment, then, if in its discretion (acting reasonably) it can do so without any further adverse consequences for it, that Finance Party must pay an amount to the Company which that Finance Party determines (in its discretion, acting reasonably) will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-tax position as it would have been in if the Tax Payment had not been required to be made by the Company.  The relevant Finance Party shall take those steps it considers in its opinion reasonable to seek and claim any tax credit.

 

	
11.5  

	
Lender Status Confirmation

 

Each Lender which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement shall indicate, in the Transfer Certificate or assignment agreement which it executes on becoming a Party, and for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company, which of the following categories it falls in:

 

	
11.5.1  

	
not a Qualifying Lender;

 

	
11.5.2  

	
a Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender); or

 

	
11.5.3  

	
a Treaty Lender.

 

If a New Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Clause 11.5 then such New Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement as if it is not a Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Facility Agent which category applies (and the Facility Agent, upon receipt of such notification, shall inform the Company).  For the avoidance of doubt, a Transfer Certificate or assignment agreement shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Clause 11.5.

 

	
11.6  

	
HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation

 

	
11.6.1  

	
A New Lender that is a Treaty Lender that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme, and which wishes that scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall include an indication to that effect (for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company) in the Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation which it executes by including its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in that Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation.

 

	
11.6.2  

	
Where a New Lender includes the indication described in sub-clause 11.6.1 above in the relevant Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation the Company shall file a duly completed form DTTP2 in respect of such Lender with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the relevant Transfer Date and shall promptly provide the Lender with a copy of that filing.

 

	
11.7  

	
Stamp taxes

 

The Company shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document, except for any such Tax payable in respect of a Transfer Certificate or other transfer or disposal of a Lender's rights or obligations under a Finance Document.

 

	
11.8  

	
VAT

 

	
11.8.1  

	
All amounts set out, or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for a supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply or supplies, and accordingly, subject to sub-clause 11.8.2 below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party).

 

	
11.8.2  

	
If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the "Supplier") to any other Finance Party (the "Recipient") under a Finance Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the "Subject Party") is required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse the Recipient in respect of that consideration), such Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT.  The Recipient will promptly pay to the Subject Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment obtained by the Recipient from the relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines is in respect of such VAT.

 

	
11.8.3  

	
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

 

	
11.8.4  

	
Any reference in this Clause 11.8 to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the representative member of such group at such time (the term "representative member" to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act 1994).

 

	
12.  

	
INCREASED COSTS

 

	
12.1  

	
Increased Costs

 

Except as provided below in this Clause, the Company must pay to a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Cost incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of:

 

	
12.1.1  

	
the introduction of, or any change in, or any change in the interpretation or application of, any law or regulation;

 

	
12.1.2  

	
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement provided that for the purposes of this Agreement and any other Finance Document, Dodd-Frank shall be deemed to be a law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; or

 

	
12.1.3  

	
the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III.

 

	
12.2  

	
Exceptions

 

The Company need not make any payment for an Increased Cost to the extent that the Increased Cost is:

 

	
12.2.1  

	
compensated for under another Clause or would have been but for an exception to that Clause;

 

	
12.2.2  

	
a Tax on the overall net income of a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates; or

 

	
12.2.3  

	
attributable to a Finance Party or its Affiliate wilfully failing to comply with any law or regulation.

 

	
12.3  

	
Claims

 

A Finance Party intending to make a claim for an Increased Cost must notify the Company promptly of the circumstances giving rise to, and the amount of, the claim.

 

	
13.  

	
MITIGATION

 

	
13.1  

	
Mitigation

 

	
13.1.1  

	
Each Finance Party must, in consultation with the Company (other than upon the occurrence of an event referred to at paragraph (d) below where no such consultation is required), take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which result or would result in the Facility ceasing to be available or:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Tax Payment or Increased Cost being payable to that Finance Party;

 

	
(b)  

	
that Finance Party being able to exercise any right of prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement by reason of any illegality;

 

	
(c)  

	
that Finance Party incurring any cost of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank; or

 

	
(d)  

	
the occurrence of any market disruption event,

 

including transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to an Affiliate or changing its Facility Office.

 

	
13.1.2  

	
A Finance Party is not obliged to take any step under this Clause 13 if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.

 

	
13.1.3  

	
Each Finance Party must promptly notify the Company of any circumstances as described in paragraphs (a) to (d) of sub-clause 13.1.1 of this Clause 13.1.

 

	
13.1.4  

	
The Company must indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by it as a result of any step taken under this Clause 13.1.

 

	
13.1.5  

	
This Clause does not in any way limit the obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents.

 

	
13.2  

	
Substitution

 

Notwithstanding Clause 13.1 (Mitigation), if any circumstances arise which result in:

 

	
13.2.1  

	
any Tax Payment or Increased Cost being payable to that Finance Party;

 

	
13.2.2  

	
that Finance Party being able to exercise any right of prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement by reason of any illegality;

 

	
13.2.3  

	
that Finance Party incurring any cost of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank; or

 

	
13.2.4  

	
the occurrence of any market disruption event,

 

then the Company, at its expense, at any time within 180 days after the occurrence of the relevant event or circumstance, so long as no Default is outstanding, may by notice to the Facility Agent and such Finance Party require it (and, if applicable, its Affiliate) to (and to the extent permitted by law such Finance Party or, if applicable, its Affiliate shall) novate pursuant to Clause 26 (Changes to the Parties) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity (a "Replacement Finance Party") selected by the Company, and which is acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) (unless the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent), which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Finance Party (including the assumption of the transferring Finance Party's participations or unfunded participations (as the case may be) on the same basis as the transferring Finance Party) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Finance Party's participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Facility Agent has not given a notification under Clause ‎26.9 (Pro rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable to such Finance Party under the Finance Documents provided that:

 

	
13.2.5  

	
the Company shall have paid to the Finance Party (or, if applicable, its Affiliate) all amounts accrued and owing to such Finance Party (or, if applicable, its Affiliate) hereunder;

 

	
13.2.6  

	
the Company shall have no right to replace the Facility Agent;

 

	
13.2.7  

	
neither the Facility Agent nor such Finance Party shall have any obligation to the Company to find a Replacement Finance Party;

 

	
13.2.8  

	
the transfer must take place no later than 14 days after the notice referred to above; and

 

	
13.2.9  

	
in no event shall such Finance Party be required to pay or surrender to the Replacement Finance Party any of the fees received by such Finance Party pursuant to the Finance Documents.

 

Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be entitled to require a novation under this Clause 13.2 with respect to any Finance Party if:

 

	
13.2.10  

	
the relevant Finance Party shall have mitigated the effect of the relevant event or circumstance as provided in sub-clause 13.1.1 of Clause 13.1 (Mitigation), and the novation would have no greater or further mitigating effect; or

 

	
13.2.11  

	
the relevant event or circumstances are applicable to all Finance Parties.

 

	
13.3  

	
Conduct of business by a Finance Party

 

No term of this Agreement will:

 

	
13.3.1  

	
interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (Tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit or oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any Tax Credit; or

 

	
13.3.2  

	
oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (Tax or otherwise) or any computation in respect of Tax.

 

	
14.  

	
PAYMENTS

 

	
14.1  

	
Place

 

Unless a Finance Document specifies that payments under it are to be made in another manner, all payments by a Party (other than the Facility Agent) under the Finance Documents must be made to the Facility Agent to its account at such office or bank in London as it may notify to that Party for this purpose by not less than five Business Days' prior notice.

 

	
14.2  

	
Funds

 

Payments under the Finance Documents to the Facility Agent must be made for value on the due date at such times and in such funds as the Facility Agent may specify to the Party concerned as being customary at the time for the settlement of transactions in Sterling in London.

 

	
14.3  

	
Distribution

 

	
14.3.1  

	
Each payment received by the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party must, except as provided below, be made available by the Facility Agent to that Party by payment (as soon as practicable after receipt) to its account with such office or bank in London as it may notify to the Facility Agent for this purpose by not less than five Business Days' prior notice.

 

	
14.3.2  

	
The Facility Agent may apply any amount received by it for the Company in or towards payment (as soon as practicable after receipt) of any amount due from the Company under the Finance Documents or in or towards the purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.

 

	
14.3.3  

	
Where a sum is paid to the Facility Agent under this Agreement for another Party, the Facility Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that Party until it has established that it has actually received it.  However, the Facility Agent may assume that the sum has been paid to it, and, in reliance on that assumption, make available to that Party a corresponding amount.  If it transpires that the sum has not been received by the Facility Agent, that Party must immediately on demand by the Facility Agent refund any corresponding amount made available to it together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Facility Agent at a rate calculated by the Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

 

	
14.4  

	
Currency of account

 

	
14.4.1  

	
Subject to sub-clauses 14.4.2 and 14.4.3 below, Sterling is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from the Company under any Finance Document.

 

	
14.4.2  

	
Amounts payable in respect of costs and expenses and Taxes are payable in the currency in which they are incurred.

 

	
14.4.3  

	
Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than Sterling shall be paid in that other currency.

 

	
14.5  

	
No set-off or counterclaim

 

All payments made by the Company under the Finance Documents must be made without set-off or counterclaim.

 

	
14.6  

	
Business Days

 

	
14.6.1  

	
If a payment under the Finance Documents is due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date for that payment will instead be the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not) or whatever day the Facility Agent determines is market practice.

 

	
14.6.2  

	
During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal (or overdue amount) under this Agreement interest is payable on that principal (or overdue amount) at the rate payable on the original due date.

 

	
14.7  

	
Impaired Agent

 

	
14.7.1  

	
If, at any time, the Facility Agent becomes an Impaired Agent, the Company or a Lender which is required to make a payment under the Finance Documents to the Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 14.1 (Place) may instead either pay that amount direct to the required recipient or pay that amount to an interest bearing account held with an Acceptable Bank and in relation to which no Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Company or the Lender making the payment and designated as a trust account for the benefit of the Party or Parties beneficially entitled to that payment under the Finance Documents.  In each case such payments must be made on the due date for payment under the Finance Documents.

 

	
14.7.2  

	
All interest accrued on the amount standing to the credit of the trust account shall be for the benefit of the beneficiaries of that trust account pro rata to their respective entitlements.

 

	
14.7.3  

	
A Party which has made a payment in accordance with this Clause 14.7 shall be discharged of the relevant payment obligation under the Finance Documents and shall not take any credit risk with respect to the amounts standing to the credit of the trust account.

 

	
14.7.4  

	
Promptly upon the appointment of a successor Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 20.14 (Replacement of the Facility Agent), each Party which has made a payment to a trust account in accordance with this Clause 14.7 shall give all requisite instructions to the bank with whom the trust account is held to transfer the amount (together with any accrued interest) to the successor Facility Agent for distribution in accordance with Clause 14.3 (Distribution).

 

	
14.7.5  

	
For the purposes of this Clause 14.7 only, an Acceptable Bank shall include any bank or financial institution approved by the Facility Agent or, if the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent, the Majority Lenders.

 

	
14.8  

	
Partial payments

 

	
14.8.1  

	
If any Administrative Party receives a payment insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Finance Documents, the Administrative Party must apply that payment towards the obligations of the Company under the Finance Documents in the following order:

 

	
(a)  

	
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Administrative Parties under the Finance Documents;

 

	
(b)  

	
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest or fee due but unpaid under this Agreement;

 

	
(c)  

	
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal amount due but unpaid under this Agreement; and

 

	
(d)  

	
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.

 

	
14.8.2  

	
The Facility Agent must, if so directed by all the Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of sub-clause 14.8.1 of this Clause 14.8.

 

	
14.8.3  

	
This Clause will override any appropriation made by the Company.

 

	
14.9  

	
Timing of payments

 

If a Finance Document does not provide for when a particular payment is due, that payment will be due within three Business Days of demand by the relevant Finance Party.

 

	
15.  

	
REPRESENTATIONS

 

	
15.1  

	
Representations

 

The representations set out in this Clause are made by the Company to each Finance Party.

 

	
15.2  

	
Status

 

It is a limited liability company, duly incorporated and validly existing under the Companies Act 2006 in England and Wales.

 

	
15.3  

	
Powers and authority

 

It has the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry into and performance of, the Finance Documents to which it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.

 

	
15.4  

	
Legal validity

 

Subject to any general principles of law limiting its obligations and referred to in any legal opinion required under this Agreement, each Finance Document to which it is a party is its legally binding, valid and enforceable obligation.

 

	
15.5  

	
Non-conflict

 

The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not conflict with any borrowing or other power or restriction granted or imposed by:

 

	
15.5.1  

	
any law or regulation applicable to it and violation of which has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

	
15.5.2  

	
its constitutional documents.

 

	
15.6  

	
No default

 

	
15.6.1  

	
No Event of Default is outstanding or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Loan.

 

	
15.6.2  

	
No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
15.7  

	
Authorisations

 

All authorisations required by it (including any authorisations required under PUHCA or the Act, if any):

 

	
15.7.1  

	
in connection with the entry into, performance, validity and enforceability of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents; and

 

	
15.7.2  

	
to make the Finance Documents admissible in evidence in England and Wales,

 

have been obtained or effected (as appropriate) and are in full force and effect.

 

	
15.8  

	
Financial statements

 

Its audited consolidated financial statements most recently delivered to the Facility Agent (which, at the date of this Agreement, are the Original Financial Statements):

 

	
15.8.1  

	
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in its jurisdiction of incorporation, consistently applied; and

 

	
15.8.2  

	
fairly represent its consolidated financial condition as at the date to which they were drawn up,

 

except, in each case, as disclosed to the contrary in those financial statements..

 

	
15.9  

	
No material adverse change

 

Other than as disclosed in writing to the Arranger prior to the date of this Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in its consolidated financial condition since the date to which the Original Financial Statements were drawn up.

 

	
15.10  

	
Litigation

 

No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings are current or, to its knowledge, pending or threatened, which, if adversely determined, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
15.11  

	
Winding Up

 

No meeting has been convened for its winding-up and, so far as it is aware, no petition, application or the like is outstanding for its winding-up.

 

	
15.12  

	
Non-Violation of other Agreements:

 

Its entry into, exercise of its rights and/or performance of or compliance with its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not violate, to an extent or in a manner which has or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on it, any agreement to which it is a party or which is binding on it.

 

	
15.13  

	
Governing Law and Enforcement

 

	
15.13.1  

	
The choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance Documents will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

	
15.13.2  

	
Any judgement obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

	
15.14  

	
Deduction of Tax

 

It is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under any Finance Document to a Lender which is:

 

	
15.14.1  

	
a Qualifying Lender:

 

	
(a)  

	
falling within paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of Qualifying Lender; or

 

	
(b)  

	
except where a Direction has been given under section 931 of the ITA in relation to the payment concerned, falling within paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of Qualifying Lender; or

 

	
(c)  

	
falling within paragraph (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender; or;

 

	
15.14.2  

	
a Treaty Lender and the payment is one specified in a direction given by the Commissioners of Revenue & Customs under Regulation 2 of the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (General) Regulations 1970 (SI 1970/488).

 

	
15.15  

	
No filing or stamp taxes

 

Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation it is not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents (which for these purposes does not include a Transfer Certificate or other transfer or disposal of a Lender's rights or obligations under a Finance Document) or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents.

 

	
15.16  

	
No misleading information

 

	
15.16.1  

	
Any factual information provided by any member of the Group for the purposes of the Information Memorandum was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated.

 

	
15.16.2  

	
The financial projections contained in the Information Memorandum have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.

 

	
15.16.3  

	
Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the Information Memorandum and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information contained in the Information Memorandum being untrue or misleading in any material respect.

 

	
15.17  

	
Pari Passu ranking

 

Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

 

	
15.18  

	
Licence

 

The Licence is in full force and effect and there is no investigation or proceeding current, pending or threatened which could, if adversely determined, result in the termination of the Licence.

 

	
15.19  

	
Sanctions

 

No member of the Group or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of any member of the Group is an individual or entity (the "Person") currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (the "OFAC"), the United Nations Security Council (the "UNSC"), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (the "HMT"), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, "Sanctions"), nor is any member of the Group located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions. The Company represents and covenants for itself and on behalf of other members of the Group that no member of the Group will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the transaction, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or in any other country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

 

	
15.20  

	
Times for making representations

 

	
15.20.1  

	
The representations set out in this Clause are made by the Company on the date of this Agreement.

 

	
15.20.2  

	
The representations in Clauses 15.2 to 15.8 (inclusive) and Clauses 15.10 to 15.13 (inclusive) are deemed to be repeated by the Company on the date of each Request and the first day of each Term.

 

	
15.20.3  

	
When a representation is repeated, it is applied to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

 

	
16.  

	
INFORMATION COVENANTS

 

	
16.1  

	
Financial statements

 

	
16.1.1  

	
The Company must supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders if the Facility Agent so requests):

 

	
(a)  

	
its audited consolidated financial statements for each of its financial years; and

 

	
(b)  

	
its interim consolidated financial statements for the first half-year of each of its financial years.

 

	
16.1.2  

	
All financial statements must be supplied as soon as they are available and:

 

	
(a)  

	
in the case of the Company's audited consolidated financial statements, within 180 days; and

 

	
(b)  

	
in the case of the Company's interim financial statements, within 90 days,

 

of the end of the relevant financial period.

 

	
16.2  

	
Form of Financial Statement

 

If any financial statement delivered or to be delivered to the Facility Agent under Clause 16.1 is not to be or, as the case may be, has not been prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting Principles:

 

	
16.2.1  

	
the Company and the Facility Agent (on behalf of and after consultation with all the Lenders) shall, on the request of the Facility Agent or the Company, negotiate in good faith with a view to agreeing such amendments to the financial ratios and/or the definitions of the terms used in Clause 17 (Financial covenants) as are necessary to give the Lenders comparable protection to that contemplated at the date of this Agreement;

 

	
16.2.2  

	
if amendments are agreed by the Company and the Majority Lenders within 25 days, those amendments shall take effect in accordance with the terms of that agreement; and

 

	
16.2.3  

	
if such amendments are not so agreed within 25 days, the Company shall:

 

	
(a)  

	
within 30 days after the end of that 25 day period; and

 

	
(b)  

	
with all subsequent financial statements to be delivered to the Facility Agent under Clause 16.1,

 

deliver to the Facility Agent details of all such adjustments as need to be made to the relevant financial statements to bring them into line with the Companies Act 2006 (as in effect on the date of this Agreement) and Applicable Accounting Principles.

 

	
16.3  

	
Compliance Certificate

 

	
16.3.1  

	
The Company must supply to the Facility Agent a Compliance Certificate with each set of its financial statements sent to the Facility Agent under this Agreement.

 

	
16.3.2  

	
Each Compliance Certificate must be signed by two directors of the Company.

 

	
16.4  

	
Information - miscellaneous

 

The Company must supply to the Facility Agent, in sufficient copies for all the Lenders if the Facility Agent so requests:

 

	
16.4.1  

	
copies of all documents despatched by the Company to its shareholders generally (or any class of them) or creditors generally (or any class of them) at the same time as they are despatched;

 

	
16.4.2  

	
promptly upon becoming aware of them, details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

	
16.4.3  

	
promptly, details of the loss of the Licence or any communication from OFGEM or other government agency regarding any potential or threatened loss of the Licence;

 

	
16.4.4  

	
promptly on receiving them, details of any modification of an Authorisation or other material regulatory notices from OFGEM or other government agency;

 

	
16.4.5  

	
a copy of all material information relating to any matter which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect which the Company supplies to, or receives from, any applicable regulatory body (including OFGEM) (at the same time as it is supplied to, or promptly following its receipt from, the applicable regulatory body);

 

	
16.4.6  

	
written notice of the details of any proposed changes to the Licence as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of the same (other than changes of a formal, minor or technical nature);

 

	
16.4.7  

	
within five Business Days of receiving them, details of any change to the rating by Moody's or Standard & Poor's of the long-term, unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of the Company;

 

	
16.4.8  

	
the Company shall deliver to the Facility Agent at such times as those reports are prepared in order to comply with the then current statutory or auditing requirements (as applicable either to the trustees of any relevant schemes or to the Company), actuarial reports in relation to all pension schemes mentioned in sub-clause 18.15.1 of Clause 18.15 (Pensions). This obligation shall apply to only those pension schemes (or groups of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme) of which the Company is at that time a participating employer and to those reports which have been provided to the Company;

 

	
16.4.9  

	
promptly on request, a list of the then current Material Subsidiaries; and

 

	
16.4.10  

	
promptly on request, such further information regarding the financial condition, business and operations of the Group as any Finance Party through the Facility Agent may reasonably request.

 

	
16.5  

	
Notification of Default

 

	
16.5.1  

	
The Company must notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.

 

	
16.5.2  

	
Promptly on request by the Facility Agent, the Company must supply to the Facility Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors on its behalf, certifying that no Default is outstanding or, if a Default is outstanding, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.

 

	
16.6  

	
Use of websites

 

	
16.6.1  

	
Except as provided below, the Company may deliver any information under this Agreement to a Lender by posting it on to an electronic website if:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Facility Agent and the Lender agree;

 

	
(b)  

	
the Company and the Facility Agent designate an electronic website for this purpose;

 

	
(c)  

	
the Company notifies the Facility Agent of the address of and password for the website; and

 

	
(d)  

	
the information posted is in a format agreed between the Company and the Facility Agent.

 

The Facility Agent must supply each relevant Lender with the address of and password for the website.

 

	
16.6.2  

	
Notwithstanding the above, the Company must supply to the Facility Agent in paper form a copy of any information posted on the website together with sufficient copies for:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Lender not agreeing to receive information via the website; and

 

	
(b)  

	
any other Lender within ten Business Days of request by that Lender.

 

	
16.6.3  

	
The Company must promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence, notify the Facility Agent if:

 

	
(a)  

	
the website cannot be accessed;

 

	
(b)  

	
the website or any information on the website is infected by any electronic virus or similar software;

 

	
(c)  

	
the password for the website is changed; or

 

	
(d)  

	
any information to be supplied under this Agreement is posted on the website or amended after being posted.

 

If the circumstances in paragraphs (a) or (b) above occur, the Company must supply any information required under this Agreement in paper form.

 

	
16.7  

	
Know your customer requirements

 

	
16.7.1  

	
If:

 

	
(a)  

	
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;

 

	
(b)  

	
any change in the status of the Company after the date of this Agreement; or

 

	
(c)  

	
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,

 

obliges the Facility Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Lender) to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Company shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Facility Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (c) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

 

	
17.  

	
FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 

	
17.1  

	
Definitions

 

In this Clause:

 

"Cash" means, at any time, cash denominated in a currency of an Acceptable Jurisdiction in hand or at bank and (in the latter case) credited to an account in the name of a member of the Group with an Acceptable Bank and to which a member of the Group is alone (or together with other members of the Group) beneficially entitled and for so long as:

 

	
(a)  

	
that cash is repayable:

 

	
(i)  

	
if that cash is deposited with a Lender, within 180 days after the relevant date of calculation; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
if that cash is deposited with any other lender or financial institution, within 45 days after the relevant date of calculation;

 

	
(b)  

	
repayment of that cash is not contingent on the prior discharge of any other indebtedness of any member of the Group or of any other person whatsoever or on the satisfaction of any other condition;

 

	
(c)  

	
there is no Security Interest over that cash other than Security Interests permitted under sub-clause 18.5.3(i) of Clause 18.5 (Negative pledge); and

 

	
(d)  

	
the cash is freely and (except as mentioned in paragraph (a) above) immediately available to be applied in repayment or prepayment of the Facility.

 

       "Cash Equivalent Investments" means at any time:

 

	
(a)  

	
certificates of deposit maturing within one year after the relevant date of calculation and issued by an Acceptable Bank;

 

	
(b)  

	
any investment in marketable debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the government of an Acceptable Jurisdiction or by an instrumentality or agency of any of them having an equivalent credit rating, maturing within one year after the relevant date of calculation and not convertible or exchangeable to any other security;

 

	
(c)  

	
commercial paper not convertible or exchangeable to any other security:

 

	
(i)  

	
for which a recognised trading market exists;

 

	
(ii)  

	
issued by an issuer incorporated in an Acceptable Jurisdiction;

 

	
(iii)  

	
which matures within one year after the relevant date of calculation; and

 

	
(iv)  

	
which has a credit rating of either A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or F1 or higher by Fitch Ratings Ltd or P-1 or higher by Moody's Investor Services Limited, or, if no rating is available in respect of the commercial paper, the issuer of which has, in respect of its long-term unsecured and non-credit enhanced debt obligations, an equivalent rating;

 

	
(d)  

	
sterling bills of exchange eligible for rediscount at the Bank of England (or their dematerialised equivalent) and accepted by an Acceptable Bank;

 

	
(e)  

	
any investment in money market funds which:

 

	
(i)  

	
have a credit rating of either A-1 or higher by Standard & Poor's Rating Services or F1 or higher by Fitch Ratings Ltd or P-1 or higher by Moody's Investor Services Limited;

 

	
(ii)  

	
which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in paragraphs (a) to (d) above; and

 

	
(iii)  

	
can be turned into cash on not more than 30 days' notice; or

 

	
(f)  

	
any other debt security approved by the Majority Lenders,

 

in each case, denominated in a currency of an Acceptable Jurisdiction and to which any member of the Group is alone (or together with other members of the Group) beneficially entitled at that time and which is not issued or guaranteed by any member of the Group or subject to any Security Interest (other than Security Interests permitted under sub-clause 18.5.3(i) of Clause 18.5 (Negative pledge)).

 

        Consolidated EBITDA" means the consolidated net pre-taxation profits of the Group 

        for a Measurement Period as adjusted by:

 

	
(a)  

	
adding back Interest Payable;

 

	
(b)  

	
taking no account of any exceptional or extraordinary item;

 

	
(c)  

	
excluding any amount attributable to minority interests;

 

	
(d)  

	
adding back depreciation and amortisation; and

 

	
(e)  

	
taking no account of any revaluation of an asset or any loss or gain over book value arising on the disposal of an asset (otherwise than in the ordinary course of trading) by a member of the Group during that Measurement Period.

 

 "Interest Payable" means, in relation to any Measurement Period, all interest payable and similar charges of the Group expressed in Sterling and determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Applicable Accounting Principles.

 

"Measurement Period" means each period of twelve months ending on 31 March or 30 September.

 

"Regulatory Asset Base" means at any date, the regulatory asset base of the Company for such date as last determined and notified to the Company by OFGEM (interpolated as necessary and adjusted for additions to the regulatory asset base and adjusted as appropriate for out-turn inflation / regulatory depreciation). 

 

"Total Net Debt" means, at any time, the consolidated Financial Indebtedness of the Group which is required to be accounted for as debt in the consolidated annual financial statements of the Group less the aggregate at such time of all Cash or Cash Equivalent Investments held by any member of the Group excluding intra-Group items, loans from Affiliates and shareholder loans to the extent that such intra-Group items, loans from Affiliates and/or shareholder loans are subject to subordination arrangements satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

 

	
17.2  

	
Interpretation

 

	
17.2.1  

	
Except as provided to the contrary in this Agreement, an accounting term used in this Clause is to be construed in accordance with the principles applied in connection with the Original Financial Statements.

 

	
17.2.2  

	
Any amount in a currency other than Sterling is to be taken into account at its Sterling equivalent calculated on the basis of:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange for the purchase of the relevant currency in the London foreign exchange market with Sterling at or about 11.00 a.m. on the day the relevant amount falls to be calculated; or

 

	
(b)  

	
if the amount is to be calculated on the last day of a financial period of the Company, the relevant rates of exchange used by the Company in, or in connection with, its financial statements for that period.

 

	
17.2.3  

	
No item must be credited or deducted more than once in any calculation under this Clause.

 

	
17.3  

	
Interest cover

 

The Company must ensure that the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Payable is not, on the last day of each Measurement Period, less than 3 to 1.

 

	
17.4  

	
Asset Cover

 

The Company must ensure that on the last day of each Measurement Period, Total Net Debt does not exceed 85% of its Regulatory Asset Base.

 

	
17.5  

	
Calculation of Interest Payable

 

For the purpose of the financial covenant set out in Clause 17.3 (Interest cover), in relation to any Measurement Period ending less than 12 months from the date of this Agreement, Interest Payable shall be calculated ignoring any amounts accrued before the date of this Agreement and in respect of the period after the date of this Agreement shall be increased by a factor of A/B where 'A' is 365 and 'B' is the total number of calendar days between the date of this Agreement and the last day of such Measurement Period.

 

	
18.  

	
GENERAL COVENANTS

 

	
18.1  

	
General

 

The Company agrees to be bound by the covenants set out in this Clause relating to it and, where the covenant is expressed to apply to each Material Subsidiary or each member of the Group, the Company must ensure that each of its Material Subsidiaries or each of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, performs that covenant.

 

	
18.2  

	
Authorisations

 

The Company must promptly obtain, maintain and comply with the terms of any authorisation required under any law or regulation to enable it to perform its obligations under, or for the validity or enforceability of, any Finance Document.

 

	
18.3  

	
Compliance with laws

 

Each member of the Group must comply in all respects with all laws to which it is subject where failure to do so is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
18.4  

	
Pari passu ranking

 

The Company must ensure that its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all its other present and future unsecured payment obligations, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

 

	
18.5  

	
Negative pledge

 

 In this Clause 18.5, "Quasi-Security" means an arrangement or transaction described in sub-clause 18.5.2 below.

 

	
18.5.1  

	
Except as provided below, neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary may create or allow to exist any Security Interest or Quasi-Security on any of its assets.

 

	
18.5.2  

	
Except as provided below, neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary may:

 

	
(a)  

	
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by the Company or any Material Subsidiary;

 

	
(b)  

	
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;

 

	
(c)  

	
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or

 

	
(d)  

	
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,

 

in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset.

