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Execution Version  AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of January 24, 2022 (this “Amendment”), among VECTRUS, INC., an  Indiana corporation (“Holdings”), VECTRUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the  “Borrower”), the other LOAN PARTIES party hereto, the LENDERS and ISSUING BANKS party hereto and  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative  Agent”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 2014 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 as  of April 19, 2016, as further amended and restated by that certain Amendment and Restatement Agreement as of  November 15, 2017, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 as of December 24, 2020 and as further  amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date  hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the  “Amended Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and the  Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms  in the Amended Credit Agreement, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein.     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and the undersigned Lenders, Issuing Banks and the  Administrative Agent have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, that (a) the Existing  Credit Agreement will be amended as provided herein, (b) in connection therewith, the Existing Maturity Date of the  Revolving Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be extended as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, (c)  in connection therewith, the Existing Maturity Date of the Tranche A Term Loans under the Existing Credit  Agreement shall be extended as set forth in Exhibit A hereto and (d) the Loan Parties will reaffirm their respective  obligations under the Security Documents; and  WHEREAS, each Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of  this Amendment (each, an “Existing Lender”) that executes and delivers a signature page to this Amendment (each,  a “Consenting Lender”) will have agreed to the terms of this Amendment upon the effectiveness of this Amendment  on the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below);   NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and  valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions  set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:  SECTION 1. Rules of Interpretation.  The rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.03 of the  Amended Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.  SECTION 2. Amendment Effective Date.  The “Amendment Effective Date” shall be the date as of  which all the conditions set forth or referred to in Section 5 hereof shall have been satisfied.   SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. Each of Holdings and the Borrower (with respect to  itself and, where applicable, its respective Subsidiaries) represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, each of  the Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders that:  (a) Each Loan Party has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and  perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement. The execution and delivery of  this Amendment and the performance of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement have been duly  authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, action by the holders of such  Loan Party’s Equity Interests. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and this  Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each such  Loan Party, enforceable against each such Person in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,  insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally  and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and  an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  (b) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement  and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of representations and  warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the Amendment Effective Date after giving effect  to this Amendment, except in the case or any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date,  

 

-2-  in which case such representation and warranty was true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, as  applicable) as of such earlier date.  (c) After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and be  continuing.  SECTION 4. Amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement.  (a) Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended  to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add  the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined  text) as set forth in the pages of the Existing Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.   (b) The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments of each Revolving Lender and the  aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Loans of each Tranche A Term Lender immediately after giving effect to  the consummation of the transactions described in this Amendment is set forth opposite such Lender’s name on  Schedule I hereto.  (c) The Consenting Lenders by their execution of this Amendment hereby agree that this Amendment  shall constitute a Maturity Date Extension Request in accordance with Section 2.22 of the Existing Credit  Agreement.  The execution of this Amendment by any Lender shall constitute an affirmative response of such  Lender to the Maturity Date Extension Request relating to the Revolving Commitments and Tranche A Term Loans  of such Lender. In addition, each Lender party hereto waives any right to compensation for losses, expenses or  liabilities incurred by such Lender to which it may otherwise have been entitled pursuant to Section 2.16 of the  Existing Credit Agreement in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby.  (d) Except as specifically set forth in clause (a) above, the terms and conditions of the Revolving  Commitments, the Revolving Loans, the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and the Tranche A Term Loans shall  be identical to the terms and conditions of the Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Loans, the Tranche A Term  Loan Commitments and the Tranche A Term Loans as in effect immediately prior to the Amendment Effective  Date.  For avoidance of doubt, the amendments set forth in clause (a) above shall apply to all Revolving  Commitments, Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and Tranche A Term Loans in effect under  the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date.  SECTION 5. Conditions.  The effectiveness of this Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction of  the following conditions precedent:  (a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received duly executed counterparts (or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a facsimile or other  electronic transmission) that such party has signed a counterpart) of this Amendment that, when taken  together, bear the signatures of (v) each Loan Party, (w) each Existing Lender, (x) the Administrative  Agent, (y) each Issuing Bank and (z) each Swingline Lender.  (b)  The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to  the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks) of each of (x) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher  & Flom LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties and (y) Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Indiana counsel for  the Loan Parties , in each case, (i) dated as of the Amendment Effective Date and (ii) in form and substance  reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Loan Party hereby requests such counsel to  deliver such opinion.     (c) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each Loan  Party (or an omnibus certificate of all Loan Parties), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the  Administrative Agent, dated the Amendment Effective Date, certifying as to (w) the organizational  documents of such Loan Party (which, to the extent filed with a Governmental Authority, shall be certified  as of a recent date by such Governmental Authority), (x) the resolutions of the board of directors or other  

 

-3-  governing body of such Loan Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of  this Amendment and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, (y) the good standing of such Loan  Party (to the extent the concept is relevant and customarily certified in the applicable jurisdiction) by  attaching a good standing certificate, certified as of a recent date by such Governmental Authority, and  (z) the incumbency (including specimen signatures) of the authorized signatories of such Loan Party.   (d) After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have  occurred and be continuing.  (e) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Section 3 above and in  the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of  representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the Amendment  Effective Date after giving effect to this Amendment, except in the case or any such representation and  warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true  and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, as applicable) as of such earlier date.  (f) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five Business Days prior to the  Amendment Effective Date, (x) all documentation and other information about the Loan Parties that the  Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders reasonably determine is required by bank regulatory  authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,  including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act and (y) a certification regarding beneficial ownership  with respect to the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, in each case, that has  been requested at least ten Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date.  (g) The Administrative Agent shall have received (x) payment by or on behalf Holdings or  the Borrower on the Amendment Effective Date of upfront fees for the account of each Lender party hereto  in an amount equal to 0.05% of the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments  and Tranche A Term Loans outstanding as of immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment  and (y) to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date,  reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including the  reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be paid or reimbursed,  or caused to be paid or reimbursed, by Holdings or the Borrower on the Amendment Effective Date, in  each case, pursuant to Section 11 hereof or under any agreement entered into by any of the Amendment  No. 2 Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and Holdings or the  Borrower, on the other hand.  (h)  The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate, dated the  Amendment Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying as to the  satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (e) above.   (i)  The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders  and the Issuing Banks, all unpaid interest and fees in respect of the Revolving Commitments, the Revolving  Loans and Tranche A Term Loans that have accrued to (but not including) the Amendment Effective Date.   SECTION 6. Reaffirmation.  (a) Each of the Loan Parties hereby consents to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated  hereby and hereby confirms its guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements, as applicable,  under each of the Security Documents to which it is party and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this  Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the  amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement), such guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other  agreements of such Loan Parties shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the  Secured Parties under the Amended Credit Agreement. Each of the Loan Parties further agrees to take any action  that may be required under any applicable law or that is reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure  compliance by the Borrower with Section 5.12 of the Amended Credit Agreement and hereby reaffirms its  obligations under each similar provision of each Security Document to which it is a party.   

 

-4-  (b) Each of the Loan Parties hereby confirms and agrees that the Tranche A Term Loans, the  Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Swingline Loans (in each case, if any) have constituted and continue  to constitute Obligations (or any word of like import) under the Security Documents.  SECTION 7. Counterparts; Amendments.  This Amendment may not be amended nor may any  provision hereof be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by each of the parties hereto. This Amendment may  be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken  together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this  Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original executed  counterpart of this Amendment. The provisions set forth in Section 9.06 of the Amended Credit Agreement are  hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.  SECTION 8. No Novation.  (a) Until this Amendment becomes effective in accordance with its terms and the Amendment  Effective Date shall have occurred, the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not  be affected hereby. On and after the Amendment Effective Date, all obligations of the Loan Parties under the  Existing Credit Agreement shall become obligations of the Loan Parties under the Amended Credit Agreement and  the provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and those of that certain Suspension of Rights Agreement, dated as  of December 23, 2021, by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in each case, shall be  superseded by the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement.   (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Amendment shall not extinguish the Loans  outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other obligations for the payment of money outstanding  under the Existing Credit Agreement or release the Liens granted under or the priority of any Security Document or  any security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the Loans  outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other obligations for the payment of money outstanding  under the Existing Credit Agreement, in each case which shall remain outstanding on and after the Amendment  Effective Date as modified hereby. Nothing implied herein shall be construed as a release or other discharge of  Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and  liabilities as “Holdings,” a “Borrower,” a “Grantor” or a “Guarantor” under the Existing Credit Agreement or the  other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any provision of this Amendment, the provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16,  2.17 and 9.03 of the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date will  continue to be effective as to all matters arising out of or in any way related to facts or events existing or occurring  prior to the Amendment Effective Date.  SECTION 9. Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.    (a) THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF  ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF  OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY  SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE  OF NEW YORK. (b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 9.09(b),  9.09(c), 9.09(d) AND 9.10 OF THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT AS IF SUCH SECTION WERE  SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN.  SECTION 10. Notices.  All notices hereunder shall be given in accordance with the provisions of  Section 9.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement.  SECTION 11. Fees and Expenses.  (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each  Consenting Lender, an upfront fee in an amount equal to 0.05% of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving  

 

-5-  Commitments and Tranche A Term Loans of such Consenting Lender held by it on the Amendment Effective Date.  The fees payable pursuant to this Section 11(a) will be paid in dollars in immediately available funds on, and subject  to the occurrence of, the Amendment Effective Date.  (b) The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable and documented  out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment to the extent required under Section 9.03 of the  Amended Credit Agreement.  SECTION 12. Headings.  The Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are  not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting,  this Amendment.  [Signature Pages Follow]  

 

 

 

[Amendment No. 2 Signature Page] JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, a Consenting Lender, a Swingline  Lender and an Issuing Bank By: Name: Kenneth Wong Title: Vice President 

 

    CITIBANK, N.A.,   as a Consenting Lender, a Swingline Lender and an Issuing  Bank   By:      Name: Bradley Peters    Title: Director       [Amendment No. 2 Signature Page] 

 

  [Amendment No. 2 Signature Page]      TRUIST BANK,   as a Consenting Lender, a Swingline Lender and  an Issuing Bank   By:        Name: Anika Kirs   Title: Director       

 

 

 

  [Amendment No. 2 Signature Page]      BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,   as a Consenting Lender  By:        Name: Mark A. Zirkle   Title: Senior Vice President       

 

 

 

  [Amendment No. 2 Signature Page]      BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A., MIAMI  BRANCH,   as a Consenting Lender   By:        Name:    Title:       Ignacio Alcaraz Head of Structured Finance Americas 

 

  [Amendment No. 2 Signature Page]      COMERICA BANK,   as a Consenting Lender   By:        Name:    Title:       Collin Miller Portfolio Manager 

 

 

 

  [Amendment No. 2 Signature Page]    TD BANK, N.A.,   as a Consenting Lender  By:        Name: M. Bernadette Collins   Title: Senior Vice President    

 

SCHEDULE I  Commitments  Lenders Revolving Commitment Tranche A Term Loans Total Commitments  Bank of America, NA  $40,940,000 $5,540,000 $46,480,000  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.  $37,640,000 $8,310,000 $45,950,000  Citibank, N.A.  $37,640,000 $8,310,000 $45,950,000  Truist Bank  $37,640,000 $8,310,000 $45,950,000  U.S. Bank National Association  $37,640,000 $8,310,000 $45,950,000  Bank of the West  $26,000,000 $5,540,000 $31,540,000  Synovus Bank  $15,250,000 $2,770,000 $18,020,000  TD Bank, N.A.  $15,250,000 $2,770,000 $18,020,000  Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Miami  Branch $11,000,000 $2,770,000 $13,770,000  Comerica Bank  $11,000,000 $2,770,000 $13,770,000  Total  $270,000,000 $55,400,000 $325,400,000  

 

EXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT NO. 12 CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of September 17, 2014, as amended as of April 19, 2016 as amended and restated as of November 15, 2017, as amended as of December 24, 2020, as amended as of January 24, 2022, among VECTRUS, INC., VECTRUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION, as the Borrower, The Lenders and Issuing Banks Party Hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent                                                  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A., TRUIST SECURITIES, INC. and U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners CITIBANK, N.A., TRUIST BANK and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Syndication Agents 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms 1 SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings 41 SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally 41 SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP 42 SECTION 1.05 Pro Forma Calculations 42 SECTION 1.06 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents 42 SECTION 1.07 Interest Rates; Rate Notification 43 SECTION 1.08 Divisions 43 ARTICLE II THE CREDITS SECTION 2.01 Commitments 44 SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings 44 SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings 45 SECTION 2.04 Swingline Loans 46 SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit 47 SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings 52 SECTION 2.07 Interest Elections 52 SECTION 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Commitments 53 SECTION 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 54 SECTION 2.10 Amortization of Term Loans 54 SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans 55 SECTION 2.12 Fees 57 SECTION 2.13 Interest 58 SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest 59 SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs 61 SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments 63 SECTION 2.17 Taxes 63 SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs 66 SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 67 SECTION 2.20 Defaulting Lenders 68 SECTION 2.21 Incremental Extensions of Credit 69 SECTION 2.22 Extension of Maturity Date 72 SECTION 2.23 Refinancing Facilities 74 ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers 75 SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Due Execution and Delivery; Enforceability 75 SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts 76 SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change 76 SECTION 3.05 Properties 76 SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters 77 -  i- 

 

SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws 77 SECTION 3.08 Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws 77 SECTION 3.09 Investment Company Status 77 SECTION 3.10 Federal Reserve Regulations 77 SECTION 3.11 Taxes 77 SECTION 3.12 ERISA 78 SECTION 3.13 Disclosure 78 SECTION 3.14 Subsidiaries 78 SECTION 3.15 Labor Matters 78 SECTION 3.16 Solvency 78 SECTION 3.17 Collateral Matters 79 SECTION 3.18 Designation as Senior Debt 79 SECTION 3.19 EEA Financial Institution 79 ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS SECTION 4.01 [Reserved] 79 SECTION 4.02 [Reserved] 79 SECTION 4.03 Each Credit Event 79 ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information 80 SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events 81 SECTION 5.03 Information Regarding Collateral 82 SECTION 5.04 Existence; Conduct of Business 82 SECTION 5.05 Payment of Obligations 82 SECTION 5.06 Maintenance of Properties 83 SECTION 5.07 Insurance 83 SECTION 5.08 Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights 83 SECTION 5.09 Compliance with Laws 83 SECTION 5.10 Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit 83 SECTION 5.11 Additional Subsidiaries 84 SECTION 5.12 Further Assurances 84 SECTION 5.13 Post-Effective Date Matters 85 SECTION 5.14 Designation of Subsidiaries 85 ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities 85 SECTION 6.02 Liens 87 SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes 89 SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions 89 SECTION 6.05 Asset Sales 92 SECTION 6.06 Sale and Leaseback Transactions 94 SECTION 6.07 Hedging Agreements 94 SECTION 6.08 Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Junior Indebtedness 94 SECTION 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates 96 SECTION 6.10 Restrictive Agreements 96 - ii- 

 

SECTION 6.11 Amendment of Material Documents 97 SECTION 6.12 Interest Expense Coverage Ratio 97 SECTION 6.13 Total Leverage Ratio 97 SECTION 6.14 Changes in Fiscal Periods 97 ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT SECTION 7.01 Events of Default 97 SECTION 7.02 Exclusion of Certain Subsidiaries 99 ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 9.01 Notices 104 SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments 106 SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Limitation of Liability; Indemnity; Etc 108 SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns 110 SECTION 9.05 Survival 114 SECTION 9.06 Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 114 SECTION 9.07 Severability 115 SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff 115 SECTION 9.09 Governing Law:  Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process 115 SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 116 SECTION 9.11 Headings 116 SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality 116 SECTION 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation 117 SECTION 9.14 Release of Liens and Guarantees 117 SECTION 9.15 USA PATRIOT Act Notice 117 SECTION 9.16 No Fiduciary Relationship 117 SECTION 9.17 Non-Public Information 118 SECTION 9.18 Authorization to Distribute Certain Materials to Public-Siders; Security Clearances 118 SECTION 9.19 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 118 SECTION 9.20 Restatement of Original Credit Agreement 119 SECTION 9.21 MIRE Events 119 SECTION 9.22 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs 119 SCHEDULES: Schedule 1.01 — Mortgaged Property Schedule 2.01 — Commitments Schedule 3.14 — Subsidiaries Schedule 6.01(b) — Existing Indebtedness Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens Schedule 6.04 — Existing Investments Schedule 6.10 — Existing Restrictions EXHIBITS: Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and Assumption -iii- 

 