 

	
18.5.3  

	
Sub-clauses 18.5.1 and 18.5.2 do not apply to:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security created under or in connection with or arising out of the Balancing and Settlement Code or any transactions or arrangements entered into in connection with the management of risks relating thereto;

 

	
(b)  

	
in respect of overdue amounts which have not been overdue for more than 30 days and/or are being contested in good faith, liens arising solely by operation of law or by order of a court or tribunal (or by an agreement of similar effect) and/or in the ordinary course of day to day business or operations;

 

	
(c)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security arising out of title retention provisions in a supplier's standard conditions of supply of goods acquired in the ordinary course of business or operations;

 

	
(d)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security created on any asset acquired after the date of this Agreement for the sole purpose of financing or re-financing that acquisition and securing a principal, capital or nominal amount not exceeding the cost of that acquisition, provided that the Security Interest or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within 6 months of the date of acquisition of such asset;

 

	
(e)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security outstanding on or over any asset acquired after the date of this Agreement and in existence at the date of such acquisition, provided that the Security Interest or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within 6 months of the date of acquisition of such asset;

 

	
(f)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security created or outstanding on or over any asset of any company which becomes a Material Subsidiary of the Company after the date of this Agreement where such Security Interest or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which such company becomes a Material Subsidiary of the Company and is not created or increased in contemplation of such company being acquired and/or becoming a Material Subsidiary of the Company and the Security Interest or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within 6 months of the date of such company becoming a Material Subsidiary of the Company;

 

	
(g)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security created on any asset to secure any Financial Indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of any asset or project in respect of which the repayment of that Financial Indebtedness is to be made from the revenues arising out of, or other proceeds of realisation from, that asset or project, with recourse to those revenues and proceeds and other assets used in connection with, or forming the subject matter of, that asset or project but without recourse (or with such limited recourse as the Majority Lenders may from time to time agree) to any other assets of the Group;

 

	
(h)  

	
any netting arrangements under any swap or other hedging transaction which is on standard market terms;

 

	
(i)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security created or outstanding with the prior approval of the Majority Lenders; and

 

	
(j)  

	
any Security Interest or Quasi-Security created or outstanding on or over assets of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries provided that the aggregate outstanding principal or nominal amount secured by all Security Interests and Quasi-Security created or outstanding under this exception on or over such assets shall not at any time exceed £25,000,000 or its equivalent.

 

	
18.6  

	
Disposals

 

	
18.6.1  

	
Except as provided below, no member of the Group may, either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether related or not, dispose of all or any part of its assets (other than cash) where the higher of the market value and the net consideration receivable (when aggregated with the higher of the market value and the net consideration receivable from any previous disposal by members of the Group) exceeds £5,000,000 (or its equivalent) in total during the term of this Agreement.

 

	
18.6.2  

	
Sub-clause 18.6.1 does not apply to:

 

	
(a)  

	
any disposal made in the ordinary course of day to day business or operations of the disposing entity;

 

	
(b)  

	
disposals on normal commercial terms of obsolete assets or assets no longer required for the purpose of the relevant Person's business or operations;

 

	
(c)  

	
any realisation of investments acquired, purchased or made by the temporary application of funds not immediately required in the relevant Person's business or operations;

 

	
(d)  

	
the exchange of assets for other assets of a similar or superior nature and value, or the sale of assets on normal commercial terms for cash which is payable in full on the completion of the sale and is to be, and is, applied in or towards the purchase of similar assets within 6 months;

 

	
(e)  

	
the disposal of assets by one wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to another or (if the consideration for the disposal does not exceed a normal commercial consideration) to the Company by one of its Subsidiaries;

 

	
(f)  

	
disposals in connection with sale-and-leaseback or sale and repurchase transactions or any other form of "off balance sheet" financing, provided that the aggregate book value (in the books of the disposing party) of all assets the subject of all such disposals made during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date when no amount remains to be lent or remains payable under this Agreement shall not exceed £50,000,000; and

 

	
(g)  

	
any disposal which the Majority Lenders shall have agreed shall not be taken into account.

 

	
18.7  

	
Environmental matters

 

	
18.7.1  

	
The Company will and will ensure that its Material Subsidiaries will comply with all applicable Environmental Law and other regulations, orders or other law applicable to the conduct of the business of the supply or distribution of electricity, in each case, where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
18.7.2  

	
The Company will, promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Facility Agent in writing of:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and

 

	
(b)  

	
any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the Group,

 

where the claim, if determined against that member of the Group, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
18.8  

	
Insurance

 

Each member of the Group must insure its business and assets with insurance companies to such an extent and against such risks as that member of the Group reasonably considers to be appropriate, having regard to the insurance arrangements of companies engaged in similar business.

 

	
18.9  

	
Merger

 

The Company shall not enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction.

 

	
18.10  

	
Change of business

 

The Company shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Company or the Group from that carried on at the date of this Agreement.

 

	
18.11  

	
Acquisitions

 

	
18.11.1  

	
Except as provided below, neither the Company nor any Material Subsidiary may acquire a company or any shares or securities or a business or undertaking (or, in each case, any interest in any of them).

 

	
18.11.2  

	
Provided that no Event of Default is outstanding on the date of the acquisition or would occur as a result of the acquisition, sub-clause 18.11.1 does not apply to:

 

	
(a)  

	
an acquisition by a member of the Group of an asset sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of by another member of the Group as permitted under sub-clause 18.6.2 of Clause 18.6 (Disposals) above;

 

	
(b)  

	
an acquisition where the consideration (including associated costs and expenses) for the acquisition (when aggregated with the consideration (including associated costs and expenses) for any other acquisition permitted under this paragraph) during the term of this Agreement does not exceed 2.5% of the sum of the issued share capital, share premium and consolidated reserves (including retained earnings) of the Company, as shown by its most recent audited consolidated financial statements; and

 

	
(c)  

	
any acquisition which the Majority Lenders shall have consented to in writing.

 

	
18.12  

	
Prohibition on the Debt Purchase Transactions of the Group

 

The Company shall not, and shall procure that each other member of the Group shall not, enter into any Debt Purchase Transaction or beneficially own all or any part of the share capital of a company that is a Lender or a party to a Debt Purchase Transaction of the type referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of Debt Purchase Transaction.

 

	
18.13  

	
Prohibition on Subsidiary Financial Indebtedness

 

The Company shall procure that no member of the Group (other than the Company) will incur or allow to remain outstanding any Financial Indebtedness unless the relevant member of the Group is a special purpose vehicle incorporated solely for the purpose of incurring such Financial Indebtedness and which does not undertake any other activities.

 

	
18.14  

	
Arm's length transactions

 

The Company shall not (and the Company shall ensure no member of the Group will) enter into any transaction with any person except on arm's length terms and for full market value where to do so would be in contravention of the Licence, provided that if, at any time, the Licence is not in effect, the Company shall not (and shall ensure no member of the Group will) enter into any transaction with any person except on arm's length terms and for full market value.

 

	
18.15  

	
Pensions

 

	
18.15.1  

	
The Company shall ensure that no action or omission is taken by any member of the Group in relation to a pension scheme which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (including, without limitation, the termination or commencement of winding-up proceedings of any such pension scheme).

 

	
18.15.2  

	
Except for in respect of WPD South Wales Plc of the Western Power Utilities Pension Scheme and the Infralec 92 Scheme, the WPD Group of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (and in the case of merger, the CN Group of the ESPS) the Company shall ensure that no member of the Group is an employer (for the purposes of sections 38 to 51 of the Pensions Act 2004) of an occupational pension scheme which is not a money purchase scheme (both terms as defined in the Pension Schemes Act 1993) or "connected" with or an "associate" of (as those terms are used in sections 38 or 43 of the Pensions Act 2004) such an employer.

 

	
18.15.3  

	
The Company shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of any material change in the rate of contributions payable  to any of the pension schemes mentioned in sub-clause 18.15.2 above paid or required (by law or otherwise).

 

	
18.15.4  

	
The Company shall immediately notify the Facility Agent of any investigation or proposed investigation by the Pensions Regulator which may lead to the issue of a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice to any member of the Group.

 

	
18.15.5  

	
The Company shall immediately notify the Facility Agent if it receives a Financial Support Direction or a Contribution Notice from the Pensions Regulator.

 

	
18.16  

	
Licence

 

The Company will at all times:

 

	
18.16.1  

	
comply with the terms of the Licence in all material respects;

 

	
18.16.2  

	
without prejudice to the generality of sub-clause 18.16.1 above, comply with the ring fencing provisions of the Licence in all respects; and

 

	
18.16.3  

	
not take any action or make any omission which is reasonably likely to result in the revocation or termination of the Licence.

 

	
18.17  

	
Investment Grade Rating

 

The Company shall procure that the long-term, unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of the Company shall be rated Baa2/BBB or above by at least one of Moody's and Standard and Poor's and shall not be rated below Baa2/BBB by either of Moody's or Standard and Poor's.

 

	
19.  

	
DEFAULT

 

	
19.1  

	
Events of Default

 

Each of the events set out in this Clause is an Event of Default.

 

	
19.2  

	
Non-payment

 

The Company fails to pay any sum payable under any Finance Document when due unless its failure to pay is caused by:

 

	
19.2.1  

	
administrative or technical error; or

 

	
19.2.2  

	
a Disruption Event,

 

and payment is made within five Business Days of its due date.

 

	
19.3  

	
Breach of other obligations

 

	
19.3.1  

	
The Company does not perform or comply with its obligations under Clause 17 (Financial Covenants), Clause 18.5 (Negative pledge), Clause 18.6 (Disposals) or Clause 18.11 (Acquisitions).

 

	
19.3.2  

	
The Company does not perform or comply with any of its other obligations under any Finance Document in any material respect or any representation or warranty by the Company in this Agreement or in any document delivered under it is or proves to have been incorrect when made or deemed repeated, unless the non-compliance or circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation, as the case may be, is capable of remedy and is not remedied within 20 Business Days of the earlier of the Facility Agent giving notice requiring the same to be remedied and the Company becoming aware of such non-compliance or misrepresentation, as the case may be.

 

	
19.4  

	
Cross-default

 

	
19.4.1  

	
Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.

 

	
19.4.2  

	
Any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).

 

	
19.4.3  

	
Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of that member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described).

 

	
19.4.4  

	
Any creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).

 

	
19.4.5  

	
No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 19.4 unless and until the aggregate amount of such Financial Indebtedness falling within sub-clauses 19.4.1 to 19.4.4 above is more than £20,000,000 or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies.

 

	
19.5  

	
Insolvency

 

	
19.5.1  

	
Any of the following occurs in respect of the Company:

 

	
(a)  

	
it is unable to pay its debts generally as they fall due or it is deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be insolvent;

 

	
(b)  

	
it suspends making payments on all or any class of its debts or publicly announces an intention to do so;

 

	
(c)  

	
by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, it begins negotiations with all or any class of its creditors for the general rescheduling of its indebtedness; or

 

	
(d)  

	
a moratorium is declared in respect of any of its indebtedness.

 

	
19.5.2  

	
If a moratorium occurs in respect of the Company, the ending of the moratorium will not remedy any Event of Default caused by the moratorium.

 

	
19.6  

	
Insolvency proceedings

 

	
19.6.1  

	
Except as provided below, any of the following occurs in respect of the Company:

 

	
(a)  

	
a suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness or a reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise);

 

	
(b)  

	
any person presents a petition for its winding-up, administration or dissolution;

 

	
(c)  

	
an order for its winding-up, administration or dissolution is made;

 

	
(d)  

	
any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer is appointed in respect of it or any of its assets;

 

	
(e)  

	
its directors or other officers request the appointment of a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer;

 

	
(f)  

	
enforcement of any Security over any of its assets; or

 

	
(g)  

	
any other analogous step or procedure is taken in any jurisdiction.

 

	
19.6.2  

	
Sub-clause 19.6.1 does not apply to:

 

	
(a)  

	
a petition for winding-up presented by a creditor which is being actively contested in good faith and with due diligence and with a reasonable prospect of success; or

 

	
(b)  

	
a voluntary solvent winding-up, amalgamation, reconstruction or reorganisation or otherwise part of a solvent scheme of arrangement, in each case which is on terms approved by the Majority Lenders.

 

	
19.7  

	
Creditors' process

 

A distress, attachment, execution or other legal process material in relation to the Company's ability to perform its payment obligations under this Agreement is levied, enforced or sued out on or against the assets of the Company and is not discharged or stayed within 30 days.

 

	
19.8  

	
Licence

 

Either:

 

	
19.8.1  

	
notice is given to revoke or terminate the Licence unless such termination is being contested in good faith and such notice is revoked or cancelled within 14 days of notice being given; or

 

	
19.8.2  

	
the Licence is revoked,

 

in either case, other than in circumstances which permit the Company or its Subsidiaries to carry on the distribution business of the Company either without a licence as a result of any change in the Act or regulatory regime or with a new licence, permitting the distribution of electricity in the authorised areas covered by the Licence, issued under the Act or pursuant to the Utilities Act, 2000.

 

	
19.9  

	
Balancing and Settlement Code

 

	
19.9.1  

	
The Company ceases to be a party to the Balancing and Settlement Code Framework Agreement other than in circumstances where the Company is able to carry on its distribution business; or

 

	
19.9.2  

	
the Company breaches the Balancing and Settlement Code and such breach has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
19.10  

	
Unlawfulness and invalidity

 

	
19.10.1  

	
It is or becomes unlawful for the Company to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents in any material respect.

 

	
19.10.2  

	
Any obligation or obligations of the Company under any Finance Documents  are not (subject to the Legal Reservations) or cease to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable and the cessation individually or cumulatively materially and adversely affects the interests of the Lenders under the Finance Documents.

 

	
19.11  

	
Cessation of business

 

The Company suspends or ceases to carry on (or threatens to suspend or cease to carry on) all or a material part of its business except as a result of a disposal permitted by Clause 18.6 (Disposals).

 

	
19.12  

	
Repudiation and rescission of agreements

 

The Company (or any other relevant party other than a Finance Party) rescinds or purports to rescind or repudiates or purports to repudiate a Finance Document or evidences an intention to rescind or repudiate a Finance Document.

 

	
19.13  

	
Ownership of other Group companies

 

The Company ceases to own (directly or indirectly) 100% of the shares in any of its Subsidiaries:

 

	
19.13.1  

	
which is engaged in the core electricity distribution business; or

 

	
19.13.2  

	
in respect of which it has any actual or contingent financial obligations other than as a result of a solvent liquidation or reorganisation so long as any payments or assets distributed as a result of such solvent liquidation or reorganisation are distributed to other members of the Group.

 

	
19.14  

	
Material Adverse Effect

 

Any event or circumstance occurs which has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

	
19.15  

	
Acceleration

 

If an Event of Default is outstanding, the Facility Agent may, and must if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Company:

 

	
19.15.1  

	
cancel the Total Commitments; and/or

 

	
19.15.2  

	
declare that all or part of any amounts outstanding under the Finance Documents are:

 

	
(a)  

	
immediately due and payable; and/or

 

	
(b)  

	
payable on demand by the Facility Agent acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

 

Any notice given under this subclause will take effect in accordance with its terms.

 

	
20.  

	
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PARTIES

 

	
20.1  

	
Appointment and duties of the Facility Agent

 

	
20.1.1  

	
Each Finance Party (other than the Facility Agent) irrevocably appoints the Facility Agent to act as its agent under the Finance Documents.

 

	
20.1.2  

	
Each Finance Party irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to:

 

	
(a)  

	
perform the duties and to exercise the rights, powers and discretions that are specifically given to it under the Finance Documents, together with any other incidental rights, powers and discretions; and

 

	
(b)  

	
execute each Finance Document expressed to be executed by the Facility Agent.

 

	
20.1.3  

	
The Facility Agent has only those duties which are expressly specified in the Finance Documents.  Those duties are solely of a mechanical and administrative nature.

 

	
20.1.4  

	
The Facility Agent shall provide to the Company within three Business Days of a request by the Company (but no more frequently than once per calendar month), a list (which may be in electronic form) setting out the names of the Lenders as at the date of that request, their respective Commitments, the address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention any communication is to be made) of each Lender for any communication to be made or document to be delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents, the electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by electronic mail or other electronic means to and by each Lender to whom any communication under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by that means and the account details of each Lender for any payment to be distributed by the Facility Agent to that Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

	
20.2  

	
Role of the Arranger

 

Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Arranger does not have any obligations of any kind to any other Party in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
20.3  

	
No fiduciary duties

 

Except as specifically provided in a Finance Document, nothing in the Finance Documents makes an Administrative Party a trustee or fiduciary for any other Party or any other person and no Administrative Party need hold in trust any moneys paid to it for a Party or be liable to account for interest on those moneys.

 

	
20.4  

	
Individual position of an Administrative Party

 

	
20.4.1  

	
If it is also a Lender, each Administrative Party has the same rights and powers under the Finance Documents as any other Lender and may exercise those rights and powers as though it were not an Administrative Party.

 

	
20.4.2  

	
Each Administrative Party may:

 

	
(a)  

	
carry on any business with the Company or its related entities (including acting as an agent or a trustee for any other financing); and

 

	
(b)  

	
retain any profits or remuneration it receives under the Finance Documents or in relation to any other business it carries on with the Company or its related entities.

 

	
20.5  

	
Reliance

 

The Facility Agent may:

 

	
20.5.1  

	
rely on any notice or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed by, or with the authority of, the proper person;

 

	
20.5.2  

	
rely on any statement made by any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify;

 

	
20.5.3  

	
engage, pay for and rely on professional advisers selected by it (including those representing a Party other than the Facility Agent); and

 

	
20.5.4  

	
act under the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.

 

	
20.6  

	
Majority Lenders' instructions

 

	
20.6.1  

	
The Facility Agent is fully protected if it acts on the instructions of the Majority Lenders in the exercise of any right, power or discretion or any matter not expressly provided for in the Finance Documents.  Any such instructions given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Lenders.  In the absence of instructions, the Facility Agent may act as it considers to be in the best interests of all the Lenders.

 

	
20.6.2  

	
The Facility Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
20.6.3  

	
The Facility Agent may require the receipt of security satisfactory to it, whether by way of payment in advance or otherwise, against any liability or loss which it may incur in complying with the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

 

	
20.7  

	
Responsibility

 

	
20.7.1  

	
No Administrative Party is responsible to any other Finance Party for the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Finance Document or any other document; or

 

	
(b)  

	
any statement or information (whether written or oral) made in or supplied in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
20.7.2  

	
Without affecting the responsibility of the Company for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms that it:

 

	
(a)  

	
has made, and will continue to make, its own independent appraisal of all risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents (including the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its related entities and the nature and extent of any recourse against any Party or its assets); and

 

	
(b)  

	
has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by any Administrative Party in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
20.7.3  

	 

	
(a)  

	
Nothing in this Agreement will oblige the Facility Agent to satisfy any know your customer requirement in relation to the identity of any person on behalf of any Finance Party.

 

	
(b)  

	
Each Finance Party confirms to the Facility Agent that it is solely responsible for any know your customer requirements it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to those requirements made by any other person.

 

	
20.8  

	
Exclusion of liability

 

	
20.8.1  

	
The Facility Agent is not liable or responsible to any other Finance Party for any action taken or not taken by it in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

 

	
20.8.2  

	
The Facility Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Facility Agent, if the Facility Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Facility Agent for that purpose.

 

	
20.8.3  

	
No Party may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Facility Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in connection with any Finance Document.  Any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent may rely on this sub-clause and enforce its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

 

	
20.9  

	
Default

 

	
20.9.1  

	
The Facility Agent is not obliged to monitor or enquire whether a Default has occurred.  The Facility Agent is not deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of a Default.

 

	
20.9.2  

	
If the Facility Agent:

 

	
(a)  

	
receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the event is a Default; or

 

	
(b)  

	
is aware of the non-payment of any principal or interest or any fee payable to a Lender under this Agreement,

 

it must promptly notify the Lenders.

 

	
20.10  

	
Information

 

	
20.10.1  

	
The Facility Agent must promptly forward to the person concerned the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Facility Agent by a Party for that person.

 

	
20.10.2  

	
Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Facility Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.

 

	
20.10.3  

	
Except as provided above, the Facility Agent has no duty:

 

	
(a)  

	
either initially or on a continuing basis to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents (including any information relating to the financial condition or affairs of the Company or its related entities or the nature or extent of recourse against any Party or its assets) whether coming into its possession before, on or after the date of this Agreement; or

 

	
(b)  

	
unless specifically requested to do so by a Lender in accordance with a Finance Document, to request any certificate or other document from the Company.

 

	
20.10.4  

	
In acting as the Facility Agent, the agency division of the Facility Agent is treated as a separate entity from its other divisions and departments.  Any information acquired by the Facility Agent which, in its opinion, is acquired by it otherwise than in its capacity as the Facility Agent may be treated as confidential by the Facility Agent and will not be treated as information possessed by the Facility Agent in its capacity as such.

 

	
20.10.5  

	
The Facility Agent is not obliged to disclose to any person any confidential information supplied to it by a member of the Group solely for the purpose of evaluating whether any waiver or amendment is required to any term of the Finance Documents.

 

	
20.10.6  

	
The Company irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to disclose to the other Finance Parties any information which, in its opinion, is received by it in its capacity as the Facility Agent.

 

	
20.10.7  

	
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Facility Agent may disclose the identity of a Defaulting Lender to the other Finance Parties and the Company and shall disclose the same upon the written request of the Company or the Majority Lenders.

 

	
20.11  

	
Indemnities

 

	
20.11.1  

	
Without limiting the liability of the Company under the Finance Documents, each Lender must indemnify the Facility Agent for that Lender's Pro Rata Share of any loss or liability incurred by the Facility Agent in acting as the Facility Agent, except to the extent that the loss or liability is caused by the Facility Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct or to the extent that the Facility Agent has been reimbursed in full by the Company for such loss or liability.

 

	
20.11.2  

	
The Facility Agent may deduct from any amount received by it for a Lender any amount due to the Facility Agent from that Lender under a Finance Document but unpaid.

 

	
20.11.3  

	
The Company must indemnify the Facility Agent against any loss or liability properly incurred by the Facility Agent as a result of:

 

	
(a)  

	
investigating any event which the Facility Agent reasonably believes to be a Default; or

 

	
(b)  

	
acting or relying on any notice which the Facility Agent reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised.

 

	
20.12  

	
Compliance

 

The Facility Agent may refrain from doing anything (including disclosing any information) which might, in its opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or be otherwise actionable at the suit of any person, and may do anything which, in its opinion, is necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation.

 

	
20.13  

	
Resignation of the Facility Agent

 

	
20.13.1  

	
The Facility Agent may resign and appoint any of its Affiliates as successor Facility Agent by giving notice to the Lenders and the Company.

 

	
20.13.2  

	
Alternatively, the Facility Agent may resign by giving notice to the Lenders and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders may appoint a successor Facility Agent.

 

	
20.13.3  

	
If no successor Facility Agent has been appointed under sub-clause 20.13.2 above within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the Facility Agent may appoint a successor Facility Agent.

 

	
20.13.4  

	
The person(s) appointing a successor Facility Agent must, if practicable, consult with the Company prior to the appointment.  Any successor Facility Agent must have an office in the U.K.

 

	
20.13.5  

	
The resignation of the Facility Agent and the appointment of any successor Facility Agent will both become effective only when the successor Facility Agent notifies all the Parties that it accepts its appointment.  On giving the notification, the successor Facility Agent will succeed to the position of the Facility Agent and the term "Facility Agent" will mean the successor Facility Agent.

 

	
20.13.6  

	
The retiring Facility Agent must, at its own cost, make available to the successor Facility Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Facility Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents.

 

	
20.13.7  

	
Upon its resignation becoming effective, this Clause will continue to benefit the retiring Facility Agent in respect of any action taken or not taken by it in connection with the Finance Documents while it was the Facility Agent, and, subject to sub-clause 20.13.6 above, it will have no further obligations under any Finance Document.

 

	
20.14  

	
Replacement of the Facility Agent

 

	
20.14.1  

	
After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by giving 30 days' notice to the Facility Agent (or, at any time the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent, by giving any shorter notice determined by the Majority Lenders) replace the Facility Agent by appointing a successor Facility Agent (acting through an office in the United Kingdom).

 

	
20.14.2  

	
The retiring Facility Agent shall (at its own cost if it is an Impaired Agent and otherwise at the expense of the Lenders) make available to the successor Facility Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Facility Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents.

 

	
20.14.3  

	
The replacement of the Facility Agent and the appointment of the successor Facility Agent shall take effect on the date specified in the notice from the Majority Lenders to the retiring Facility Agent.  As from this date, the retiring Facility Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 20 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Facility Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date).

 

	
20.14.4  

	
Any successor Facility Agent and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

 

	
20.15  

	
Relationship with Lenders

 

	
20.15.1  

	
Subject to Clause 26.9 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Facility Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and as acting through its Facility Office(s) until it has received not less than five Business Days' prior notice from that Lender to the contrary.

 

	
20.15.2  

	
The Facility Agent may at any time, and must if requested to do so by the Majority Lenders, convene a meeting of the Lenders.

 

	
20.15.3  

	
The Facility Agent must keep a register of all the Parties and supply any other Party with a copy of the register on request.  The register will include each Lender's Facility Office(s) and contact details for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

	
20.16  

	
Facility Agent's management time

 

If the Facility Agent requires, any amount payable to the Facility Agent by any Party under any indemnity or in respect of any costs or expenses incurred by the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents after the date of this Agreement may include the cost of using its management time or other resources and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Facility Agent may notify to the relevant Party.  This is in addition to any amount in respect of fees or expenses paid or payable to the Facility Agent under any other term of the Finance Documents.

 

	
20.17  

	
Notice period

 

Where this Agreement specifies a minimum period of notice to be given to the Facility Agent, the Facility Agent may, at its discretion, accept a shorter notice period.

 

	
21.  

	
EVIDENCE AND CALCULATIONS

 

	
21.1  

	
Accounts

 

Accounts maintained by a Finance Party in connection with this Agreement are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate for the purpose of any litigation or arbitration proceedings.

 

	
21.2  

	
Certificates and determinations

 

Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under the Finance Documents will be, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.

 

	
21.3  

	
Calculations

 

Any interest or fee accruing under this Agreement accrues from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 or 365 days or otherwise, depending on what the Facility Agent determines is market practice.

 

	
22.  

	
FEES

 

	
22.1  

	
Agency fee

 

The Company must pay to the Facility Agent for its own account an annual agency fee in the manner agreed between the Facility Agent and the Company.

 

	
22.2  

	
Co-ordination arrangement and participation fees

 

The Company must pay the upfront fees in the manner agreed between the Arranger and the Company.

 

	
22.3  

	
Commitment fee

 

	
22.3.1  

	
The Company must pay a commitment fee computed at the rate of 40 per cent. of the applicable Margin on the undrawn, uncancelled amount of each Lender's Commitment for the Availability Period calculated from the date of this Agreement.

 

	
22.3.2  

	
The commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears during the Availability Period and on the last day of the Availability Period.  Accrued commitment fee is also payable to the Facility Agent for a Lender on the date its Commitment is cancelled in full.

 

	
22.3.3  

	
No commitment fee is payable to the Facility Agent (for the account of a Lender) on any Available Commitment of that Lender for any day on which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender.

 

	
22.4  

	
Utilisation fee

 

	
22.4.1  

	
The Company must pay to the Facility Agent for each Lender a utilisation fee computed at the rate of 0.20 per cent. per annum on the aggregate principal amount of the Loans for each day on which the aggregate amount of all Loans exceeds 33.3 per cent. of the Total Commitments but is lower than or equal to 66.6 per cent. of the Total Commitments.

 

	
22.4.2  

	
The Company must pay to the Facility Agent for each Lender a utilisation fee computed at the rate of 0.40 per cent. per annum on the aggregate principal amount of the Loans for each day on which the amount of all Loans exceeds 66.6 per cent. of the Total Commitments. For the avoidance of doubt, the fee described in sub-clause 22.4.1 above is not payable in respect of any day for which the fee described in this sub-clause 22.4.2 is payable.

 

	
22.4.3  

	
Utilisation fee is payable on the amount of each Lender's share in the Loans.

 

	
22.4.4  

	
Accrued utilisation fee is payable quarterly in arrears.  Accrued utilisation fee is also payable to the Facility Agent for a Lender on the date its Commitment is cancelled in full.

 

	
23.  

	
INDEMNITIES AND BREAK COSTS

 

	
23.1  

	
Currency indemnity

 

	
23.1.1  

	
The Company must, as an independent obligation, indemnify each Finance Party against any loss or liability which that Finance Party incurs as a consequence of:

 

	
(a)  

	
that Finance Party receiving an amount in respect of the Company's liability under the Finance Documents; or

 

	
(b)  

	
that liability being converted into a claim, proof, judgment or order,

 

in a currency other than the currency in which the amount is expressed to be payable under the relevant Finance Document.

 

	
23.1.2  

	
Unless otherwise required by law, the Company waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

 

	
23.2  

	
Other indemnities

 

The Company shall within 15 days of demand indemnify the Facility Agent and each Lender against any funding or other cost, loss, expense or liability in an amount certified by it in reasonable detail (together with documentation in support) sustained or incurred by it as a direct result of:

 

	
23.2.1  

	
the occurrence of any Event of Default;

 

	
23.2.2  

	
(other than by reason of negligence or default by a Finance Party) a Loan not being made after a Request has been delivered for that Loan; or

 

	
23.2.3  

	
the receipt or recovery by any party (or the Facility Agent on its behalf) of all or any part of a Loan or overdue sum due from the Company otherwise than on the Final Maturity Date or Maturity Date of that Loan or, in the case of an overdue sum, the last day of an interest period relating to that overdue sum, as the case may be or a Loan or any part thereof not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment.

 

	
23.3  

	
Break Costs

 

	
23.3.1  

	
The Company must pay to each Lender its Break Costs within three Business Days of demand.

 

	
23.3.2  

	
Break Costs are the amount (if any) determined by the relevant Lender by which:

 

	
(a)  

	
the interest (excluding Margin and Mandatory Costs) which that Lender would have received for the period from the date of receipt of any part of its share in a Loan or overdue amount to the last day of the applicable Term for that Loan or overdue amount if the principal or overdue amount received had been paid on the last day of that Term;

 

exceeds

 

	
(b)  

	
the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the amount received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the appropriate interbank market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt and ending on the last day of the applicable Term.

 

	
23.3.3  

	
Each Lender must supply to the Facility Agent for the Company details of the amount of any Break Costs claimed by it under this Clause.

 

	
24.  

	
EXPENSES

 

	
24.1  

	
Initial costs

 

The Company must pay to each Administrative Party promptly on demand the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and syndication of the Finance Documents.

 

	
24.2  

	
Subsequent costs

 

The Company must pay to the Facility Agent promptly on demand the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with:

 

	
24.2.1  

	
the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of any Finance Document (other than a Transfer Certificate) executed after the date of this Agreement and the syndication of the facility; and

 

	
24.2.2  

	
any amendment, waiver or consent requested by or on behalf of the Company or specifically allowed by this Agreement.

 

	
24.3  

	
Enforcement costs

 

The Company must pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

 

	
25.  

	
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

	
25.1  

	
Procedure

 

	
25.1.1  

	
Except as provided in this Clause 25, any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived with the agreement of the Company and the Majority Lenders.  The Facility Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, an amendment or waiver allowed under this Clause.

 

	
25.1.2  

	
The Facility Agent must promptly notify the other Parties of any amendment or waiver effected by it under sub-clause 25.1.1 above.  Any such amendment or waiver is binding on all the Parties.

 

	
25.2  

	
Exceptions

 

	
25.2.1  

	
An amendment or waiver which relates to:

 

	
(a)  

	
the definition of Majority Lenders in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);

 

	
(b)  

	
an extension of the date of payment of any amount to a Lender under the Finance Documents;

 

	
(c)  

	
a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fee or other amount payable to a Lender under the Finance Documents;

 

	
(d)  

	
an increase in, or an extension of, a Commitment or the Total Commitments;

 

	
(e)  

	
a term of a Finance Document which expressly requires the consent of each Lender;

 

	
(f)  

	
the right of a Lender to assign or transfer its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents;

 

	
(g)  

	
Clause 7.1 (Mandatory prepayment – illegality) or Clause 7.2 (Mandatory prepayment – change of control); or

 

	
(h)  

	
this Clause,

 

may only be made with the consent of all the Lenders.

 

	
25.2.2  

	
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of an Administrative Party may only be made with the consent of that Administrative Party.

 

	
25.3  

	
Disenfranchisement of Defaulting Lenders

 

	
25.3.1  

	
For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining the Majority Lenders or whether any given percentage (including, for the avoidance of doubt, unanimity) of the Total Commitments has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote under the Finance Documents, that Defaulting Lender's Commitments will be reduced by the amount of its Available Commitments.

 

	
25.3.2  

	
For the purposes of this Clause 25.3, the Facility Agent may assume that the following Lenders are Defaulting Lenders:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Lender which has notified the Facility Agent that it has become a Defaulting Lender;

 

	
(b)  

	
any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of "Defaulting Lender" has occurred where, in the case of the events or circumstances referred to in paragraph (a), none of the exceptions to that paragraph apply,

 

unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Facility Agent) or the Facility Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting Lender.

 

	
25.4  

	
Replacement of a Defaulting Lender

 

	
25.4.1  

	
The Company may, at any time a Lender has become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender, by giving 10 Business Days' prior written notice to the Facility Agent and such Lender:

 

	
(a)  

	
replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and to the extent permitted by law such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 26 (Changes to the Parties) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement; or

 

	
(b)  

	
require such Lender to (and to the extent permitted by law such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 26 (Changes to the Parties) all (and not part only) of the undrawn Commitment of the Lender,

 

to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity (a "Replacement Lender") selected by the Company, and which is acceptable to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) (unless the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent), which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations or all the relevant obligations of the transferring Lender (including the assumption of the transferring Lender's participations or unfunded participations (as the case may be) on the same basis as the transferring Lender) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest (to the extent that the Facility Agent has not given a notification under Clause ‎26.9 (Pro rata interest settlement)), Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.

 

	
25.4.2  

	
Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Clause shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Company shall have no right to replace the Facility Agent;

 

	
(b)  

	
neither the Facility Agent nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation to the Company to find a Replacement Lender;

 

	
(c)  

	
the transfer must take place no later than 14 days after the notice referred to in sub-clause 25.4.1 above; and

 

	
(d)  

	
in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents.

 

	
25.5  

	
Change of currency

 

If a change in any currency of a country occurs (including where there is more than one currency or currency unit recognised at the same time as the lawful currency of a country), the Finance Documents will be amended to the extent the Facility Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Company) determines is necessary to reflect the change.

 

	
25.6  

	
Waivers and remedies cumulative

 

The rights of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents:

 

	
25.6.1  

	
may be exercised as often as necessary;

 

	
25.6.2  

	
are cumulative and not exclusive of its rights under the general law; and

 

	
25.6.3  

	
may be waived only in writing and specifically.

 

Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any right is not a waiver of that right.

 

	
26.  

	
CHANGES TO THE PARTIES

 

	
26.1  

	
Assignments and transfers by the Company

 

The Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents without the prior consent of all the Lenders.

 

	
26.2  

	
Assignments and transfers by Lenders

 

	
26.2.1  

	
A Lender (the "Existing Lender") may, subject to the following provisions of this Clause 26, at any time assign or transfer (including by way of novation) any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any bank, financial institution or trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the "New Lender").

 

	
26.2.2  

	
Unless the Company and the Facility Agent otherwise agree, an assignment or  transfer of part of a Commitment or rights and obligations under this Agreement by the Existing Lender must be in a minimum amount of £5,000,000.

 

	
26.2.3  

	
An Existing Lender must consult with the Company for no more than five Business Days before it may make an assignment or transfer unless the New Lender is another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Event of Default has occurred and is outstanding.

 

	
26.2.4  

	
The Facility Agent is not obliged to accept an assignment or to execute a Transfer Certificate until it has completed all know your customer requirements to its satisfaction.  The Facility Agent must promptly notify the Existing Lender and the New Lender if there are any such requirements.

 

	
26.2.5  

	
An assignment of rights or a transfer of rights and obligations will be effective only if either:

 

	
(a)  

	
the obligations are novated in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 26; or

 

	
(b)  

	
the New Lender confirms to the Facility Agent and the Company in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent that it is bound by the terms of this Agreement as a Lender.  On the assignment or transfer becoming effective in this manner the Existing Lender will be released from its rights and obligations under this Agreement to the extent that they are transferred to the New Lender.

 

	
26.2.6  

	
Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the New Lender must pay to the Facility Agent for its own account, on or before the date any assignment or transfer occurs, a fee of £1,750.

 

	
26.2.7  

	
Any reference in this Agreement to a Lender includes a New Lender but excludes a Lender if no amount is or may be owed to or by it under this Agreement.

 

	
26.3  

	
Procedure for transfer by way of novations

 

	
26.3.1  

	
In this Clause:

 

Transfer Date means, for a Transfer Certificate, the later of:

 

	
(a)  

	
the proposed Transfer Date specified in that Transfer Certificate; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the date on which the Facility Agent executes that Transfer Certificate.

 

	
26.3.2  

	
A novation is effected if:

 

	
(a)  

	
the Existing Lender and the New Lender deliver to the Facility Agent a duly completed Transfer Certificate; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the Facility Agent executes it.

 

Subject to sub-clause 26.2.4 of Clause 26.2 (Assignments and transfers by Lenders), the Facility Agent must execute as soon as reasonably practicable a Transfer Certificate delivered to it and which appears on its face to be in order.

 

	
26.3.3  

	
Each Party (other than the Existing Lender and the New Lender) irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to execute any duly completed Transfer Certificate on its behalf.

 

	
26.3.4  

	
Subject to Clause ‎26.9 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:

 

	
(a)  

	
the New Lender will assume the rights and obligations of the Existing Lender expressed to be the subject of the novation in the Transfer Certificate in substitution for the Existing Lender; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the Existing Lender will be released from those obligations and cease to have those rights.

 

	
26.4  

	
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lender

 

	
26.4.1  

	
Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender is not responsible to a New Lender for the legality, validity, adequacy, accuracy, completeness or performance of:

 

	
(a)  

	
any Finance Document or any other document; or

 

	
(b)  

	
any statement or information (whether written or oral) made in or supplied in connection with any Finance Document,

 

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

 

	
26.4.2  

	
Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:

 

	
(a)  

	
has made, and will continue to make, its own independent appraisal of all risks arising under or in connection with the Finance Documents (including the financial condition and affairs of the Company and its related entities and the nature and extent of any recourse against any Party or its assets) in connection with its participation in this Agreement; and

 

	
(b)  

	
has not relied exclusively on any information supplied to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
26.4.3  

	
Nothing in any Finance Document requires an Existing Lender to:

 

	
(a)  

	
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause; or

 

	
(b)  

	
support any losses incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by the Company of its obligations under any Finance Document or otherwise.

 

	
26.5  

	
Costs resulting from change of Lender or Facility Office

 

If:

 

	
26.5.1  

	
a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

 

	
26.5.2  

	
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Company would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 11 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 12 (Increased costs),

 

then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.  This Clause 26.5 shall not apply:

 

	
(i)  

	
in respect of an assignment or transfer made in the ordinary course of the primary syndication of the Facility; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
in relation to Clause 11 (Tax gross-up and indemnities), to a Treaty Lender that has included an indication to the effect that it wishes the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme to apply to this Agreement in accordance with sub-clause 11.6.1 of Clause 11.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation) if the Company making the payment has not complied with its obligations under sub-clause 11.6.2 of Clause 11.6 (HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme confirmation).

 

	
26.6  

	
Changes to the Reference Banks

 

	
26.6.1  

	
If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Facility Agent must (in consultation with the Company) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank.

 

	
26.6.2  

	
If a Reference Bank ceases to have a London office or novates or assigns all its rights and obligations under this Agreement or if any Commitments of any Reference Bank are cancelled or if Loans it has advanced are prepaid it shall be replaced as a Reference Bank by such other Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender with an office in London as the Facility Agent (after consultation with the Company) shall designate by notice to the Company and the Lenders.

 

	
26.7  

	
Copy of Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation to Company

 

The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate or an Increase Confirmation, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate or Increase Confirmation.

 

	
26.8  

	
Security over Lenders' rights

 

In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 26, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from the Company, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:

 

	
26.8.1  

	
any charge, assignment or other security to secure obligations to a federal reserve, central bank, governmental authority, agency or department (including Her Majesty’s Treasury); and

 

	
26.8.2  

	
in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,

 

except that no such charge, assignment or security shall:

 

	
(a)  

	
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or other security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or

 

	
(b)  

	
require any payments to be made by the Company or grant to any person any more extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

	
26.9  

	
Pro rata interest settlement

 

If the Facility Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a "pro rata basis" to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause ‎26.3 (Procedure for transfer by way of novations) the Transfer Date of which, in each case, is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):

 

	
26.9.1  

	
any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date ("Accrued Amounts") and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is longer than six months, on the next of the dates which falls at six monthly intervals after the first day of that Interest Period); and

 

	
26.9.2  

	
the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:

 

	
(i)  

	
when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and

 

	
(ii)  

	
the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause ‎26.9, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.

 

	
27.  

	
CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

 

	
27.1  

	
Confidential Information

 

Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 27.2 ‎27(Disclosure of Confidential Information) and Clause 27.3 (Disclosure to numbering service providers), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.

 

	
27.2  

	
Disclosure of Confidential Information

 

Any Finance Party may disclose:

 

	
27.2.1  

	
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this sub-clause 27.2.1 is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;

 

	
27.2.2  

	
to any person:

 

	
(a)  

	
to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;

 

	
(b)  

	
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or the Company and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;

 

	
(c)  

	
appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-clause 27.2.2 (a) or (b) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf;

 

	
(d)  

	
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in sub-clause 27.2.2 (a) or (b) above;

 

	
(e)  

	
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;

 

	
(f)  

	
to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 26.8 (Security over Lenders' rights) ;

 

	
(g)  

	
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;

 

	
(h)  

	
who is a Party; or

 

	
(i)  

	
with the consent of the Company;

 

in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if:

 

	
(i)  

	
in relation to sub-clause 27.2.2 (a), (b) and (c) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;

 

	
(ii)  

	
in relation to sub-clause 27.2.2 (d) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;

 

	
(iii)  

	
in relation to sub-clause 27.2.2 (e), (f) and (g) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;

 

	
27.2.3  

	
to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom sub-clause 27.2.2 (a) or (b) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this sub-clause 27.2.3 if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Company and the relevant Finance Party;

 

	
27.2.4  

	
to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Company if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information.

 

	
27.3  

	
Disclosure to numbering service providers

 

	
27.3.1  

	
Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or the Company the following information:

 

	
(a)  

	
name of the Company;

 

	
(b)  

	
country of domicile of the Company;

 

	
(c)  

	
place of incorporation of the Company;

 

	
(d)  

	
date of this Agreement;

 

	
(e)  

	
the names of the Facility Agent and the Arranger;

 

	
(f)  

	
date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;

 

	
(g)  

	
amount of Total Commitments;

 

	
(h)  

	
currency of the Facility;

 

	
(i)  

	
type of the Facility;

 

	
(j)  

	
ranking of Facility;

 

	
(k)  

	
Final Maturity Date for the Facility;

 

	
(l)  

	
changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (k) above; and

 

	
(m)  

	
such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Company,

 

to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.

 

	
27.3.2  

	
The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or the Company by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.

 

	
27.3.3  

	
The Company represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (a) to (m) of sub-clause 27.3.1 above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.

 

	
27.3.4  

	
The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the other Finance Parties of:

 

	
(a)  

	
the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Facility Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or the Company; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or the Company by such numbering service provider.

 

	
28.  

	
SET-OFF

 

A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation owed to it by the Company under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by that Finance Party to the Company, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation.  If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

 

	
29.  

	
PRO RATA SHARING

 

	
29.1  

	
Redistribution

 

If any amount owing by the Company under this Agreement to a Lender (the "recovering Lender") is discharged by payment, set-off or any other manner other than through the Facility Agent under this Agreement (a "recovery"), then:

 

	
29.1.1  

	
the recovering Lender must, within three Business Days, supply details of the recovery to the Facility Agent;

 

	
29.1.2  

	
the Facility Agent must calculate whether the recovery is in excess of the amount which the recovering Lender would have received if the recovery had been received by the Facility Agent under this Agreement; and

 

	
29.1.3  

	
the recovering Lender must pay to the Facility Agent an amount equal to the excess (the "redistribution").

 

	
29.2  

	
Effect of redistribution

 

	
29.2.1  

	
The Facility Agent must treat a redistribution as if it were a payment by the Company under this Agreement and distribute it among the Lenders, other than the recovering Lender, accordingly.

 

	
29.2.2  

	
When the Facility Agent makes a distribution under sub-clause 29.2.1 above, the recovering Lender will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in that redistribution.

 

	
29.2.3  

	
If and to the extent that the recovering Lender is not able to rely on any rights of subrogation under sub-clause 29.2.2 above, the Company will owe the recovering Lender a debt which is equal to the redistribution, immediately payable and of the type originally discharged.

 

	
29.2.4  

	
If:

 

	
(a)  

	
a recovering Lender must subsequently return a recovery, or an amount measured by reference to a recovery, to the Company; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the recovering Lender has paid a redistribution in relation to that recovery,

 

each Finance Party must reimburse the recovering Lender all or the appropriate portion of the redistribution paid to that Finance Party, together with interest for the period while it held the re-distribution.  In this event, the subrogation in sub-clause 29.2.2 above will operate in reverse to the extent of the reimbursement.

 

	
29.3  

	
Exceptions

 

Notwithstanding any other term of this Clause 29, a recovering Lender need not pay a redistribution to the extent that:

 

	
29.3.1  

	
it would not, after the payment, have a valid claim against the Company in the amount of the redistribution; or

 

	
29.3.2  

	
it would be sharing with another Finance Party any amount which the recovering Lender has received or recovered as a result of legal or arbitration proceedings, where:

 

	
(a)  

	
the recovering Lender notified the Facility Agent of those proceedings; and

 

	
(b)  

	
the other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those proceedings but did not do so or did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice of them.

 

	
30.  

	
SEVERABILITY

 

If a term of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, that shall not affect:

 

	
30.1.1  

	
the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other term of the Finance Documents; or

 

	
30.1.2  

	
the legality, validity or enforceability in other jurisdictions of that or any other term of the Finance Documents.

 

	
31.  

	
COUNTERPARTS

 

Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts.  This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.

 

	
32.  

	
NOTICES

 

	
32.1  

	
In writing

 

	
32.1.1  

	
Any communication in connection with a Finance Document must be in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be given:

 

	
(a)  

	
in person, by post, or fax or any other electronic communication approved by the Facility Agent; or

 

	
(b)  

	
if between the Facility Agent and a Lender and the Facility Agent and the Lender agree, by e-mail or other electronic communication.

 

	
32.1.2  

	
For the purpose of the Finance Documents, an electronic communication will be treated as being in writing.

 

	
32.1.3  

	
Unless it is agreed to the contrary, any consent or agreement required under a Finance Document must be given in writing.

 

	
32.2  

	
Contact details

 

	
32.2.1  

	
Except as provided below, the contact details of each Party for all communications in connection with the Finance Documents are those notified by that Party for this purpose to the Facility Agent on or before the date it becomes a Party.

 

	
32.2.2  

	
The contact details of the Company for this purpose are:

 

	  	
Address:

	
Avonbank, Feeder Road, Bristol BS2 0TB

	  	
Fax number:

	
01179 332 108

	  	
Phone number:

	
01179 332 354

	  	
E-mail:

	
jhunt9@wsternpower.co.uk

	  	
Attention:

	
Julie Hunt

 

	  	
The contact details of the Facility Agent for this purpose are:

	 	 	 
	  	
Address:

	
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

	  	  	
Bracken House

	  	  	
One Friday Street

	  	  	
London

	  	  	
EC4M  9JA

	  	
Fax number:

	
+44 207 012 4053

	  	
E-mail:

	
maria.delellis@mhcb.co.uk

	  	
Attention:

	
Loan Agency, Maria De Lellis

 

	
32.2.3  

	
Any Party may change its contact details by giving five Business Days' notice to the Facility Agent or (in the case of the Facility Agent) to the other Parties.

 

	
32.2.4  

	
Where a Party nominates a particular department or officer to receive a communication, a communication will not be effective if it fails to specify that department or officer.

 

	
32.3  

	
Effectiveness

 

	
32.3.1  

	
Except as provided below, any communication in connection with a Finance Document will be deemed to be given as follows:

 

	
(a)  

	
if delivered in person, at the time of delivery;

 

	
(b)  

	
if posted, five days after being deposited in the post, postage prepaid, in a correctly addressed envelope; and

 

	
(c)  

	
if by fax, when received in legible form.

 

	
32.3.2  

	
A communication given under sub-clause 32.3.1 above but received on a non-working day or after business hours in the place of receipt will only be deemed to be given on the next working day in that place.

 

	
32.3.3  

	
A communication to the Facility Agent will only be effective on actual receipt by it.

 

	
32.4  

	
The Company

 

All formal communication under the Finance Documents to or from the Company must be sent through the Facility Agent.

 

	
32.5  

	
Communication when Facility Agent is Impaired Agent

 

If the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent the Parties may, instead of communicating with each other through the Facility Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while the Facility Agent is an Impaired Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Documents which require communications to be made or notices to be given to or by the Facility Agent shall be varied so that communications may be made and notices given to or by the relevant Parties directly.  This provision shall not operate after a replacement Facility Agent has been appointed.

 

	
33.  

	
LANGUAGE

 

	
33.1.1  

	
Any notice given in connection with a Finance Document must be in English.

 

	
33.1.2  

	
Any other document provided in connection with a Finance Document must be:

 

	
(a)  

	
in English; or

 

	
(b)  

	
(unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees) accompanied by a certified English translation.  In this case, the English translation prevails unless the document is a statutory or other official document.

 

	
34.  

	
GOVERNING LAW

 

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

	
35.  

	
ENFORCEMENT

 

	
35.1  

	
Jurisdiction

 

	
35.1.1  

	
The English courts have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute in connection with any Finance Document including a dispute relating to any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

 

	
35.1.2  

	
The English courts are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any such dispute and the Company waives objection to those courts on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise in relation to proceedings in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
35.1.3  

	
This Clause is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only.  To the extent allowed by law, a Finance Party may take:

 

	
(a)  

	
proceedings in any other court; and

 

	
(b)  

	
concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 1

ORIGINAL PARTIES

 

	
Name of Original Lender

	
Commitment

	
Treaty Passport scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence (if applicable)

	
Abbey National Treasury Services plc (trading as Santander Global Banking & Markets)

Barclays Bank PLC

Lloyds TSB Bank plc

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

Royal Bank of Canada

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

	
£35,000,000

 

£35,000,000

£35,000,000

£35,000,000

£35,000,000

£35,000,000

£35,000,000

	  
	
Total

	
£245,000,000

	  

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 2 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT DOCUMENTS

 

The Company

 

	
1.  

	
A certified copy of the constitutional documents of the Company.

 

	
2.  

	
A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors of the Company approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents.

 

	
3.  

	
A specimen of the signature of each person authorised on behalf of the Company to execute or witness the execution of any Finance Document or to sign or send any document or notice in connection with any Finance Document.

 

	
4.  

	
A certificate of the Company (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing limit binding on the Company to be exceeded.

 

	
5.  

	
A certificate of an authorised signatory of the Company certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.

 

Legal opinions

 

	
6.  

	
A legal opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Arranger and the Facility Agent addressed to the Finance Parties.

 

Other documents and evidence

 

	
7.  

	
Evidence that all fees and expenses then due and payable from the Company under this Agreement have been or will be paid no later than the first Drawdown Date.

 

	
8.  

	
The Original Financial Statements.

 

	
9.  

	
The Information Memorandum.

 

	
10.  

	
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Facility Agent notifies the Company is necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.

 

	
11.  

	
Evidence that (i) any amounts outstanding under the Existing RCF have been repaid in full, and (ii) all commitments under the Existing RCF have been irrevocably cancelled.

 

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 3

REQUESTS

 

To:           Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. as Facility Agent

 

From:           Western Power Distribution (South West) plc

 

Date:           [•]

 

 

Western Power Distribution (South West) plc - £245,000,000 Revolving Facility Agreement dated 12 January 2012 (as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

 

	
1.  

	
We refer to the Agreement.  This is a Request.

 

	
2.  

	
We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:

 

	
(a)  

	
Drawdown Date: [•]

 

	
(b)  

	
Amount: [•]

 

	
(c)  

	
Term: [•]

 

	
3.  

	
Our payment instructions are: [•]

 

	
4.  

	
We confirm that each condition precedent under the Agreement which must be satisfied on the date of this Request is so satisfied.

 

	
5.  

	
We confirm that as at [relevant testing date] Consolidated EBITDA was [•] and Interest Payable was [•]; therefore, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Payable was [•] to 1.

 

	
6.  

	
We confirm that as at [relevant testing date] Regulatory Asset Base was [•] and Total Net Debt was [•]; therefore, Total Net Debt does not exceed an amount equal to 85% of the Regulatory Asset Base.

 

	
7.  

	
This Request is irrevocable.

 

By:

 

WESTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLC

 

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 4

CALCULATION OF THE MANDATORY COST

 

	
1.  

	
The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.

 

	
2.  

	
On the first day of each Term (or as soon as possible thereafter)  the Facility Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the "Additional Cost Rate") for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below.  The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Facility Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders' Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.

 

	
3.  

	
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Facility Agent.  This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Facility Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender's participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Facility Office.

 

	
4.  

	
The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Facility Agent as follows:

 

AB + C(B - D) + E x0.01

    100 -(A + C)       per cent. per annum

 

Where:

 

	
  

	
A

	
is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements.

 

	
  

	
B

	
is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and the Mandatory Cost and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate of interest specified in sub-clause 8.3.1 of Clause 8.3 (Interest on overdue amounts)) payable for the relevant Term on the Loan.

 

	
  

	
C

	
is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England.

 

	
  

	
D

	
is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Facility Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits.

 

	
  

	
E

	
is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules  and is calculated by the Facility Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.

 

	
5.  

	
For the purposes of this Schedule:

 

	
(a)  

	
"Eligible Liabilities" and "Special Deposits" have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England;

 

	
(b)  

	
"Fees Rules" means the rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;

 

	
(c)  

	
"Fee Tariffs" means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate);

 

	
(d)  

	
"Tariff Base" has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules; and

 

	
(e)  

	
"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Company under the Finance Documents.

 

	
6.  

	
In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05).  A negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero.  The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places.

 

	
7.  

	
If requested by the Facility Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Facility Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank.

 

	
8.  

	
Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Facility Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:

 

	
(a)  

	
the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and

 

	
(b)  

	
any other information that the Facility Agent may reasonably require for such purpose.

 

Each Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.

 

	
9.  

	
The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be determined by  the Facility Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies  the Facility Agent to the contrary, each Lender's obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office in the same jurisdiction as its Facility Office.

 

	
10.  

	
The Facility Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects.

 

	
11.  

	
The Facility Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above.

 

	
12.  

	
Any determination by the Facility Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.

 

	
13.  

	
The Facility Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Company and the Lenders, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.

 

 

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 5

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

To:           Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. as Facility Agent

 

	
From:

	
[THE EXISTING LENDER] (the "Existing Lender") and [THE NEW LENDER] (the "New Lender")

 

Date:           [•]

 

 

Western Power Distribution (South West) plc - £245,000,000 Revolving Facility Agreement dated 12 January 2012 (as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

 

We refer to the Agreement.  This is a Transfer Certificate.

 

	
1.  

	
The Existing Lender transfers by novation to the New Lender the Existing Lender's rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule below in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.

 

	
2.  

	
The proposed Transfer Date is [•].

 

	
3.  

	
The administrative details of the New Lender for the purposes of the Agreement are set out in the Schedule.

 

	
4.  

	
The New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company, that it is:

 

	
(a)  

	
[a Qualifying Lender falling within paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender;]

 

	
(b)  

	
[a Treaty Lender;]

 

	
(c)  

	
[not a Qualifying Lender].*

 

	
5.  

	
[The New Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either:

 

	
(a)  

	
a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or

 

	
(b)  

	
a partnership each member of which is:

 

	
(i)  

	
a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or

 

	
(ii)  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or

 

	
(c)  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company.]**

 

	
6.  

	
[The New Lender confirms (for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company) that it is a Treaty Lender that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme (reference number [•]), and is tax resident in [•] *** so that interest payable to it by the Company is generally subject to full exemption from UK withholding tax and notifies the Company that the Company must make an application to HM Revenue & Customs under form DTTP2 within 30 days of the Transfer Date.]****

 

NOTES:

 

	
*  

	
Delete as applicable - each New Lender is required to confirm which of these three categories it falls within.

	 	 
	
**  

	
Include if New Lender comes within paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of Qualifying Lender in Clause 11.1 (Definitions).

	 	 
	
***  

	
Insert jurisdiction of tax residence.

	 	 
	
****  

	
This confirmation must be included if the New Lender holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to the Agreement.

	 	 

	
7.  

	
This Transfer Certificate and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

 

  

  

  

 

THE SCHEDULE

 

Rights and obligations to be transferred by novation

 

[insert relevant details, including applicable Commitment (or part)]

Administrative details of the New Lender

 

[insert details of Facility Office, address for notices and payment details etc.]

 

[EXISTING LENDER]                                                                   [NEW LENDER]

 

By:                                                                   By:

 

The Transfer Date is confirmed by the Facility Agent as [•].

 

[•]

 

By:

 

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE 6

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

To:           Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. as Facility Agent

 

From:           Western Power Distribution (South West) plc

 

Date:           [•]

 

Western Power Distribution (South West) plc - £245,000,000 Revolving Facility Agreement dated 12 January 2012 (as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

 

	
1.  

	
We refer to the Agreement.  This is a Compliance Certificate.

 

	
2.  

	
We confirm that as at [relevant testing date], Consolidated EBITDA was [•] and Interest Payable was [•], therefore the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Payable was [•] to 1.

 

	
3.  

	
We confirm that as at [relevant testing date], Regulatory Asset Base was [•] and Total Net Debt was [•]; therefore Total Net Debt does not exceed 85% of the Regulatory Asset Base.

 

	
4.  

	
We set out below calculations establishing the figures in paragraphs 2 and 3 above:

 

[•].

 

	
5.  

	
We confirm that the following companies were Material Subsidiaries at [relevant testing date]:

 

[•].

 

	
6.  

	
[We confirm that no Default is outstanding as at [relevant testing date].]1

 

 

WESTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLC

 

By:

 

Director

 

Director

 

 

 

	
1

	
If this statement cannot be made, the certificate should identify any Default that is outstanding and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.

 

 

  

  

  

SCHEDULE 7

FORM OF INCREASE CONFIRMATION

 

	
To:

	
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. as Facility Agent, and Western Power Distribution (South West) plc as Company

 

From:           [the Increase Lender] (the "Increase Lender")

 

Dated:           [•]

 

Western Power Distribution (South West) plc - £245,000,000 Revolving Facility Agreement dated 12 January 2012 (as amended and restated from time to time) (the "Agreement")

 

	
1.  

	
We refer to the Agreement.  This is an Increase Confirmation.  Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Increase Confirmation unless given a different meaning in this Increase Confirmation.

 

	
2.  

	
We refer to Clause 2.2 (Increase) of the Agreement.

 

	
3.  

	
In accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the Increase Lender agrees to assume and will assume all of the obligations corresponding to the Commitment specified in the Schedule (the "Relevant Commitment") as if it was an Original Lender under the Agreement.