Exhibit B — [Reserved] Exhibit C — [Reserved] Exhibit D — Form of Supplemental Perfection Certificate Exhibit E — [Reserved] Exhibit F — Auction Procedures Exhibit G — Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption Exhibit H — Form of Maturity Date Extension Request Exhibit I-1 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Foreign Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Exhibit 1-2 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Exhibit 1-3 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Exhibit 1-4 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate for Foreign Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes - iv- 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of September 17, 2014, as amended on April 19, 2016, as amended and restated as of November 15, 2017, and as amended on December 24, 20202020, and as amended on January 24,  2022 (this “Agreement”), among VECTRUS, INC., an Indiana corporation, VECTRUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, the LENDERS and ISSUING BANKS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Borrower has requested that (a) the Tranche A Term Lenders extend credit in the form of Tranche A Term Loans on the Restatement Effective Date (such term, and each other Term used but not otherwise defined in this preamble, to have the meanings set forth in Section 1.01) in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $80,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Lenders extend credit in the form of Revolving Loans, the Swingline Lender extend credit in the form of Swingline Loans and the Issuing Banks issue Letters of Credit, in each case at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period such that the Aggregate Revolving Exposure will not exceed $120,000,000 at any time.  The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans, together with cash on hand, will be used (i) first, on the Restatement Effective Date, to prepay in full the principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement), together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon, outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) second on the Restatement Effective Date, to pay fees and expenses in respect of this Agreement and (iii) third, to the extent of any such proceeds remaining, for working capital and general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted by this Agreement) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.  The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and of the Swingline Loans will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted by this Agreement) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.  Letters of Credit will be used by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for general corporate purposes. The Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower, and the Issuing Banks are willing to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows: ARTICLE I Definitions Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement (including in the introductory paragraphsSECTION 1.01 hereof), the following terms have the meanings specified below: “ABR” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate. “Additional Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(c). “Adjusted EURIBODaily Simple RFR Rate” means, (i) with respect to any EURIBORRFR Borrowing for  any Interest Perioddenominated in Pounds Sterling, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the  next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the EURIBO Rate for such Interest Period,equal to (a) the Daily Simple RFR for Pounds  Sterling, plus (b) 0.0326% and (ii) with respect to any RFR Borrowing denominated in dollars, an interest rate per  annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple RFR for dollars, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Daily Simple  RFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the  purposes of this Agreement. “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period (or,  solely for purposes of clause (c) of the defined tem “Alternate Base Rate,” for purposes of determining the Alternate  Base Rate as of any date), an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal  to (a) for Borrowings denominated in dollars, (i) the LIBO Rate for dollars for such Interest Period (or such date, as  applicable) multiplied by (iiEURIBOR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated  in Euros for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the EURIBOR Rate for such Interest Period  multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate and (b) for Borrowings denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency  (other than Euro), the LIBO Rate for such currency for such Interest Period.; provided that if the Adjusted  Exh. I-4-  1 

 

EURIBOR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for  the purposes of this Agreement. “Adjusted Term SOFR Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in  dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period,  plus (b) 0.10%; provided that if the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such  rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. “Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan (including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Article VIII. “Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent. “Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution. “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified 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. “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and a Purchasing Borrower Party (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit G or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. “Agreed Currencies” means dollars and each Permitted Foreign Currency. “Aggregate Revolving Commitment” means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Commitments of all the Revolving Lenders at such time. “Aggregate Revolving Exposure” means, at any time, the min of the Revolving Exposures of all the Revolving Lenders at such time. “Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory statement to this Credit Agreement. “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus 1/21⁄2 of 1.001% per annum and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate onTerm SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S. Government Securities  Business Days prior to such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00% per annum.  If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive  absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the NYFRB Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure  of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the  Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the  circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist.  For purposes of clause (c) above, the Adjusted LIBO1%;  provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate onfor any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate for a deposit in dollars and an Interest Period of one month, as such rate appearsTerm SOFR  Reference Rate at approximately 115:00 a.m., London Chicago time, on such day. If no LIBO Screen Rate shall be  available for an Interest Period of one month but LIBO Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and  shorter than an Interest Period of one month, then the Adjusted LIBO Rate for purposes of clause (c) above shall be  based on the Interpolated Screen Rate on the applicable date of determination on such day (or any amended  publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME Term SOFR Administrator in the  Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology).  Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate, respectively.  If the -   2 - 

 

Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to SectionSection 2.14 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to SectionSection 2.14(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) of this definitionabove and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) of this definition. Notwithstanding the foregoingabove.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate, as determined as provided above,pursuant to the foregoing would otherwise be less than 1.00%,  then the Alternate Base Rate greater than the applicable Floor for Adjusted Term SOFR or Daily Simply SOFR, such  rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% greater than such applicable Floor for all purposes.“Alternative Currency  Equivalent” means, for any amount of any Permitted Foreign Currency, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if  such amount is expressed in such Permitted Foreign Currency, such amount and (b) if such amount is expressed in  dollars, the equivalent of such amount in such Permitted Foreign Currency determined by using the rate of exchange  for the purchase of such Permitted Foreign Currency with dollars last provided (either by publication or otherwise  provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters source on the Business Day (New York City time)  immediately preceding the date of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide a rate  of exchange for the purchase of such Permitted Foreign Currency with dollars, as provided by such other publicly  available information service which provides that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the  Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide such rate of  exchange, the equivalent of such amount in dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of  determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion) of this Agreement. “Alternative Incremental Facility Debt” means any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or senior unsecured notes; provided that (i) if such Indebtedness is secured, such Indebtedness shall be secured by the Collateral on a junior basis with the Loan Document Obligations and shall not be secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) the stated final maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date (and such stated final maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be subject to any conditions that could result in such stated final maturity occurring on a date that precedes the Latest Maturity Date), and such Indebtedness shall not have a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than the weighted avenge life to maturity of the then-remaining Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness shall have covenants no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those applicable to the Commitments and the Loans as determined in good faith by the Borrower (it being understood that such Indebtedness may include one or more financial maintenance covenants with which Holdings and the Borrower shall be required to comply, provided that any such financial maintenance covenant shall also be for the benefit of all other Lenders in respect of all Loans and Commitments outstanding at the time that such Alternative Incremental Facility Debt is incurred), (iv) if such Indebtedness is secured, the security agreement relating to such Indebtedness shall not be materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the holders providing such Indebtedness than the existing Security Documents are to the Lenders, (v) if such Indebtedness is secured, a trustee or note agent acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to customary intercreditor arrangements mutually agreed with the Administrative Agent and (vi) such Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties. “Amendment and Restatement Agreement” means the Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of November 15, 2017, among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto and the Administrative Agent. “Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2020, among Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto and the Administrative Agent. “Amendment No. 2” means Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2022, among  Holdings, the Borrower, the other Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto and the  Administrative Agent.  “Amendment No. 1 Arrangers” means, collectively, JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A., Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for Amendment No. 1. -   3 - 

 

“Amendment No. 2 Arrangers” means, collectively, JPMorgan, Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A.,  Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint  bookrunners for Amendment No. 2. “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means December 24, 2020, the date on which Amendment No. 1 became effective. “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means January 24, 2022, the date on which Amendment No. 2 became  effective. “Ancillary Document” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.06. “Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Holdings or its subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering. “Applicable Percentage” means, at any time with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time.  If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments of Revolving Loans, LC Exposures and Swingline Exposures that occur after such termination or expiration. “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to (a) any Loan that is a Tranche A Term Loan, a Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan and (b) the commitment fees payable hereunder in respect of Revolving Loans, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the applicable caption, based upon the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the fiscal quarter of Holdings for which consolidated financial statements have most recently been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b); provided that until the delivery of such consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year of Holdings ending December 31, 2017 (together with the certificate of a Financial Officer required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(c) together therewith), the Applicable Rate shall be that set forth below in Level II: Level Total Leverage Ratio Eurocurrency  LoansTerm  Benchmark and EURIBOR RFR Loans ABR Loans Commitment Fee I ≥2.50 to 1.00 2.50% 1.50% 0.450% II ≥1.50 to 1.00 but < 2.50 to 1.00 2.25% 1.25% 0.400% III ≥1.00 to 1.00 but < 1.50 to 1.00 2.00% 1.00% 0.350% IV < 1.00 to 1.00 1.75% 0.75% 0.300% For purposes of this definition, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that the Total Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Level I at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if the Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) or the certificate of a Financial Officer required to be delivered by it -   4 - 

 

pursuant to Section 5.01(c) during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements and such certificate are delivered. “Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender or Eligible Assignee, any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender or Eligible Assignee, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or Eligible Assignee or (e) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender or Eligible Assignee. “Arrangers” means, collectively, JPMorgan, Citibank, N.A., Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the credit facilities provided for herein. “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04) and accepted by the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent. “Auction” means an auction pursuant to which a Purchasing Borrower Party offers to purchase Term Loans pursuant to the Auction Procedures. “Auction Manager” means any financial institution or advisor employed by the Borrower (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Auction; provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Manager without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Manager). “Auction Procedures” means the procedures set forth in Exhibit F. “Auction Purchase Offer” means an offer by a Purchasing Borrower Party to purchase Term Loans of one or more Classes pursuant to an auction process conducted in accordance with the Auction Procedures and otherwise in accordance with Section 9.04(c). “Available Amount” means, at any time, the following (which, to the extent cumulative, will commence accruing for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018):  (a) the sum of (i) the sum of 50% of Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year of Holdings in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) (to the extent such Excess Cash Flow amount exceeds $0) (provided that any increase in the Available Amount pursuant to this clause (i) shall not be used to make any Restricted Payment unless, concurrently with the making of such Restricted Payment, the Borrower prepays Term Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Restricted Payment), plus (ii) the Net Proceeds from any sale or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of Holdings to the extent such Net Proceeds are received by the Borrower, plus (iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments declined by the Term Lenders and retained by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11(e) (provided that any increase in the Available Amount pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not be used to make any Restricted Payment) plus (iv) the amount of any investment made using the Available Amount of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries minus (b) the sum at such time of (i) [reserved], plus (ii) investments, loans and advances previously or concurrently made under Section 6.04(r) in reliance on the Available Amount, plus (iii) Restricted Payments previously or concurrently made under Section 6.08(a)(ix) in reliance on the Available Amount, plus (iv) prepayments of Indebtedness previously or concurrently made under Section 6.08(b)(v) in reliance on the Available Amount.  For purposes of determining the Available Amount at any time, any amount invested, loaned or advanced under Section 6.04(r) or prepaid under Section 6.08(b)(v) shall be deemed to have first decreased that portion of the Available Amount at such time that is comprised of the amounts referenced in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(iii) above before decreasing that portion of the Available Amount at such time that is comprised of the amounts referenced in clauses (a)(ii) and (a)(iv) above. -   5 - 

 

“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (fe) of Section 2.14. “Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution. “Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom,  Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings). “Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority; provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person. “Benchmark” means, initially, the Relevant Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Relevant Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) or clause (c) of Section 2.14. “Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that, in the case of any Loan denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, “Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in (32) below: (1) in the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;(2) the sum of:  (a)case of any Loan denominated in dollars, the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related  Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;RFR Rate; and (32) the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Unadjusted Benchmark  Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as  selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided further that, solely with respect to a Loan  denominated in dollars, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document,  upon the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event, and the delivery of a Term SOFR Notice, on the applicable  Benchmark Replacement Date the “Benchmark Replacement” shall revert to and shall be deemed to be the sum of  -   6 - 

 

(a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, as set forth in clause (1) of this definition  (subject to the first proviso above). If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (32) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. “Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement: (1) for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement,” the first alternative  set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent: (a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be  a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such  Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of  such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; (b) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such  Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative  transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such  Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and(2) for purposes of clause (3) of the definition of  “Benchmark Replacement,”, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time;. provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service  that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent  in its reasonable discretion. “Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Revolving Loan denominated in dollars, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the  definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “RFR Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides in its  reasonable discretion may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides in its reasonable discretion that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines in its  reasonable discretion that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents). “Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to thesuch then-current Benchmark: -   7 - 

 

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or (2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the publicfirst date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication of information referenced therein; referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date. (3) in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty (30) days after the date a Term  SOFR Notice is provided to the Lenders and the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14(c); or (4) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early  Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New  York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the  Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof). “Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to thesuch then-current Benchmark: (1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); (2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board of  Governors, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, the central bank for the Agreed Currency applicable  to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or (3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative. -   8 - 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof). “Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14. “Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. “Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230. “Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”. “BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate’ (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party. “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of  America. “Borrower” means Vectrus Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation. “Borrowing” means (a) Loans of the same Class, Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, or (b) a Swingline Loan,. “Borrowing Minimum” means (a) in the case of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing or a RFR  Borrowing denominated in dollars, $1,000,000, (b) in the case of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing or a  RFR Borrowing denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency or a EURIBOR Borrowing, the smallest amount of such Permitted Foreign Currency that is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of such currency and that has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $1,000,000 and (e) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, $500,000. “Borrowing Multiple” means (a) in the easecase of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing denominated in dollars, $500,000, (b) in the case of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing or a  RFR Borrowing denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency or a EURIBOR Borrowing, the smallest amount of such Permitted Foreign Currency that is an integral multiple or 100,000 units of such currency and that has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $500,000 and (c) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, $100,000. “Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable, which shall be, in the ease of a written Borrowing Request, in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and otherwise consistent with the requirements of Section 2.03 or 2.04, as applicable. “Business Day” means, any day that is not(other than a Saturday, or a Sunday or any other day) on which commercial banks are open for business in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closedor  Chicago; provided that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also  exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in the London  interbank market or any day on which banks in London, (a) in relation to Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, any  day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are not open for general business and (b) when used in  -   9 - 

 

connection with any EURIBOR Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also excludebusiness in London, (b) in relation  to Loans denominated in Euros and in relation to the calculation or computation of EURIBOR, any day which is not  a TARGET Day or any day on which banks in London are not open for general businessa TARGET Day and (c) in  relation to RFR Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such  RFR Loan, or any other dealings in the applicable Agreed Currency of such RFR Loan, any such day that is only an  RFR Business Day. “Calculation Date” means (a) the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, (b) each date (with such date  to be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of (i) a Borrowing Request or  an Interest Election Request with respect to any Revolving Loan or (ii) the issuance, amendment, renewal or  extension of a Letter of Credit and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Business Day as  determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.with respect to any Loan denominated in any Permitted  Foreign Currency, each of the following: (i) the date of the Borrowing of such Loan and (ii) (A) with respect to any  Term Benchmark Loan, each date of a conversion into or continuation of such Loan pursuant to the terms of this  Agreement and (B) with respect to any RFR Loan, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each  calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding  day in such month, then the last day of such month); (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in a  Permitted Foreign Currency, each of the following: (i) the date on which such Letter of Credit is issued, (ii) the first  Business Day of each calendar month and (iii) the date of any amendment of such Letter of Credit that has the effect  of increasing the face amount thereof; and (c) any additional date as the Administrative Agent may determine at any  time when an Event of Default exists. “Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of Holdings for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, but excluding in each case any such expenditure (i) constituting reinvestment of the Net Proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” to the extent permitted by Section 2.11(c), (ii) made by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as payment of the consideration for any acquisition permitted by this Agreement, (iii) made by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to effect leasehold improvements to any property leased by Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as lessee, to the extent that such expenses have been reimbursed by the landlord, (iv) in the form of a substantially contemporaneous exchange of similar property, plant, equipment or other capital assets, except to the extent of cash or other consideration (other than the assets so exchanged), if any, paid or payable by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (v) made with the Net Proceeds from the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests. “Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.  For purposes of Section 6.02, a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased and such property shall be deemed to be owned by the lessee. “Cash Management Services” means the treasury management services (including controlled disbursements, zero balance arrangements, cash sweeps, corporate credit card and other card services, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts, temporary advances, interest and fees and interstate depository network services) provided to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. “CBR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Central Bank Rate. “CBR Spread” means the Applicable Rate, applicable to such Loan that is replaced by a CBR Loan. “Central Bank Rate” means, (A) the greater of (i) for any Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, the  Bank of England (or any successor thereto)’s “Bank Rate” as published by the Bank of England (or any successor  thereto) from time to time, (b) Euro, one of the following three rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent  -  10 - 