 

	
4.  

	
The proposed date on which the increase in relation to the Increase Lender and the Relevant Commitment is to take effect (the "Increase Date") is [•].

 

	
5.  

	
On the Increase Date, the Increase Lender becomes party to the Finance Documents as a Lender.

 

	
6.  

	
The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices to the Increase Lender are set out in the Schedule.

 

	
7.  

	
The Increase Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders' obligations referred to in Clause 2.2 (Increase).

 

	
8.  

	
The Increase Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company, that it is:

 

	
8.1  

	
[a Qualifying Lender falling within paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender;]

 

	
8.2  

	
[a Treaty Lender;]

 

	
8.3  

	
[not a Qualifying Lender].*

 

	
9.  

	
[The Increase Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document is either:

 

	
9.1  

	
a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes; or

 

	
9.2  

	
a partnership each member of which is:

 

	
(a)  

	
(1)           a company so resident in the United Kingdom; or

 

	
(b)  

	
(2)           a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA; or

 

	
9.3  

	
a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that company.]**

 

	
10. 

	
[The Increase Lender confirms (for the benefit of the Facility Agent and without liability to the Company) that it is a Treaty Lender that holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme (reference number [•]), and is tax resident in [•] *** so that interest payable to it by the Company is generally subject to full exemption from UK withholding tax and notifies the Company that the Company must make an application to HM Revenue & Customs under form DTTP2 within 30 days of the Transfer Date.]****

 

NOTES:

 

	
*  

	
Delete as applicable - each Increase Lender is required to confirm which of these three categories it falls within.

	 	 
	
**  

	
Include if Increase Lender comes within paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of Qualifying Lender in Clause 11.1 (Definitions).

	 	 
	
***  

	
Insert jurisdiction of tax residence.

	 	 
	
****  

	
This confirmation must be included if the Increase Lender holds a passport under the HMRC DT Treaty Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to the Agreement.

	 	 

	
11.  

	
This Increase Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Increase Confirmation.

 

	
12.  

	
This Increase Confirmation and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

	
13.  

	
This Increase Confirmation has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Increase Confirmation.

 

 

  

  

  

THE SCHEDULE

 

Relevant Commitment/rights and obligations to be assumed by the Increase Lender

 

[insert relevant details]

 

[Facility office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for payments]

 

[Increase Lender]

 

By:

 

This Increase Confirmation is confirmed as an Increase Confirmation for the purposes of the Agreement by the Facility Agent and the Increase Date is confirmed as [•].

 

Facility Agent

 

By:

 

as Facility Agent for and on behalf of each of the parties to the Agreement (other than the Increase Lender)

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

SIGNATORIES

 

THE COMPANY

 

 

	
Signed by Ian Williams

for and on behalf of

 

WESTERN POWER

DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLC

	
)

)

)

)

) /s/ Ian Williams

  Signature

	
Address:            Avonbank

Feeder Road

Bristol BS2 0TB

Fax:                   +44 (0)1179 332 108

 

  

  

  

THE JOINT COORDINATORS

 

	
 

Signed by Gordon Milnes

for and on behalf of

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

	
 

)

)

) /s/ Gordon Milnes

  Signature

	
Address:            10 Gresham Street

London EC2V 7AE

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7158 3297

 

 

	
Signed by Christopher Gray

for and on behalf of

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

	
)

)

)

) /s/ Christopher Gray

  Signature

	
Address:            Bracken House

One Friday Street

London EC4M 9JA

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7012 4301

 

  

  

  

THE BOOKRUNNERS AND MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS

 

	
 

Signed by Janette Brown / James Inches

for and on behalf of

 

 

ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES PLC 

(TRADING AS SANTANDER GLOBAL 

BANKING & MARKETS)

	
 

)

)

)

)

)

)

) /s/ Janette Brown                                /s/ James Inches

  Signature

	
 

Address:            2 Triton Square

Regents Place

London NW1 3AN

Fax:

 

 

	
Signed by Mark Pope

for and on behalf of

 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL

	
)

)

)

) /s/ Mark Pope

  Signature

	
Address:           5 The North Colonnade

London E14 4BB

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7773 1840

 

 

	
 

Signed by Gordon Milnes

for and on behalf of

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

	
 

)

)

) /s/ Gordon Milnes

  Signature

	
Address:            10 Gresham Street

London EC2V 7AE

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7158 3297

 

  

  

  

 

	
Signed by Christopher Gray

for and on behalf of

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

	
)

)

)

) /s/ Christopher Gray

  Signature

	
Address:            Bracken House

One Friday Street

London EC4M 9JA

Fax:                   +44 (0)207 012 4301

 

 

	
 

Signed by P. R. W. Ball

for and on behalf of

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

	
 

)

)

) /s/ P. R. W. Ball

  Signature

	
Address:            Riverbank House

2 Swan Lane

London EC4R 3BF

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7912 7900

 

 

	
Signed by John Jones

for and on behalf of

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

	
)

)

)

) /s/ John Jones

  Signature

	
Address:            7th Floor, 135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7085 8762

 

  

  

  

 

	
 

Signed by Andrew Trenouth

for and on behalf of

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI 

UFJ, LTD.

	
 

)

)

)

) /s/ Andrew Trenouth

  Signature

	
Address:                   Ropemaker Place

                          25 Ropemaker Street

  London EC2Y 9AN

Attention:                Robert Welford/ Mayumi Saito-O'Connor/ Kumar Shah

Attention:                The Manager – Loan Participation

Fax:                            +44 (0)20 7557 1559

 

 

  

  

  

THE ORIGINAL LENDERS

 

	
 

Signed by Janette Brown / James Inches

for and on behalf of

 

 

ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY SERVICES 

PLC (TRADING AS SANTANDER GLOBAL 

BANKING & MARKETS)

	
 

)

)

)

)

)

)

) /s/ Janette Brown                      /s/ James Inches

  Signature

	
Address:            2 Triton Square

Regents Place

London NW1 3AN

Attention:          Alejandro Ciruelos (for credit matters)

Samuel Russell (for administration matters)

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7756 5816

with a copy to Jim Inches/ David Navalón Vaquero

Fax:                   +44 (0)845 602 7837

 

 

	
 

Signed by Mark Pope

for and on behalf of

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

	
 

)

)

)

) /s/ Mark Pope

  Signature

	
Address:            5 The North Colonnade

London E14 4BB

Attention:          Mark Pope

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7773 1840

 

 

  

  

  

 

	
 

Signed by Gordon Milnes

for and on behalf of

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

	
 

)

)

) /s/ Gordon Milnes

  Signature

	
Address:           10 Gresham Street

London EC2V 7AE

Attention:          Nick Walker (for credit matters)

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7158 3297

 

Address:            Wholesale Loan Services

Level 1, Citymark

150 Fountainbridge

Edinburgh EH3 9PE

Attention:          Linzi Inch (for administration matters)

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7158 3204

 

 

	
Signed by Christopher Gray

for and on behalf of

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

	
)

)

)

) /s/ Christopher Gray

  Signature

	
Address:            Bracken House

One Friday Street

London EC4M 9JA

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7012 4301

 

  

  

  

 

	
 

Signed by P. R. W. Ball

for and on behalf of

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

	
 

)

)

) /s/ P. R. W. Ball

  Signature

	
Address:            Riverbank House

2 Swan Lane

London EC4R 3BF

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7912 7900

 

Address:            Thames Court

One Queenhithe

London EC4V 4DE

Attention:          Michael Atherton/ Marcus Rayment (for credit matters)

Fax:                    +44 (0)20 7029 7912

Attention:          Beverley Bartkow/ David Banning/ Sophia Mcleod-Reid (for administration matters)

Fax:                    +44 (0)20 7029 0036

 

 

	
Signed by John Jones

for and on behalf of

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

	
)

)

)

) /s/ John Jones

  Signature

	
Address:            7th Floor, 135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

Attention:          John Jones (for credit matters)

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7085 8762

Attention:          Lending Operations (for administration matters)

Fax:                   +44 (0)20 7672 6403

 

  

  

  

 

	
 

Signed by Andrew Trenouth

for and on behalf of

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

	
 

)

)

)

) /s/ Andrew Trenouth

  Signature

	
Address:                   Ropemaker Place

       25 Ropemaker Street

       London EC2Y 9AN

Attention:                Robert Welford/ Mayumi Saito-O'Connor/ Kumar Shah

Attention:                The Manager – Loan Participation

Fax:                            +44 (0)20 7557 1559

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

THE FACILITY AGENT

 

 

	
 

Signed by Christopher Gray

for and on behalf of

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

	
 

)

)

)

) /s/ Christopher Gray

  Signature

	
Address:            Bracken House

One Friday Street

London EC4M 9JA

Fax:                   +44 (0)207 012 4053exv10w67

Exhibit 10.67

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “First Amendment Agreement”) dated as
of December 6, 2011 (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) is entered into among COLE REIT
III OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the Lenders
party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C
Issuer.

RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing
Line Lender and L/C Issuer entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2011
(the “Existing Credit Agreement”);

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders (a) agree to provide a new term tranche,
(b) increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (c) make certain other amendments and
modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended to provide
for the matters referred to above and for certain other modifications of the terms of the Existing
Credit Agreement, and that, as so amended, the Existing Credit Agreement for ease of reference be
restated (after giving effect to this First Amendment Agreement) in the form of Appendix A
hereto.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as the context may
require.

     2. Amendment. Effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date, (a) the Existing
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by this First Amendment Agreement and for ease of reference
restated (after giving effect to this First Amendment Agreement) in the form of Appendix A
hereto (the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended by this First Amendment Agreement, being
referred to as the “Amended Credit Agreement”), (b) Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read as provided on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto (which
Schedule 2.01 shall include the Term A-1 Commitments, the Term A-2 Commitments and the Revolving
Commitments as of the First Amendment Effective Date), (c) a new Exhibit C-4 is hereby added to the
Amended Credit Agreement to read as provided on Exhibit C-4 attached hereto and (d)
Exhibits A and C-2 are each hereby amended to read as attached on Exhibits A and
C-2, attached hereto. Except as expressly set forth above and therein, all Schedules and
Exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement will continue in their present forms as Schedules and
Exhibits to the Amended Credit Agreement.

     3. Conditions Precedent. This First Amendment Agreement shall become effective upon
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

     (a) First Amendment Agreement Documents: Receipt by the Administrative Agent of
(i) counterparts of this First Amendment Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Required
Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, each Lender with a Term A-2 Commitment under
the Amended Credit Agreement and each Lender providing additional Commitments under the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (ii) Term A-2 Notes in favor of each Lender requesting a
Term A-2 Note, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

 

     (b) Opinions of Counsel: Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a favorable
opinion of Kutak Rock LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

     (c) Corporate Documents: Receipt by the Administrative Agent of such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other
certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may
require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof
authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this First Amendment Agreement
and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party.

     (d) Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (i) that there has been no event
or circumstance since June 27, 2011 that has had or could be reasonably expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) that, after
giving effect to all requested Credit Extensions to be made on the First Amendment Effective
Date, (A) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Borrowing Base in effect as of the
First Amendment Effective Date less any Permitted Unsecured Debt on the First Amendment
Effective Date and (B) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants
set forth in Section 7.11 of the Amended Credit Agreement.

     (e) Fees. Receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders
of any fees required to be paid on or before the First Amendment Effective Date.

     (f) Attorney Costs. Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers
shall have paid all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to the First Amendment Effective Date.

     (g) Other. Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of such other
assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders reasonably may require.

     4. New Lenders. By execution of this First Amendment Agreement, each Person
identified as a “Lender” on each signature page hereto that is not already a Lender under the
Existing Credit Agreement (a “New Lender”) hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that,
by its execution of this First Amendment Agreement, such Person shall be deemed to be a party to
the Amended Credit Agreement and a “Lender” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement and
shall have all of the obligations of a Lender thereunder as if it had executed the Existing Credit
Agreement. Each New Lender (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this First Amendment Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Amended Credit
Agreement and (ii) it meets the requirements to be an Eligible Assignee, (b) confirms it has
received and had an opportunity to review a copy of the Amended Credit Agreement, and has received
or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and
information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
First Amendment Agreement, (c) confirms it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this First Amendment
Agreement, (d) if it is a Foreign Lender, agrees to provide any documentation required to be
delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed
by the New Lender; and (e) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall
deem appropriate at the time,

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continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents,
and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms
of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender. Each New Lender hereby
ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and
conditions applicable to Lenders contained in the Amended Credit Agreement.

     5. Miscellaneous.

     (a) The parties hereto agree that, on the First Amendment Effective Date, the following
transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party
hereto: (a) all Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement outstanding on the First
Amendment Effective Date shall in all respects be continuing and shall be deemed to be
Obligations outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement and (b) the Guaranty made to the
Administrative Agent, in favor of the Lenders, shall remain in full force and effect with
respect to the Obligations (as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement) and is hereby
reaffirmed. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that this First Amendment
Agreement constitutes an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement made under and in
accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement.

     (b) Except as expressly set forth herein, this First Amendment Agreement shall not by
implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the
rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line
Lender or the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and
shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions,
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, all of which, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified hereby, are
ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment,
modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This First Amendment Agreement
shall constitute a Loan Document.

     (c) On the First Amendment Effective Date, the Revolving Loans made by the Lenders
shall be re-allocated among the Lenders and, if applicable, Revolving Loans shall be made by
the Lenders and/or Revolving Loans repaid by the Borrower, as directed by the Administrative
Agent, so that, as of the First Amendment Effective Date, the respective Revolving
Commitments of the Lenders shall be as set forth on Schedule 2.01 attached hereto.

     (d) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows:

     (i) It has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this First Amendment Agreement.

     (ii) This First Amendment Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Borrower and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (A)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (B) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).

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     (iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration
or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or third party is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or
enforcement against, the Borrower of this First Amendment Agreement, other than
those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect.

     (iv) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in Article V
of the Existing Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document are true and
correct in all material respects as of the date hereof with the same effect as if
made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date .

     (v) No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of
Default.

     (e) This First Amendment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this First
Amendment Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as an original and shall constitute a
representation that an executed original shall be delivered.

     (f) THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Signature pages follow]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.

COLE REIT III OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership, as Borrower

By: Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc.,

a Maryland corporation,

its general partner

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title
	 	/s/ D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.
 

D. Kirk McAllaster, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Administrative Agent
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Paley Chen
 

Paley Chen

Assistant Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer
 and
Swing Line Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ James P. Johnson
 

James P. Johnson

Senior Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

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

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Ryan Dempsey
 

Ryan Dempsey

Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ David A. DeVictor
 

David A. DeVictor

Sr. Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	REGIONS BANK, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Michael R. Mellott
 

Michael R. Mellott

Director
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	CAPITAL ONE, N.A., as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Ashish Tandon
 

Ashish Tandon

Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a 
Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Darin Mortimer
 

Darin Mortimer

Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ John C. Rowland
 

John C. Rowland

Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a
 Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Troy Lyscio
 

Troy Lyscio

Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ W. John Wendler
 

W. John Wendler

Senior Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
 AMERICAS, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ George R. Reynolds
 

George R. Reynolds

Director
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY 
AMERICAS, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ James Rolison
 

James Rolison

Managing Director
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	FIFTH THIRD BANK, an Ohio banking corporation as 
a
Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Michael Glandt
 

Michael Glandt

Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Lauren Day
 

Lauren Day

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as a 
Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Lauren Day
 

Lauren Day

Authorized Signatory
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges and consents to the First Amendment Agreement and
agrees that the Guaranty made to the Administrative Agent, in favor of the Lenders, shall remain in
full force and effect with respect to the Obligations (as set forth in the Amended Credit
Agreement) and is hereby reaffirmed.

GUARANTORS:

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole AS Montgomery AL, LLC
	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AA Appleton WI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AA Charlotte (Albemarle) NC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AA Milwaukee WI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AA Rock Hill SC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AB Las Cruces NM, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Adrian MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Bartlett TN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Chambersburg PA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Elizabeth City NC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Farmington MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Horn Lake MS, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Joplin MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Kalamazoo MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Lufkin TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Madisonville KY, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Marion IL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Memphis TN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Norton VA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Owatonna MN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Rolla MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Swansea IL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Tyler TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Vincennes IN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP West Memphis AR, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole AP Wytheville VA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole BB Bourbonnais IL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole BB Marquette MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole BB Norton Shores MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole BL Greenwood SC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole BL Mt. Pleasant SC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CM Garland TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CT Bedford OH, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CY Grand Prairie TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CT Oklahoma City (Rockwell), OK	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CT Oklahoma City (Western), OK	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OF Oklahoma City OK, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Athens GA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Brownsville TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Cayce SC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Charlotte NC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Fredericksburg VA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Kyle TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Lees Summit MO, LLC	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole CV McAllen TX, LLC
	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Minneapolis MN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Newport News VA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Raymore MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Sherman TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV St. Augustine FL (Tuscan), LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Thomasville NC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Virginia Beach VA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole CV Edison NJ, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OF Grand Rapids MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OF Lincoln NE, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole DK Jackson TN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole FF Battle Creek MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole FE Bossier City LA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole FE Dublin VA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole FE McComb MS, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole BU Portfolio II, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole GL Manistee MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole HA Rural Hall NC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole HD Las Vegas NV, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole HD Odessa TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KO Palm Coast FL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KO Saginaw MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KO Salina KS, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KO Port Orange FL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Bentonville AR, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Lowell AR, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Ottumwa IA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Rogers AR, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Sloan IA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Story City IA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG Tipton IA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KG West Branch IA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole LA Broadview IL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole LA Indianapolis IN, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole LO Columbia SC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole LO Denver CO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole MT Northpoint (Cape Coral) FL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OD Corsicana TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OD Houston TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OD Mobile AL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OR Central LA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole OR Ravenna OH, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole MT Oxford AL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole PC Dardenne Prairie MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole MT Bismarck ND, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole MT St. Augustine FL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole SC Hoover AL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole SW Muskegon MI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole HC Creve Coeur MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole ST Pensacola FL, LLC	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole VS Andrews TX, LLC
	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Carrizo Springs TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Eagle Pass TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Edinburg TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Fort Stockton TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Haskell TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS La Feria TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Laredo (La Pita Mangana) TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Palmhurst TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Pharr TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Portales NM, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS San Benito TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole VS Rio Hondo TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole TT Austin TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole TT Downingtown PA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Brownwood TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Chicago (W. 79th Street) IL, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Columbus (New Albany) OH, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Country Club Hills MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Decatur GA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Denton TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Dunkirk NY, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Fayetteville NC, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Houston (Quitman) TX, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Independence MO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG LaCrosse WI, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Liberty Township OH, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG McPherson KS, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Medina OH, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Muscatine IA, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Nampa ID, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Pueblo CO, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG St. George UT, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Stillwater OK, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Tucson AZ, LLC	 	 
	 

	 	Cole WG Warner Robins GA, LLC,	 	 
	 

	 	each a Delaware limited liability company	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:    Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC,	 	 	 	 
	 	 	a Delaware limited liability company,

its Manager

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ John M. Pons
 

John M. Pons, Executive Vice President
	 	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole KO Rice Lake WI, LLC,
	 	 
	 

	 	a Delaware limited liability company	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	By:   Cole KO Rice Lake WI (JV), LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Sole Member
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Manager	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                                 /s/ John M. Pons
 	 
	 	 	John M. Pons, Executive Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole HD San Jose CA, LP
	 	 
	 

	 	Cole KO Rancho Cordova CA, LP,	 	 
	 

	 	each a Delaware limited partnership	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	By:   Cole GP CCPT III, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Manager	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                       /s/ John M. Pons
 	 
	 	 	John M. Pons, Executive Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole CT Modesto CA, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership
	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 	By:   Cole GP CT Modesto CA, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Manager	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                       /s/ John M. Pons
 	 
	 	 	John M. Pons, Executive Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc.,
	 

	 	a Maryland corporation

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                   /s/  D. Kirk McAllaster
 	 
	 	 	D. Kirk McAllaster, Executive Vice President 	 
	 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole AA Massillon OH, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AA Monroe MI, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AA South Lyon MI, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AA Vermilion OH, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AW Des Moines (Beaver) IA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AW Johnston IA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AW Des Moines (Fleur) IA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole AW Des Moines (Ingersoll) IA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole BB Indianapolis IN, LLC
	 

	 	Cole BB Kenosha WI, LLC
	 

	 	Cole CP Alpharetta GA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole CP Atlanta GA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole CP Grapevine TX, LLC
	 

	 	Cole CP Scottsdale AZ, LLC
	 

	 	Cole CP Schaumburg IL, LLC
	 

	 	Cole MT Utica MI, LLC
	 

	 	Cole ID Milton PA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole HC Douglasville GA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole HC Augusta GA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole MT Lakewood CO, LLC
	 

	 	Cole FL Moyock NC, LLC
	 

	 	Cole HL Avon IN, LLC
	 

	 	Cole MT Greenville SC, LLC
	 

	 	Cole VS Odessa TX, LLC
	 

	 	Cole MT Killeen TX, LLC
	 

	 	Cole TS Grayson KY, LLC
	 

	 	Cole WG Wilmington NC, LLC
	 

	 	Cole WG Chicago (N. Canfield) IL, LLC
	 

	 	Cole WG Roanoke VA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole WG Clarkston MI, LLC
	 

	 	Cole WG Madisonville KY, LLC
	 

	 	Cole MP PM Portfolio, LLC
	 

	 	Cole WM Douglasville GA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole SC Douglasville GA, LLC
	 

	 	Cole BB Richmond IN, LLC
	 

	 	Cole PM Parma OH, LLC
	 

	 	Cole KO Brownsville TX, LLC,
	 

	 	each a Delaware limited liability company
	 

	 	Cole LA Avondale AZ, LLC
	 

	 	Cole SS Cranston RI, LLC
	 

	 	Cole MT Queen Creek AZ, LLC,
	 

	 	each a Delaware limited liability company

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:
	 	Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Manager

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                             /s/ John M. Pons
 	 
	 	 	John M. Pons, Executive Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Cole ID Riverside CA, LP,
	 	 
	 

	 	a Delaware limited partnership	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	By:
	 	Cole GP ID Riverside CA, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By: Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

its Manager

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                             /s/ John M. Pons
 	 
	 	 	John M. Pons, Executive Vice President 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

COLE REIT III

 

 

APPENDIX A

to First Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

Published CUSIP Number: 19329GAA6

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 27, 2011

among

COLE REIT III OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP,

as the Borrower,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

and

REGIONS BANK,

as Co-Documentation Agents

and

THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO

Arranged By:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

and

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.01	 	 	Defined Terms
	 	 	1	 
	 

	 	 	1.02	 	 	Other Interpretive Provisions
	 	 	30	 
	 

	 	 	1.03	 	 	Accounting Terms
	 	 	31	 
	 

	 	 	1.04	 	 	Rounding
	 	 	32	 
	 

	 	 	1.05	 	 	Times of Day
	 	 	32	 
	 

	 	 	1.06	 	 	Letter of Credit Amounts
	 	 	32	 
	ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS	 	 	32	 
	 

	 	 	2.01	 	 	Commitments
	 	 	32	 
	 

	 	 	2.02	 	 	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
	 	 	33	 
	 

	 	 	2.03	 	 	Letters of Credit
	 	 	34	 
	 

	 	 	2.04	 	 	Swing Line Loans
	 	 	41	 
	 

	 	 	2.05	 	 	Prepayments
	 	 	44	 
	 

	 	 	2.06	 	 	Termination or Reduction of Commitments
	 	 	45	 
	 

	 	 	2.07	 	 	Repayment of Loans
	 	 	45	 
	 

	 	 	2.08	 	 	Interest
	 	 	45	 
	 

	 	 	2.09	 	 	Fees
	 	 	46	 
	 

	 	 	2.10	 	 	Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable
Rate
	 	 	46	 
	 

	 	 	2.11	 	 	Evidence of Debt
	 	 	47	 
	 

	 	 	2.12	 	 	Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback
	 	 	47	 
	 

	 	 	2.13	 	 	Sharing of Payments by Lenders
	 	 	49	 
	 

	 	 	2.14	 	 	Increase in Commitments
	 	 	49	 
	 

	 	 	2.15	 	 	Cash Collateral
	 	 	51	 
	 

	 	 	2.16	 	 	Defaulting Lenders
	 	 	52	 
	 

	 	 	2.17	 	 	Extension of Maturity Date
	 	 	53	 
	ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY	 	 	54	 
	 

	 	 	3.01	 	 	Taxes
	 	 	54	 
	 

	 	 	3.02	 	 	Illegality
	 	 	57	 
	 

	 	 	3.03	 	 	Inability to Determine Rates
	 	 	58	 
	 

	 	 	3.04	 	 	Increased Costs
	 	 	58	 
	 

	 	 	3.05	 	 	Compensation for Losses
	 	 	59	 
	 

	 	 	3.06	 	 	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	60	 
	 

	 	 	3.07	 	 	Survival
	 	 	60	 
	ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS	 	 	60	 
	 

	 	 	4.01	 	 	Conditions of Initial Credit Extension
	 	 	60	 
	 

	 	 	4.02	 	 	Conditions to all Credit Extensions
	 	 	62	 
	ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	 	5.01	 	 	Existence, Qualification and Power
	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	 	5.02	 	 	Authorization; No Contravention
	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	 	5.03	 	 	Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	 	5.04	 	 	Binding Effect
	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	 	5.05	 	 	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; Secured Debt
	 	 	63	 
	 

	 	 	5.06	 	 	Litigation
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	 	5.07	 	 	No Default
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	 	5.08	 	 	Ownership of Property; Liens
	 	 	64	 

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	 	 	5.09	 	 	Environmental Compliance
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	 	5.10	 	 	Insurance
	 	 	64	 
	 

	 	 	5.11	 	 	Taxes
	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	 	5.12	 	 	ERISA Compliance	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	 	5.13	 	 	Subsidiaries; Equity Interests
	 	 	65	 
	 

	 	 	5.14	 	 	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	 	5.15	 	 	Disclosure
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	 	5.16	 	 	Compliance with Laws
	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	 	5.18	 	 	OFAC Representation	 	 	66	 
	 

	 	 	5.19	 	 	Solvency	 	 	67	 
	 

	 	 	5.20	 	 	REIT Status	 	 	67	 
	ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	 	 	67	 
	 

	 	 	6.01	 	 	Financial Statements
	 	 	67	 
	 

	 	 	6.02	 	 	Certificates; Other Information
	 	 	68	 
	 

	 	 	6.03	 	 	Notices
	 	 	70	 
	 

	 	 	6.04	 	 	Payment of Obligations
	 	 	70	 
	 

	 	 	6.05	 	 	Preservation of Existence, Etc
	 	 	70	 
	 

	 	 	6.06	 	 	Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.07	 	 	Maintenance of Insurance
	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.08	 	 	Compliance with Laws
	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.09	 	 	Books and Records
	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.10	 	 	Inspection Rights
	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.11	 	 	Use of Proceeds
	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.12	 	 	Environmental Matters	 	 	71	 
	 

	 	 	6.13	 	 	Additional Subsidiary Guarantors
	 	 	72	 
	 

	 	 	6.14	 	 	Removal of Qualified Unencumbered Properties
	 	 	73	 
	ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS	 	 	74	 
	 

	 	 	7.01	 	 	Liens
	 	 	74	 
	 

	 	 	7.02	 	 	Investments
	 	 	74	 
	 

	 	 	7.03	 	 	Indebtedness
	 	 	75	 
	 

	 	 	7.04	 	 	Fundamental Changes
	 	 	76	 
	 

	 	 	7.05	 	 	Dispositions
	 	 	77	 
	 

	 	 	7.06	 	 	Dividend Payout Ratio
	 	 	77	 
	 

	 	 	7.07	 	 	Change in Nature of Business
	 	 	78	 
	 

	 	 	7.08	 	 	Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	78	 
	 

	 	 	7.09	 	 	Burdensome Agreements
	 	 	78	 
	 

	 	 	7.10	 	 	Use of Proceeds
	 	 	78	 
	 

	 	 	7.11	 	 	Financial Covenants
	 	 	78	 
	 

	 	 	7.12	 	 	Additional Restricted Actions	 	 	79	 
	 

	 	 	7.13	 	 	Organizational Matters	 	 	80	 
	 

	 	 	7.14	 	 	Ownership and Creation of Subsidiaries	 	 	80	 
	ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES	 	 	80	 
	 

	 	 	8.01	 	 	Events of Default
	 	 	80	 
	 

	 	 	8.02	 	 	Remedies Upon Event of Default
	 	 	82	 
	 

	 	 	8.03	 	 	Application of Funds
	 	 	82	 
	ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT	 	 	83	 
	 

	 	 	9.01	 	 	Appointment and Authority	 	 	83	 
	 

	 	 	9.02	 	 	Rights as a Lender
	 	 	83	 
	 

	 	 	9.03	 	 	Exculpatory Provisions
	 	 	84	 
	 

	 	 	9.04	 	 	Reliance by Administrative Agent
	 	 	84	 

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	 	 	9.05	 	 	Delegation of Duties
	 	 	85	 
	 

	 	 	9.06	 	 	Resignation of Administrative Agent
	 	 	85	 
	 

	 	 	9.07	 	 	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
	 	 	85	 
	 

	 	 	9.08	 	 	No Other Duties, Etc	 	 	86	 
	 

	 	 	9.09	 	 	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
	 	 	86	 
	 

	 	 	9.10	 	 	Collateral and Guaranty Matters
	 	 	86	 
	ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS	 	 	87	 
	 

	 	 	10.01	 	 	Amendments, Etc	 	 	87	 
	 

	 	 	10.02	 	 	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
	 	 	88	 
	 

	 	 	10.03	 	 	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement
	 	 	90	 
	 

	 	 	10.04	 	 	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
	 	 	91	 
	 

	 	 	10.05	 	 	Payments Set Aside
	 	 	93	 
	 

	 	 	10.06	 	 	Successors and Assigns	 	 	93	 
	 

	 	 	10.07	 	 	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
	 	 	99	 
	 

	 	 	10.08	 	 	Right of Setoff
	 	 	100	 
	 

	 	 	10.09	 	 	Interest Rate Limitation
	 	 	101	 
	 

	 	 	10.10	 	 	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
	 	 	101	 
	 

	 	 	10.11	 	 	Survival of Representations and Warranties
	 	 	101	 
	 

	 	 	10.12	 	 	Severability
	 	 	101	 
	 

	 	 	10.13	 	 	Replacement of Lenders
	 	 	101	 
	 

	 	 	10.14	 	 	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc
	 	 	102	 
	 

	 	 	10.15	 	 	Waiver of Jury Trial
	 	 	103	 
	 

	 	 	10.16	 	 	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
	 	 	103	 
	 

	 	 	10.17	 	 	USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	 	 	104	 
	 

	 	 	10.18	 	 	Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents
	 	 	104	 
	 

	 	 	10.19	 	 	Time of the Essence
	 	 	104	 
	 

	 	 	10.20	 	 	Entire Agreement
	 	 	104	 

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SCHEDULES

	 	2.01	 	Commitments and Applicable Percentages
	 
	 	5.05	 	Secured Debt
	 
	 	5.06	 	Litigation
	 
	 	5.08	 	Real Property Assets and Qualified Unencumbered Properties
	 
	 	5.09	 	Environmental Matters
	 
	 	5.13	 	Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
	 
	 	5.17	 	Intellectual Property Matters
	 
	 	7.01	 	Existing Liens
	 
	 	7.03	 	Existing Indebtedness
	 
	 	10.02	 	Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Form of
	 

	 	A
	 	Committed Loan Notice
	 

	 	B
	 	Swing Line Loan Notice
	 

	 	C-1
	 	Revolving Note
	 

	 	C-2
	 	Term A-1 Note
	 

	 	C-3
	 	Swing Line Note
	 

	 	C-4
	 	Term A-2 Note
	 

	 	D-1
	 	Compliance Certificate
	 

	 	D-2
	 	Borrowing Base Compliance Certificate
	 

	 	E-1
	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption
	 

	 	E-2
	 	Administrative Questionnaire
	 

	 	F
	 	Guaranty
	 

	 	G
	 	Opinion Matters
	 

	 	H
	 	Environmental Investigations

v

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into, as of June 27, 2011, among Cole
REIT III Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), each
lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a
“Lender”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C
Issuer.

     The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide the credit facility set forth herein, and
the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

     1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:

     “Adjusted Annual EBITDA” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group for any period,
an amount equal to the Consolidated Net Income for the most recently ended Measurement Period, as
adjusted by (a) adding or deducting for, as appropriate, any adjustment made under GAAP during such
Measurement Period for straight lining of rents, gains or losses from sales of assets,
extraordinary items, taxes, depreciation, amortization, interest expenses, other non-cash items,
fees and expenses associated with (i) the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) real
estate acquisition costs and expenses (to the extent such costs and expenses are actually incurred
with respect to (A) consummated acquisitions and (B) anticipated acquisitions (provided that in the
event such anticipated acquisitions are not consummated, the costs and expenses related thereto (to
the extent previously added back) shall be deducted for the purposes of the calculation of Adjusted
Annual EBITDA)), and the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any adjustment made under GAAP during
such Measurement Period for straight lining of rents, gains or losses from sales of assets,
interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, other non-cash items, extraordinary items and real
estate acquisition costs and expenses (to the extent such costs and expenses are actually incurred
with respect to (x) consummated acquisitions and (y) anticipated acquisitions (provided that in the
event such anticipated acquisitions are not consummated, the costs and expenses related thereto (to
the extent previously added back) shall be deducted for the purposes of the calculation of Adjusted
Annual EBITDA)) for the Investment Affiliates; (b) deducting an annual amount for capital
expenditures for such Measurement Period equal to (i) $0.25 per square foot for office Projects,
(ii) $0.15 per square foot for retail Projects and (iii) $0.10 per square foot for industrial
Projects, in each case, multiplied by the weighted average gross leaseable area for such Projects
(including only the square footage, FF&E, or units in (i) — (iii) above which is owned by the
Consolidated Group during such Measurement Period and excluding the square footage, FF&E, or units
of the buildings on the ground leased portion of any Property for which one of the members of the
Consolidated Group is the lessor); and (c) adding the Advisor Fee Adjustment for such Measurement
Period; provided, however, Adjusted Annual EBITDA attributable to Excluded Tenants shall be
excluded for purposes of the definition of Adjusted Annual EBITDA.

“Adjusted Unencumbered NOI” means, with respect to Projects owned by the Borrower and
Subsidiary Guarantors for any period, Unencumbered NOI for the most recently ended Measurement
Period less an amount for capital expenditures equal to (a) $0.25 per square foot for office
Projects, (b) $0.15 per square foot for retail Projects, and (c) $0.10 per square foot for
industrial Projects, in each case, multiplied by the weighted average gross leaseable area for such
Projects (including only the square

 

 

footage or units in (a) — (c) above which is or are owned by the Borrower and Subsidiary
Guarantors during such Measurement Period and excluding the square footage or units of the
buildings on the ground leased portion of any Project for which one of the members of the Borrower
and Subsidiary Guarantors is the lessor).

     “Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent
under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

     “Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

     “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially
the form of Exhibit E-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “Advisors” means Cole REIT Advisors III, LLC and its Affiliates, together with its
successors, if any.

     “Advisor Fee” means, collectively, (a) an asset management fee based upon the
aggregate value of the Projects plus costs and expenses incurred by Advisors in providing asset
management services and (b) property management fees based upon gross revenues plus costs and
expenses incurred by Advisors in providing property management services.

     “Advisor Fee Adjustment” means, for any period, the aggregate Advisor Fees paid to the
Advisors that was deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period less an amount
equal to four and one half of one percent (4.5%) of aggregate Consolidated Net Income from all
Projects during such period; provided that, any such Advisor Fee in an amount in excess of four and
one half of one percent (4.5%) of such aggregate Consolidated Net Income for such period is subject
to the Advisor Fee Subordination Agreement.

     “Advisor Fee Subordination Agreement” means that certain Advisor Fee Subordination
Agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent), dated as of the Closing
Date, as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, by and among Cole REIT
Advisors III, LLC, the Borrower, CCPT III and the Administrative Agent.

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.

     “Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving
Lenders. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the
First Amendment Effective Date is FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
and No/100 DOLLARS ($578,750,000.00).

     “Aggregate Term Loan Amount” means the aggregate amount of Term Loans of all the Term
Lenders. The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Term Loan Amount in effect on the First
Amendment Effective Date is TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND and
No/100 DOLLARS ($278,750,000.00).

     “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time.

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     “Applicable Percentage” means, (a) with respect to each Revolving Lender, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments
represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time; provided that if the
commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to
make L/C Credit Extensions has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments have expired or been terminated pursuant to Section 2.06, then the
Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable
Percentage of such Revolving Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent
assignments, (b) with respect to each Term A-1 Lender, the percentage (carried out to the ninth
decimal place) of the Outstanding Amount of the Committed Term A-1 Loans represented by such Term
A-1 Lender’s Term A-1 Loans at such time and (c) with respect to each Term A-2 Lender, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Outstanding Amount of the Committed Term
A-2 Loans represented by such Term A-2 Lender’s Term A-2 Loans at such time. The Applicable
Percentage of each Lender, after giving effect to this Agreement (along with any amendments made
hereto and any increases in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14
hereof), is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01, as it may change
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

     “Applicable Rate” means, from time to time:

     (a) subject to clause (b) below, the applicable rate per annum set forth in the table below
opposite the Leverage Ratio, as determined as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal
quarter.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Applicable Rate for	 	Applicable Rate for Base	 	 
	Pricing	 	 	 	 	 	Eurodollar Rate Loans	 	Rate Loans (including	 	 
	Level	 	Leverage Ratio	 	and Letters of Credit	 	Swing Line Loans)	 	Unused Fee
	I
	 	 	£ 45	%	 	 	2.25	%	 	 	1.25	%	 	 	0.35	%
	II
	 	> 45% and £ 50%	 	 	2.50	%	 	 	1.50	%	 	 	0.40	%
	III
	 	> 50% and £ 55%	 	 	2.75	%	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0.40	%
	IV
	 	> 55% and £ 60%	 	 	3.00	%	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	0.45	%

Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be determined based upon the Leverage Ratio specified in the
certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(viii). Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the
first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not
delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level IV shall apply as of the
first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been
delivered (until such time as such delinquent Compliance Certificate is delivered).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this clause (a), the determination of the
Applicable Rate under this clause (a) for any period shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2.10(b).

     (b) If CCPT III obtains an Investment Grade Rating, the Borrower may, upon written notice to
the Administrative Agent, make an irrevocable one time election to exclusively use the below table
based on the Debt Rating of CCPT III, and thereafter the Applicable Rate shall be determined based
on the applicable rate per annum set forth in the below table notwithstanding any failure of CCPT
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an Investment Grade Rating or any failure of CCPT III to maintain a Debt Rating.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Applicable Rate for	 	Applicable Rate for Base	 	 
	Pricing	 	Debt Rating of	 	Eurodollar Rate Loans	 	Rate Loans (including	 	 
	Level	 	CCPT III	 	and Letters of Credit	 	Swing Line Loans)	 	Facility Fee
	I
	 	≥ BBB+ / Baa1	 	 	1.40	%	 	 	0.40	%	 	 	0.25	%
	II
	 	BBB / Baa2	 	 	1.55	%	 	 	0.55	%	 	 	0.30	%
	III
	 	BBB- / Baa3	 	 	1.75	%	 	 	0.75	%	 	 	0.35	%
	IV
	 	< BBB- / Baa3 or unrated	 	 	2.00	%	 	 	1.00	%	 	 	0.50	%

     Each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Debt Rating of CCPT III
shall be effective for the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the
date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the above,
(i) if at any time there is a split in the Debt Ratings of CCPT III between S&P and Moody’s, and
the Debt Ratings differ by one level, then the Pricing Level for the higher of such Debt Ratings
shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level I being the highest and the Debt Rating for
Pricing Level IV being the lowest); (ii) if there is a split in Debt Ratings of CCPT III between
S&P and Moody’s of more than one level, then the Pricing Level that is one level lower than the
Pricing Level of the higher Debt Rating shall apply; (iii) if CCPT III has only one Debt Rating,
such Debt Rating shall apply; and (iv) if CCPT III does not have any Debt Rating, Pricing Level IV
under this subsection (b) shall apply.

     “Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.

     “Arrangers” means MLPF&S and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, each in its capacity as a
joint lead arranger and a joint book manager.

     “Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

     “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
E-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized
Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet
of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any
Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the
relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in
accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

     “Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Consolidated Group for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and the related consolidated
statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the
Consolidated Group, including the notes thereto.

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     “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the
earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of
each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
pursuant to Section 8.02.

     “Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

     “Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a)
the Federal Funds Rate plus one half of one percent (0.5%), (b) the rate of interest in effect for
such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the
one (1) month Eurodollar Rate plus one percent (1.0%). The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of
America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general
economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans,
which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the Base Rate due to a
change in such “prime rate”, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of
the opening of business on the effective day of such change in such “prime rate”, the Federal Funds
Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.

     “Base Rate Committed Loan” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

     “Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

     “Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

     “Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

     “Borrowing” means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may
require.

     “Borrowing Base” means the lesser of (a) an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the
Unencumbered Asset Value and (b) the Unencumbered Mortgageability Amount.

     “Borrowing Base Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit D-2.

     “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state
where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in
the London interbank eurodollar market.

     “Capitalization Rate” means eight percent (8.0%).

     “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under any
lease of any property by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to
be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.

     “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer (as
applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing
Line Loans or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof (as the context may
require), cash or deposit account

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balances or, if the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral and Borrower
shall agree, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance
satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as
applicable. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall
include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

     “Cash Equivalents” means, as of any date:

     (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one
(1) year from such date;

     (b) mutual funds organized under the United States Investment Company Act rated AAm or
AAm-G by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s;

     (c) certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or trust
company which is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System having a short term
unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1 by S&P and not less than P-1 by Moody’s (or in
each case, if no bank or trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then given
to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds invested overnight or over a
weekend) provided that such investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the
holders thereof on or prior to a date one (1) month from the date of their purchase;

     (d) certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or trust
company which is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System having a short term
unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1 by Moody’s and
which has a long term unsecured debt rating of not less than A1 by Moody’s (or in each case,
if no bank or trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then given to any
bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds invested overnight or over a weekend)
provided that such investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holders
thereof on or prior to a date three (3) months from the date of their purchase;

     (e) bonds or other obligations having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less
than A-1+ by S&P and P-1+ by Moody’s and having a long term debt rating of not less than A1
by Moody’s issued by or by authority of any state of the United States, any territory or
possession of the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and agencies
thereof, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing;

     (f) repurchase agreements issued by an entity rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not
less than P-1 by Moody’s which are secured by U.S. Government securities of the type
described in clause (i) of this definition maturing on or prior to a date one (1) month from
the date the repurchase agreement is entered into;

     (g) short term promissory notes rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1
by Moody’s maturing or to be redeemable upon the option of the holders thereof on or prior
to a date one (1) month from the date of their purchase; and

     (h) commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than three hundred
sixty-five (365) days) rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s and issued by a foreign
or domestic issuer who, at the time of the investment, has outstanding long-term unsecured
debt obligations rated at least A1 by Moody’s.

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     “C Corporation” means a corporation that is taxed under Subchapter C of Chapter 1 of
the Code.

     “CCPT III” means Cole Credit Property Trust III, Inc., a Maryland corporation,
together with its successors.

     “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided
that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in
connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank
for International settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or
similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III,
shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or
issued.

     “Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:

     (a) CCPT III fails to own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account
all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any
option right);

     (b) during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of
the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of CCPT III cease to be composed
of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first
day of such period or (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at
the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body.

     “Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 4.01 or 10.01, as
applicable, which shall be the date of this Agreement.

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     “Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments or the Term Commitments or both as the
context requires.

     “Committed Borrowing” means a Committed Revolving Borrowing or a Committed Term
Borrowing or both as the context requires.

     “Committed Loan” is a Committed Revolving Loan or a Committed Term Loan or both as the
context requires.

     “Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion
of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans,
pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A.

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     “Committed Revolving Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed
Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same
Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02.

     “Committed Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

     “Committed Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Term
Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period
made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.02.

     “Committed Term Loan” means a Committed Term A-1 Loan or a Committed Term A-2 Loan, as
the case may be.

     “Committed Term A-1 Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).

     “Committed Term A-2 Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).

     “Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
D-1.

     “Consolidated Debt Service” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group for any
period, without duplication, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period plus (b) the
aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments attributable to Consolidated Outstanding
Indebtedness (excluding optional prepayments and scheduled principal payments in respect of any
such Indebtedness which is not amortized through equal periodic installments of principal and
interest over the term of such Indebtedness) required to be made during such period by any member
of the Consolidated Group plus (c) a percentage of all such scheduled principal payments
required to be made during such period by any Investment Affiliate on Indebtedness taken into
account in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding optional prepayments and scheduled
principal payments in respect of any such Indebtedness which is not amortized through equal
periodic installments of principal and interest over the term of such Indebtedness), equal to the
greater of (x) the percentage of the principal amount of such Indebtedness for which any member of
the Consolidated Group is liable (to the extent not already included pursuant to clause (b) above)
and (y) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of such Investment Affiliate.

     “Consolidated Group” means CCPT III and all Persons whose financial results are
consolidated with CCPT III for financial reporting purposes under GAAP.

     “Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Investment Affiliate,
the percentage of the total equity ownership interests held by the Consolidated Group, in the
aggregate, in such Investment Affiliate determined by calculating the greater of (a) the percentage
of the issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests or membership interests in such
Investment Affiliate held by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate and (b) the percentage of the
total book value of such Investment Affiliate that would be received by the Consolidated Group in
the aggregate, upon liquidation of such Investment Affiliate, after repayment in full of all
Indebtedness of such Investment Affiliate; provided, that to the extent a given calculation
includes liabilities, obligations or Indebtedness of any Investment Affiliate and the Consolidated
Group, in the aggregate, is or would be liable for a portion of such liabilities, obligations or
Indebtedness in a percentage in excess of that calculated pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above,
the “Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share” with respect to such liabilities, obligations or
Indebtedness shall be equal to the percentage of such liabilities, obligations or Indebtedness for
which the Consolidated Group is or would be liable.

     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period without duplication, the sum of
(a) the

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amount of interest expense, determined in accordance with GAAP, of the Consolidated Group for such
period attributable to Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness during such period plus (b) the
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any interest expense, determined in accordance with GAAP, of
any Investment Affiliate, for such period, whether recourse or non-recourse.

     “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, consolidated net income of the
Consolidated Group as determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “Consolidated Net Operating Income” means the aggregate NOI for the applicable period
for all Projects.

     “Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
(a) Total Asset Value as of such date minus (b) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness as of
such date.

     “Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination,
without duplication, the sum of (a) all Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group outstanding as of
such date, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (whether recourse or
non-recourse), plus, (b) the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any Indebtedness of
each Investment Affiliate as of such date, other than, in either case, Indebtedness of such member
of the Consolidated Group or Investment Affiliate owed to a member of the Consolidated Group.

     “Construction in Progress” means, as of any date, the book value (determined in
accordance with GAAP) of any Projects then under development; provided that a Project shall no
longer be included in Construction in Progress and shall be deemed to be a stabilized project upon
the earlier of (a) the expiration of the second full fiscal quarter after substantial completion
(the earlier of receipt of a temporary certificate of occupancy or a final certificate of
occupancy) of such Project and (b) the last day of the fiscal quarter in which the annualized
Consolidated Net Operating Income attributable to such Project divided by the Capitalization Rate
exceeds the book value of such Project.

     “Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party
or by which it or any of its property is bound.

     “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.

     “Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.

     “Daily Facility Fee” means, for each day during any Availability Period in which the
Borrower has exercised its rights under clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Rate, an amount
equal to (a) the Facility Amount for such day (regardless of usage), multiplied by (b) a per annum
percentage for such day (as determined for a three hundred sixty (360) day year) equal to the
applicable percentage set forth for Facility Fees in the table set forth in clause (b) of the
definition of Applicable Rate.

     “Daily Undrawn Amount” means, for each day during the term hereof, an amount equal to
(a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments existing as of the end of such day, less (b) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of Committed Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations (but specifically excluding
Swing Line Loans (other than to the extent the risk participation in a Swing Line Loan has been
funded in cash by a Revolving Lender)) as of the end of such day.

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     “Daily Unused Fee” means, for each day during any Availability Period in which the
Borrower has not exercised its rights under clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Rate, an
amount equal to (a) the Daily Undrawn Amount for such day, multiplied by (b) a per annum percentage
for such day (as determined for a three hundred sixty (360) day year) equal to the applicable
percentage set forth for Unused Fees in the table set forth in clause (a) of the definition of
Applicable Rate.

     “Dark Qualified Unencumbered Property” means any Project that is not one hundred
percent (100%) occupied but is leased in its entirety (ignoring subleases) to an investment grade
(BBB- or above from S&P or Baa3 or above by Moody’s) tenant, or to a tenant whose lease obligations
are guaranteed by an investment grade (BBB- or above from S&P or Baa3 or above by Moody’s) entity
(so long as such guaranty is in effect), with a minimum of five (5) years left on such lease,
payments under such lease are current and such tenant has no right to terminate such lease.

     “Debt Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by
either S&P or Moody’s of a Person’s non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt. The Debt
Rating in effect at any date is the Debt Rating that is in effect at the close of business on such
date.

     “Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the
rights of creditors generally.

     “Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that,
with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

     “Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of
Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) two percent (2.0%) per annum; provided,
however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest
rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan
plus two percent (2.0%) per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate
equal to the Applicable Rate plus two percent (2.0%) per annum.

     “Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that, as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion acting in good faith, (a) has
failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or
participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three (3) Business Days
of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations
under this Agreement or has made a public statement in writing to that effect with respect to its
funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such written public statement relates to such
Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line
Loans hereunder and indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination
that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular Default, if any)
to funding a Loan or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans cannot be
satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the
Administrative Agent, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with
its funding obligations under this Agreement, provided, that such Lender shall cease to be
a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon written confirmation from the Administrative
Agent to such Lender and the Borrower that such Lender has confirmed in writing its intention to
comply with all of its funding obligations under this Agreement, or (d) has, or has a direct or
indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee

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for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its
business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated
its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a
Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any
equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental
Authority.

     “Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including
any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or
accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

     “Dividend Payout Ratio” means, for any Measurement Period, the ratio of (a) an amount
equal to (i) one hundred percent (100%) of all dividends or other distributions paid, direct or
indirect, on account of any Equity Interests of CCPT III (except dividends or distributions payable
solely in shares of that class of Equity Interest to the holders of that class) during such
Measurement Period, less (ii) any amount of such dividends or distributions constituting
Dividend Reinvestment Proceeds, to (b) Funds From Operations of the Consolidated Group for such
Measurement Period.

     “Dividend Reinvestment Proceeds” means all dividends or other distributions, direct or
indirect, on account of any shares of any Equity Interests of CCPT III which any holder(s) of such
Equity Interests direct to be used, concurrently with the making of such dividend or distribution,
for the purpose of purchasing for the account of such holder(s) additional Equity Interests in the
Consolidated Group.

     “Documentation Agent(s)” means Regions Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
and U.S. Bank National Association, in each case, in its capacity as a documentation agent under
any of the Loan Documents, or any successor documentation agent.

     “Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

     “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any
political subdivision of the United States.

     “Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee
under Section 10.06(b)(iv), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any,
as may be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)).

     “Eligible Real Estate Investments” means any of the following investments held by or
owed to any Loan Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any Investment Affiliate: (a) any Secured Debt,
including any “Tranche B” loans thereunder or participation interests therein; provided, however,
if such Secured Debt is evidenced by a promissory note, such promissory note is properly assigned
and/or endorsed payable to such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or such Investment Affiliate or if the
investment is a participation interest, to the Person granting such participation interest, (b) any
investment securities that represent an interest in, or are secured by, one or more pools of
commercial mortgage loans or synthetic mortgages, (c) any mezzanine debt, including any
participation interests therein, (d) any preferred equity and (e) any REIT public common stock.

     “Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state and local statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

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     “Environmental Liability” means any liability (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other
Loan Party or (to the extent any such liability is recourse to a Loan Party) any of their
respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any
Environmental Law with respect to any Project, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation,
storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials on any Project, (c) exposure of any
Project to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release of any Hazardous Materials originating from any
Project into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and
Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the
Code).

     “ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the
withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of
ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section
4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from
a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing
of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination
under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a
Pension Plan; (f) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a
notification that a Multiemployer Plan is endangered or in critical status within the meaning of
Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (g) the imposition
of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under
Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

     “Eurodollar Base Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.

     “Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Period, a rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 Eurodollar
Rate

	 	=
	 	Eurodollar Base Rate
 

1.00 — Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
	 	 

	 	 	Where,
	 
	 	 	“Eurodollar Base Rate” means:

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     (a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum
equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published
by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as
may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a
term equivalent to such Interest Period or, (ii) if such rate is not available at such time
for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at
which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day
funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or
converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of
America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their
request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period; and

     (b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate
per annum equal to (i) BBA LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time determined two
(2) London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London
interbank market for a term of one (1) month commencing that day or (ii) if such published
rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of
determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made
or maintained and with a term equal to one (1) month would be offered by Bank of America’s
London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at
the date and time of determination;

     and

     “Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period,
the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in
effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from
time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each
outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of
any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.

     “Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on
clause (a) of the definition of Eurodollar Base Rate.

     “Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” has the meaning specified in the definition of
Eurodollar Rate.

     “Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

     “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation, (a)
taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes
imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by any applicable jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision thereof), (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax
imposed by any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or Project is located, (c) any backup
withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that
has failed or is unable to comply with Section 3.01(e),

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and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the
Borrower under Section 10.13), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be
imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such
Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable
to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply
with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if
any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section
3.01(a)(i) or (ii).

     “Excluded Tenants” means, as of any date, any anchor tenant or non-anchor with a total
square footage of greater than 15,000 square feet at one of the Projects that either (a) is subject
to a voluntary or involuntary petition for relief under any Debtor Relief Laws or (b) is not
operating its business in its demised premises at such Project, unless such tenant’s lease
obligations are guaranteed by an entity whose then current long-term, unsecured debt obligations
are rated BBB- or above by S&P and Baa3 or above by Moody’s.

     “Extended Maturity Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.

     “Extension Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17.

     “Facility Amount” means the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the
Aggregate Term Loan Amount, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.

     “Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not
a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.

     “Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of May 13, 2011 (as the same may be
amended, modified, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time), among
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, MLPF&S, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC.

     “FF&E” means Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “First Amendment Effective Date” means December 6, 2011.

     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Measurement Period, a ratio
equal to:

     (a) Adjusted Annual EBITDA for such Measurement Period, divided by

     (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Debt Service for such Measurement Period, plus (ii) all
Preferred Dividends, if any, payable with respect to such Measurement Period.

     “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction
other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

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     “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

     “FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

     “Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect
to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C
Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation
obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the
terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s
participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance
with the terms hereof.

     “Fully Satisfied” means, with respect to the Obligations as of any date, that, as of
such date, (a) all principal of and interest accrued to such date which constitute Obligations
shall have been irrevocably paid in full in cash, (b) all fees, expenses and other amounts then due
and payable which constitute Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in cash, (c) all
outstanding Letters of Credit shall have been (i) terminated, (ii) fully irrevocably Cash
Collateralized or (iii) secured by one or more letters of credit on terms and conditions, and with
one or more financial institutions, reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer and (d) the
Commitments shall have expired or been terminated in full (in each case, other than inchoate
indemnification liabilities arising under the Loan Documents).

     “Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

     “Funds From Operations” shall have the meaning determined, as of the Closing Date (or,
if acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as it may be updated from time to
time), by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts to be the meaning most commonly
used by its members, as adjusted by (a) real estate acquisition costs and expenses for acquisitions
that were consummated and impairment of real estate assets for the Consolidated Group and (b) the
Consolidated Group’s Pro Rata Share of real estate acquisition costs and expenses for acquisitions
that were consummated and impairment of real estate assets for the Investment Affiliates.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
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 such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination, consistently applied.

     “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).

     “Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g).

     “Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether
directly or

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indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation,
(ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee
in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered
into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in
respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other
obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such
Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount
equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof,
in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in
good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

     “Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) CCPT III and (b) each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors.

     “Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

     “Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.

     “Improved Land Value” means, as of any date, the book value of any Projects which have
been developed for any type of commercial, industrial, residential or other income-generating use,
regardless of whether or not such Projects are under development as of such date.

     “Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, as of any date, without duplication, all of
the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

     (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

     (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments;

     (c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

     (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services, in each case, other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business
and provided that such obligations are not past due for more than sixty (60) days after the
date on which such trade account payable was created;

     (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien (other than a
Lien for taxes not yet due and payable) on property owned or being purchased by such Person
(including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention
agreements),

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     whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in
recourse;

     (f) Capitalized Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations;

     (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise
make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person,
valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and

     (h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing (excluding in any
calculation of consolidated Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group, Guarantees of one member
of the Consolidated Group in respect of primary obligations of any other member of the
Consolidated Group).

     For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited
liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under
any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such
date. The amount of any Capitalized Lease Obligations or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date
shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

     “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

     “Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).

     “Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.

     “Initial Maturity Date” means June 27, 2014.

     “Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the
last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three (3) months,
the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period
shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line
Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.

     “Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice (and nine (9) or twelve (12) months subject to availability
of such periods from each of the Lenders); provided that:

     (i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day;

     (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such

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     Interest Period; and

     (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

     “Investment” means any investment made in cash or by delivery of property by any
Person (a) in any Person, whether by (i) acquisition of assets, shares of Equity Interests, bonds,
notes, mortgage instruments (including deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt and mortgages),
debentures, partnership, joint ventures or other ownership interests or other securities of any
Person or (ii) any deposit with, or advance, loan or other extension of credit to, any Person
(other than deposits made in connection with the purchase of equipment or other assets in the
ordinary course of business) or (iii) any other capital contribution to or investment in such
Person, including, without limitation, any guaranty obligations (including any support for a letter
of credit issued on behalf of such Person) incurred for the benefit of such Person, or (b) in any
Project. Investments which are loans, advances, extensions of credit or Guarantees shall be valued
at the principal amount of such loan, advance or extension of credit outstanding as of the date of
determination or, as applicable, the principal amount of the loan or advance outstanding as of the
date of determination actually guaranteed by such Guarantees. For purposes of covenant compliance,
the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

     “Investment Affiliate” means any Person in which the Consolidated Group, directly or
indirectly, has a ten percent (10%) or greater ownership interest, whose financial results are not
consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of the Consolidated Group.

     “Investment Grade Rating” means a Debt Rating of BBB- or better from Standard &
Poor’s, or Baa3 or better from Moody’s.

     “IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.17.

     “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

     “ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby
Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

     “Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and
the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of
Credit.

     “Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and
all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.

     “L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its
participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

     “L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter
of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Committed
Revolving Borrowing.

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     “L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

     “L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

     “L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount
available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all
Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available
to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of
determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn
thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

     “Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the
context requires, includes the Revolving Lenders, the Term Lenders and the Swing Line Lender.

     “Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as
a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

     “Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.

     “Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

     “Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is thirty (30) days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day).

     “Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).

     “Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, as of any date of calculation, an amount equal to
fifteen percent (15.0%) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is
part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

     “Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group as of any date of
calculation, (a) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness as of such date, divided by (b) Total Asset
Value as of such date.

     “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest
or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or
other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).