 

in its reasonable discretion: (1) the fixed rate for the main refinancing operations of the European Central Bank (or  any successor thereto), or, if that rate is not published, the minimum bid rate for the main refinancing operations of  the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), each as published by the European Central Bank (or any  successor thereto) from time to time, (2) the rate for the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank (or  any successor thereto), as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time or  (3) the rate for the deposit facility of the central banking system of the Participating Member States, as published by  the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time and (c) any other Permitted Foreign  Currency determined after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, a central bank rate as determined by the  Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and (ii) the Floor; plus (B) the applicable Central Bank Rate  Adjustment. “Central Bank Rate Adjustment” means, for any day, for any Loan denominated in (a) Euro, a rate equal to  the difference (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate  for the five most recent Business Days preceding such day for which the EURIBOR Screen Rate was available  (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest Adjusted EURIBOR Rate applicable during such period  of five Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Euro in effect on the last Business Day in such  period, (b) Pounds Sterling, a rate equal to the difference (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i)  the average of Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for Pounds Sterling Borrowings for the five most recent RFR  Business Days preceding such day for which SONIA was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and  the lowest such Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate applicable during such period of five RFR Business Days) minus  (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Pounds Sterling in effect on the last RFR Business Day in such period and (c)  any other Permitted Foreign Currency determined after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, a Central Bank Rate  Adjustment as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. For purposes of this definition,  (x) the term Central Bank Rate shall be determined disregarding clause (B) of the definition of such term and (y) the  EURIBOR Rate on any day shall be based on the EURIBOR Screen Rate on such day at approximately the time  referred to in the definition of such term for deposits in the applicable Agreed Currency for a maturity of one month. “Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, of any Equity Interest in the Borrower by any Person other than Holdings; (b) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder) of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Equity Interests in Holdings; or (c) the occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings by Persons who were not (i) directors of Holdings on the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) nominated by the board of directors of Holdings or (iii) appointed by directors who were directors of Holdings on the Restatement Effective Date or were so nominated as provided in subclause (ii) of this clause (c). “Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Restatement Effective Date (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following:  (a) the adoption of or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, in each case shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, promulgated or issued. “Charges” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13. “Citibank” means Citibank, N.A. “Class” when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Swingline Loans, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment, Tranche A Term -  11 - 

 

Commitment or a Commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Loans and (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment with respect to a particular Class.  Incremental Term Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) shall be construed to be in different Classes. “CME Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator  of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) (or a successor administrator). “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. “Collateral” means any and all assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, on which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Obligations. “Collateral Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of September 17, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified front time to time and as reaffirmed pursuant to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, or any other collateral agreement reasonably requested (in accordance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement) by the Administrative Agent. “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that: (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received from Holdings, the Borrower and each Designated Subsidiary either (i) a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement (or, in the case of a Person that became a Designated Subsidiary after the Funding Date (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) but prior to the Restatement Effective Date, a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein), duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person or (ii) in the case of any Person that becomes a Designated Subsidiary after the Restatement Effective Date, a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Person, together with opinions and documents of the type referred to in Sections 6(a) and 6(b) of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement with respect to such Person; (b) (i) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary, in each case owned by any Loan Party, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement; provided that the Loan Parties shall not be required to pledge (x) more than 65% of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary or any Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company, (y) any of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary or (z) any Equity Interests to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests is prohibited by any requirements of law or contract (so long as any contractual restriction is not incurred in contemplation of such entity becoming a subsidiary of Holdings) and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent required by the Collateral Agreement, have received certificates or other instruments representing all such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank (provided that no Loan Party shall have any obligation to deliver a certificate or other instrument representing any such Equity Interest if such Equity Interest is uncertificated); (c) all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary, and all other Indebtedness of any Person in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or more, in each case, that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, and the Administrative Agent shall have received all such promissory notes (or, if applicable, in lieu thereof, the Global Intercompany Note), together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; (d) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or recording; -  12 - 

 

(e) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid and enforceable first Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 6.02, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (iii) if any Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a “special flood hazard area” and flood insurance coverage is available under the National Flood Insurance Program, evidence of such flood insurance as may be required under Section 5.07, together with “life of loan” flood zone determinations, and (iv) such surveys, abstracts, appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property; (f) the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart, duly executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party and the applicable depositary bank or securities intermediary, as applicable, of a Control Agreement with respect to (i) each deposit account maintained by any Loan Party in the United States of America with any depositary bank (other than (A) any deposit account the funds in which are used, in the ordinary course of business, solely for the payment of salaries and wages, workers’ compensation and similar expenses, (B) deposit accounts the daily balance in which does not at any time exceed $100,000 for any such account or $250,000 for all such accounts, (C) any deposit account that is a zero-balance disbursement account and (D) any deposit account the funds in which consist solely of (I) funds held by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in trust for any director, officer or employee of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (2) funds representing deferred compensation for the directors and employees of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries) and (ii) each securities account maintained by any Loan Party in the United States of America with any securities intermediary (other than any securities account the securities entitlements in which consist solely of (A) securities entitlements held by holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in trust for any director, officer or employee of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any employee benefit plan maintained by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (B) securities entitlements representing deferred compensation for the directors and employees of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries); and (g) each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Security Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder. The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets, rights or properties of the Loan Parties, or the provision of Guarantees by any Designated Subsidiary, if and for so long as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, reasonably determines that the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets, rights or properties, or obtaining such title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables in respect of such assets, rights or properties, or providing such Guarantees (taking into account any adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including the imposition of withholding or other material Taxes on Lenders)), shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.  The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets, rights or properties of the Loan Parties or the provision of Guarantees by any Designated Subsidiary where it determines that such creation or perfection of security interests, obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables, or provision of Guarantees cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Security Documents. “Commitment” means (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Tranche A Term Commitment or commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Loans or any combination thereof (as the context requires) and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, its Swingline Commitment. -  13 - 

 

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. and any successor statute. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated herein or therein that is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.01, including through the Platform. “Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a). “Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, for any period, the excess of (a) the sum of, without duplication, (i) the interest expense (including imputed interest expense in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any interest or other financing costs accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are required to be capitalized rather than included in consolidated interest expense of Holdings for such period in accordance with GAAP, (iii) any cash payments made during such period in respect of obligations referred to in clause (b)(iii) below that were amortized or accrued in a previous period, and (iv) all cash dividends paid or payable during such period in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests of Holdings; provided that such dividends shall be multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the effective combined tax rate of Holdings (expressed as a decimal) for such period (as estimated by a Financial Officer of Holdings in good faith) minus (b) the sum of, without duplication, (i) cash interest income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization or write-off of capitalized interest or other financing costs paid in a previous period and (iii) to the extent included in such consolidated interest expense for such period, non-cash amounts attributable to amortization of debt discounts or accrued interest payable in kind for such period. “Consolidated Debt” means, as of any date, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the type specified in clauses (a), (b), (e) (but only to the extent supporting Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a), (b) and (g) of the definition thereof), (f) (but only to the extent supporting Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a), (b) and (g) of the definition thereof), (g), (h) (but only to the extent issued in support of Indebtedness of others of the types specified in clauses (a), (b) and (g) of the definition thereof) and (j) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding as of such date determined on a consolidated basis. “Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and (except with respect to subclause (xii) of this clause (a)) to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (iv) fees and expenses incurred during such period in connection with the Transactions, (v) fees and expenses incurred during such period in connection with any proposed or actual permitted merger, acquisition, investment, asset sale, other disposition or capital markets transaction, without regard to the consummation thereof, (vi) non-recurring charges incurred during such period in respect of restructurings, facilities closings, relocations, headcount reductions or other similar actions, including severance charges in respect of employee terminations, in an aggregate amount for all such charges not to exceed, when taken together with all add-backs for such period pursuant to subclause (xii) of this clause (a), 10.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (determined prior to giving effect to such add-backs), (vii) any non-cash charges, losses or expenses of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any non-cash charge, loss or expense in respect of an item that was included in Consolidated Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash charge, loss or expense that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory, other than any write-down or write-off of inventory as a result of purchase accounting adjustments in respect of any acquisition permitted by this Agreement), (viii) any losses during such period attributable to early extinguishment of Indebtedness or obligations under any Hedging Agreement, (ix) any expense during such period relating to deferred compensation and other equity-based compensation plans, defined benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans, (x) any losses during such period resulting from the sale or disposition of any asset of -  14 - 

 

Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business, (xi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and (xii) reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings and synergies (but without duplication of actual cost savings and synergies), to the extent projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from specified actions taken or expected to be taken within 12 months after the date of determination of Consolidated EBITDA for such period, in an aggregate amount for all such costs savings and synergies not to exceed, when taken together with all add-backs pursuant to subclause (vi) of this clause (a), 10.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (determined prior to giving effect to such add-backs); provided that any cash payment made with respect to any non-cash items added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA for any prior period pursuant to this clause (a) (or that would have been added back had this Agreement been in effect during such period) shall be subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA for the period in which such cash payment is made, and minus (b) without duplication and (except for clause (iii)) to the extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) any non-cash gains for such period (other than any such non-cash gains (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period and (B) that represent the reversal of any accrual in a prior period for, or the reversal of any cash reserves established in a prior period for, anticipated cash charges), (ii) any income during such period relating to deferred compensation and other equity-based compensation plans, defined benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans, (iii) cash payments during such period relating to deferred compensation and other equity-based compensation plans and cash contributions to defined benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans, (iv) all gains during such period resulting from the sale or disposition of any asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business, (v) any gains during such period attributable to early extinguishment of Indebtedness or obligations under any Hedging Agreement, (vi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and (vii) solely for purposes of the calculation set forth in Section 6.12, cash interest income of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.  In the event any Subsidiary shall be a Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by Holdings, all amounts added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA for any period pursuant to clause (a) above, and all amounts subtracted in computing Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (b) above, to the extent such amounts are, in the reasonable judgment of a Financial Officer of Holdings, attributable to such Subsidiary, shall be reduced by the portion thereof that is attributable to the non-controlling interest in such Subsidiary. “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income or loss of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP as set forth on the consolidated financial statements of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income of any Person (other than Holdings and the Borrower) that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of cash dividends or other cash distributions actually paid by such Person to Holdings, the Borrower or, subject to clauses (b) and (c) of this proviso, any Restricted Subsidiary during such period, (b) the income of, and any amounts referred to in clause (a) of this proviso paid to, any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that, on the date of determination, the declaration or payment of cash dividends or other cash distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by a Requirement of Law or any agreement or instrument applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of cash dividends and other similar cash distributions have been legally and effectively waived, (c) the income or loss of, and any amounts referred to in clause (a) of this proviso paid to, any consolidated Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by Holdings to the extent such income or loss or such amounts are attributable to the noncontrolling interest in such consolidated Subsidiary and (d) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. “Control Agreement” means, with respect to any deposit account or securities account maintained by any Loan Party, a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and the depositary bank or the securities intermediary, as applicable, with which such account is maintained. -  15 - 

 

“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor. “Co-Syndication Agents” means, collectively, Citibank, Truist and U.S. Bank, in their respective capacity as co-syndication agents hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. “Covered Entity” means any of the following: a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §(i) 252.82(b); a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §(ii) 47.3(b); or a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §(iii) 382.2(b). “Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22. “Credit Party” means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and each other Lender. “Daily Simple RFR” means, for any day (an “RFR Interest Day”), an interest rate per annum equal to, for  any RFR Loan denominated in (i) Pounds Sterling, SONIA for the day that is 5 RFR Business Days prior to (A) if  such RFR Interest Day is an RFR Business Day, such RFR Interest Day or (B) if such RFR Interest Day is not an  RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Interest Day and (ii) dollars, Daily  Simple SOFR. “Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a  lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or  recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for business loans;  provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides in its reasonable discretion that any such convention is not  administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another  convention in its reasonable discretion.“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per  annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination Date”) that is five (5) RFR Business Days prior  to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not an  RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR  is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.  Any change in Daily Simple SOFR  due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without  notice to the Borrower. “Declining Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a). “Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, constitute an Event of Default. “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “Defaulting Lender” means any Revolving Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Revolving Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Revolving Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to -  16 - 

 

funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Holdings, the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such.  Revolving Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, made in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Revolving Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans; provided that such Revolving Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or of a Bail-In Action.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.20) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender. “Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition pursuant to Section 6.05 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an executive officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of such disposition). “Designated Subsidiary” means each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary other than (a) a Restricted Subsidiary that is (i) a Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company or (iii) a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or a Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company, (b) a Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (c) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a captive insurance subsidiary, a not-for-profit subsidiary or a special purpose entity or (d) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by law, regulation or contract to provide the Guarantee required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (so long as any such contractual restriction is not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary), or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide such Guarantee, unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or for which the provision of such Guarantee would result in a material adverse tax consequence to she Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Borrower). “Disqualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests) or subject to mandatory repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, in each case in whole or in part and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation on a fixed date or otherwise, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the date hereof, as of the date hereof), other than (i) upon payment in full of the Loan Document Obligations, reduction of the LC Exposure to zero and termination of the Commitments or (ii) upon a “change in control” or asset sale or casualty or condemnation event; provided that any payment required pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans or (b) is convertible or exchangeable, automatically or at the option of any holder thereof, into (i) any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in clause (__) of the definition thereof) or (ii) any Equity Interests or other assets other than Qualified Equity Interests, in each case at any time prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the date hereof, as of the date hereof); provided that (x) an Equity Interest in any Person that is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability and (y) any Equity Interest that would constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely as a result of a redemption feature that is conditioned upon, or subject to, compliance with the Loan Documents shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest. -  17 - 

 

“Distribution Agreement” means the Distribution Agreement between Exelis and Holdings, dated as of September 25, 2014. “Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in dollars at such time as determined in accordance with Section 1.06(a) using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Permitted Foreign Currency at the time in effect under the provisions of such Section (except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.05(e)). “dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America. “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary. “Early Opt-in Election” means (a) in the case of Loans denominated in dollars, the occurrence of: (1) a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Borrower to the Administrative  Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding dollar-denominated syndicated  credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate  (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit  facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and (2) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to trigger a fallback from LIBO  Rate and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders; and (b) in the case of Loans denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, the occurrence of: (1) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or (ii) a notification by the Required Lenders to  the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined in their  reasonable discretion that syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency  being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 2.14 are being executed or  amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the Relevant Rate, and   (2) (i) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or (ii) the joint election by the  Required Lenders and the Borrower to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as  applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders or by the Required Lenders  and the Borrower of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent. “EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. “EEA Member Country” means (a) any member state of the European Union, (b) Iceland, (c) Liechtenstein and (d) Norway. “EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution. “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. -  18 - 

 

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person, other than, in each case, a natural person, a Defaulting Lender, Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of Holdings. “Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between Exelis and Holdings, dated as of September 25.2014. “Environmental Law” means any treaty, law (including common law), rule, regulation, code, ordinance, order, decree, judgment, injunction, notice or binding agreement issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to (a) the protection of the environment, (b) the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, (c) the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or (d) health and safety matters, to the extent relating to the environment or the management or exposure to Hazardous Materials. “Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, loss, claim, action, order or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of medical monitoring, costs of environmental remediation or restoration, administrative oversight costs, consultants’ fees, fines, penalties and indemnities), directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or permit, license or approval required thereunder, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials or (e) any legally binding contract or agreement or other legally binding consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing. “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests (whether voting or non-voting) in, or interests in the income or profits of, a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing (other than, prior to the date of such conversion, Indebtedness that is convertible into Equity Interests). “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)(A) of the Code), (c) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (f) the receipt by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (g) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (h) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA. “EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time. -  19 - 

 

“EURIBO Rate” means, with respect to any EURIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, a rate per annum  equal to the Euro interbank offered rate as administered by the Banking Federation of the European Union (or any  other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for a deposit in.  Euro (for delivery on the first day of  such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as displayed on the Reuters screen page that  displays such rate (currently page EURIBOR 01) or, in the event such rate does not appear on a page of the Reuters  screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rates or on the appropriate page of such  other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time  in its reasonable discretion (such applicable rate being called the “EURIBO Screen Rate”) at approximately 11:00  a.m., Brussels time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period.  If no EURIBO Screen Rate shall be available for  a particular Interest Period but EURIBO Screen Rates shall be available for maturities both longer and shorter than  such Interest Period, then the EURIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the EURIBO Rate, determined as provided above, would otherwise be less than  zero, then the EURIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.EURIBOR  Rate” means, with respect to  any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros and for any Interest Period, the EURIBOR Screen Rate, two  TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. “EURIBOR,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans  comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted EURIBO Rate. Screen Rate” means the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any  other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any  correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen  (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other  information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters as published at  approximately 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.  If  such page or service ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify another page or service displaying  the relevant rate after consultation with the Borrower. “EURIBO Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the “EURIBO Rate.” “Euro” or “€” means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the EMU Legislation. “Eurocurrency,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the  Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate. “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01. “Excess Cash Flow” means, for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the sum (without duplication) of: (a) the Consolidated Net Income (or loss) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, adjusted to exclude (i) net income (or loss) of any consolidated Restricted Subsidiary that is not wholly owned by Holdings to the extent such income or loss is attributable to the noncontrolling interest in such consolidated Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any gains or losses attributable to Prepayment Events; plus (b) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or losses deducted in determining such consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year; plus (c) the sum of (i) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital decreased during such fiscal year (except as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice-versa). (ii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated deferred revenues and other consolidated accrued long-term liability accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year and (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated accrued long-term asset accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year; minus -  20 - 

 