     “Loan” means an extension of credit in the form of a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan
or a Term Loan.

     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee
Letter, the Guaranty, the Advisor Fee Subordination Agreement and any and all documents,
instruments or agreements executed and delivered to evidence, secure or in connection with all
Letters of Credit, and

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such other documents evidencing, securing or pertaining to the Loans as shall, from time to time,
be executed and/or delivered by Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other party to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case as the same may be
amended, modified, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time).

     “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

     “London Banking Day” means any Business Day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

     “Marketable Securities” means Investments in Equity Interests or debt securities
issued by any Person (other than an Investment Affiliate) which are publicly traded on a national
exchange, excluding Cash Equivalents.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower or the Consolidated Group taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of
the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a
party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

     “Maturity Date” means the later to occur of (a) the Initial Maturity Date; and (b) to
the extent maturity is extended pursuant to Section 2.17, the Extended Maturity Date.;
provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the
Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

     “Measurement Period” means, as of any date, the four Quarterly Periods ending on or
next preceding such date.

     “MLPF&S” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in its capacity as
a joint lead arranger and a joint book manager.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor or assignee of the
business of such company in the business of rating debt.

     “Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make
contributions, or during the preceding five (5) plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.

     “Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors
(including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control,
as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

     “Negative Pledge” shall mean with respect to a given asset, any provision of a
document, instrument or agreement (other than any Loan Document) which prohibits or purports to
prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for Indebtedness of the
Person owning such asset or any other Person; provided, however, that an agreement
that conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more
specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally
prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute
a Negative Pledge.

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     “NOI” means, with respect to any Project for any Measurement Period (a) “property
rental and other income” (as determined by GAAP) attributable to such Project accruing for such
Measurement Period, plus (b) all master lease income (except master lease income relating
to multiple property master leases pursuant to which any member of the Consolidated Group is the
lessor), not to exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Net Operating Income), less (c)
the amount of all expenses (as determined in accordance with GAAP) incurred in connection with and
directly attributable to the ownership and operation of such Project for such period, including,
without limitation, Management Fees and amounts accrued for the payment of real estate taxes and
insurance premiums, but excluding any general and administrative expenses related to the operation
of the Borrower, any interest expense, or other debt service charges, any real estate acquisition
costs and expenses (to the extent such costs and expenses are actually incurred with respect to (i)
consummated acquisitions and (ii) anticipated acquisitions (provided that in the event such
anticipated acquisitions are not consummated, the costs and expenses related thereto (to the extent
previously added back) shall be deducted for the purposes of the calculation of NOI)), any
amortization related to above-market or below-market leases and any non-cash charges such as
depreciation or amortization of financing costs; provided, however, if such Project has been owned
by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, for less than twelve (12) months then the
NOI for such Project will be calculated as specified in clauses (a), (b), and (c) above based upon
the income and expenses for the most recently ended Quarterly Period multiplied by four (4). As
used herein “Management Fees” means, with respect to each Project for any period, an amount equal
to the greater of (A) actual Advisor Fee payable with respect thereto and (B) three percent (3%)
per annum on the aggregate base rent and percentage rent due and payable under leases at such
Project.

     “Note” means a Revolving Note, a Swing Line Note, a Term A-1 Note or a Term A-2 Note.

     “Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan
or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such
interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. The foregoing shall also include any Swap
Contract and any Treasury Management Agreement between any Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate
of a Lender.

     “OFAC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18 hereof.

     “Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement” means any transaction, agreement or other contractual
arrangement to which an entity unconsolidated with the Borrower is a party, under which the
Borrower has:

     (a) any obligation under a guarantee contract that has any of the characteristics
identified in paragraph 3 of FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and
Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of
Others (November 2002) (“FIN 45”), as may be modified or supplemented, and that
is not excluded from the initial recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45 pursuant
to paragraphs 6 or 7 of that Interpretation;

     (b) a retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity
or similar arrangement that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such
entity for such assets;

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     accounted for as a derivative instrument, except that it is both indexed to the Borrower’s
own stock and classified in stockholders’ equity in the Borrower’s statement of financial
position, and therefore excluded from the scope of FASB Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
(June 1998), pursuant to paragraph 11(a) of that Statement, as may be modified or
supplemented; or

     (d) any obligation, including a contingent obligation, arising out of a variable
interest (as referenced in FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities (January 2003), as may be modified or supplemented) in an
unconsolidated entity that is held by, and material to, the Borrower, where such entity
provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit risk support to, or engages in leasing,
hedging or research and development services with, the Borrower.

     “Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate
or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents
with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the
certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect
to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint
venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument,
filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with
the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if
applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

     “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or
under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     “Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Committed Revolving Loans and Swing
Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to
any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, as
the case may be, occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the
amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension
occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of
such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts; and
(iii) with respect to any Committed Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount thereof after giving effect to the borrowings on the Closing Date or the First Amendment
Effective Date, as applicable, and prepayments or repayments of Committed Term Loans, as the case
may be, occurring on such date.

     “Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).

     “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

     “Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

     “Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum
required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth
in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412
of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter,
Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

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     “Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer
Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA
Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards
under Section 412 of the Code.

     “Permitted Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of Qualified Unencumbered
Properties constituting:

     (a) Liens, if any, existing pursuant to any Loan Document;

     (b) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments (including
private assessments and charges) or governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or
which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted,
if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable
Person in accordance with GAAP, or which have been insured over without qualification,
condition or assumption by title insurance or otherwise in a manner acceptable to
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;

     (c) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary
reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business,
provided that such Liens secure only amounts not yet due and payable or, if due and
payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in
accordance with GAAP have been established;

     (d) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other encumbrances
affecting real property which, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially detract from
the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct
of the business of the applicable Person;

     (e) leases or subleases to third parties;

     (f) any interest of title of a lessor (and its mortgagees) under, and Liens arising
from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign
jurisdictions) relating to, leases not prohibited by this Agreement;

     (g) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of
Default under Section 8.01(h);

     (h) Liens existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 7.01; and

     (i) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations.

     “Permitted Unsecured Debt” means, at any time, Unsecured Debt (excluding the
Obligations) that CCPT III or any of its Subsidiaries incurred (a) during a time CCPT III has an
Investment Grade Rating or an NAIC rating of 2 or better or (b) that is rated BBB- or better from
Standard & Poor’s, or Baa3 or better from Moody’s.

     “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
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association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

     “Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA
(other than a Multiemployer Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf
of any of its employees.

     “Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

     “Preferred Dividends” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group, dividends or
other distributions which are payable to holders of any Equity Interests in the Consolidated Group
which entitle the holders of such Equity Interests to be paid on a preferred basis prior to
dividends or other distributions to the holders of other types of Equity Interests in the
Consolidated Group.

     “Project” means any real estate asset directly owned by any member of the Consolidated
Group, any of its Subsidiaries or any Investment Affiliate.

     “Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal
or mixed, or tangible or intangible.

     “Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.

     “Qualified Unencumbered Properties” means, as of any date, Projects that are: (a) one
hundred percent (100%) fee owned by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary
Guarantor; (b) not subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens and the owner thereof has the
power to (i) provide a Negative Pledge and (ii) agree not to guarantee or otherwise become liable
for any Indebtedness; (c) located in the United States; (d) one hundred percent (100%) occupied (or
if such Project is a multi-tenant Project, ninety percent (90%)), unless (i) such Project is being
repositioned for a period not more than six (6) months (provided that the aggregate sum of
repositioning Projects may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Unencumbered Asset Value at any one
time and provided further that if such Project is a multi-tenant Project, such Project is at least
thirty percent (30%) occupied) or (ii) such Project is a Dark Qualified Unencumbered Property; (e)
not subject to any material environmental, title or structural problems; (f) not subject to any
leases that are in default, after giving effect to any notice or cure periods set forth therein;
provided that, in the case of multi-tenant Projects, the qualification in this clause (f) shall be
limited to leases in default (i) on anchor tenants or (ii) that constitute ten percent (10%) or
more of such Project’s net rental revenue; and (g) not a hotel or motel property. The Qualified
Unencumbered Properties as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 5.08. Projects may
be added to and/or removed from the pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties in accordance with
Sections 6.13 and 6.14.

     “Quarterly Period” means the most recently-ended three (3) calendar month period for
which the Borrower has provided financial information pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) or
(b).

     “Recourse Debt” means any Indebtedness of any member of the Consolidated Group for
which such Person has personal liability (excluding Indebtedness with respect to which the
liability of the applicable obligor is limited to the obligor’s interest in specified assets
securing such Indebtedness), subject to customary nonrecourse carve-outs, including, without
limitation, exclusions for claims that (a) are based on fraud, intentional misrepresentation,
misapplication of funds, gross negligence or willful misconduct, (b) result from intentional
mismanagement of or waste at the applicable Project securing such Indebtedness, (c) arise from the
presence of Hazardous Substances on the Project securing such Indebtedness; or (d) are the result
of any unpaid real estate taxes and assessments, in each case, to the

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extent no claim of liability has been made pursuant to any such carve-outs.

     “Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).

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

     “Removal Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

     “Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.

     “Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit
Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line
Loan Notice.

     “Requested Removal Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.14.

     “Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having greater than
fifty percent (50%) of the sum of (a) the Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.06 or Section
8.02, the Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s
risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed
“held” by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) the Aggregate Term Loan
Amount; provided that the Commitment of, and the Outstanding Amount held or deemed held by, any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

     “Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party or of any general
partner, member or manager thereof, as applicable, and, solely for purposes of notices given
pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party or of
any general partner, member or manager thereof, as applicable, so designated by any of the
foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that
is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan
Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such
Loan Party.

     “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any
sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition,
cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of
any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person
thereof).

     “Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Committed
Revolving Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), (b) purchase participations in
L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name
on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes
a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.

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     “Revolving Lender” means each Lender who has a Revolving Commitment greater than zero.

     “Revolving Loan” means an extension of credit by a Revolving Lender to the Borrower
under Article II in the form of a Committed Revolving Loan.

     “Revolving Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender
evidencing Revolving Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.

     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or any successor or assignee of the business of such division in the business of
rating debt.

     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement pursuant to which any Loan
Party, directly or indirectly, becomes liable as lessee, guarantor or other surety with respect to
any lease, whether an operating lease or a capital lease, of any Qualified Unencumbered Property
(a) which such Person has sold or transferred (or is to sell or transfer) to another Person which
is not a Loan Party or (b) which such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose as
any other Qualified Unencumbered Property which has been sold or transferred (or is to be sold or
transferred) by such Person to another Person which is not a Loan Party in connection with such
lease.

     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.

     “Secured Debt” means Indebtedness secured by mortgages (or other real estate security
instruments) or by mortgage-backed receivables or notes or other instruments supported by direct
real estate security.

     “Shareholder Equity” means an amount equal to shareholders’ equity or net worth of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g).

     “Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a, direct or
indirect, Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of CCPT III.

     “Subsidiary Guarantors” means each Subsidiary that owns all or any portion of a
Qualified Unencumbered Property; provided, however, upon release of such Project from the pool of
Qualified Unencumbered Properties, such Subsidiary shall, to the extent provided herein and in the
Guaranty, cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

     “Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
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transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter
into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any
master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations,
which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement
published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with
any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities
under any Master Agreement.

     “Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market
value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a
Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

     “Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section
2.04.

     “Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line
Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

     “Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

     “Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.

     “Swing Line Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Swing
Line Lender evidencing Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-3.

     “Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) Fifty Million and
No/100 Dollars ($50,000,000.00) and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

     “Syndication Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as syndication
agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor syndication agent.

     “Synthetic Lease Obligation” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a
so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person
but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

     “Taxes” 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.

     “Term Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its Term A-1 Commitment and/or its Term
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     “Term A-1 Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Committed Term
A-1 Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b), in an aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.

     “Term A-2 Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Committed Term
A-2 Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c), in an aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.

     “Term Lender” means each Lender with outstanding Term Loans.

     “Term A-1 Lender” means each Lender with outstanding Term A-1 Loans.

     “Term A-2 Lender” means each Lender with outstanding Term A-2 Loans.

     “Term Loan” means an extension of credit by a Term Lender to the Borrower under
Article II in the form of a Committed Term A-1 Loan or Committed Term A-2 Loan.

     “Term A-1 Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender
evidencing Term A-1 Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.

     “Term A-2 Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender
evidencing Term A-2 Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4.

     “Threshold Amount” means Thirty-Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($35,000,000.00).

     “Total Asset Value” or “TAV” means, as of any date, an amount equal to (a) (i)
Consolidated Net Operating Income during the four quarter period most recently ended attributable
to Projects owned by a member of the Consolidated Group for twelve (12) months or more divided by
(ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) one hundred percent (100%) of the cost for any Projects
owned by a member of the Consolidated Group for less than twelve (12) months, plus (c) cash, Cash
Equivalents and Marketable Securities owned by the Consolidated Group as of the last day or the
most recently ended fiscal quarter, plus (d) (i) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of
Consolidated Net Operating Income during the four quarter period most recently ended attributable
to Projects owned by Investment Affiliates for twelve (12) months or more (provided, that the value
of such assets shall, at all times, be subject to the terms of Section 7.02(f)(i)), divided
by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (e) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the cost for
Projects owned by Investment Affiliates for less than twelve (12) months (provided, that the value
of such assets shall, at all times, be subject to the terms of Section 7.02(f)(i)), plus
(f) the sum of (i) Construction in Progress and Improved Land Value for Projects owned by the
Consolidated Group and (ii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of Construction in Progress and
Improved Land Value for Projects owned by Investment Affiliates (provided, that the book value of
Construction in Progress and Improved Land Value shall, at all times, be subject to the terms of
Section 7.02(f)(ii)), plus (g) the sum of (i) the GAAP-determined value of Eligible Real
Estate Investments owned or held by the Consolidated Group and (ii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata
Share of the GAAP-determined value of Eligible Real Estate Investments owned or held by Investment
Affiliates (provided, that the aggregate value of Eligible Real Estate Investments held shall, at
all times, be subject to the terms of Section 7.02(f)(iv)).

     “Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Term Loans,
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Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.

     “Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving
Loans, Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.

     “Treasury Management Agreements” means any and all agreements governing the provision
of treasury or cash management services, including, without limitation, deposit accounts,
overdraft, credit or debit cards, purchase cards, corporate cards, funds transfer, automated
clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement,
lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management
services.

     “Type” means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.

     “Unencumbered Asset Value” means, as of any date of calculation, the sum of: (a) for
Qualified Unencumbered Properties owned twelve (12) months or more, an amount equal to (i)
Consolidated Net Operating Income during the Measurement Period most recently ended for such
Qualified Unencumbered Properties divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate, plus (b) the appraised
value (as of the date of acquisition) of Qualified Unencumbered Properties owned less than twelve
(12) months; provided, however, that (A) no tenant will account for greater than fifteen percent
(15%) of Unencumbered Asset Value without Administrative Agent’s reasonable approval, (B) no
Qualified Unencumbered Property will account for greater than fifteen percent (15%) of Unencumbered
Asset Value without Administrative Agent’s reasonable approval, (C) (i) no industry type (other
than retail drug stores and pharmacies, subject to section (ii) of this item (C)) with respect to
Qualified Unencumbered Properties will comprise more than fifteen percent (15%) of Unencumbered
Asset Value and (ii) retail drug stores and pharmacies with respect to Qualified Unencumbered
Properties will not comprise more than twenty-five percent (25%) of Unencumbered Asset Value, in
each case, without Administrative Agent’s reasonable approval, (D) Dark Qualified Unencumbered
Properties will not account for greater than five percent (5%) of Unencumbered Asset Value without
Administrative Agent’s reasonable approval, (E) Qualified Unencumbered Properties that are
multi-tenant Projects shall not account for more than fifteen percent (15%) of Unencumbered Asset
Value and (F) a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the Consolidated Net Operating Income generated
by Qualified Unencumbered Properties used to calculate Unencumbered Asset Value shall be derived
from investment grade (BBB- or above by S&P or Baa3 or above by Moody’s) tenants or tenants whose
lease obligations are guaranteed by an investment grade (BBB- or above from S&P or Baa3 or above by
Moody’s) entity (so long as such guaranty is in effect).

     “Unencumbered Mortgageability Amount” means the maximum amount that provides debt
service coverage equal to 1.50x where the debt service coverage calculation is based on the
Adjusted Unencumbered NOI attributable to all Qualified Unencumbered Properties on an aggregate
basis for the most recently ended Measurement Period, as underwritten by the Administrative Agent
assuming debt service based on a thirty (30) year, mortgage-style principal amortization at an
annual interest rate equal to the greater of (i) the ten (10) year Treasury Bill yield as of the
end of such Measurement Period plus two hundred fifty (250) basis points and (ii) seven percent
(7.0%).

     “Unencumbered NOI” means, for any Measurement Period, NOI for such Measurement Period
from Qualified Unencumbered Properties; provided, that to the extent a Qualified Unencumbered
Property is acquired during any such Measurement Period, the calculation of Unencumbered NOI for
such Measurement Period shall include such Qualified Unencumbered Property’s as-leased pro forma
NOI for an entire Measurement Period, as reasonably calculated and suggested by the Borrower and
approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

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     “Unimproved Land Value” means, as of any date, the book value of any Projects which
have not been developed for any type of commercial, industrial, residential or other
income-generating use and is not, as of such date, under development.

     “United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

     “Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

     “Unsecured Debt” means Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group that is not Secured
Debt, including the Obligations.

     “Unsecured Debt Service” means, for any date of calculation and for the Measurement
Period ending on or next preceding such date, actual interest and principal paid on Unsecured Debt
during such Measurement Period.

     “Unsecured Debt Service Coverage Ratio” means, for any Measurement Period, the ratio
of (a) Adjusted Unencumbered NOI during such Measurement Period; to (b) Unsecured Debt Service
during such Measurement Period.

     “Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting
securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Borrower
and/or CCPT III or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower and/or CCPT III, or by
Borrower and/or CCPT III and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower and/or CCPT III, or
(ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar business
organization one hundred percent (100%) of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of
which shall at the time be so owned or controlled by Borrower and/or CCPT III.

     “Variable Rate Debt” means Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness that accrues interest
at a floating rate of interest minus the notional amount of any Swap Contract that provides
protection against fluctuation of interest rates under such Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness.

     1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan
Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

     (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,”
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any
Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any
other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be
construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision
thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any
law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing
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     such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer
to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (vi) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vii) definitions given in singular form
shall, when used in their plural form, mean a collective reference to each such person,
place or thing and definitions given in plural form shall, when used in their singular form,
mean an (or the applicable) individual person place or thing among the group of persons,
places or things defined.

     (b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means
“to and including.”

     (c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.

     1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or
completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including
financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect
from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial
Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding 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, (i) without
giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial
Accounting Standard or Accounting Standards Codification having a similar result or effect) to
value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Consolidated Group or any Investment Affiliate
at “fair value,” as defined therein and (ii) any change to lease accounting rules from those in
effect pursuant to FASB ASC 840 and other related lease accounting guidance as in effect on the
Closing Date.

     (b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either
the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to
preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the
approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such
ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such
change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as
reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such
ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

     (c) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. All references herein to
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the
determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or
any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest
entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB Interpretation No. 46
 — Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities: an interpretation of ARB No. 51 (January
2003) as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

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

     1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be
references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

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

ARTICLE II.

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

     2.01 Commitments.

     (a) Committed Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (each such loan, a “Committed
Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of
such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving
effect to any Committed Revolving Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed
the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (A)
the Facility Amount and (B) the Borrowing Base then in effect less any Permitted Unsecured
Debt, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Committed Loans of any Revolving
Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all
L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment.
Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms
and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under
Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a). Committed Revolving Loans
may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided,
however, all Borrowings made on the Closing Date shall be made as Base Rate Loans.

     (b) Term A-1 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term
A-1 Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower in Dollars on the Closing Date,
in an amount not to exceed such Term A-1 Lender’s Term A-1 Commitment (each such Loan, a
“Committed Term A-1 Loan”); provided, however, that after giving effect to
the borrowing of the Committed Term A-1 Loans, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser
of (A) the Facility Amount as of the Closing Date and (B) the Borrowing Base in effect on the
Closing Date less any Permitted Unsecured Debt on the Closing Date. Amounts repaid on the
Term A-1 Loans may not be reborrowed. The Term A-1 Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans or a combination thereof, as further provided herein, provided,
however, all Borrowings made on the Closing Date shall be made as Base Rate Loans.

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     (c) Term A-2 Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term
A-2 Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower in Dollars on the First Amendment
Effective Date, in an amount not to exceed such Term A-2 Lender’s Term A-2 Commitment (each such
Loan, a “Committed Term A-2 Loan”); provided, however, that after giving
effect to the borrowing of the Committed Term A-2 Loans, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed
the lesser of (A) the Facility Amount as of the First Amendment Effective Date and (B) the
Borrowing Base in effect on the First Amendment Effective Date less any Permitted Unsecured
Debt on the First Amendment Effective Date. Amounts repaid on the Term A-2 Loans may not be
reborrowed. The Term A-2 Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans or a
combination thereof, as further provided herein, provided, however, all Borrowings
made on the First Amendment Effective Date shall be made as Base Rate Loans.

     2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.

     (a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other,
and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice
to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the
requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of
any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Committed Loans, and (ii) one (1) Business Day
prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans. Each telephonic notice
by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to
the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of Five Million and No/100 Dollars
($5,000,000.00) or a whole multiple of One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in excess
thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or
conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of Five Hundred
Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) or a whole multiple of One Hundred Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($100,000.00) in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion
of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the
requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a
Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or
continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are
to be converted and whether such Committed Loan is a Revolving Loan, a Term A-1 Loan or a Term A-2
Loan, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the
Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower
fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable
Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion
to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with
respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of,
conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but
fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one
(1) month.

     (b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each applicable Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable
Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each such Lender of the details of any automatic
conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed
Borrowing, each applicable Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later
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Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit
Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received
available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i)
crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds
or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and
reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided,
however, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is
given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing,
first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and
second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

     (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of
a Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without
the consent of the Required Lenders.

     (d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of
such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in
determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

     (e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from
one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not
be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans.

     2.03 Letters of Credit.

     (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

     (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section
2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date
until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of
the any member of the Consolidated Group, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit
previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings
under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in
Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any
drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension
with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed
the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) without duplication, the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all
Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (z) the
Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.
Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested
complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to
obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during
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     that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

     (ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

     (A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested
Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance
or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

     (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved
such expiry date.

     (iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:

     (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority
with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer
refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit
in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of
Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is
not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall
impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer reasonably deems material to
it;

     (B) the Letter of Credit is a commercial letter of credit or the issuance of
such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer
applicable to letters of credit generally;

     (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer,
such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than Five Hundred Thousand
and No/100 Dollars ($500,000.00);

     (D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars;

     (E) any Revolving Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless the L/C
Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral,
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such
Revolving Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure
(after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting
Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that
Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual
or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

     (F) the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic restatement of
the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

     (iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be
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     hereof.

     (v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A)
the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does
not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

     (vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any
Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer
shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in
Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in
connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer
Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative
Agent” as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or
omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

     (b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of
Credit.

     (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the
request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received
by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2)
Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer
may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance
date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial
issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested
Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry
date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the
purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to
the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment
thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D)
such other matters as the L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish
to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer
Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

     (ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative
Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if
not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent
or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or
amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions
contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for
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     Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in
accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon
the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation
in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s
Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

     (iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the
L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that
has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”);
provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to
prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12) month period (commencing with
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary
thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve
(12) month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless
otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific
request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit
has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not
require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an
expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided,
however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C
Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such
time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof
(by reason of the provisions of clauses (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or
otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or
before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the
Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or
(2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of
the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in
each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

     (iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter
of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C
Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete
copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

     (c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

     (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a
drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the
L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower
shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the
amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the
amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of
such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the
Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and
multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but
subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and
the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed
Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
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     if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate
confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

     (ii) Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i)
make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral for this
purpose) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount
not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative
Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving
Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan
to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received
to the L/C Issuer.

     (iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a
Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section
4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that
is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with
interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving
Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such
L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction
of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

     (iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its Committed Revolving Loan or L/C Advance
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn
under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

     (v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans or L/C
Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as
contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall
not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the
Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of
a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to
make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan
Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation
of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C
Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

     (vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified
in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such
Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with
interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which
such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the
greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or
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     with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as
aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Committed Revolving
Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant
L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any
Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under
this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (d) Repayment of Participations.

     (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and
has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of
such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent
receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related
Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage
thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

     (ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) is required to be returned under any of the
circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on
demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to
the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders
under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination
of this Agreement.

     (e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer
for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

     (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or
any other Loan Document;

     (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of
such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee
may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement
or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

     (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit;

     (iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of
a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person
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     trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law; or

     (v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto
that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower
shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

     (f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying
any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain
any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the
Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or
the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or
assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any action taken or
omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the
Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.
The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and
remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.
None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of
the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided,
however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may
have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in
order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to
the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.

     (g) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the
Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of
Credit.

     (h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit
fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate
times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided,
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payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to
which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the L/C Issuer
pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective
Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv),
with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account. For purposes
of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such
Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit
Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such
Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii)
computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any
quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such
Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall
accrue at the Default Rate.

     (i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The
Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to
each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such
fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June,
September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof,
in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance
of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For
purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount
of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition,
the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance,
presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C
Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and
standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

     (j) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms
hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

     (k) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of
Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account
of, a Guarantor, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and
all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of Guarantors inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the
Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Guarantors.

     2.04 Swing Line Loans.

     (a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing
Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in
this Section 2.04, to make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the
Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding
the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as
Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment;
provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total
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and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender,
plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and
provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line
Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay
under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan
shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender
shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing
Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such
Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

     (b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s
irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by
telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent
not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be
borrowed, which shall be a minimum of One Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($100,000.00), and
(ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must
be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a
written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan
Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not,
the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the
contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing)
from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m.
on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make
such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first
sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified
in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line
Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.

     (c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.

     (i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request,
on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so
request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan in an
amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line
Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall
be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified
therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion
of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02.
The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed
Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each
Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount
specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s
Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice,
whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds
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Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the
funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

     (ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Committed
Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request
by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in
the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be
deemed payment in respect of such participation.

     (iii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified
in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such
Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with
interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which
such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to
the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with
the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as
aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Committed Revolving
Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant
Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to
any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing
under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (iv) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans or to
purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section
2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any
other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to
make Committed Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans,
together with interest as provided herein.

     (d) Repayment of Participations.

     (i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk
participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account
of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

     (ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or
interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under
any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender
shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the
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thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon
the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.

     (e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be
responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving
Lender funds its Base Rate Committed Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section
2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan,
interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line
Lender.

     (f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of
principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

     (g) Maturity of and Limit on Swing Line Loans. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, Swing Line Loans may not, during the term hereof, be outstanding for more
than ten (10) days in any calendar month.

     2.05 Prepayments.

     (a) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to
time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty;
provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and
(B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00) or a whole
multiple of One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in excess thereof; and (iii) any
prepayment of Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of Five Hundred Thousand and
No/100 Dollars ($500,000.00 or a whole multiple of One Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($100,000.00) in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then
outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s)
of Committed Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest
Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt
of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment.
If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any
prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount
prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such
prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentages.

     (b) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part
without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing
Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment,
and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of One Hundred Thousand and
No/100 Dollars ($100,000.00). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such
prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and
the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

     (c) If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Borrowing Base then in
effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations
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aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall
not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)
unless after the prepayment in full of the Loans the Total Outstandings exceed the Borrowing Base
then in effect.

     2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or from time to time
permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice
shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days
prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an
aggregate amount of Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) or any whole multiple of One
Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrower shall not
terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any
concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such
excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of
termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. Any reduction of the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender
according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective date of any
termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such
termination.

     2.07 Repayment of Loans.

     (a) The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal
amount of Committed Loans and all other Obligations outstanding on such date.

     (b) The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date five
(5) Business Days after such Loan is made, (ii) the Maturity Date and (iii) the date on which any
such Swing Line Loan is required to be repaid in order for the Borrower to remain in compliance
with the provisions of Section 2.04(g) hereof.

     2.08 Interest.

     (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per
annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii)
each Base Rate Committed Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from
the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate.

     (b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any
applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount
shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

     (ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any
Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether
at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required
Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum
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times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

     (iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, the
Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder
at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

     (iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

     (c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be
due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after
the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

     2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in subsections (h) and (i) of Section
2.03:

     (a) Unused Fees. For each day during the term hereof that the Applicable Rate is
determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Applicable Rate, the Borrower shall pay a
fee to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders in an amount equal to the
Daily Unused Fee for such day (all such fees incurred during any given calendar quarter
constituting the “Unused Fees” for such quarter). The Unused Fees shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter and as of the Maturity
Date.

     (b) Facility Fees. For each day during the term hereof that the Applicable Rate is
determined pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Applicable Rate, the Borrower shall pay a
fee to the Administrative Agent for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders in an amount equal to the
Daily Facility Fee for such day (all such fees incurred during any given calendar quarter
constituting the “Facility Fees” for such quarter). The Facility Fees shall be payable
quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter and as of the Maturity
Date.

     (c) Other Fees.

     (i) The Borrower shall pay to the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent for their own
respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such
fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

     (ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately
agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be
fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

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

     (a) All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall be made on the basis of a year of
three hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, and
actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a
three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest,
as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty-five (365) day
year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not
accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid,
provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to
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the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.

     (b) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of
the Consolidated Group or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders reasonably determine
that (i) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate
and (ii) a proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such
period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the
case may be, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual
or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of
the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or the L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should
have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period.
This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.03(c)(iii), 2.03(h) or 2.08(b)
or under Article VIII. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the
termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations
hereunder.

     2.11 Evidence of Debt.

     (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or
records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the
Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any
amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in
respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the
absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent,
the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note or
Notes, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans (Revolving Loans, Term A-1 Loans, Term A-2 Loans or
Swing Line Loans) in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its
Note(s) and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and
payments with respect thereto.

     (b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the
Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records
evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing
Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

     2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

     (a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition
or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date
specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable
Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received
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Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall
be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall
continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a
Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time
shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

     (b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any
Committed Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Committed Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Committed Borrowing) that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in
accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans,
that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by
Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable
Committed Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the
Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees
customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the
case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If
the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an
overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of
such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Committed Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall
constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in such Committed Borrowing. Any payment by the
Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall
have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

     (ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.
In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds
with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds
Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation.

     A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

     (c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the
Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the
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Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are
not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return
such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

     (d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Committed Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make
payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender
to make any Committed Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section
10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding
obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to so make its Committed Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under
Section 10.04(c).

     (e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner.

     2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff
or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of
the Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans
held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of
such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro
rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans
of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of
all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them,
provided that:

     (i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, without interest; and

     (ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment
made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
(including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y)
the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.15 or (z) any payment
obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in
any of its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to
any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to
which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

     The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount
of such participation.

     2.14 Increase in Commitments.

     (a) Request for Increase. Provided there exists no Default, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may request increases
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Revolving Commitments by an amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, Ninety Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($92,500,000); provided that (i) any such request for an
increase shall be in a minimum amount of Twenty-Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($25,000,000.00)
and (ii) such written request shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent not more than
twenty-four (24) calendar months following the Closing Date. At the time of sending such notice,
the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within
which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business
Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders) and the Borrower may also invite
prospective lenders to respond.

     (b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent
within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolving Commitment and, if so,
whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage of such
requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have
declined to increase its Revolving Commitment. Each prospective lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to fund any portion of the
requested increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and, if so, by what amount. Any
prospective lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to fund
any portion of the requested increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

     (c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders’ and prospective lenders’ responses
to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to
the approval of the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which approvals shall not be
unreasonably withheld), the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become
Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel. If any prospective lender agrees to fund any portion of the requested
increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (an “Additional Lender”), such Additional
Lender shall become a Lender hereunder pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

     (d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are
increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall
determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of
such increase which, for any existing Lender participating in such increase, need not be ratable in
accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments prior to such increase). The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase
and the Increase Effective Date.

     (e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such
increase, the Borrower shall pay any fees agreed to in connection therewith and deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in
sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i)
certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such
increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to
such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other
Loan Documents are true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the Increase Effective
Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an
earlier date, in which case they are true and correct, in all material respects, as of such earlier
date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the representations and warranties
contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most
recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01,
and (B) no Default exists. The Borrower shall prepay any Committed Revolving Loans outstanding on
the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section
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Committed Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any
nonratable increase in the Revolving Commitments under this Section.

     (f) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Sections 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.

     2.15 Cash Collateral.

     (a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative
Agent or the L/C Issuer (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing
request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or
(ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason
remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the
then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a
Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer
or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash
Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to
Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

     (b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support
not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest
bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by
any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security
interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property
so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as
security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to
Section 2.15(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash
Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative
Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the
applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower will,
promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent
additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (unless
provided by the applicable Defaulting Lender).

     (c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.15 or Sections
2.03, 2.04, 2.16 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or
Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C
Obligations, Swing Line Loans and the Lenders’ obligations to fund participations therein
(including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on
such obligation).

     (d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to
reduce Fronting Exposure L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans shall be released promptly
following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or such other obligations
giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the
applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section
10.06(b)(vii))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there
exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished
by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of an Event of
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this Section 2.15 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section
8.03 to the extent that Administrative Agent exercises remedies set forth in Section
8.02(b)), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held
to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

     2.16 Defaulting Lenders.

     (a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender
is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

     (i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve
or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall
be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.

     (ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest,
fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that
Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to
Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08),
shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative
Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting
Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata
basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line
Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested
by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future
funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of
Credit; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of
Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting
Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as
determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit
account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to
fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the
Lenders, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing
Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s
breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or
Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a
result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower
against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as
otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if
(x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings
in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate
share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be
applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting
Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of,
or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or
other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to
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Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to
and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents
hereto.

     (iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be
entitled to receive any Unused Fee or Facility Fee, as applicable, pursuant to
Section 2.09 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender
(and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would
have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender for any period during
which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to
receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h).

     (iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting
Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes
of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire,
refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant
to Sections 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable, the “Applicable Percentage”
of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the
Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such
reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender
becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists; and (ii) the
aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund
participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the
positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Commitment of that non-Defaulting
Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of
that Revolving Lender.

     (b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing in their respective sole discretion
that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (or if a
Defaulting Lender takes such action so that it can no longer be characterized as a
Defaulting Lender), the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as
of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth
therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender
will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other
Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary
to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing
Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable
Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender
will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made
retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower
while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that
except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder
from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any
party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

     2.17 Extension of Maturity Date.

     The Borrower may elect to extend the maturity of this Agreement to June 27, 2015 (the
“Extended Maturity Date”) subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) the Borrower must provide written notice to the Administrative Agent of such election to
extend the maturity at least thirty (30) days but no more than ninety (90) days prior to the
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Maturity Date;

     (b) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on the date of such notice of extension or on
the Extension Effective Date;

     (c) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of the Extension
Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct, in all material respects,
as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.17, the
representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05
shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a)
and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01;

     (d) on, or on a Business Day no more than five (5) Business Days prior to, the Initial
Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the pro rata benefit
of the Lenders (based on their share of the Facility Amount outstanding on the Extension
Effective Date), an extension fee equal to twenty-five hundredths of one percent (0.25%) of
the then outstanding Facility Amount; and

     (e) Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory documentation evidencing the
extension executed by the Borrower and consented to by the Guarantors.

     If the above conditions are satisfied, the extension of the maturity of this Agreement shall
be effective upon the date that the extension fee is paid to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
clause (d) above (the “Extension Effective Date”).

ARTICLE III.

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

     3.01 Taxes.

     (a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.

     (i) Except as expressly provided herein, any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the
extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or
withholding for any Indemnified Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require the Loan
Parties or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be
withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the Loan Parties or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and
documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) below.

     (ii) If the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to
withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and
withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or
make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon
the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e) below, (B) the
Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the
withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum
payable by the Loan Parties shall be increased as necessary so that after any required
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of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been
made.

     (b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.

     (c) Tax Indemnifications.

     (i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, the Borrower shall,
and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and
shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld
or deducted by the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the
relevant Governmental Authority. The Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the
Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after
demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay
indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii) of this subsection. A
certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a
Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative
Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 3.01, the
Borrower shall not be required to pay or reimburse Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C
Issuer for any Excluded Taxes.

     (ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each Lender and
the L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor,
against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties,
interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender
or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy,
inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or
the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection (e). Each Lender and the L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent
to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or the L/C Issuer,
as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due
to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii)
shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment
of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the termination of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other
Obligations.

     (d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to a
Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be,
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certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy
of any return required by Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

     (e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

     (i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the
time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or
the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by
applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably
requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan
Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or
deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction
of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding
tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

     (ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Loan Party is a resident
for tax purposes in the United States,

     (A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation
or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower
or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup
withholding or information reporting requirements; and

     (B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable
treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative 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 request of the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally
entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

     (I) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming
eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a
party,

     (II) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

     (III) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all
required supporting documentation,

     (IV) 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 to the effect
that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign
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881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN, or

     (V) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a
basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal
withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed
by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine
the withholding or deduction required to be made.

     (iii) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or
reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the
re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any
jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction
for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

     (f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time
shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a
Lender or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or the L/C Issuer, any refund
of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as
the case may be. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines, in its
reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has
been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts
pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this
Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental
Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the
Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

     3.02 Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or
that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable
Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any
Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to
purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice
thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such
Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or
maintaining Base Rate Committed Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such
Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent
without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender
notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
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demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable,
convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which
Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the
Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either
on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain
such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to
maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender
determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent
shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without
reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in
writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest
rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall
also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

     3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in
connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof
that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market
for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period
with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base
Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding
such Loan, then the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender.
Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect
to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component
in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon
the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a
request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

     3.04 Increased Costs.

     (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or the L/C Issuer;

     (ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or
any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such
Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any
Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or

     (iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or
to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining
any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of
Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or
the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

     (b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change
in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on
the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below
that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could
have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C
Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with
respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or
the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.

     (c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and
delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest
error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

     (d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer
to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more
than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of
such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine (9)
month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof).

     3.05 Compensation for Losses. Within ten (10) days of any demand by any Lender (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender
for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

     (a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary,
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     (b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a
Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in
the amount notified by the Borrower; or

     (c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest
Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13;

including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it
to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in
connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section
3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the
Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or
other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a
comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

     3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

     (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender
or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if
any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then 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 to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if,
in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the
future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and
(ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not
otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

     (b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower
may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.

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

ARTICLE IV.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

     4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The effectiveness of this Agreement and the
obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is
subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

     (a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals,
telecopies or pdf copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly
executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in
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of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

     (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty, sufficient in number for
distribution to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Borrower and executed
counterparts of the Advisor Fee Subordination Agreement;

     (ii) Notes executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

     (iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or
other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent
may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer
thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;

     (iv) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan
Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in the
jurisdiction of its formation;

     (v) a favorable opinion of Kutak Rock LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to the matters set forth in Exhibit G
and such other matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Required
Lenders may reasonably request;

     (vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party either (A) attaching
copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in
full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so
required;

     (vii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) that
the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied,
(B) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial
Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) that, after giving effect to all requested
Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed
the Borrowing Base as of the Closing Date;

     (viii) a duly completed Compliance Certificate as of the last day of the fiscal quarter
of the Borrower ended on March 31, 2011, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;

     (ix) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan
Documents has been obtained and is in effect;

     (x) evidence that the Borrowing Base Revolving Line of Credit Agreement dated as of
January 6, 2010, by and among the Borrower and certain subsidiaries and affiliates thereof,
as the borrowers thereunder, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (the “Existing JPM Credit Agreement”), has been or concurrently
with the Closing Date is being terminated, all amounts owing thereunder have been paid in
full and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit JPM Agreement have been or
concurrently with the Closing Date are being released; and

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     (xi) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or the Required Lenders
reasonably may require.

     (b) Any fees required to be paid on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid.

     (c) Unless waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges
and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent (directly to such counsel if requested by
the Administrative Agent) to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such
additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable
estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the
closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of
accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent).

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03,
for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01,
each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or
accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection
thereto.

     4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request
for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed
Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following
conditions precedent:

     (a) (i) The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article V or
any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in
connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct, in all material respects, on and as of
the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct, in all
material respects, as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section
4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section
5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)
and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (ii) after giving effect to all requested
Credit Extensions, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (A) the Facility Amount
and (B) the Borrowing Base then in effect less any Permitted Unsecured Debt.

     (b) No Default shall exist, or would result, from such proposed Credit Extension or from the
application of the proceeds thereof.

     (c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall
have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

     Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a
conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans)
submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions
specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of
the applicable Credit Extension.

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ARTICLE V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

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

     5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof (a) is
duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority
and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease
its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as
applicable, in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license;
except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan
Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the
terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i)
any material Contractual Obligation (other than the Loan Documents) to which such Person is a party
or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any
order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such
Person or its property is subject; or (c) materially violate any Law in a manner which could be
reasonably expected to have any material affect on such Person’s ability to execute, deliver and/or
perform its obligations under any such Loan Document or otherwise result in any Material Adverse
Effect.

     5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption,
authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by,
or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered
hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto.
This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is
party thereto in accordance with its terms.

     5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect; Secured Debt.

     (a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)
fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Group as of the date thereof and their
results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show
all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Consolidated
Group as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments and
Indebtedness.

     (b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group dated March 31, 2011,
and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash

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flows for the fiscal quarter ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted
therein, and (ii) fairly present the financial condition of the Consolidated Group as of the date
thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments.

     (c) Since March 31, 2011, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in
the aggregate, that has had or would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (d) The consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows of the
Consolidated Group delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(c) were prepared in good faith on the
basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in light of the conditions
existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of delivery, the
Borrower’s best estimate of its future financial condition and performance.

     (e) As of the Closing Date and the date of each update of Schedule 5.05 pursuant to
Section 6.02, set forth on Schedule 5.05 is a list of the amounts, maturity dates
and interest rates of all Secured Debt of the Consolidated Group.

     5.06 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any
Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or against any of their
Properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) except as specifically disclosed
in Schedule 5.06, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and there has been no material adverse change in the status, or
financial effect on any Loan Party, of the matters, if any, described on Schedule 5.06.

     5.07 No Default. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default under or
with respect to any Contractual Obligation that could, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any other Loan Document.

     5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof has good
record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property
necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as
could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. As of the Closing Date and the date of each update of Schedule 5.08 pursuant to
Section 6.02, set forth on Schedule 5.08 is a list of all real property owned by
the Consolidated Group with a notation as to which such real properties are Qualified Unencumbered
Properties. Neither the Qualified Unencumbered Properties nor the Equity Interests of any
Subsidiary Guarantor are subject to any Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01.

     5.09 Environmental Compliance. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries conduct in the
ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims
alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their
respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has
reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.09, such
Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of a Loan Party, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies
engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where such Loan Party or
the applicable Subsidiary operates.

     5.11 Taxes. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other
material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other
material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or
their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate
reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against a
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither
any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement.

     5.12 ERISA Compliance.

     (a) To the best knowledge of Borrower, each Plan is in compliance in all material respects
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state laws. Each Pension
Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of
such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the trust related thereto has been
determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section
501(a) of the Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the
Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred that
would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status.

     (b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened claims,
actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction
or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred; (ii) CCPT III and each ERISA Affiliate has met all
applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no
waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or
obtained; (iii) neither CCPT III nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC
other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due
that are unpaid; (iv) neither CCPT III nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that
could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (v) no Pension Plan has been
terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has
occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings
under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan, in each case, that would result in
liability, individually, or in the aggregate, in excess of Ten Million and No/100 Dollars
($10,000,000.00).

     5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date and the date of each update of
Schedule 5.13 pursuant to Section 6.02, set forth on Schedule 5.13 is a
complete and accurate list of each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of any Loan Party, together with
(a) each such Person’s jurisdiction of organization, (b) each such Person’s U.S. taxpayer
identification number, (c) an indication of whether such Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof owns a
Qualified Unencumbered Property that is part of the Unencumbered Asset Value and (d) the equity
Investments in any other Person owned, controlled or held by CCPT III. The outstanding Equity
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and free of any Liens other than Permitted Liens.

     5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

     (a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important
activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock.

     (b) None of the Loan Parties is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.

     5.15 Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries
is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement,
certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any
Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other
Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), in
each case as of the date thereof, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based
upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

     5.16 Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary thereof is in compliance in
all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and
decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such
requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either
individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     5.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries own, or
possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents,
patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP
Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses,
without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, no
slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now
employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower or any Subsidiary infringes upon any
rights held by any other Person. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.17, no
claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     5.18 OFAC Representation.

     (a) No Loan Party is, nor shall any Loan Party be at any time, a Person with whom the Lenders
are restricted from doing business under the regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset Control
(“OFAC”) of the Department of Treasury of the United States of America (including, those
Persons named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons list) or under any statute,
executive order (including, the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or
other governmental action; and

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     (b) No Loan Party is, nor shall any Loan Party be at any time, engaged in any dealings or
transactions or otherwise be associated with such Persons referenced in clause (a) above.

     5.19 Solvency.

     (a) Immediately after the Closing Date and immediately following the making of each Credit
Extension and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Credit Extension, (i)
the fair value of the assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at
a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable
value of the Property of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be
greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Loan Parties and
their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and
liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute
and matured; and (iv) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have
unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such
businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the date hereof.

     (b) Each Loan Party does not intend to, or to permit any of its Subsidiaries to, and does not
believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond their ability to pay such debts
as they mature, taking into account the timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any
such Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its
Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.

     5.20 REIT Status.

     (a) CCPT III is qualified as a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the Code; and

     (b) CCPT III is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Code
applicable to the qualification of CCPT III as a real estate investment trust.

ARTICLE VI.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the
Borrower shall, and shall (except as explicitly limited in the case of the covenants set forth in
Sections 6.01, 6.02, and 6.03 or as otherwise limited in this Article
VI) cause each other Loan Party and each Subsidiary to:

     6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

     (a) as soon as available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Consolidated Group (and commencing with and including the financial statements
related to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011), a consolidated balance sheet of the
Consolidated Group as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail
and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and

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accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally
recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion
shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject
to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to
the scope of such audit;

     (b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each
of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Consolidated Group, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Consolidated Group as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the
related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for
such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Consolidated Group fiscal year then ended, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the
previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable
detail, certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller
of CCPT III or the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Consolidated Group in accordance with GAAP, subject only
to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

     (c) as soon as available, but in any event at least fifteen (15) days before the end of each
fiscal year of the Consolidated Group, forecasts prepared by management of CCPT III or Borrower, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of consolidated balance sheets and
statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Consolidated Group on a monthly basis for
the immediately following fiscal year (including the fiscal year in which the Maturity Date
occurs).

As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(c), the
Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a) or (b)
above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish
the information and materials described in clauses (a) and (b) above at the times specified
therein.

     6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

     (a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections
6.01(a) and (b), (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief
executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of CCPT III or the Borrower
which shall include compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 7.06 and
7.11, (ii) a certificate as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the
Consolidated Group, setting forth and certifying the amount of all Dividend Reinvestment Proceeds
received by CCPT III during such immediately preceding fiscal quarter and including a certificate
from the chief financial officer, or other executive officer or director, of CCPT III or the
Borrower certifying that the Borrower shall continue to be in compliance with all applicable
provisions of the Code and its bylaws and operating covenants after giving effect to such dividends
or distributions, (iii) a duly completed Borrowing Base Compliance Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth and certifying the amount of the Borrowing Base
then in effect as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group,
and (iv) solely in conjunction with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Section 6.01(a), an updated Schedule 5.05, Schedule 5.08 and Schedule
5.13, if applicable;

     (b) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit
reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit
committee of the board of directors) of any Loan Party by independent accountants in connection
with the accounts or books of any Loan Party, or any audit of any of them;

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statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of CCPT III or the Borrower,
and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which
the Consolidated Group may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant hereto (including, without limitation, all form 10-K and 10-Q
reports);

     (d) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the
SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or
possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational
results of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

     (e) promptly, any information that the Administrative Agent deems lawfully necessary from time
to time in order to ensure compliance with all applicable Laws concerning money laundering and
similar activities; and

     (f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate
affairs of the Loan Parties or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

     Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or
Section 6.02(b) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed
with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date (i) on which the Consolidated Group posts such documents, or provides a link
thereto on CCPT III’s or Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on
Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an
Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access
(whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent);
provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a
written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier
or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by
electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Except for such
Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery
or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no
responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each
Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such
documents.

     The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will
make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on
behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the
Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and
(b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to
receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the
respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other
market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees (w)
all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and
conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear
prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower
shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the
Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with
respect to the Loan Parties or their securities for purposes of United States Federal and

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state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower
Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.07); (y)
all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the
Platform that is designated “Public Investor Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent
and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as
being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform that is not designated “Public
Investor Side Information”.

     6.03 Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent:

     (a) of the occurrence of any Default and any Event of Default;

     (b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, including (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual
Obligation of any Loan Party; (ii) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or suspension
between any Loan Party and any Governmental Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any
material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party, including pursuant
to any applicable Environmental Laws;

     (c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event;

     (d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the
Consolidated Group, including any determination by the Borrower referred to in Section
2.10(b); and

     (e) of any announcement by Moody’s or S&P of any change in a Debt Rating of CCPT III.

     Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of CCPT III or the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to
therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.
Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all
provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

     6.04 Payment of Obligations. With respect to the Loan Parties, subject to the cure periods
and provisions contained in Section 8.01, pay and discharge as the same shall become due
and payable, all its material obligations and liabilities, including (a) all tax liabilities,
assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its Properties, unless the same are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Loan Party; (b) all lawful claims which, if
unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its Property; and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and
payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing such Indebtedness.

     6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. With respect to each Loan Party: (a) Preserve, renew and
maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or
7.05; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses
and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and the business of any
of their Subsidiaries, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks,
trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and (d) maintain or cause to be maintained (as applicable) CCPT III’s
status as a real estate investment trust in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Code
relating to such status.

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     6.06 Maintenance of Properties. (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material
Properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and
replacements thereof except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (c) use the standard of care typical in the industry in the operation
and maintenance of its Property.

     6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies not Affiliates of a Loan Party, insurance with respect to its properties and business
against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or
similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar
circumstances by such other Persons.

     6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws
and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property,
except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the
failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.09 Books and Records. (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true
and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial
transactions and matters involving the assets and business of a Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof,
as the case may be; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with
all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over a
Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be.

     6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the
Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate,
financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its
affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants (so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a Responsible Officer of any member of
the Consolidated Group shall be present at any discussions with independent public accountants),
all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours
(provided such visits shall not occur when any independent auditors are conducting an audit of any
member of the Consolidated Group), upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower;
provided, however, that such visits shall be limited to no more than once in any
calendar year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent and any Lender (or any of their respective
representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the
Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

     6.11 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions for working capital and
general corporate purposes (including real estate acquisitions) not in contravention of any Law or
of any Loan Document, including, without limitation, Regulation U of the FRB.

     6.12 Environmental Matters.

     (a) Comply with, and use all reasonable efforts to ensure compliance by all tenants and
subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with and
maintain, and use all reasonable efforts to ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and
comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits
required by applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent that failure to do so could not be
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Material Adverse Effect; provided that in no event shall the Borrower or its Subsidiaries be
required to modify the terms of leases, or renewals thereof, with existing tenants (i) at Projects
owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, or (ii) at Projects hereafter
acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as of the date of such acquisition, to add provisions
to such effect.

     (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial,
removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material
respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws, except to the extent that (i) the same are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings could not be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Borrower has determined in good faith that contesting
the same is not in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the failure to
contest the same could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless Administrative Agent and each Lender, and its
respective officers, directors, agents and representatives from and against any claims, demands,
penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature
known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to the violation
of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws applicable to the operations of
the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or the Projects, or any orders, requirements or demands of
Governmental Authorities related thereto, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s and
consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation
expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor. This indemnity shall continue in
full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.

     (d) Prior to the acquisition of a new Project after the Closing Date, perform or cause to be
performed an environmental investigation which investigation shall at a minimum comply with the
specifications and procedures attached hereto as Exhibit H. In connection with any such
investigation, Borrower shall cause to be prepared a report of such investigation, to be made
available to any Lenders upon reasonable request, for informational purposes and to assure
compliance with the specifications and procedures.

     6.13 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. Notify the Administrative Agent at any time that
Borrower will be adding a Project to the pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties upon which the
Unencumbered Asset Value is determined. Such Project shall be included in the pool of Qualified
Unencumbered Properties upon delivery of the following to Administrative Agent:

     (i) Description of such Project;

     (ii) A certificate of a Responsible Officer that (A) includes a pro forma Compliance
Certificate demonstrating the effects of including such Project and (B) certifies (1) such
Project satisfies the criteria to be (x) a Qualified Unencumbered Property and (y) included
in the calculation of Unencumbered Asset Value, (2) the value or NOI of such Project used in
the calculations in such pro forma Compliance Certificate, (3) the name of the owner of all
or any portion of such Project (which must be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary as of the date on
which it is added as a Qualified Unencumbered Property), (4) the date on which such Project
shall become a Qualified Unencumbered Property (the “Addition Date”), which shall be
no sooner than ten (10) days after delivery of the items described in clauses (i) through
(iii) of this Section and (5) that there exists no Event of Default under this Agreement and
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(iii) A title report respecting such Project dated not more than fifteen (15) days prior
to the date such Project will be added to such pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties and,
except with respect to any Project that had been included in such pool of Qualified
Unencumbered Properties within one (1) year prior to the date such Project will be added to
such pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties, a Phase I environmental report respecting
such Project dated not more than six (6) months prior to the date such Project will be added
to such pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties.

The effective date of the addition of such Project to the pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties
shall be the Addition Date. If the owner of all or any portion of such Project is not a Loan
Party, the Borrower shall, within ten (10) days after the Addition Date, (a) cause such owner to
become a Subsidiary Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a counterpart
of the Guaranty or such other document as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such
purpose and (b) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses
(iii) and (iv) of Section 4.01(a) for such Person, together with favorable opinions of
counsel to such Person (which shall cover the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability
of the documentation referred to in clause (a) and such other matters as may be reasonably required
by the Administrative Agent), in each case in form and substance similar to those delivered on the
Closing Date.

     6.14 Removal of Qualified Unencumbered Properties. Notify the Administrative Agent at any
time that Borrower will be removing a Project from the pool of Qualified Unencumbered Properties
upon which the Unencumbered Asset Value is determined. Such Project shall be removed from the pool
of Qualified Unencumbered Properties upon delivery of the following to Administrative Agent:

     (i) Description of such Project; and

     (ii) A certificate of a Responsible Officer that (A) includes a pro forma Compliance
Certificate demonstrating the effects of removing such Project and (B) certifies (1)
the value or NOI of such Project used in the calculations in such pro forma Compliance
Certificate, (2) the name of the owner of all or any portion of such Project, (3) the
date on which such Project shall be removed from the pool of Qualified Unencumbered
Properties (the “Requested Removal Date”), which shall be no sooner than ten
(10) days after delivery of the items described in clauses (i) through (ii) of this
Section and (4) that there exist no Events of Default under this Agreement and that
the removal of such Project shall not result in any such Event of Default. The
“Removal Date,” for any given Project shall be the date of the Requested
Removal Date to the extent all conditions to the release of such Project set forth
herein are fully satisfied and no Event of Default exists as of such Removal Date.

     The effective date of the removal of such Project from the pool of Qualified Unencumbered
Properties shall be the Removal Date. If the owner of such Project is a Subsidiary Guarantor and
shall cease to be the owner of any Qualified Unencumbered Property upon such Removal Date, such
Person shall cease to be a Subsidiary Guarantor as of such Removal Date. The Administrative Agent
hereby agrees to endeavor to provide to Borrower the written confirmation of the occurrence of a
Removal Date with respect to a Project promptly, and in any case within ten (10) Business Days,
following its receipt and review of the materials referenced in items (i) and (ii) above; provided,
that if the Administrative Agent does not object to the occurrence of a proposed Removal Date
within such ten (10) Business Day period, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have
confirmed the occurrence such Removal Date.

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ARTICLE VII.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder (other than inchoate indemnification liabilities arising under the Loan Documents) shall
remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall
not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary (except as limited below) to:

     7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Qualified Unencumbered
Property or the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary Guarantor, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, other than the following:

     (a) with respect to the Qualified Unencumbered Properties, Liens arising pursuant to clauses
(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) in the definition of Permitted Liens; and

     (b) with respect to the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (i) Liens arising pursuant to the Loan Documents; and

     (ii) Liens for taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto
are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP or which have
been insured or bonded.

     7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except:

     (a) Investments held by a Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents;

     (b) advances to officers, directors and employees of the Loan Parties and Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount not to exceed One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) at any time
outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes;

     (c) Investments in any Person which is a Loan Party;

     (d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or
notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and
Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled
account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

     (e) Guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 7.03 below;

     (f) Investments related to income-producing Projects, single tenant or mixed-use Projects,
Construction in Progress, improved land, unimproved land, Eligible Real Estate Investments and any
business activities and Investments reasonably incidental thereto and Investments in partnerships
or joint ventures; provided, that such Investments shall, as applicable, be limited as follows:

     (i) the aggregate value of Investments in all non-wholly owned general and limited
partnerships, joint ventures and other Persons (including, without limitation, Investments in
C Corporations, Investments in Investment Affiliates and any such Investments in existence as
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date hereof), in each case, which are not consolidated with CCPT III for financial reporting
purposes under GAAP, shall not constitute more than fifteen percent (15.0%) of Total Asset
Value;

     (ii) Investments in Projects contributing to the calculation of Construction in Progress
and Improved Land Value shall not, in the aggregate, at any time exceed an amount equal to
five percent (5.0%) of Total Asset Value (which for Construction in Progress and Improved
Land Value held or owned by Investment Affiliates, will be based upon the Consolidated Group
Pro Rata Share of such Construction in Progress and Improved Land Value);

     (iii) Investments in Projects contributing to the calculation of Unimproved Land Value
shall not at any time exceed an amount equal to five percent (5.0%) of Total Asset Value
(which for Unimproved Land Value held or owned by Investment Affiliates, will be based upon
the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of such Unimproved Land Value); and

     (iv) Investments in Eligible Real Estate Investments shall not, in the aggregate, exceed
ten percent (10.0%) of Total Asset Value (which for Eligible Real Estate Investments held or
owned by Investment Affiliates, will be based upon the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of
such Eligible Real Estate Investments).