(d) the sum of (i) any non-cash gains included in determining such consolidated net income (or loss) for such fiscal year, (ii) the amount, if any, by which Net Working Capital increased during such fiscal year (except as a result of the reclassification of items from long-term to short-term or vice-versa), (iii) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated deferred revenues and other consolidated accrued long-term liability accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries decreased during such fiscal year and (iv) the net amount, if any, by which the consolidated accrued long-term asset accounts of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries increased during such fiscal year; minus (e) the sum (without duplication) of (i) Capital Expenditures and, to the extent not included as Capital Expenditures, expenditures made by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of the acquisition of intellectual property, in each case made in cash for such fiscal year (except to the extent attributable to the incurrence of Capital Lease Obligations or otherwise financed from Excluded Sources) and (ii) cash consideration paid during such fiscal year to make acquisitions or other investments (other than Permitted Investments) (except to the extent financed from Excluded Sources); minus (f) the aggregate principal amount of Long-Term Indebtedness repaid or prepaid by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such fiscal year, excluding (i) Indebtedness in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit or other revolving credit facilities (unless there is a corresponding reduction in the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or the commitments in respect of such other revolving credit facilities, as applicable), (i) Term Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or (c) and Revolving Loans prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (iii) repayments or prepayments of Long-Term Indebtedness financed from Excluded Sources; minus (g) the aggregate amount (not to exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower) of Restricted Payments made by Holdings in cash during such fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.08(a) for the purpose of repurchasing Equity Interests of Holdings held by employees or former employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except to the extent that such Restricted Payments (i) are made to fund expenditures that reduce consolidated net income (or loss) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) are financed from Excluded Sources. “Exchange Act” means the United Suites Securities Exchange Act of 1934. “Exchange Rate” means, on any day, with respect to the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency, the rate of exchange for the purchase of dollars with such Permitted Foreign Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m., London time (or New York time, as applicable), on such day as displayed by ICE Data Services as the “ask price,” or as displayed on such other information service which publishes that rate of exchange from time to time in place of ICE Data Services (or if such service ceases to be available, the equivalent of such amount in dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using any method of determination it deems appropriate in its sole discretion). “Excluded Sources” means (a) proceeds of any incurrence or issuance of Long-Term Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations and (b) proceeds of any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuances or sales of Equity Interests to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) or any capital contributions to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any capital contributions made by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary). “Excluded Swap Guarantor” means Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party all or a portion of whose Guarantee of, or grant of a security interest to secure, any Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof). “Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of Holdings or such Subsidiary Loan Party of, or the grant by Holdings or such Subsidiary Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the -  21 - 

 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof).  If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal. “Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient:  (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(c)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each ease to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA. “Exelis” means Exelis Inc., an Indiana corporation. “Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a). “Existing Revolving Borrowings” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(d). “Extension Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a). “FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Restatement Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code and any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection with the implementation of such Section of the Code (or any such amended or successor version thereof). “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided, however, that if such rate shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes of this Agreement. “Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States  of America. “Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person, or any other officer of such Person performing the duties that are customarily performed by a chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller. “Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (a) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973), (b) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (c) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2014, in each case as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto. “Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to LIBO Rate  or EURIBO Rate, as applicablethe Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, each Adjusted Daily  -  22 - 

 

Simple RFR Rate or the Central Bank Rate, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt the initial Floor for each of  Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, each Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate or the Central Bank  Rate shall be 0.00%. “Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, then a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is not a U.S. Person and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, then a Lender, with respect to such Borrower, that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia. “Foreign Subsidiary Disposition” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(g). “Foreign-Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Restricted Subsidiary all of whose assets consist of (a) Equity Interests and/or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries and (b) not more than an immaterial amount of cash. “Form 10” means the registration statement on Form 10, originally filed by Holdings with the SEC on March 10, 2014, as amended on April 15, 2014, May 19, 2014, August 14, 2014, and August 26, 2014, and (except as such term is used in Section 4.02(j)) as further amended. “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. “Global Intercompany Note” means the Global Intercompany Note dated as of September 26, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) pursuant to which intercompany obligations and advances owed by any Loan Party are subordinated to the Obligations. “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United Suites of America, any other nation or 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 supranational bodies exercising such powers or functions, such as the European Union or the European Central Bank). “Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The amount, as of any date of determination, of any Guarantee shall be the principal amount outstanding on such date of the Indebtedness or other obligation guaranteed thereby (or, in the case of (i) any Guarantee the terms of which limit the monetary exposure of the guarantor or (ii) any Guarantee of an obligation that does not have a principal amount, the maximum monetary exposure as of such date of the guarantor under such Guarantee (as determined, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to such terms or, in the case of clause (ii), reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower)).  The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. “Hazardous Materials” means all (a) explosive, radioactive, hazardous or toxic substances, materials, wastes or other pollutants, (b) petroleum or petroleum by-products or distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing -  23 - 

 

materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting substances or mold and (c) other materials which are regulated, or can result in liability, pursuant to any Environmental Law. “Hedging Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or any option or similar agreement, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of the foregoing transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be a Hedging Agreement. “Holdings” means Vectrus, Inc., an Indiana corporation. “Incremental Extensions of Credit” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a). “Incremental Facility Amendment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(c). “Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a). “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) trade accounts payable and other accrued or cash management obligations, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earnout obligation until such obligation ceases to be contingent), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and (j) all Disqualified Equity Interests in such Person, valued, as of the date of determination, at the greater of (i) the maximum aggregate amount that would be payable upon maturity, redemption, repayment or repurchase thereof (or of Disqualified Equity Interests or indebtedness into which such Disqualified Equity Interests are convertible or exchangeable) and (ii) the maximum liquidation preference of such Disqualified Equity Interests.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include post-closing purchase price adjustments or earnouts except to the extent that the amount payable pursuant to such purchase price adjustment or carman ceases to be contingent.  The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person or such Person has otherwise become liable for the payment thereof) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. “Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) of this definition, Other Taxes. “Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(c). “Intellectual Property License Agreement” means, collectively, the Transitional Trademark License Agreement and the Technology License Agreement, in each case between Exelis or one of its Affiliates and Holdings, dated as of September 25, 2014. “Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07, which shall be, in the case of a written Interest Election -  24 - 

 

Request, in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and otherwise consistent with the requirements of Section 2.07. “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (includingother than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan, the last day of theRFR Loan, (1) each date that is on the numerically  corresponding day in each calendar month that is one  month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such  numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and (2) the Maturity Date, (c) with  respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and the Maturity Date and (d) with  respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date. “Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or twelve months thereafter if, at the time of the  relevant Borrowing, all Lenders participating therein agree to make an interest period of such duration availablein  each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment for any  Agreed Currency), as the Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and, (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no tenor that  has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.14(e) shall be available for specification in such  Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request.  For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing. “Interpolated Screen Rate” means (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period  (or with respect to the calculation of the Alternate Base Rate as provided in clause (c) of the definition thereof for an  Interest Period of one month), a rate per annum which results from interpolating on a linear basis between (i) the  applicable LIBO Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a LIBO Screen Rate is available that is shorter than  such Interest Period and (ii) the applicable LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest maturity for which a LIBO Screen Rate  is available that is longer than such Interest Period, in each case at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the  Quotation Day for such Interest Period (or, with respect to the calculation of the Alternate Base Rate as provided in  clause (c) of the definition thereof, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date of determination thereof),  and (b) with respect to any EURIBOR Borrowing for any Interest Period, a rate per annum which results from  interpolating on a linear basis between (i) the applicable EURIBO Screen Rate for the longest maturity for which a  EURIBO Screen Rate is available that is shorter than such Interest Period and (ii) the applicable EURIBO Screen  Rate for the shortest maturity for which a EURIBO Screen Rate is available that is longer than such Interest Period,  in each case at approximately 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period. “Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940. “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service. “ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto. “Issuing Banks” means, collectively, (a) JPMorgan, (b) Citibank, (c) Truist, (d) U.S. Bank and (e) each other Revolving Lender that shall have become an Issuing Bank hereunder as provided in Section 2.05(j) (in each -  25 - 

 

case, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be an Issuing Bank as provided in Section 2.05(k)), each in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.  Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. “JPMorgan” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. “Latest Maturity Date” means, at any time, the latest of the Maturity Dates in respect of the Classes of. Loans and Commitments that are outstanding at such time. “LC Disbursements” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit. “LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.  The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time. 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 Article 29(a) of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” and “undrawn” in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrower and each Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit. “LC Sublimit” means $25,000,000. “Lender-Related Person” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.03(b). “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, an Incremental Facility Amendment or a Refinancing Facility Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lenders. “Letters of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such letter of credit that shall have ceased to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder pursuant to Section 9.05. “Liabilities” means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind. “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing in any currency for any interest Period, a  rate per annum equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or  any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for the relevant currency) for a deposit in such  currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period as  displayed on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently page LIBOR01) or, in the event such rate  does not appear on a page of the Reuters screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays  such rate or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by  the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (such applicable rate being called the “LIBO  Screen Rate”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period.  If no  LIBO Screen Rate shall be available for a particular Interest Period but LIBO Screen Rates shall be available for  maturities both longer and shorter than such Interest Period, then the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall be the  Interpolated Screen Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the LIBO Rate, determined as provided above, would  otherwise be less than zero, then the LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes. -  26 - 

 

“LIBO Screen Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the “LIBO Rate.” “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest or other encumbrance in, on or of such asset or (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset. “Liquidity” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans (expressed in dollars) that are permitted to be borrowed hereunder at such time in respect of the unused Revolving Commitments at such time and (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash at such time. “LLC” means any Person that is a limited liability company under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. “Loan Document Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations (including with respect to attorneys’ fees) and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and (b) the due and punctual payment of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding). “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, any Incremental Facility Amendment, any Refinancing Facility Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, the other Security Documents, the Global Intercompany Note, any agreement designating an additional Issuing Bank as contemplated by Section 2.05(j), each agreement designating an additional Swingline Lender as contemplated by the definition thereof and, except for purposes of Section 9.02, any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.09(c) (and, in each case, any amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing). “Loan Parties” means, collectively, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties. “Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, including pursuant to any Incremental Facility Amendment or any Refinancing Facility Agreement. “Local Time” means (a) with respect to any Loan or Borrowing denominated in dollars or any Letter of Credit denominated in dollars, New York City time, and (b) with respect to any Loan or Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency or any Letter of Credit denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, London time. “Long-Term Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(c) that, in accordance with GAAP, constitutes (or, when incurred.  constituted) a long-term liability. “Majority in Interest,” when used in reference to Lenders of any Class, means, at any time, (a) in the case of the Revolving Lenders, Lenders having Revolving Exposures and unused Revolving Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Exposure and the unused Aggregate Revolving Commitment at such time and (b) in the case of the Term Lenders of any Class, Lenders holding outstanding Term Loans of such Class representing more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of such Class outstanding at such time. -  27 - 

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, operations or financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their material obligations to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (c) the material rights of, or remedies available to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the Letters of Credit and the Guarantees under the Loan Documents), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000.  For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time. “Material Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary (a) the consolidated total assets of which equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated total assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the consolidated revenues of which equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of or for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) (or, prior to the first delivery of any such financial statements, as of the end of or for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings most recently ended prior to the date of this Agreement); provided that if, at the end of or for any such most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the combined consolidated total assets or combined consolidated revenues of all Restricted Subsidiaries that under clauses (a) and (b) above would not constitute Material Subsidiaries shall have exceeded 10.0% of the consolidated total assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or 10.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, respectively, then one or more of such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement be designated by the Borrower to be Material Subsidiaries, until such excess shall have been eliminated. “Maturity Date” means the Revolving Maturity Date, the Tranche A Term Maturity Date or the maturity date with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans, as the context requites. “Maturity Date Extension Request” means a request by the Borrower, in the form of Exhibit H hereto or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, for the extension of the applicable Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.22. “Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13. “MNPI” means material information concerning Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or their securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.  For purposes of this definition, “material information” means information concerning Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any of their securities that could reasonably be expected to be material for purposes of the United States Federal and State securities laws and, where applicable, foreign securities laws. “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. “Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust or other security document granting a Lien on any Mortgaged Property to secure the Obligations.  Each Mortgage shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent. “Mortgaged Property” means, initially, each parcel of real property and the improvements thereto owned by a Loan Party and identified on Schedule 1.01 and includes each other parcel of real property and the improvements thereto owned by a Loan Party with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to Section 5.11 or 5.12. “Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. -  28 - 

 

“Net Proceeds” means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event, including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or earnout, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) all fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid in connection with such event by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are made by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and the amount of any reserves established by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP to fund purchase price adjustment, indemnification and similar contingent liabilities (other than any earnout obligations) reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to the occurrence of such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of Holdings).  For purposes of this definition, in the event any contingent liability reserve established with respect to any event as described in clause (b)(iii) above shall be reduced, the amount of such reduction shall, except to the extent such reduction is made as a result of a payment having been made in respect of the contingent liabilities with respect to which such reserve has been established, be deemed to be receipt, on the date of such reduction, of cash proceeds in respect of such event. “Net Working Capital” means, at any date, (a) the consolidated current assets of the Borrower and the Restricted.  Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding cash and Permitted Investments) minus (b) the consolidated current liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (excluding current liabilities in respect of Indebtedness).  Net Working Capital at any date may be a positive or negative number.  Net Working Capital increases when it becomes more positive or less negative and decreases when it becomes less positive or more negative. “Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c). “Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender” means, at any time, a Revolving Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time. “NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. “NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or, for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided, however, that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a Federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day to the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, however, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes of this Agreement. “Obligations” means, collectively, (a) all the Loan Document Obligations, (b) all the Secured Cash Management Obligations and (c) all the Secured Hedging Obligations. “OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. “Original Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Restatement Effective Date), among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and the Administrative Agent, “Other Connection Tax” means, with respect to any Recipient, a Tax imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising -  29 - 

 

from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in this Agreement or any other Loan Document). “Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19(b)). “Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any date, the rate comprised of both overnight Federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowingseurodollar transactions denominated in dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depositary institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate). “Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in dollars, the NYFRB  Rate and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, an overnight rate determined  by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on  interbank compensation. “Participant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c). “Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c). “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions, “Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate dated as of September 17, 2014, delivered by the Borrower under the Original Credit Agreement. “Permitted Encumbrances” means: (a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP; (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP; (c) pledges and deposits made (i) in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Holdings or any subsidiary of Holdings in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above; (d) pledges and deposits made (i) to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for payment of Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued for the account of Holdings or any subsidiary of Holdings in the ordinary course of business supporting obligations of the type set forth in clause (i) above; -  30 - 

 

(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Section 7.01; (f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (g) Liens arising from Permitted Investments described in clause (d) of the definition of the term “Permitted Investments”; (h) banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions and securities accounts and other financial assets maintained with a securities intermediary; provided that such deposit accounts or funds and securities accounts or other financial assets are not established or deposited for the purpose of providing collateral for any Indebtedness; (i) Liens arising by virtue of Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding operating leases entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; (j) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-208 (or the applicable corresponding section) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon; (k) Liens representing any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property or rights subject to any lease, license or sublicense or concession agreement in the ordinary course of business to the extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (l) Liens in favor or customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of pods; (m) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off; (n) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (or the corresponding section of the Uniform Commercial Code in any other jurisdiction) on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; (o) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and (p) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness, other than Liens referred to in clauses (c) and (d) above securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments. -  31 - 

 

“Permitted Foreign Currency” means, with respect to any Revolving Loan or Letter of Credit, Euros, Pounds Sterling and any other foreign currency reasonably requested by the Borrower front time to time and in which each Revolving Lender (in the case of any Revolving Loans to be denominated in such other foreign currency) and each applicable Issuing Bank (in the case of any Letters of Credit to be denominated in such other foreign currency) has reasonably agreed, in accordance with its policies and procedures in effect at such time, to lend Revolving Loans or issue Letters of Credit, as applicable. “Permitted Investments” means: (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) investments in commercial paper and variable and fixed rate notes maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moody’s; (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and demand or time deposits, in each case maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof, issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (e) above; (e) “money market funds” that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, (ii) are rated AAA- by S&P and Aaa3 by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and (f) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes. “Permitted Pari Passu Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis to the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans), (c) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the holders providing such Indebtedness than the existing Security Documents are to the Lenders, (d) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties and (e) such Indebtedness is subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. “Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second lien, subordinated basis to the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans), (c) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than the existing Security Documents are to the Lenders, (d) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties and (e) -  32 - 

 

such Indebtedness is subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. “Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior or subordinated unsecured notes or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans), (b) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Loan Parties, (c) such Indebtedness is not secured by any Lien or any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) if such Indebtedness is contractually subordinated to the Obligations, such subordination terms shall be market Terms at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness. “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. “Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA. “Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time. “Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(d). “Pounds Sterling” or “£” means the lawful money of the United Kingdom. “Prepayment Event” means: (a) any non-ordinary course sale, transfer, lease or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction and by way of merger or consolidation, and whether effected pursuant to a division or otherwise) (for purposes of this defined Term, collectively, “dispositions”) of any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (i) dispositions described in clauses (a) through (i) and (k) of Section 6.05 and (ii) other dispositions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding (A) $1,000,000 in the case of any single disposition or series of related dispositions and (B) $2,000,000 for all such dispositions during any fiscal year of the Borrower; (b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with a fair market value immediately prior to such event equal to or greater than $1,000,000; or (c) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01 or permitted by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 9.02. “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan as its  prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City. last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime  Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate  published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates)  as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as  determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the  Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective. -  33 - 

 

“Private Side Lender Representatives” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives. “Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to the calculation of the financial maintenance covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 or any other calculations hereunder or otherwise for purposes of determining the Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Cash Interest Expense or Consolidated EBITDA as of any date, that such calculation shall give pro forma effect to all acquisitions, designations of Restricted Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, all designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries, all issuances, incurrences or assumptions or repayments and prepayments of Indebtedness in connection therewith (with any such Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) and all sales, transfers or other dispositions of any Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary or all or substantially all assets of a Restricted Subsidiary or division or line of business of a Restricted Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business (and any related prepayments or repayments of Indebtedness) that have occurred during (or, if such calculation is being made for the purpose of determining whether any Incremental Extension of Credit may be made.  any designation under Section 5.14 is permitted or any event subject to Article VI is permitted, since the beginning of) the four consecutive fiscal quarter period of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date as if they occurred on the first day of such four consecutive fiscal quarter period (including expected cost savings (without duplication of actual cost savings and without duplication of any cost savings added back in determining Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable period pursuant to, and subject to the limitation set forth in, clause (a)(xii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”) to the extent such cost savings would be permitted to be reflected in pro forma financial information complying with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as interpreted by the Staff of the SEC, and as certified by a Financial Officer of Holdings.  If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness). “Proposed Change” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(c). “PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time. “Public Side Lender Representatives” means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive MNPI. “Purchasing Borrower Party” means any of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. “QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). “QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22. “Qualified Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of all or any substantial part of the assets of a Person or a line of business of a person or at least a majority of the Equity Interests of a Person, in each case for aggregate consideration in an amount equal to or in excess of $10,000,000; provided that (a) the Borrower shall have designated such acquisition as a “Qualified Acquisition” in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the consummation thereof, (b) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or shall have resulted therefrom and (c) at least one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower shall have elapsed since the last day of the 12-month period following the consummation of any other acquisition that has been designated by the Borrower as a “Qualified Acquisition.” “Qualified Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of Holdings other than Disqualified Equity Interests. “Quotation Day” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing and any  Interest Period, the day on which it is market practice in the relevant interbank market for prime banks to give  quotations for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period.  If  -  34 - 

 

such quotations would normally be given by prime banks on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of  such days. “Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (e) any Issuing Bank, as applicable. “Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is LIBO Rate, 11:00 a.m. (Londonthe Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two London  banking daysBusiness Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if such Benchmark is EURIBOR Rate, 11:00 a.m.  Brussels time two TARGET Days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not LIBO Rate(3)  if the RFR for such Benchmark is SONIA, then four  Business Days prior to such setting, (4) if the RFR for such  Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, then four Business Days prior to such setting or (7) if such Benchmark is none of  the Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBOR Rate, SONIA or Daily Simple SOFR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. “Refinanced Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness.” “Refinancing Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a). “Refinancing Facility Agreement” means a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Refinancing Term Lenders or Refinancing Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, establishing commitments in respect of Refinancing Term Loans and/or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.23. “Refinancing Indebtedness” means, in respect of any Indebtedness (the “Original Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness that extends, renews or refinances such Original Indebtedness (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Original Indebtedness except by an amount no greater than accrued and unpaid interest with respect to such Original Indebtedness and any reasonable fees, premium and expenses relating to such extension, renewal or refinancing; (b) either (i) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be earlier than that of such Original Indebtedness or (ii) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be required to mature or to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except, in each case, upon the occurrence of an event of default, asset sale or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Original Indebtedness) prior to the date 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, scheduled amortization payments (however denominated) of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be permitted so long as the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Original Indebtedness remaining as of the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing (or, if shorter, 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing); (c) such Refinancing indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become pursuant to the terms of the Original Indebtedness) an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness, and shall not constitute an obligation of Holdings if Holdings shall not have been an obligor in respect of such Original Indebtedness; (d) if such Original Indebtedness shall have been subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations on Terms not less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders; and (e) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be secured by any Lien on any asset other than the assets that secured such Original Indebtedness (or would have been required to secure such Original Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof) or, in the event Liens securing such Original Indebtedness shall have been contractually subordinated to any Lien securing the Loan Document Obligations, by any Lien that shall not have been contractually subordinated to at least the same extent. “Refinancing Revolving Lender” means any Person that provides a Refinancing Revolving Commitment. -  35 - 

 

“Refinancing Revolving Commitments” means one or more Classes of revolving credit commitments obtained pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in each case obtained in exchange for, or to extend, renew, refinance or replace, in whole or in part, existing Revolving Commitments hereunder (including any successive Refinancing Revolving Commitments) (such existing Revolving Commitments and successive Refinancing Revolving Commitments, the “Refinanced Commitments”); provided that (a) the amount of such Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the amount of the Refinanced Commitments; (b) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Refinancing Revolving Loans of the same Class) shall not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Commitments, and such stated final maturity of the Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Refinancing Revolving Loans of the same Class) shall not be subject to any conditions that could result in such stated final maturity occurring on a date that precedes the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Commitments; (c) such Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Refinancing Revolving Loans of the same Class) shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become pursuant to the terms of the Refinanced Commitments) an obligor in respect of such Refinanced Commitments (and the Revolving Loans of the same Class), and, in each case, shall constitute an obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent of its obligations in respect of such Refinanced Debt; and (d) such Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Refinancing Revolving Loans of the same Class) shall contain terms and conditions that are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the investors providing such Refinancing Revolving Commitments than those applicable to the existing Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans being refinanced (other than (A) with respect to pricing, maturity.  optional prepayments and redemption, (B) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date and (C) any financial maintenance covenants described in subclause (1) of Section 2.23(a)(iv)) on the date such Refinancing Revolving Commitments are incurred. “Refinancing Revolving Lender” means any Person that provides a Refinancing Revolving Commitment. “Refinancing Revolving Loans” means revolving loans incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of Refinancing Revolving Commitments. “Refinancing Term Lender” means any Person that provides a Refinancing Term Loan. “Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness” means (a) Permitted Pari Passu Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d) Refinancing Term Loans obtained pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, refinance or replace, in whole or part, existing Term Loans hereunder (including any successive Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness) (such existing Term Loans and successive Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, the “Refinanced Debt”); provided that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinanced Debt except by an amount equal to the sum of accrued and unpaid interest, accrued fees and premiums (if any) with respect to such Refinanced Debt and fees and expenses associated with the refinancing of such Refinanced Debt with such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness; provided, however, that, as part of the same incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness as such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, the Borrower may incur or issue an additional amount of Indebtedness under Section 6.01 without violating this clause (i) (and, for purposes of clarity, (x) such additional amount of Indebtedness shall not constitute Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness and (y) such additional amount of Indebtedness shall reduce the applicable basket under Section 6.01, if any, on a dollar-for-dollar basis); (ii) the stated final maturity of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not be earlier than 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Debt, and such stated final maturity of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not be subject to any conditions that could result in such stated final maturity occurring on a date that precedes the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date of such Refinanced Debt; (iii) such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall not be required to be repaid, prepaid, redeemed, repurchased or defeased, whether on one or more fixed dates, upon the occurrence of one or more events or at the option of any holder thereof (except.  in each case, on the stated final maturity date as permitted pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) or upon the occurrence of an event of default, asset sale or a change in control or as and to the extent such repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance would have been required pursuant to the terms of such Refinanced Debt) prior to the earlier of (A) the latest stated final maturity of such Refinanced Debt and (B) 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date -  36 - 

 

in effect on the date of such extension, renewal or refinancing; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, scheduled amortization payments (however denominated) of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in the form of Refinancing Term Loans shall be permitted so long as the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in the form of Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than 91 days after the weighted average life to maturity of such Refinanced Debt remaining as of the date of such extension, replacement or refinancing; (iv) such Refinancing Term.  Loan Indebtedness shall not constitute an obligation (including pursuant to a Guarantee) of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case that shall not have been (or, in the case of after-acquired Subsidiaries, shall not have been required to become pursuant to the terms of the Refinanced Debt) an obligor in respect of such Refinanced Debt, and, in each case, shall constitute an obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent of its obligations in respect of such Refinanced Debt; and (v) in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall contain terms and conditions that are not materially more favorable (when taken as a whole) to the investors providing such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness than those applicable to the existing Term Loans of the applicable Class being refinanced (other than (A) with respect to pricing, maturity, amortization, optional prepayments and redemption, (B) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date and (C) any financial maintenance covenants described in subclause (1) of Section 2.23(a)(v) on the date such Refinancing Term Loans are incurred. “Refinancing Term Loans” shall mean one or more Classes of term loans incurred by the Borrower under this Agreement pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement:  provided that such Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans (including portions of Classes of Term Loans). “Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b). “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, managers, advisors, representatives and controlling persons of such Person and its Affiliates. “Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within or upon any building, structure, facility or fixture. “Relevant Governmental Body” means (i) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in dollars, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and/or the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, as applicable, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and/or the NYFRB, or, in each case, any successor thereto and, (ii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in anyPounds Sterling, the Bank of England, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Bank of England or, in each case, any successor thereto, (iii) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in Euros, the European Central Bank, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the European Central Bank or, in each case, any successor thereto and (iv) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in any other Permitted Foreign Currency, (a) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (1) such Benchmark Replacement or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (b) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (1) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated, (2) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (3) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (4) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof. “Relevant Rate” means (i) with respect to any EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency (other than Euros), the LIBO Rate ordollars, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, (ii) with respect to any EURIBOR Borrowing, the EURIBOTerm Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate or (iii) with respect to any Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling or dollars, the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate, as applicable. -  37 - 

 

“Relevant Screen Rate” means (i) with respect to any EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency (other than Euros), the LIBO Screendollars, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or (ii) with respect to any EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBOEURIBOR Screen Rate, as applicable. “Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused Commitments (other than Swingline Commitments) representing more than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Exposure, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments (other than Swingline Commitments) at such time. “Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person and (b) any law (including common law), statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or determination of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject. “Reset Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06(a). “Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority. “Restatement Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2 of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement. “Restricted” means, when used in reference to cash or Permitted Investments of any Person, that such cash or Permitted Investments (a) appear (or would be required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in conformity with GAAP (unless such classification results solely from any Lien referred to in clause (b) below) or (b) are controlled by or subject to any Lien or other preferential arrangement in favor of any creditor, other than Liens created under the Loan Documents. “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its Equity Interests, or any payment or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or termination of its Equity Interests. “Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. “Resulting Revolving Borrowings” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(d). “Reuters” means, as applicable, Thomson Reuters Corp., Refinitiv, or any successor thereto. “Revolving Availability Period” means the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of all the Revolving Commitments. “Revolving Borrowings” means Revolving Loans of the same Class, Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. “Revolving Commitments” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.21 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.  The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption or Incremental Facility Amendment pursuant to which such Lender shall have -  38 - 

 

assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable.  As of the Amendment No.1 2 Effective Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $270,000,000. “Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(a). “Revolving Commitment Increase Lender” means, with respect to any Revolving Commitment Increase, each Additional Lender providing a portion of such Revolving Commitment increase. “Revolving Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans, (b) such Lender’s LC Exposure and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure, in each case at such time. “Revolving Lender” means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure. “Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.01. “Revolving Maturity Date” means the date that is five years after the Restatement Effective Date,November  15, 2023, as the same may be extended pursuant to Section 2.22. “RFR” means, for any RFR Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, SONIA and (b) dollars, Daily Simple  SOFR. “RFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing. “RFR Business Day” means, for any Loan denominated in (a) Pounds Sterling, any day except for (i) a  Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London and (b) dollars, a U.S.  Government Securities Business Day. “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a segment of S&P Global Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. “Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). “Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons. “Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom. “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions. “Secured Cash Management Obligations” means the due and punctual payment of any and all obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)) arising in respect of Cash Management Services that (a) are owed to the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, or to any Person that, at the time such obligations were incurred, was the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, (b) are owed on the Restatement Effective Date to a Person that is a -  39 - 

 

Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Restatement Effective Date or (c) are owed to a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such obligations are incurred. “Secured Hedging Obligations” means the due and punctual payment of any and all obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary arising under each Hedging Agreement that (a) is with a counterparty that is the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, or any Person that, at the time such Hedging Agreement was entered into, was the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, (b) is in effect on the Restatement Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Restatement Effective Date or (c) is entered into after the Restatement Effective Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement is entered into.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Excluded Swap Guarantor, “Secured Hedging Obligations” shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations of such Excluded Swap Guarantor, “Secured Parties” means, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) each Issuing Bank, (d) each provider of Cash Management Services the obligations under which constitute Secured Cash Management Obligations, (e) each counterparty to any Hedging Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedging Obligations, (1) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (g) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing. “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933. “Security Documents” means the Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.12 to secure any of the Obligations. “SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day publishedas administered by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR  Administrator’s Website at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately succeeding Business  Day. “SOFR Administrator” means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate). “SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time. “SOFR Determination Date” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”. “SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”. “SONIA” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Pounds Sterling  Overnight Index Average for such Business Day published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA  Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.  “SONIA Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Pounds Sterling  Overnight Index Average). “SONIA Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at  http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Pounds Sterling Overnight Index Average  identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time. “Spin-Off” means the spin-off of Holdings from Excelis, as more fully described in the Form 10. -  40 - 

 

“Spin-Off Documents” means the Distribution Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Tax Matters Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement and the Intellectual Property License Agreements, together with any other agreements, instruments or other documents entered into in connection with any of the foregoing, each on substantially the terms described in the Form 10. “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentagespercentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and any other banking authority (domestic or foreign) to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or fronting office making or holding a  Loan) is subject with respect to the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilitieseurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors).   Such reserve percentages) or any other reserve ratio or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial  regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans.  Such  reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.  Eurocurrency of the Federal Reserve  Board.  Term Benchmark Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation.  The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or 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, by such Person. “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of Holdings (other than the Borrower). “Subsidiary Loan Party” means each Restricted Subsidiary that is or, after the date hereof, becomes a party to the Collateral Agreement. “Successor Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03(n). “Supplemental Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. “Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22. “Swap Obligations” means, with respect to Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party, an obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of § la(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act. “Swingline Commitment” means, with respect to each Swingline Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04; provided that the Swingline Commitment of each of JPMorgan, Citibank, Truist and U.S. Bank, individually, shall not exceed $2,500,000. “Swingline Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.  The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time (excluding, in the case of any Revolving Lender that is a Swingline Lender, Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Revolving Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans), adjusted to give effect to any reallocation under Section 2.20 of the Swingline Exposure of Defaulting Lenders in effect at such time, and (b) in the case of any Revolving Lender that is a Swingline Lender, the -  41 - 

 

aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender and outstanding at such time to the extent that the other Revolving Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans. “Swingline Lenders” means each of JPMorgan, Citibank, Truist and U.S. Bank, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, and any other Revolving Lender designated as a Swingline Lender pursuant to a joinder agreement executed by the Borrower and such Revolving Lender and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder. “Swingline Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04. “TARGET Day” means any day on which TARGET2 is open for business(or, if such payment system  ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable  replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro. “TARGET2” means the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on November 19, 2007. “Tax Matters Agreement” means the Tax Matters Agreement between Exelis and Holdings, dated as of September 25, 2014. “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 Benchmark” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the  Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR  Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate. “Term Commitments” means, collectively, the Tranche A Term Commitments and any commitments to make Incremental Term Loans. “Term Lenders” means, collectively, the Tranche A Term Lenders and any Lenders with an outstanding Incremental Term Loan or a Commitment to make an Incremental Term Loan. “Term Loans” means, collectively, the Tranche A Term Loans and any Incremental Term Loans. “Term SOFR” means, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the  forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental  Body. Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate. “Term SOFR Notice” means a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Borrower of  the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event. Rate” means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing  denominated in dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference  Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the  commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME  Term SOFR Administrator. “Term SOFR Transition Event” means the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) Term SOFR  has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is  administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in  Election, as applicable, has previously occurred resulting inReference Rate”  means, for any day and time (such day,  the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in dollars and  for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative  -  42 - 

 

Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.  If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR  Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published by the CME  Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 2.14 that is not Term SOFR.  Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term  SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding U.S.  Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term  SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five (5) Business Days prior to  such Term SOFR Determination Day. “Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ended on such date. “Tranche A Term Commitments” has the meaning assigned to the term “New Trundle A Term Commitments” in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement.  The initialAs of the Amendment No. 2 Effective  Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Lenders’ Tranche A Term Commitments is $80,000,000.55,400,000. “Tranche A Term Lender” means a Lender with a Tranche A Term Commitment or an outstanding Tranche A Term Loan. “Tranche A Term Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 5 of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement. “Tranche A Term Maturity Date” means the date that is five years after the Restatement Effective  Date,November 15, 2023, as the same may be extended pursuant to Section 2.22. “Transaction Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses incurred or payable by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions. “Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents (including this Agreement) to which it is to be a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and (b) the payment of the Transaction Costs. “Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement between Exelis and Holdings and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, dated as of September 25, 2014. “Truist” means Truist Bank. “Type,” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOEURIBOR Rate or, the Alternate Base Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate. “UK Financial Institutions” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms. “UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution. “U.S. Bank” means U.S. Bank National Association. “U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a  day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income  -  43 - 