In addition to the limitations above contained in this clause (f), the aggregate value of the types
of Investments permitted pursuant to clauses (f)(i) — (iv) above shall not, in any case, exceed an
amount equal to twenty-five percent (25.0%) of Total Asset Value;

     (g) Investments existing on the date hereof;

     (h) Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided such Investments were not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming
a Subsidiary of the Borrower; and

     (i) Investments in new Subsidiaries;

     provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Investments shall be made,
assumed or permitted to exist which Investments are contrary to the terms and requirements set
forth in clause (f) of this Section 7.02

     7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

     (a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;

     (b) Indebtedness constituting Secured Debt outstanding on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 7.03 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof;
provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or
other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such
refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (ii) the
terms relating to principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination
(if any), and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such refinancing, refunding, renewing
or extending Indebtedness, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in
connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material respect to the Loan Parties or the
Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Indebtedness being refinanced,
refunded, renewed or extended and the interest rate applicable to any such refinancing, refunding,
renewing or extending Indebtedness does not exceed the then applicable market interest rate;

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     (c) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or
arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered
into by such Person 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, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not
for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain
any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on
outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;

     (d) Indebtedness in respect of capital leases, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and purchase
money obligations for fixed or capital assets; provided, however, that the
aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding shall not exceed One Million
and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00);

     (e) Secured Debt of Persons other than the Loan Parties (including any such Indebtedness
referenced in clause (b) above) and Guarantees thereof to the extent such Indebtedness and/or
Guarantees do not cause the Borrower to violate any of the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.11;

     (f) Guarantees (i) in respect of Indebtedness or other performance obligations otherwise
permitted hereunder or (ii) constituting Investments permitted under Section 7.02;

     (g) Indebtedness incurred in respect of indemnification claims relating to adjustments of
purchase price or similar obligations in any case incurred in connection with any Disposition
permitted under Section 7.05;

     (h) Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance premiums,
performance, bid and surety bonds and completion guaranties, in each case, in the ordinary course
of business;

     (i) Indebtedness constituting Permitted Unsecured Debt; and

     (j) other Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 7.03.

     7.04 Fundamental Changes. With respect to any Loan Party, merge, dissolve, liquidate,
consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series
of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired)
to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:

     (a) any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge with (i) the Borrower, provided that the
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more of the other
Subsidiary Guarantors;

     (b) any Subsidiary Guarantor may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary Guarantor;

     (c) any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge with any third party; provided that (i)
such merger is part of one or more transactions constituting an Investment permitted in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (ii) immediately following
such merger, the surviving entity remains or becomes, as applicable, a Subsidiary Guarantor;
and

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for the sole purpose of causing a change in the jurisdiction of organization of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) the percentage share of the Borrower’s and CCPT III’s ownership of
the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in the aggregate, is not changed, (iii)
the Person merged with the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor does not have any material
liabilities, obligations or other Indebtedness or any material Contractual Obligations of any
type and (iv) immediately following such merger, the surviving entity remains or becomes, as
applicable, a Subsidiary Guarantor.

     7.05 Dispositions. Except as expressly permitted in Section 7.04, make any
Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:

     (a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in
the ordinary course of business;

     (b) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is or will
be a Subsidiary Guarantor upon the completion of such Disposition;

     (c) Any other Dispositions:

     (i) by a Loan Party; provided that (A) no Event of Default shall exist as of the date of
such Disposition or would result from such Disposition, (B) such Disposition is for fair
market value, (C) written approval of the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall
be required for any Disposition, to the extent such Disposition, together with all other
Dispositions consummated during the Measurement Period most recently ended, has an aggregate
fair market value that is greater than ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value (as of the most
recently ended Measurement Period) and (D) regardless of whether approval of the Required
Lenders is otherwise required hereunder or under any Loan Document in connection with any
Disposition of any Project or of an ownership interest in a Project or the Person owning the
Project, to the extent such Disposition, together with all other Dispositions consummated
during such calendar quarter exceed a fair market value of Fifty Million and No/100 Dollars
($50,000,000.00), in the aggregate, the Borrower will give prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent of such Disposition and will, not less than five (5) days prior to the
consummation of such Disposition, deliver to the Administrative Agent a pro-forma Compliance
Certificate (as if such Disposition had occurred as of the last day of the most recently
ended Measurement Period) based on the results of such Disposition demonstrating compliance
with the covenants contained herein; and

     (ii) by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, to the extent such Disposition is for
fair market value (or for consideration otherwise approved in writing by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion).

     7.06 Dividend Payout Ratio.

     (a) Permit the Dividend Payout Ratio, at any time, to exceed ninety-five percent (95%); and

     (b) Permit CCPT III, at any time an Event of Default exists, to make or declare any dividends
or similar distributions without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and Required
Lenders.

     Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7.06 to the contrary, CCPT III shall be
permitted at all times to distribute the minimum amount of dividends necessary for CCPT III to
maintain its tax status as a real estate investment trust.

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     7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially
different from those lines of business conducted by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on the
date hereof or any business substantially related or incidental thereto.

     7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate
of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than (a) on fair and
reasonable terms substantially as favorable to a Loan Party or such Subsidiary as would be
obtainable by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length
transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate or (b) the Advisor Fee.

     7.09 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement
or any other Loan Document) that (a) limits the ability (i) of any Subsidiary Guarantor to make
Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to the
Borrower or any Guarantor, (ii) of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party to Guarantee the Indebtedness
of the Borrower or (iii) of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist Liens on any Qualified Unencumbered Property; provided, however,
that this clause (iii) shall not prohibit any Negative Pledge incurred or provided in favor of any
holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(b) or (e) solely to the extent any such
Negative Pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; or (b)
requires the grant of a Lien to secure an obligation of such Person if a Lien is granted to secure
another obligation of such Person, except for a Lien securing Secured Debt permitted under
Section 7.03.

     7.10 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of (i) any Credit Extension, whether directly or
indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock
(within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose
or (ii) any Committed Revolving Borrowing, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately,
incidentally or ultimately, to make a Borrower Loan Purchase under Section 10.06(i).

     7.11 Financial Covenants.

     (a) Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of
the Consolidated Group (and any other date for which a pro forma Compliance Certificate is required
to be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof) to be greater than sixty percent (60%).

     (b) Unsecured Debt to Unencumbered Asset Value Ratio. Permit the ratio of (i)
Unsecured Debt to (ii) Unencumbered Asset Value, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the
Consolidated Group (and any other date for which a pro forma Compliance Certificate is required to
be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof) to be greater than sixty percent (60%).

     (c) Unsecured Debt Service Coverage Ratio. Permit the Unsecured Debt Service Coverage
Ratio, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group (and any other date for which
a pro forma Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof) to be
equal to or less than 1.75 to 1.0.

     (d) Secured Debt Ratio. Permit the ratio of (i) Secured Debt owed by the Consolidated
Group to (ii) Total Asset Value, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group (and
any other date for which a pro forma Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to
the terms hereof) to be greater than forty percent (40%).

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     (e) Maximum Real Estate Recourse Debt Ratio. Permit the ratio of (i) the amount of
Secured Debt which is Recourse Debt to (ii) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness, as of any date
during the term hereof, to exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness.

     (f) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the
end of any fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group (and any other date for which a pro forma
Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof) to be equal to or
less than 1.50 to 1.0.

     (g) Maximum Variable Rate Debt. Beginning June 30, 2011, permit, as of such date and
as of any date thereafter during the term hereof, more than twenty-five percent (25%) of
Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness (with respect to which only the principal outstanding on the
date of calculation shall be included) to be Variable Rate Debt.

     (h) Minimum Consolidated Net Worth. Permit Consolidated Net Worth, as of any date
during the term hereof, to be less than the sum of (i) One Billion Seven Hundred Eighty-Six Million
Eight Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($1,786,800,000.00) plus (ii) an amount equal to
seventy-five percent (75.0%) of the aggregate increases in Shareholders’ Equity of the Consolidated
Group occurring following the date hereof by reason of the issuance and sale of Equity Interests of
the Consolidated Group (other than issuances to a Loan Party), including upon any conversion of
debt securities of the Borrower into such Equity Interests.

     7.12 Additional Restricted Actions. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary,

     (a) enter into, create, permit to exist or permit any other members of the Consolidated Group
to enter into, create or permit to exist (i) any assignment of Equity Interests of any Loan Party
(other than CCPT III), (ii) intentionally omitted, (iii) any Negative Pledge (other than Negative
Pledges entered into by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in connection with any Secured Debt
otherwise permitted herein) or (iv) any unencumbered asset covenant or other similar covenant or
restriction which prohibits or limits the ability of Borrower or any other member of the
Consolidated Group to sell or create Liens against any Qualified Unencumbered Properties;

     (b) permit any Loan Party to enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;

     (c) permit any Loan Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any Investment Affiliate to enter into
any Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent
(which such consent shall be granted or withheld in the discretion of the Administrative Agent); or

     (d) if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be directly or indirectly
caused as a result thereof, after the issuance thereof, (i) amend or modify any of the terms of any
Indebtedness of such Person (other than Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents) if such
amendment or modification would add or change any terms in a manner adverse in any material respect
to such Person or to the Lenders, (ii) shorten the final maturity or average life to maturity
thereof or require any payment thereon to be made sooner than originally scheduled or increase the
interest rate applicable thereto, or (iii) make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any
voluntary or optional payment or prepayment thereof, or make (or give any notice with respect
thereto) any redemption or acquisition for value or defeasance (including without limitation, by
way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the
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     7.13 Organizational Matters. Permit the Borrower or any member of the Consolidated Group to
(a) change its fiscal year without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or (b) amend,
modify or change its partnership agreement (other than a change limited solely to add additional
limited partners or authorize the issuance of additional units) or articles of incorporation (or
corporate charter or other similar organizational document) or bylaws (or other similar document)
in any manner that would reasonably be likely to adversely affect the rights of the Lenders in any
material respect.

     7.14 Ownership and Creation of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement to the contrary, (a) permit any Loan Party (other than CCPT III) to issue or have
outstanding any shares of preferred Equity Interests or (b) create, acquire or permit to exist any
Foreign Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE VIII.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

     8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

     (a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as
required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii)
within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C
Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes
due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

     (b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant
or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.05,
6.10, 6.11 or 6.12 or Article VII, or any Guarantor fails to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Guaranty; or

     (c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or
agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part
to be performed or observed and such failure continues beyond any cure period as may be
specifically noted therein (or, if no such cure period is provided, thirty (30) days after such
Loan Party’s receipt of notice of such failure); provided, however, if such failure cannot be
reasonably cured within such cure period, such cure period shall be extended by a reasonable amount
of time needed to cure such failure not to exceed sixty (60) days after such Loan Party’s receipt
of such notice; or

     (d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or
statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party
herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or
therewith shall be incorrect or misleading, in any material respect, when made or deemed made; or

     (e) Cross-Default. (i) Any Loan Party (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether
by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any
Indebtedness that is not Recourse Debt or any Guarantee of any such Indebtedness (in either case,
other than the Obligations and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate outstanding
principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to
all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold
Amount and such failure is not waived and continues beyond any cure period as may be specifically
noted therein, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other material agreement or condition
relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, in each case that is not
waived, continues beyond any cure period and results in such Indebtedness or Guarantee becoming or
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under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting
from (A) any Event of Default (as defined in such Swap Contract) as to which any Loan Party is the
Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) that is not waived and continues beyond any
cure period provided therein or (B) any Termination Event (as defined in such Swap Contract) under
such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party is an Affected Party (as defined therein) and, in
either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by any Loan Party as a result thereof is greater than
Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00); or (iii) there occurs any event of default or
other condition permitting acceleration at the option of the applicable creditor of the obligations
under any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is Recourse Debt, having an aggregate outstanding principal
amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all
creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Ten Million and
No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00); or

     (f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party institutes or consents to the
institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit
of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of
its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or
similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment
continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted
without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar
days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

     (g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) A Loan Party becomes unable or admits in
writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or
warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any
material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded
within thirty (30) days after its issue or levy; or

     (h) Judgments. There is entered against a Loan Party (i) any one or more judgments or
orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding Ten Million and No/100 Dollars
($10,000,000.00) individually or the Threshold Amount in the aggregate (to the extent not covered
by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage) which
remains unsatisfied or unstayed for a period in excess of sixty (60) days, or (ii) any one or more
non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, either (A) the Loan Party or the
applicable Subsidiary is not actively challenging the validity, enforceability or effectiveness of
such judgment or the grounds for same or (B) there is a period of sixty (60) consecutive days
during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is
not in effect; or

     (i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Plan which has resulted in
liability of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof under Title IV of ERISA to the Plan or the
PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00), or (ii)
any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable
grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201
of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of Ten Million and No/100
Dollars ($10,000,000.00); or

     (j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any
time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted
hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force
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Party or any other Person contests in writing or pursuant to judicial proceedings the validity or
enforceability of any material provision of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing
that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke,
terminate or rescind any material provision of any Loan Document; or

     (k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

     (l) Environmental Remediation. Failure to remediate within the time period permitted
by Law or governmental order, after all administrative hearings and appeals have been concluded (or
within a reasonable time in light of the nature of the problem if no specific time period is so
established), material environmental problems at Projects owned by the Borrower or any other member
of the Consolidated Group or Investment Affiliates where aggregate book values are in excess of the
Threshold Amount.

     8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders,
take any or all of the following actions:

     (a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer
to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be
terminated;

     (b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and
unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document
to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

     (c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to
the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and

     (d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies
available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of the entry of an order for relief
with respect to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof under the Bankruptcy Code of the United
States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make
L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding
Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable,
and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall
automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.

     8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section
8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C
Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso
to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.15 and Section 2.16 be applied by the Administrative Agent
in the following order:

     First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative
Agent in its capacity as such;

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Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities
and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders
and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the L/C Issuer (not to
exceed one counsel to the L/C Issuer) and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among
them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to
them;

     Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably
among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this
clause Third payable to them;

     Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting (i) unpaid
principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and (ii) breakage, termination or other payments due
under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, ratably
among the Lenders, the applicable Affiliates (with respect to clause (ii)) and the L/C Issuer in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

     Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters
of Credit; and

     Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in
full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Section 2.15, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of
Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under
such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after
all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be
applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

ARTICLE IX.

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     9.01 Appointment and Authority.

     Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on
its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes
the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor
any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

     9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have
the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall,
unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person
serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other
advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder
and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

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     9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

     (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a
Default has occurred and is continuing;

     (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan
Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the
Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided
for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall
not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose
the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law;
and

     (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any
duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to
the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person
serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

     The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with
the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii)
in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall
be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is
given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.

     The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire
into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance
of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the
occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

     9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely
upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate,
consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message,
Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent
also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been
made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining
compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of
Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C
Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender
or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower),
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taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

     9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and
exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or
more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through
their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any
such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and
shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

     9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give
notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any
such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the
Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an
Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty
(30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the
retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has
accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance
with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral
security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of
the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral
security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent
shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section.
Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if
not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the
Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article
and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative
Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as
Administrative Agent.

     Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also
constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a
successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and
become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and
Swing Line Lender, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all
of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the
successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if
any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the
retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect
to such Letters of Credit.

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Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.
Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such
documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

     9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Book
Managers, Documentation Agents, Syndication Agent(s) or Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof
shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C
Issuer hereunder.

     9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the
Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall
then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

     (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing
and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all
other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under
Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such
judicial proceeding; and

     (b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

     Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the
L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or
the L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.

     9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize
the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (a) to release any Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary
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result of a transaction permitted hereunder and (b) to release the Cash Collateral and any Lien
thereon in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.15. Upon
request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the
Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the
Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10.

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

     10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom,
shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the
applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or
consent shall:

     (a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01(a) without the written consent of
each Lender;

     (b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated
pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood
and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or of any
Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in
Commitments of any Lender);

     (c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or
mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of
them) or any scheduled or mandatory reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments hereunder or
under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

     (d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C
Borrowing or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees
or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or change the manner of
computation of the Leverage Ratio (including any change in such defined term or defined terms used
directly or indirectly in the definition of Leverage Ratio), as it is used in determining the
Applicable Rate, that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan or any fee
payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary
to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay
interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;

     (e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments
required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

     (f) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other
provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or
otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder
without the written consent of each Lender;

     (g) release the Borrower, CCPT III or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors
without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of a Guarantor is
permitted pursuant to the terms hereof (in which case such release may be made by the
Administrative Agent acting alone in accordance with Section 9.10);

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     (h) change the definition of “Borrowing Base” or any of the definitions directly related
thereto without the written consent of each Lender; or

     (i) change the definition of “Qualified Unencumbered Properties” without the written consent
of each Lender;

     and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the
rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any
Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect
the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or
consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders
required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified
without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an
SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v) the Fee Letter may be
amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties
thereto.

Notwithstanding the above:

     (A) prior to the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, unless also signed by
Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall, (i) waive any Default for purposes of
Section 4.02(b) or (ii) amend, change, waive, discharge or terminate Sections
2.03(a)(ii)(B), 4.02 or 8.01 in a manner adverse to such Lenders or this clause
(A);

     (B) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization
plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth
herein,

     (C) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash
collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be
binding on all of the Lenders; and

     (D) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver
or consent hereunder, except that (x) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or
extended without the consent of such Lender, (y) the principal owing to such Lender may not be
decreased without the consent of such Lender and (z) the interest rate being paid to such Lender
may not be decreased without the consent of such Lender.

     10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.

     (a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as
follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by
telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

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Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number
specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and

     (ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified
or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other
communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the
opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications
delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall
be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

     (b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and
the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including
e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative
Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified
the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept
notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications.

     Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other
communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day
for the recipient, 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.

     (c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT
PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR
THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE
BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR
FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any
Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of
any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the
Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no
event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any
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or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

     (d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices
and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may
change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder
by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In
addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that
the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number,
telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent
and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to
cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected
the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the
Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public
Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state
securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the
“Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or
state securities laws.

     (e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including
telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of
the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete
or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms
thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of
them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on
each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other
telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative
Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

     10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer
or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right,
remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights,
remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the
authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the
Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law
in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and
the L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the
Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its
benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that
inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may
be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in
accordance with Section 10.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any
Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the
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proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided,
further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise
ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the
matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section
2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies
available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

     10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

     (a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution,
delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender
and the L/C Issuer (but not including fees related to internal counsel of such Persons) taken as a
whole (unless (x) a conflict exists as determined in the good faith judgment of each affected
Lender or the L/C Issuer, in which case(s) the fees, charges and disbursements of reasonably
necessary additional counsel for all such affected Lenders or the L/C Issuer shall be covered, or
(y) a special counsel is necessary as determined in the good faith judgment of the Administrative
Agent, in which case(s) the fees, charges and disbursements of one reasonably necessary special
counsel for the Administrative Agent shall be covered), in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of
Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. It is
understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent may determine, in its discretion, the one
counsel referenced in subsection (a)(iii); provided, however, that upon the written request
of the Required Lenders (subject to the proviso in Section 9.03(b)), the Administrative
Agent shall, pursuant to such written request, engage a different counsel to serve as the one
counsel referenced in subsection (a)(iii).

     (b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold
each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related
expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for all
Indemnitees (but not including fees related to internal counsel of such Persons), plus, (x) in the
event of a conflict of interest as determined in the good faith judgment of each affected
Indemnitee, one additional counsel for all such affected Indemnitees (together with all similarly
situated Indemnitees) and (y) in the event that a special counsel is necessary as determined in the
good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent, one additional counsel for Administrative Agent),
incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower
or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder
or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case
of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the
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addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of
the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under
a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to a Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any
Indemnitee is a party thereto, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INDEMNITEE; provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any
other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such other Loan Party has obtained a
final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. It is understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent may determine, in its
discretion, the one counsel for all Indemnitees referenced in this subsection (b);
provided, however, that upon the written request of the Required Lenders (subject to the
proviso in Section 9.03(b)), the Administrative Agent shall, pursuant to such written
request, engage a different counsel to serve as the one counsel for all Indemnitees referenced in
this subsection (b).

     (c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it
to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment
is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified
loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such,
or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any
such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders
under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).

     (d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, a Loan Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee,
on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the
use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended
recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and
nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

     (e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten
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Business Days after receipt by Borrower of written demand therefor.

     (f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the
termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of
all the other Obligations.

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

	10.06	 	Successors and Assigns.

     (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any Loan
Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may
assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee
in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation
in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or
assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section, or
(iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of this Section (and any other
attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this
Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the
parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the
extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby,
the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

     (b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more
assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b),
participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it);
provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

     (i) Minimum Amounts.

     (A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case
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assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum
amount need be assigned; and

     (B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal
outstanding balance of the Loans (and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing
Line Loans) of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as
of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the
Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than One Million
and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise
consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an
Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a
single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee
Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether
such minimum amount has been met.

     (ii) Intentionally Omitted.

     (iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

     (A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, further, that the Borrower
shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment requiring its consent under
this clause (A) unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the
Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received written
notice thereof;

     (B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a
Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with
respect to such Lender;

     (C) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of
the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether
or not then outstanding); and

     (D) the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the
obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under Swing Line Loans
(whether or not then outstanding).

     (iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee in the amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred and No/100
Dollars ($3,500.00) payable by the assignor; provided, however, that the
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sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any
assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.

     (v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. Except as provided in subsection (i) of
this Section 10.06, no such assignment shall be made (A) to a Loan Party or any
Affiliates or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its
Affiliates or Subsidiaries or to any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would
constitute one of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

     (vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a
natural person.

     (vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights
and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective
unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties
to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an
aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright
payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other
compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not
funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor
hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then
owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and
interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share
of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with
its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment
of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under
applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee
of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this
Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c)
of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the
assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, and 10.04
with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment.
Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee
Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that
does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by
such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of
this Section.

     (c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative
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each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition,
the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and
revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available
for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.

     (d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person, a Defaulting Lender or a Loan Party or any Affiliates or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party)
(each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such
Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided
that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement.

     Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to
Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section,
the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections
3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired
its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it
were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as
though it were a Lender.

     (e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to
the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to
such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with
Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.

     (f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to
secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender
from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as
a party hereto.

     (g) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding
vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of
any Committed Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this
Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to
fund any Committed Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails
to make all or any part of such Committed Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such
Committed Loan pursuant to the terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the
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party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of
such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of
the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no
SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which
a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the
approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document,
remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Committed Loan by an SPC hereunder shall
utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Committed Loan
were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby
agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date
that is one (1) year and one (1) day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper
or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in
instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or
liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior
consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee in
the amount of Three Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($3,500.00) (which processing fee may
be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its
right to receive payment with respect to any Committed Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii)
disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Committed
Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or
credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

     (h) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its
Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty (30)
calendar days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty
(30) calendar days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such
resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from
among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided,
however, that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the
resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of
America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of
its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to
require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed
Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it
shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing
Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the
right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Committed Loans or fund risk participations in
outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a
successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become
vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing
Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in
substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make
other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations
of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

     (i) Borrower Loan Purchase.

     (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the
contrary, the Borrower shall have the right from time to time to voluntarily purchase Term
Loans from one or more Lenders and simultaneously cancel or retire such Term Loans and
Lenders shall be permitted to sell or assign such Term Loans to the Borrower (in each case,
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     Purchase”) provided that no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of
such purchase and assignment or would result from such purchase and assignment and subject
to satisfaction all of the other requirements of this Section 10.06(i).

     (ii) Any offer to make a Borrower Loan Purchase by the Borrower and any sale of Term
Loans to the Borrower by a Lender shall be in accordance with the following:

     (A) by no later than 11:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days prior to the
Response Date (as defined below), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
(and the Administrative Agent shall provide such information to the Lenders), in
writing, of its desire to purchase Term Loans from the Lenders (the “Purchase
Offer”) which Purchase Offer shall be made to all Lenders on a pro rata basis
and shall contain (I) the date by which the Lenders may elect to participate in a
Borrower Loan Purchase (the “Response Date”), (II) the price (which may be a
range and which may be at a discount to par) of the proposed purchase (the
“Offer Price”), (III) the amount of Term Loans the Borrower is proposing to
purchase and (IV) the type of Term Loans, if applicable;

     (B) no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Response Date, each Lender shall, in its
sole discretion, notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in writing, as to
the amount of Term Loans it wishes to sell to the Borrower (which shall not be less
than One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) at the Offer Price (any such
notification by a Lender shall be irrevocable absent manifest error and shall be
referred to herein as a “Sales Offer” and any failure to timely provide such
notice shall be deemed a decline of the Purchase Offer);

     (C) Borrower may accept as many or as few of the Sales Offers by written notice
to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. as of the third Business Day
following the Response Date (the “Acceptance Date”), provided that (I) such
offers must be accepted in descending order of discount (that is, Borrower must
accept the greatest discount first, then the next greatest discount, and so on), and
(II) in the case of a tie, the prepayment must be applied on a pro rata basis to the
offering Lenders based on the principal amount of the Loans offered for prepayment.
The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders that provided Sales Offers as to
whether or not their offer was accepted and, in the case of acceptance, the
principal amount subject to prepayment. Borrower will purchase the Loans on a
certain Business Day (the “Settlement Date”; which Settlement Date shall be
determined by Borrower in conjunction with the Administrative Agent, provided that
the Settlement Date shall be (x) no earlier than two (2) Business Days and (y) no
later than five (5) Business Days, in each case, following the Acceptance Date) by
payment of the discounted principal amount to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to the respective Lenders; and

     (D) on the Settlement Date, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent a certificate stating that (I) when the Borrower delivered the Purchase Offer
and (II) at all times subsequent to its delivery of the Purchase Offer through the
time of such Borrower Loan Purchase, the Borrower did not have any material
non-public information (“MNPI”) that either (y) was not, or has not been,
disclosed to the Lenders (other than those which have elected not to receive such
MNPI) during such time or (z) would reasonably be expected to have a material effect
upon, or otherwise be material to, the market price of the Term Loan or a Lender’s
decision to participate in such Borrower Loan Purchase.

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     (iii) In order to consummate a Borrower Loan Purchase:

     (A) each of the assigning Lender and the Borrower (in its capacity as purchaser
of the applicable Term Loan) shall enter into a Borrower Assignment Agreement as of
the Settlement Date; and

     (B) the Administrative Agent shall receive the recordation and processing fee
in connection with such assignment as set forth in Section 10.06(b)(iv);

     (iv) A Borrower Loan Purchase shall be effective upon satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 10.06(i) above and such
date shall be referred to herein as a “Borrower Assignment Effective Date.”

     (v) On and after a Borrower Assignment Effective Date, (I) the Term Loans purchased by
the Borrower shall be deemed cancelled or retired for all purposes and shall no longer be
deemed outstanding (and may not be resold by the Borrower), for all purposes of this
Agreement and all other Loan Documents (notwithstanding any provisions herein or therein to
the contrary), including, but not limited to, (A) the making of, or the application of, any
payments to the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (B) the making of
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (C) the providing of any rights to the Borrower as a
Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (D) the determination of Required
Lenders and (E) the calculation of the amount of Indebtedness hereunder and (II) no interest
or fees of any type shall accrue from and after a Borrower Assignment Effective Date on any
Term Loans purchased by the Borrower on such Borrower Assignment Effective Date. For
clarification purposes, the Borrower shall never be deemed to be a Lender hereunder.

     (vi) The Lenders hereby consent to the transactions described in this Section
10.06(i) and waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement and any other
Loan Document that might otherwise result in a breach of this Agreement or create a Default
or an Event of Default as a result of or in connection with the consummation of any Borrower
Loan Purchase. The Lenders acknowledge that purchases made by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section 10.06(i) will result in the retirement of Term Loans on a non-pro rata basis
among the Lenders. The Lenders further acknowledge that any payment made to a Lender in
connection with a Borrower Loan Purchase is solely for the account of such Lender and no
ratable sharing of such proceeds is required under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.

     (vii) All Borrower Loan Purchases and subsequent cancellation or retirement of such Term
Loans by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.06(i) shall reduce pro rata the
payments, with respect to Term Loans, due on the Maturity Date.

     10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its
Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and
representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have
jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any
subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the
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or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights
hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same
(or at least as restrictive) as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or
any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(c) or
(ii) any actual or prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or its advisors) to any
swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent
of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as
a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, the L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a
source other than a Loan Party.

     For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan
Party or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to
disclosure by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of any Loan Party, provided that, in the case of
information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party after the date hereof,
such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same
degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information.

     Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that (a) the
Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary of
any Loan Party, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of
material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in
accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

     10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and
from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at
any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the
L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other
Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or
such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or
the L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such
indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right
of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent
for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such
payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in
trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender
shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the
Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The
rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and their respective Affiliates under
this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that
such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C
Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff
and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
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     10.09 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any
Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the
maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If
the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum
Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such
unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for,
charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person
may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal
as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the
effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the
total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

     10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

     10.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made
hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or
in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.
Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent
and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or
on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice
or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force
and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied
or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

     10.12 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to
be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or
impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The
invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable
such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this
Section 10.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this
Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in
good faith by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, then such provisions shall
be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

     10.13 Replacement of Lenders. If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, (iii) a
Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge
or termination with respect to any Loan Document that has been approved by the Required Lenders as
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consent of all Lenders or all Lenders directly affected thereby (as applicable) or (iv) any Lender
is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such
Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse
(in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by,
Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the
related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which Eligible
Assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

     (a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in
Section 10.06(b);

     (b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding “par”
principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under
Section 3.05) from the Eligible Assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

     (c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

     (d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

     A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

     10.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

     (a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     (b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW
YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY
RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR
ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

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     (c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

     (d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT
THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

     10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE
OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

     10.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees and
acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services
regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers are arm’s-length
commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective
Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B)
the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it
has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts,
the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan
Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers is and has been
acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties,
has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or
any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any
Arranger or Lender has any obligation to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their
respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of
transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties
and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger or Lender
has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any
of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives
and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
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breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated
hereby.

     10.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined)
and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the
Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of
the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. The Borrower shall, promptly
following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other
information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its
ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including the Act.

     10.18 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment
or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic
signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal
effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based
recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law,
including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State
Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.

     10.19 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.

     10.20 Entire Agreement. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND MAY NOT
BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE
PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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