 

departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government  securities. “U.S. Person” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.22. “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3). “Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. “Unrestricted Cash” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of cash and Permitted Investments owned at such time by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such cash and Permitted Investments are not Restricted. “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means (a) any Subsidiary that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.14 subsequent to the Restatement Effective Date and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, there shall be no Unrestricted Subsidiaries. “Unrestricted Subsidiary Reconciliation Statement” means, with respect to any consolidated balance sheet or statement of income and comprehensive income, cash flows or stockholders’ equity of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries, such financial statement (in substantially the same form) prepared on the basis of consolidating the accounts of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and treating Unrestricted Subsidiaries as if they were not consolidated with Holdings and otherwise eliminating all accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, together with an explanation of reconciliation adjustments in reasonable detail. “USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. “Voting Equity Interests” of any Person means the Equity Interests of such Person ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of the directors of such Person. “Weighted Average Yield” means, with respect to any Loan or Commitment, the weighted average yield to stated maturity of such Loan or Commitment based on the interest rate or rates or unused commitment or similar fees applicable thereto and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to the Lenders advancing such Loan or Commitment with respect thereto, but excluding any arrangement, commitment, structuring and underwriting fees paid or payable to the arrangers (or similar titles) or their affiliates, in each case in their capacities as such, in connection with such Loans and that are not shared with all Lenders providing the applicable Incremental Extension of Credit; provided that for purposes of calculating the Weighted Average Yield for any Incremental Term Loan or Revolving Commitments (and the Revolving Loans to be made thereunder) in respect of any Revolving Commitment Increase, original issue discount and upfront fees shall be equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity (or, if shorter in respect of such Incremental Extension of Credit, the actual life to maturity of such Incremental Extension of Credit).  For purposes of determining the Weighted Average Yield of any floating rate Indebtedness at any time, the rate of interest applicable to such Indebtedness at such time shall be assumed to be the rate applicable to such Indebtedness at all times prior to maturity; provided that appropriate adjustments shall be made for any changes in rates of interest provided for in the documents governing such Indebtedness (other than those resulting from fluctuations in interbank offered rates, prime rates, Federal funds rates or other external indices not influenced by the financial performance or creditworthiness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary). “wholly owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person at any date, a subsidiary of such Person of which securities or other ownership interests representing 100% of the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by such Person or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person. -  44 - 

 

“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA. “Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and any other applicable withholding agent. “Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers. Classification of Loans and Borrowings.  For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may beSECTION 1.02 classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan’) or by Type (e.g., a “EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark  Loan” or a “RFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Revolving Loan” or a “RFR Revolving Loan”).  Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing” or a “RFR Borrowing”) or by Class and TypoType (e.g., a “EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Revolving Borrowing” or a “RFR Revolving Borrowing”). Terms Generally.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular andSECTION 1.03 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 or except as expressly provided herein, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), unless otherwise expressly stated to the contrary, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (d) the words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) 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. Accounting Terms; GAAP.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms ofSECTION 1.04 an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that (i) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision (including any definition) hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Restatement Effective Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith, (ii) notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to Accounting Standard Codifications), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value,” as -  45 - 

 

defined therein and (iii) notwithstanding any change in GAAP after the Restatement Effective Date (whether or not such change is, as of the Restatement Effective Date, scheduled to occur after the Restatement Effective Date) which would have the effect of treating any lease properly accounted for as an operating lease prior to such accounting change as a capital lease or which reclassifies capital leases using different terminology (e.g., as a “finance lease”) after giving effect to any such accounting change, for all purposes of calculating Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall continue to make such determinations and calculations with respect to all leases (whether then in existence or thereafter entered into) in accordance with GAAP (as it relates to such issue) as in effect prior to such change and consistent with their past practices. Pro Forma Calculations.  With respect to any period during which any acquisitionSECTION 1.05 permitted by this Agreement or any sale, transfer or other disposition of any Equity Interests in a Subsidiary or all or substantially all the assets of a Subsidiary or division or line of business of a Subsidiary outside the ordinary course of business occurs, for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.04(b), 6.12 and 6.13 or otherwise for purposes of determining the Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Cash Interest Expense and Consolidated EBITDA, calculations with respect to such period shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.SECTION 1.06 Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent(a) shall (x) determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date with respect to the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency and (y) give notice thereof to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower.  The Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective (i) in the case of the initial Calculation Date, on the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) in the case of each subsequent Calculation Date, on the first Business Day immediately following such Calculation Date (a “Reset Date”), shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date and shall for all purposes of this Agreement (other than any provision expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate) be the Exchange Rates employed in converting any amounts between dollars and any Permitted Foreign Currency. Solely for purposes of Article II and related definitional provisions to the extent used therein, the(b) applicable amount of any currency (other than dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as determined by the Administrative Agent and notified to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower in accordance with Section 1.06(a).  If any basket is exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the applicable Exchange Rate after the last time such basket was utilized, such basket will not be deemed to have been exceeded solely as a result of such fluctuations in the applicable Exchange Rate.  Amounts denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency will be converted to dollars for the purposes of (A) testing the financial maintenance covenants under Sections 6.12 and 6.13, at the Exchange Rate as of the last day of the fiscal quarter for which such measurement is being made, and (B) calculating the Consolidated Cash Interest Expense and the Total Leverage Ratio (other than for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13), at the Exchange Rate as of the date of calculation, and will, in the ease of Indebtedness, reflect the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder for currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination of the Dollar Equivalent of such Indebtedness. For purposes of Section 6.01, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other(c) than dollars shall be calculated based on the applicable Exchange Rate, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred or committed, on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred or committed, as applicable; provided that, if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than dollars, and such refinancing would cause the applicable dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the applicable Exchange Rate on the date of such refinancing, such dollar-denominated restrictions shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing. For purposes of Sections 6.02, 6,04, 6.05 and 6.08, the amount of any Liens, investments, asset(d) sales and Restricted Payments, as applicable, denominated in any currency other than dollars shall be calculated based on the applicable Exchange Rate. -  46 - 

 

Interest Rates; RateBenchmark Notification.  The interest rate on a Loan denominatedSECTION 1.07 in dollars or a Permitted Foreign Currency may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued  or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Regulators have signaled the need to use  alternative benchmark reference rates for some of these interest rate benchmarks and, as a result, such interest rate  benchmarks may cease to comply with applicable laws and regulations, may be permanently discontinued, and/or the  basis on which they are calculated may change. The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at  which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. In July  2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or  compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any  successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “IBA”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank  offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be  available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on  Eurocurrency Loans. In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway  to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, Section 2.14(b) and (c) provide theprovides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative  Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 2.14(e), of any change to the reference rates upon  which the interest rates on Eurocurrency Loans or EURIBOR Loans are based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the  definition of “LIBO Rate” (or “EURIBO Rate”, as applicable)any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including, without limitation, (i) any  such alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section 2.14(b) or (c), whether upon the  occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, and (ii)  the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes pursuant to Section 2.14(d)), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate (or the  EURIBO Rate, as applicable)existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did the  London interbank offered rate (or the euro interbank offered rate, as applicable)any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.  The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage  in transactions that affect the calculation of any  interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or  alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a  manner adverse to the Borrower.  The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its  reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates  referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability  to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect,  special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or  otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof)  provided by any such information source or service. Divisions.  For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any divisionSECTION 1.08 or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time. -  47 - 

 

ARTICLE II The Credits Commitments.SECTION 2.01 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make(a) Revolving Loans denominated in dollars or in any Permitted Foreign Currency to the Borrower from time to time, in each case during the Revolving Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitment; provided that the Borrower shall not request, and the Revolving Lenders shall not be required to fund, a Revolving Loan that is denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency if, immediately after the making of such Revolving Loan, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding that are denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency (including such requested Revolving Loan) would exceed $25,000,000.  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans, For the avoidance of doubt, any Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement immediately prior to the Restatement Effective Date shall, subject to the terms of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, continue to be outstanding hereunder on the Restatement Effective Date subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Amendment and Restatement(b) Agreement, each Tranche A Term Lender made a Tranche A Term Loan to the Borrower on the Restatement Effective Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche A Term Loans made by the Tranche A Term Lenders to the Borrower on the Restatement Effective Date under the Amendment and Restatement Agreement shall constitute Tranche A Term Loans hereunder.  Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. Loans and Borrowings.SECTION 2.02 Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each.  Calculation Date, the Administrative(a) Agent shall (x) determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date with respect to the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency and (y) give notice thereof to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Borrower.  The Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective (i) in the case of the initial Calculation Date, on the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) in the case (a) Eacheach Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Borrowing denominated in dollars shall be comprised entirely of(b) ABR Loans, Term Benchmark Loans or EurocurrencyRFR Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith, (ii) each Borrowing denominated in Euro shall be comprised entirely of EURIBOR Loans and (iii and (ii) each Borrowing denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency (other than Euro) shall be comprised entirely of EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Loans or RFR Loans, as applicable.  Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan, provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBORTerm (c) Benchmark Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that a Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBORTerm  Benchmark Borrowing that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing or  EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Borrowing. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000.  Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an -  48 - 

 

integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000.  Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time, provided that there shall not be more than a total of five Eurocurrency  BorrowingsTerm Benchmark and EURIBORRFR Borrowings in the aggregate at any time outstanding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, an ABR Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Loan may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(c). On and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche A (d) Term Loan Borrowings shall constitute either ABR Loans and ABR Borrowings or Term Benchmark Loans and  Term Benchmark Borrowings or RFR Loans and RFR Borrowings, (ii) all Revolving Loans and Revolving Loans  Borrowings denominated in dollars shall constitute either ABR Loans and ABR Borrowings, Term Benchmark  Loans and Term Benchmark Borrowings or RFR Loans and RFR Borrowings, (iii) all Revolving Loans and  Revolving Loans Borrowings denominated in Euros shall constitute Term Benchmark Loans and Term Benchmark  Borrowings and (iv) Revolving Loans and Revolving Loans Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling shall  constitute RFR Loans and RFR Borrowings.  For the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no RFR Loans or RFR  Borrowings denominated in dollars prior to there being a Benchmark Transition Event under Section 2.14 that  results in the Relevant Rate for Borrowings in dollars being Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate. Requests for Borrowings.  To request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, theSECTION 2.03 Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (other than a request for any Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, which request shall be made in writing) (a) (x) in the case of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing denominated in dollars or a EURIBOR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 am., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (y) in the case of a RFR  Borrowing denominated in dollars, not later than 11:00 am., Local Time, five Business Days before the date of the  proposed Borrowing, (b) in the case of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, not later than 11:00 a.m., London time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c, (c) in the case of an RFR Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling, not later than 11:00 a.m.,  New York City time, five RFR Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (d) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information (to the extent applicable, in compliance with Sections 2.01 and 2.02): whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, a Tranche A Term(i) Borrowing or a Borrowing of any Incremental Term Loan; the currency and the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;(ii) the requested date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark(iv) Borrowing or a EURIBORRFR Borrowing; in the ease of a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing, the(v) initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed,(vi) which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06(a), or, if the Borrowing is being requested to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars in accordance with Section 2.05(e), the identity of the Issuing Bank that made such LC Disbursement; and -  49 - 

 

that as of such date Sections 4.03(a) and 4.03(b) are satisfied.(vii) If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, other than with respect to Borrowings denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.  If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.  If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected dollars.  Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing. Swingline Loans.SECTION 2.04 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Revolving(a) Availability Period, each Swingline Lender severally agrees to make Swingline Loans, denominated in dollars, to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $10,000,000, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender exceeding the lesser of (A) the Revolving Commitment of such Swingline Lender (in its capacity as a Revolving Lender) and (B) the Swingline Commitment of such Swingline Lender, (iii) such Swingline Lender’s Revolving Exposure exceeding such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (iv) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitment; provided that (A) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan and (B) each Swingline Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lenders ratably in accordance with the respective Revolving Commitments of the Swingline Lenders (in their capacities as Revolving Lenders).  Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.  The failure of any Swingline Lender to make its ratable portion of a Swingline Loan shall not relieve any other Swingline Lender of its obligations hereunder to make its ratable portion of such Swingline Loan, but no Swingline Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Swingline Lender to make the ratable portion of a Swingline Loan to be made by such other Swingline Lender on the date of any Swingline Loan. To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request(b) by telephone, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of such proposed Swingline Loan.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower.  Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan.  The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lenders of any such notice received from the Borrower.  Each Swingline Lender shall make its ratable portion of the requested Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for such purpose (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that the Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.05(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan. Any Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than(c) 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of its Swingline Loans outstanding.  Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the Revolving Lenders will participate.  Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans.  Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lenders, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that, in making any Swingline Loan, each Swingline Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of Holdings and the -  50 - 

 

Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.03 unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Swingline Loan was made, the Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders shall have notified such Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) would not be satisfied if such Swingline Loan were then made (it being understood and agreed that, in the event such Swingline Lender shall have received any such notice, it shall have no obligation to make any Swingline Loan until and unless it shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances described in such notice shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist).  Each Revolving Lender further acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Swingline Lenders the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to such Swingline Lenders.  Any amounts received by a Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by such Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the applicable Swingline Lenders, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the applicable Swingline Lenders or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, and thereafter to the Borrower, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to repay such Swingline Loan. Letters of Credit.SECTION 2.05 General.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the(a) issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account (or for the account of any Subsidiary so long as the Borrower is a joint and several co-applicant in respect of such Letter of Credit), denominated in dollars or in a Permitted Foreign Currency and in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period.  Notwithstanding anything contained in any letter of credit application or other agreement (other than this Agreement or any Security Document) submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, (i) all provisions of such letter of credit application or other agreement purporting to grant Liens in favor of such Issuing Bank to secure obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be disregarded, it being agreed that such obligations shall be secured to the extent provided in this Agreement and in the Security Documents, and (ii) in the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of such letter of credit application or such other agreement, as applicable, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain  Conditions.  To request the(b) issuance of a Letter of Credit or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit (other than any automatic renewal permitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section), the Borrower shall hand deliver or fax (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by such Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the currency and amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be requested by the applicable Issuing Bank as necessary to enable such Issuing Bank to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit.  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Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit.  A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the LC Sublimit, (ii) the Revolving Exposure of each Revolving Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and (iv) following the effectiveness of any Maturity Date Extension Request with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the LC Exposure in respect of all Letters of Credit having an expiration date after the second Business Day prior to the applicable Existing Maturity Date shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments of the Consenting Lenders extended pursuant to Section 2.22.  Each Issuing Bank agrees that it shall not permit any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit to occur unless it gives the Administrative Agent written notice thereof as required under paragraph (I) of this Section.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of JPMorgan, Citibank, Truist or U.S. Bank, each individually in its capacity as an Issuing Bank, shall be required to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit hereunder if, after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, the LC Exposure of such Issuing Bank would exceed $6,250,000. Expiration Date.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the(c) earlier of (i) the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically for additional consecutive periods of one year or less (bur not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date) unless the applicable Issuing Bank notifies the beneficiary thereof at least 30 days prior to the then-applicable expiration date that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the Revolving Maturity Date shall be extended pursuant to Section 2.22, “Revolving Maturity Date” as referenced in this paragraph shall refer to the Revolving Maturity Date as extended pursuant to Section 2.22; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including Section 2.22 hereof) or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Revolving Maturity Date, as such term is used in reference to any Issuing Bank or any Letter of Credit issued thereby, may not be extended with respect to any Issuing Bank without the prior written consent of such Issuing Bank. Participations.  By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit(d) increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank that is the issuer of such Letter of Credit hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.  In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account attic applicable Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason.  Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.  Each Revolving Lender further acknowledges and agrees that, in issuing, amending, renewing or extending any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon the representation and warranty of Holdings and the Borrower deemed made pursuant to Section 4.03 unless, at least one Business Day prior to the time such Letter of Credit is issued, amended, renewed or extended (or, in the ease of an automatic renewal permitted pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, at least one Business Day prior to the time by which the election not to extend must be made by the applicable Issuing Bank), the Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders shall have notified the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in writing that, as a result of one or more events or circumstances described in such notice, one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) would not be satisfied if such Letter of Credit were then issued, amended, renewed or extended (it being understood and agreed that, in the event any -  52 - 

 

Issuing Bank shall have received any such notice, no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit until and unless it shall be satisfied that the events and circumstances described in such notice shall have been cured or otherwise shall have ceased to exist). Reimbursement.  If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of(e) Credit, then the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than (i) if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, then 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such Business Day, or (ii) otherwise, 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice; provided that, in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars in an amount equal to or in excess of $500,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to reimburse any LC Disbursement by the time specified above in this paragraph, then (A) if the applicable LC Disbursement relates to a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, automatically and with no further action, the obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement shall be permanently converted into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as of the date when such payment was due, of such LC Disbursement and (B) the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement (and the Dollar Equivalent thereof if the immediately preceding clause (A) is applicable), the currency and amount of the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof.  Promptly following receipt of such notice, each applicable Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the amount then due from the Borrower in the currency of the applicable LC Disbursement (unless such LC Disbursement relates to a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than dollars, Euros or Pounds Sterling, in which case such payment shall be made in dollars), in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this paragraph), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the applicable Revolving Lenders.  Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.  Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. Obligations Absolute.  The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in(f) paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision thereof or hereof, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.  None of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit, any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing -  53 - 

 

Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof.  The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.  In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit, and any such acceptance or refusal shall be deemed not to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. Disbursement Procedures.  Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof,(g) examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit.  Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile or other electronic imaging) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the applicable Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section. Interim Interest.  If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower(h) shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof (or, in the case of clause (iii)(B) below, the Dollar Equivalent of such amount, determined in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section) shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement in full, at (i) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in dollars, the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (and payable in dollars), (ii) in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in Euros or Pounds Sterling, a rate per annum determined by the applicable Issuing Bank (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate used to determine interest applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving  Loans or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Revolving Loans (and payable in such currency) and (iii, (iii) in the case of an  LC Disbursement denominated in Pounds Sterling, a rate per annum determined by the applicable Issuing Bank  (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate  used to determine interest applicable to RFR Revolving Loans (and payable in such currency) and (iv) in the case of an LC Disbursement denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency other than Euros and Pounds Sterling, (A) in the case of any LC Disbursement that is reimbursed on or before the date such LC Disbursement is required to be reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this Section, a rate per annum determined by the applicable Issuing Bank (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate used to determine interest applicable to EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Revolving Loans or EURIBORRFR Revolving Loans (and payable in such currency) and (B) in the ease of any LC Disbursement that is reimbursed after the date such LC Disbursement is required to be reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this Section, the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (and payable in dollars); provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement in full when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment, and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand has been made, on the date on which the Borrower reimburses the applicable LC Disbursement in full. Cash Collateralization.  If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day(i) on which the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash and in the currency of each applicable Letter of Credit equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01.  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deposit cash collateral in accordance with this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b), 2.20(c) or 2.22(c).  Each such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account.  Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.  Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account.  Notwithstanding the terms of any Security Document, moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Banks for LC Disbursements for which they have not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to (i) the consent of a Majority in Interest of the Revolving Lenders and (ii) in the case of any such application at a time when any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender (but only if, after giving effect thereto, the remaining cash collateral shall be less than the aggregate LC Exposure of all the Defaulting Lenders), the consent of each Issuing Bank), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.  If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.  If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant to Section 2.20(c), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower to the extent that, after giving effect to such return, no Issuing Bank shalt have any exposure in respect of any outstanding Letter of Credit that is not fully covered by the Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders and/or the remaining cash collateral and no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Designation of Additional Issuing Banks.  The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time,(j) with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), designate as additional Issuing Banks one or more Revolving Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Lender of an appointment as an Issuing Bank hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Revolving Lender and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Lender in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder. Termination of an Issuing Bank.  The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Issuing(k) Bank as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Issuing Bank, with a copy to the Administrative Agent.  Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) such Issuing Bank acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the tenth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or its Affiliates) shall have been reduced to zero.  At the time any such termination pursuant to this clause (k) shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the terminated Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b).  Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination pursuant to this clause (k), the terminated Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such termination, but shall not issue any additional Letters of Credit. Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent.  Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative(l) Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section, report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) periodic activity (for such period or recurrent periods as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent) in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancelations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the stated amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or -  55 - 

 

extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which the Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the currency and amount of such LC Disbursement and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. LC Exposure Determination.  For all purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified(m) herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the amount of such Letter of Credit available to be drawn at such time; provided that the amount of a Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof 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 the time of determination. Funding of Borrowings.SECTION 2.06 Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by(a) wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.04.  The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement denominated in dollars as provided in Section 2.05(c) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to Section 2.05(e) to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed(b) date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption and in its sole discretion, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable 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 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 (i) in the case of such Lender, (A) in the case of Loans  denominated in dollars, the greater of the NYFRBapplicable Overnight Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of  Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost  to it of funding such amount (which determination will be conclusive absent manifest error) or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to (A) in the ease of Loans denominated in dollars, ABR Loans of the  applicable Class and (B), or in the case of Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, the interest rate  applicable to the subject Loan pursuant to Section 2.13.Currencies, in accordance with such market practice, in each  case, as applicable.  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 such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Interest Elections.SECTION 2.07 Each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the(a) applicable Borrowing.  Request or designated by Section 2.03 and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a  EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request or designated by Section 2.03.  Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type (provided that EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowings and RFR Borrowings denominated in a -  56 - 

 

Permitted Foreign Currency may not be converted into ABR Borrowings) or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.  The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued. To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent(b) of such election by telephone (other than a request pursuant to this Section with respect to a Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, which request shall be made in writing) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.  Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower. Each telephonic and written Interest Election.  Request shall specify the following information in(c) compliance with Section 2.02: the Agreed Currency and the principal amount of the Borrowing to which such Interest(i) Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing); the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which(ii) shall be a Business Day; whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a EurocurrencyTerm (iii) Benchmark Borrowing or a EURIBORRFR Borrowing; and if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a EURIBORTerm (iv) Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.” If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a EURIBORTerm Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise(d) each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a(e) EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing or a EURIBOR Borrowingin dollars prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i) in  the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR  Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominateddeemed to have an Interest Period that is  the same as the immediately preceding Interest Period.  If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely and complete Interest  Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing in a Permitted Foreign Currency or a EURIBOR  Borrowing, such Borrowing shallprior to the end of the Interest Period therefor, then, unless such Term Benchmark  Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected that such Term Benchmark  Borrowing shall automatically be continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing of the applicable Type forin its  original Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month at the end of such Interest Period.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default under clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is  continuing with respect to Holdings or the Borrower, or if any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of a Majority in Interest of the Required Lenders of any Class, has  notified, so notifies the Borrower of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such other Event of  -  57 - 

 

Default, then, in each such case, , then, so long as suchan Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing (or Borrowing of the applicable Class, as applicable) denominated in dollars may be converted to or continued as a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing, and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing (or  Eurocurrency Borrowing of the applicable Class, as applicable)(x) each Term Benchmark Borrowing and each RFR  Borrowing, in each case denominated in dollars shall be convenedconverted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in n Permitted  Foreign Currency or EURIBOR Borrowing shall be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a EURIBOR  Borrowing, as applicable, with an Interest Period of one month’s durationy) each Term Benchmark Borrowing and  each RFR Borrowing, in each case denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency shall bear interest at the Central  Bank Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative  Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank  Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term  Benchmark Loans denominated in any Agreed Currency other than dollars shall either be (A) converted to an ABR  Borrowing denominated in dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Permitted Foreign Currency)  at the end of the Interest Period, as applicable, therefor or (B) prepaid at the end of the applicable Interest Period, as  applicable, in full; provided that if no election is made by the Borrower by the earlier of (x) the date that is three  Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice and (y) the last day of the current Interest Period for the  applicable Term Benchmark Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (A) above. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.SECTION 2.08 Unless previously terminated, (i) the Tranche A Term Commitments shall automatically terminate(a) at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Restatement Effective Date, and (ii) the Revolving Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date. The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the(b) Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each partial reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans or the Swingline Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the(c) Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof.  Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments delivered under this paragraph may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent.  Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.SECTION 2.09 The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the(a) account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10 and (iii) to the Swingline Lenders the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the fifth Business Day after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans that were outstanding on the date such Borrowing was requested and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans then outstanding. -  58 - 

 

The records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence(b) of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of Loans, LC Disbursements, interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.  In(c) such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.  Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or to such payee and its registered assigns). Amortization of Term Loans.SECTION 2.10 Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, the Borrower shall repay Tranche(a) A Term Borrowings on each date set forth below, beginning with the date that is the last day of the first fiscal quarter of Holdings after the RestatementAmendment No. 2 Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such date: Date Amount December 31, 2017 $1,000,000 March 31, 2018 $1,000,000 June 30, 2018 $1,000,000 September 30, 2018 $1,000,000 December 31, 2018 $1,000,000 March 31, 2019 $1,000,000 June 30, 2019 $1,000,000 September 30, 2019 $1,000,000 December 31, 2019 $1,500,000 March 31, 2020 $1,500,000 June 30, 2020 $1,500,000 September 30, 2020 $1,500,000 December 31, 2020 $2,000,000 March 31, 2021 $2,000,000 June 30, 2021 $2,000,000 September 30, 2021 $2,000,000 December 31, 2021 $2,600,000 March 31, 2022 $2,600,000 June 30, 2022 $2,600,000 September 30, 2022 $2,600,000 December 31, 2022 $2,600,000 March 31, 2023 $2,600,000 June 30, 2023 $2,600,000 September 30, 2023 $2,600,000 Tranche A Maturity Date $47,600,000All  Remaining  Amounts Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, the Borrower shall repay Incremental Term Loans of any Class as provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment. To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans shall be due and payable on the(b) Tranche A Term Maturity Date and (ii) all Incremental Term Loans of any Class shall be due and payable on the maturity date set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment. -  59 - 

 

Any prepayment of a Term Borrowing of any Class shall be applied to reduce the subsequent(c) scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section as directed in writing by the Borrower (or, if the Borrower fails to so direct the application of any such prepayment, such prepayment shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of the applicable Class to be made pursuant to this Section in direct order of maturity); provided that (A) any prepayment of any Class of Incremental Term Borrowings shall be applied to subsequent scheduled repayments as provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, (B) any prepayment of Term Borrowings of any Class contemplated by Section 2.23 shall be applied to subsequent scheduled repayments as provided in such Section and (C) if any Lender elects to decline a mandatory prepayment of a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.11(e), then the portion of such prepayment not so declined shall be applied to reduce the subsequent repayments of such Term Borrowing to be made pursuant to this Section ratably based on the amount of such scheduled repayments. Furthermore, in the event that the Term Loans of any Class are cancelled in accordance with Section 9.04(e)(v), the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class so cancelled shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of the Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to this Section ratably based on the amount of such scheduled repayments. Prior to any repayment of any Term Borrowings of any Class under this Section, the Borrower(d) shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings of the applicable Class to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging) of such selection not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment.  Each repayment of a Term Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Term Borrowing. Repayments of Term Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid. Prepayment of Loans.SECTION 2.11 The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in(a) whole or in part, without premium or penalty, subject to Section 2.16. In the event and on each occasion that (i) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds the(b) Aggregate Revolving Commitment (other than as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans or the LC Exposure on any Calculation Date in accordance with Section 1.06) or (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds 105% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments solely as a result of any revaluation of the Dollar Equivalent of Revolving Loans or the LC Exposure on any Calculation Date in accordance with Section 1.06, the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.05(i) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Holdings,(c) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event (including by the Administrative Agent as loss payee in respect of any Prepayment Event described in clause (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event”), the Borrower shall, on the day such Net Proceeds are received (or, in the ease of a Prepayment Event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” within three Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received), prepay Term Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the amount of such Net Proceeds (or, if the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has incurred Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 6.01 that is secured, on an equal and ratable basis with the Term Loans, by a Lien on the Collateral permitted under Section 6.02, and such Indebtedness is required to be prepaid or redeemed with the net proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” then by such lesser percentage of such Net Proceeds such that such Indebtedness receives no greater than a ratable percentage of such Net Proceeds based upon the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and such Indebtedness then outstanding); provided that in the case of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” if the Borrower shall, prior to the date of the required prepayment, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Borrower intends to cause the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate) to be applied within 360 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds to acquire real property, equipment or other assets to be used in the business of Holdings, the Borrower or their Restricted Subsidiaries or to enter into an acquisition permitted by this Agreement -  60 - 

 

and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds in respect of such event (or the portion of such Net Proceeds specified in such certificate, if applicable) except to the extent of any such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied by the end of such 360-day period (or within a period of 180 days thereafter if by the end of such initial 360-day period the Borrower or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries shall have entered into a binding agreement with a third party to acquire such real property, equipment or other assets or to make an acquisition permitted by this Agreement), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied. [Reserved].(d) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings under this Section, the Borrower(e) shall, subject to the next sentence, select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment delivered pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section.  In the event of any mandatory prepayment of Term Borrowings made at a time when Term Borrowings of more than one Class remain outstanding, the Borrower shall select Term Borrowings to be prepaid so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated between Tranche A Term Borrowings and, to the extent provided in the Incremental Facility Amendment for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, the Borrowings of such Class pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Borrowings of each such Class; provided that any Term Lender (and, to the extent provided in the Incremental Facility Amendment for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, any Lender that holds Incremental Term Loans of such Class) may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (continued by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging) at least one Business Day prior to the required prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any prepayment of its Loans pursuant to this Section (other than (x) an optional prepayment pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section or (y) a mandatory prepayment triggered by an event described in clause (a) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event,” neither of which may be declined), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay such Loans may be retained by the Borrower. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of Swingline(f) Loans, the Swingline Lenders) by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile or other electronic imaging) of any optional prepayment and, to the extent practicable, any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) (x) in the case of prepayment of a EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowingdenominated in dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment and (y) an RFR Borrowing  denominated in dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, five Business Days before the date of  prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii, (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Term Benchmark  Borrowing denominated in Euros, not later than 12:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the  date of prepayment, (iv) in the case of prepayment of an RFR Borrowing denominated in Sterling, not later than  11:00 a.m., New York City time, five RFR Business Days before the date of prepayment or (v) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment.  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that (A) if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08 and (B) a notice of prepayment of Term Borrowings pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied.  Promptly following receipt of any such notice (other than a notice relating solely to Swingline Loans), the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment.  Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.  Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11, to the extent any or all of the Net(g) Proceeds of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term “Prepayment Event” by a Foreign -  61 - 

 

Subsidiary (“Foreign Subsidiary Disposition”) are prohibited or delayed by any applicable local law (including financial assistance, corporate benefit restrictions on upstreaming of cash intro group and the fiduciary and statutory duties of the directors of such Foreign Subsidiary) from being repatriated or passed on to or used for the benefit of the Borrower or any applicable Domestic Subsidiary or if the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any such amount to the Borrower or any applicable Domestic Subsidiary would have material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) with respect to such amount, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.11 but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation or the passing on to or otherwise using for the benefit of the Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary, or the Borrower believes in good faith that such material adverse tax consequence would result, and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law or the Borrower determines in good faith such repatriation would no longer would have such material adverse tax consequences, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated.  Net Proceeds will be promptly (and in any event not later than five Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 (provided that no such prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be required in the case of any such Net Proceeds the repatriation of which the Borrower believes in good faith would result in material adverse tax consequences, if on or before the date on which such Net Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.11, (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to the amount of such Net Proceeds to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Proceeds had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Proceeds had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Proceeds that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Proceeds are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary). Fees.SECTION 2.12 The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender(a) for the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate (or are otherwise reduced to zero), a commitment fee which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily unused amount of the aggregate Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender.  Such accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which all the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Restatement Effective Date.  For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure of such Lender (and the Swingline Exposure of such Lender shall be disregarded for such purpose). The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving(b) Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate then used to determine the interest rate applicable to EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s aggregate LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which all of such Lender’s Revolving Commitments terminate and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to 0.125% on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of all the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any such LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.  Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Restatement Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which all the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which all the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to an Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. -  62 - 

 

The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the(c) amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. [Reserved].(d) [Reserved].(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the(f) Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Revolving Lenders entitled thereto.  Fees paid hereunder shall not be refundable under any circumstances. All commitment fees, participation fees and fronting fees payable pursuant to this Section 2.12(g) shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). Interest.SECTION 2.13 The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at(a) the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. The Loans comprising (i) each EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest in the (b) case of a Term Benchmark Loan, at the Adjusted LIBO RateTerm SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate, as  applicable, for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each EURIBOR  Borrowing.  Each RFR Loan shall bear interest at thea rate per annum equal to the applicable Adjusted EURIBO  Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such BorrowingDaily Simple RFR Rate plus the Applicable Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other(c) amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case or overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2.00% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.  Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this paragraph (c) is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender. Accrued interest on each loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such(d) Loan and, in the case of a Revolving Loan, upon termination of Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBORTerm  Benchmark Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest(e) computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate and (ii) interest computed with respect to any Borrowing denominated in Pounds Sterling, in each case shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day; provided that, if a Loan, or a portion thereof, is repaid on the same day on which such Loan is made, one day’s interest shall accrue on the portion of such Loan so prepaid).  The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate orTerm SOFR Rate, EURIBOR  Rate, Adjusted EURIBO RateDaily Simple RFR Rate or Daily Simple RFR shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. -  63 - 

 

Alternate Rate of Interest.SECTION 2.14 Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) and (g) of this Section 2.14, if prior to the (a) commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing: the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent(i) manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing,  that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate, the LIBOTerm SOFR Rate, the Adjusted EURIBOEURIBOR Rate or the EURIBOEURIBOR Rate, as  applicable (including because the Relevant Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for the applicable currencyAgreed Currency and such Interest Period; provided that no Benchmark Transition  Event shall have occurred at such time or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist  for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate, Daily Simple RFR or RFR for the  applicable Agreed Currency; or (the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice fromis advised by the(ii) Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the LIBO Rate, the Adjusted EURIBO Rate or the  EURIBO Rate, as applicable, for the applicable currency(A) prior to the commencement of any Interest  Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate  for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for the applicable currency and such Interest PeriodAgreed Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any  time, the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for the applicable Agreed Currency will not  adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or  its Loan) included in such Borrowing for the applicable Agreed Currency; then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A with respect to the relevant  Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section  2.07 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, (A) for Loans denominated in  dollars, (1) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing or EURIBOR Borrowing shall be  ineffective, (B) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in dollars, such Borrowing  shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (C) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency  BorrowingBorrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term  Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as  applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated in dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for  dollar Borrowings is not also the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted  Daily Simple RFR Rate for dollar Borrowings also is the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above and (2) any  Borrowing Request that requests an RFR Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be a Borrowing Request, as  applicable, for an ABR Borrowing and (B) for Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency or a EURIBOR  Borrowing then such request, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or  continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term  Benchmark Borrowing or an RFR Borrowing, in each case, for the relevant Benchmark, shall be ineffective; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then theall other TypeTypes of Borrowings shall be permitted.  Furthermore, if any EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Loan or EURIBORRFR Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this SectionSection 2.14(a) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan, then (i) if such Eurocurrency Loan is denominated in dollars, then on the last  day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business  Day), such Loan shall be converted byTerm Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in dollars on such day or (ii) if such Eurocurrency Loan or  EURIBOR Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency (other than dollars), then such Loan shall, on the last day of  the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business  -  64 - 

 

Day)notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with  respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with  the terms of Section 2.07 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, (A) for Loans  denominated in dollars, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such  Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative  Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing denominated in dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple  RFR Rate for dollar Borrowings is not also the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the  Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for dollar Borrowings also is the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above, on such  day, and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall  constitute an ABR Loan and (B) for Loans denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency, (1) any Term Benchmark  Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if  such day is not a Business Day) bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency  plus the CBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive  and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency cannot  be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency  shall, at the Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by the Borrower on such day or (B) be converted  bysolely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term  Benchmark Loan denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency shall be deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan  denominated in dollars and shall accrue interest at the same interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans  denominated in dollars at such time  and (2) any RFR Loan shall bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the  applicable Permitted Foreign Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative Agent to, and  (subject to the remainder of this subclause (B)) shall constitute, an ABR Loandetermines (which determination shall  be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign  Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans denominated in any Permitted Foreign  Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Agreed Currency) on such day (it being understood and agreed that if  the Borrower does not so prepay such Loan on such day by 12:00 noon, Local Time, the Administrative Agent is  authorized to effect such conversion of such Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan denominated  in dollars), and, in the case of such subclause (B), upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice from the Administrative  Agent that the circumstances giving rise to the aforementioned notice no longer exist, such ABR Loan denominated  in dollars shall then be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, a Eurocurrency Loan or  EURIBOR Loan, as applicable, denominated in such original Agreed Currency (in an amount equal to the Alternative  Currency Equivalent of such Agreed Currency) on the day of such notice being given to the Borrower by the  Administrative AgentPermitted Foreign Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document (and any Hedging (b) Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “Loan Document” for purposes of this Section 2.14), if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to dollars for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (32) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to any Agreed Currency for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders of each affected Class. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document and subject to the (c) proviso below in this paragraph, solely with respect to a Loan denominated in dollars, if a Term SOFR Transition  Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any  setting of the then-current Benchmark, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current  -  65 - 

 

Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and  subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this  Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, this clause (c) shall not be effective unless the  Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Borrower a Term SOFR Notice. For the avoidance of  doubt, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver a Term SOFR Notice after a Term SOFR Transition  Event and may do so in its sole discretion.(d) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark  Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. (e) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any(d) occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as  applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period.  Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this SectionSection 2.14, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this SectionSection 2.14. (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time(e) (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate or LIBOEURIBOR Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor. (g) Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of an applicablea Benchmark(f) Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Eurocurrency or EURIBORTerm Benchmark  Borrowing or RFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during suchany Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, either (x) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a Eurocurrency(1) a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in dollars into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans or (y) any such request for a  Eurocurrency(A) an RFR Borrowing denominated in dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for  dollar Borrowings is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted  Daily Simple RFR Rate for dollar Borrowings is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) any Term  Benchmark Borrowing or RFR Borrowing denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency or a EURIBOR Borrowing  shall be ineffective.  During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR.  Furthermore, if any EurocurrencyTerm Benchmark Loan or EURIBORRFR Loan in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan, then (i) if such Eurocurrency Loan is  denominated in dollars, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding  -  66 - 

 

Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and  shall constitute, an ABR Loan denominated in dollars on such day or (ii) if such Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR  Loan is denominated in any Agreed Currency (other than dollars), then such Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest  Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day)Term  Benchmark Loan or RFR Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement for such Agreed Currency is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.14, (A) for Loans denominated in dollars (1) any Term Benchmark Loan  shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day  is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing  denominated in dollars so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for dollar Borrowings is not the subject of a  Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate for dollar Borrowings is  the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any RFR Loan shall on and from such day be  converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute an ABR Loan and (B) for Loans denominated in a  Permitted Foreign Currency, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to  such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) bear interest at the Central Bank  Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative Agent  determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate  for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark  Loans denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency shall, at the Borrower’s election prior to such day: (A) be prepaid by the Borrower on such day or (B) be converted bysolely for the purpose of calculating the interest rate  applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in any Permitted Foreign  Currency shall be deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in dollars and shall accrue interest at the same  interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans denominated in dollars at such time and (2) any RFR Loan shall  bear interest at the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency plus the CBR Spread; provided  that, if the Administrative Agent to, and (subject to the remainder of this subclause (B)) shall constitute, an ABR  Loandetermines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank  Rate for the applicable Permitted Foreign Currency cannot be determined, any outstanding affected RFR Loans  denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency, at the Borrower’s election, shall either (A) be converted into ABR  Loans denominated in dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Agreed Currency) on such day (it  being understood and agreed that if the Borrower does not so prepay such Loan on such day by 12:00 noon, Local  Time, the Administrative Agent is authorized to effect such conversion of such Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR  Loan into an ABR Loan denominated in dollars), and, in the case of such subclause (B), upon any subsequent  implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in respect of such Agreed Currency pursuant to this Section 2.14, such  ABR Loan denominated in dollars shall then be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, a  Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan, as applicable, denominated in such original Agreed Currency (in an amount  equal to the Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Agreed Currency) on the day of such implementation, giving  effect to such Benchmark Replacement in respect of such Agreed Currency. Permitted Foreign Currency)  immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately. Increased Costs.SECTION 2.15 If any Change in Law shall:(a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,(i) insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOEURIBOR Rate) or any Issuing Bank; impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the Londonapplicable offshore interbank(ii) market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded(iii) Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; -  67 - 

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient or making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient 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, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as applicable, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered. If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or(b) liquidity requirements has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’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 such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements), then, from time to time upon the request of such Lender or such Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or(c) amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and the calculation thereof shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant(d) to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Lender shall demand compensation for any(e) increased cost or reduction pursuant to this Section in respect of any Change in Law described in the proviso to the definition of the term “Change in Law” unless such Lender has certified in writing to the Borrower that it is the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances from similarly-situated borrowers. (f) If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any  Governmental Authority has asserted after the Restatement Effective Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its  applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBOR Loan, then, on notice thereof by  such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue  Eurocurrency Loans or EURIBOR Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings into Eurocurrency Borrowings, as the case  may be, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the  circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist (and each Lender agrees to give such notify promptly  after such circumstance no longer exist).  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such  Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), (i) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender  denominated in dollars, convert all such Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans, on the last of the  Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or  -  68 - 

 

immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans and (ii) with respect to Eurocurrency  Loans of such Lender denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency and EURIBOR Loans of such Lender, prepay  all such Eurocurrency Loans and/or EURIBOR Loans of such Lender, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor,  if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender  may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans.  Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall  also pay to the applicable Lender accrued interest on the amount of the applicable Loans so prepaid or converted. Break Funding Payments.  InSECTION 2.16 With respect to Loans that are not RFR Loans, in the event of (a) the payment of any principal of(a) any Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan or  EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(e), then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan or EURIBORTerm Benchmark Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate or Adjusted EURIBOEURIBOR Rate, as the case may be, that would have been applicable to such Loan (but not including the Applicable Rate applicable thereto), for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period front other banks in the Londonoffshore interbank market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and showing the calculation thereof, shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof. With respect to RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any RFR Loan other (b) than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (ii) the  failure to borrow or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto  (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof), (iii) the assignment of any Term  Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the  Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(e) or (iv) the failure by the Borrower to make any payment of any  Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereof) denominated in a Permitted Foreign Currency on  its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall  compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.  In the case of a RFR Loan, such  loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the  excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such  event not occurred, at the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple RFR Rate, as the case may be, that would have been  applicable to such Loan (but not including the Applicable Rate applicable thereto), for the period from the date of  such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, for the  period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on  such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the  commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period front other banks in the  offshore interbank market.  A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that  such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, and showing the calculation thereof, shall be delivered to  the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown  as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof. -  69 - 

 

Taxes.SECTION 2.17 Payment Free of Taxes.  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan(a) Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.  If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding of such Indemnified Tax has been made (including such deductions and withholdings of Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made. Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant(b) Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, any Other Taxes. Evidence of Payment.  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a(c) Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Indemnification by the Loan Parties.  The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each(d) Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Indemnification by the Lenders.  Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent,(e) within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph. Status of Lenders.  (i)  Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of.(f) withholding Tax with respect to payments made under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding, In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such -  70 - 

 

Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(1)00(A), 2.17(f)(ii)(B) or 2.17(f)(ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:(ii) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative(A) Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt front U.S. Federal backup withholding Tax; any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the(B) 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 reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable: in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to(1) which the United States of America is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor thereto) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor thereto) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty; executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;(2) in the ease of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for(3) portfolio interest under Section 88l(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10-percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor thereto); or to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of(4) IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or any applicable successor thereto), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or Exhibit I-3, IRS Form W-9 and/or another certification document from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4 on behalf of each such direct or indirect partner; any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the(C) 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 reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed -  71 - 

 

originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction in, U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and if a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would(D) be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D).  “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Restatement Effective Date. Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. Treatment of Certain Refunds.  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good(g) faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph the payment of which would place such indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such indemnified party would have been in if Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the(h) Administrative Agent or any assignment or designation of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document. For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term(i) “applicable law” includes FATCA. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.SECTION 2.18 The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other(a) Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.  Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have -  72 - 

 

been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.  All such payments shall be made to such account or accounts as may be specified by the Administrative Agent, except that payments required to be made directly to any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender shall be so made, payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein.  The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payment received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.  If any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.  All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Loan or LC Disbursement shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be made in the currency of such Loan or LC Disbursement; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in dollars. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay(b) fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements.  interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment(c) in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the aggregate amount 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 Revolving Loans, Term Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any Eligible Assignee, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof in a transaction that complies with the terms of Section 9.04(e).  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. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on(d) which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks 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 and in its sole discretion, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as applicable, the amount due.  In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank 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 NYFRB Rate and a rate determined  by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensationapplicable  Overnight Rate. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c),(e) 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(a) or (b), 2.17(e), 2.18(d) or 9.03(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations in respect of such payment until all such -  73 - 

 

unsatisfied obligations have been discharged and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion. In the event that any financial statements delivered under Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), or any(f) compliance certificate delivered under Section 5.01(c).  shall prove to have been materially inaccurate, and such inaccuracy shall have resulted in the payment of any interest or fees at rates lower than those that were in fact applicable for any period (based on the actual Total Leverage Ratio), then the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (or former Lenders and Issuing Banks) as their interests may appear, the accrued interest or fees that should have been paid but were not paid as a result of such misstatement. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.SECTION 2.19 If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if any Loan Party is required to pay(a) any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not be inconsistent with its internal policies or otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation. If (i) any Lender has requested compensation under Section 2.15, (ii) the Borrower is required to(b) pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender has become a Declining Lender under Section 2.22, 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 Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (or, in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a Lender having become a Declining Lender, all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a Lender of the applicable Class with respect to which such Lender is a Declining Lender) to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (if applicable, in each case only to the extent such amounts relate to its interest as a Lender of a particular Class) from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (C) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b), (D) in the ease of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments and (E) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law.  A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply. Defaulting Lenders.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,SECTION 2.20 if any Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender: -  74 - 

 

commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of(a) such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a); the Revolving Commitment and Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not(b) be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof; if any LC Exposure exists at the time such Revolving Lender becomes Defaulting Lender,(c) then: all or any part of the Swingline Exposure (other than (x) any portion thereof with(i) respect to which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated by Section 2.04(c) and (y) the portion of the Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition thereof) and LC Exposure (other than any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements with respect to which such Defaulting Lender shall have funded its participation as contemplated by Sections 2.05(e) and 2.05(f)) of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that the sum of all Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the sum of all Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments; provided that no reallocation under this clause (i) shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender as n result of such Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation; if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be(ii) effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (A) first, prepay the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure that has not been reallocated and (B) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure that has not been reallocated in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(i) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding; if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC(iii) Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay participation fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure for so long as such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized; if any portion of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated(iv) pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b) shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation; and if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither(v) reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all participation fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks (and allocated among them ratably based on the amount of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing Bank) until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and -  75 - 

 

so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lenders shall not(d) be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, unless, in each case, it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding Swingline Exposure (other than the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) or LC Exposure, as applicable, will be fully covered by the Revolving Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders and/or cash collateral provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20(c), and participating interests in any such funded Swingline Loan or in any such issued, amended, renewed or extended Letter of Credit will be allocated among the Non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein). In the event that the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower, each Swingline Lender and each applicable Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused the applicable Revolving Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure, as applicable, of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Revolving Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Revolving Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Revolving Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that, except as otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from a Defaulting Lender to a Non-Defaulting Revolving Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Revolving Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Incremental Extensions of Credit.SECTION 2.21 At any time and from time to time, commencing on the day after Amendment No. 1 Effective Date(a) and ending on the Latest Maturity Date (or, in the case of any Revolving Commitment Increase (as defined below), on the Revolving Maturity Date), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request (i) to add one or more additional tranches of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”), (ii) solely during the Revolving Availability Period, one or more increases in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments (each such increase, a “Revolving Commitment Increase” and, together with the. Incremental Term Loans and any Alternative Incremental Facility Debt, the “Incremental Extensions of Credit”) or (iii) to incur Alternative Incremental Facility Debt, in an aggregate principal amount (for all Incremental Extensions of Credit made, and all Alternate Incremental Facility Debt incurred, after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date) of up to $100,000,000 (provided that, at any time, the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Extensions of Credit that have been made or incurred after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (assuming for this purpose that any Revolving Commitment Increase has been fully drawn (provided that such amount need not actually be fully drawn as a condition to such Incremental Extension of Credit)) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding at such time under Section 6.01(u), shall not exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate); provided that, at the time of each such request and upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Facility Amendment or the incurrence of such Alternative Incremental Facility Debt, (A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall result therefrom (provided that in the event the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit are used to finance any investment permitted hereunder, such condition precedent set forth in this clause (A) may be waived or limited as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Extension of Credit, without the consent of any other Lenders), (B) the representations and warranties of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Loan Party, as applicable, set forth in the Loan Documents would be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the ease of representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of, and immediately after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Incremental Extension of Credit (provided that in the event the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit are used to finance any investment permitted hereunder, such condition precedent set forth in this clause (B) may he waived or limited as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Extension of Credit, without the consent of any other Lenders), (C) after giving effect to such Incremental Extension of Credit and the application of the proceeds therefrom (and assuming that the full amount of such Incremental Extension of Credit shall have been funded on such date), Holdings shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.12 and -  76 - 

 

6.13 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower (provided that in the event the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit are used to finance any investment permitted hereunder, such condition precedent set forth in this clause (C) shall be required to be satisfied as of the date on which the binding agreement for such investment is entered into rather than the date of effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Extension of Credit; provided, further, that such condition precedent set forth in this clause (C) shall not be required to be satisfied in respect of the establishment of the Amendment No. 1 Revolving Commitment Increase (as defined in and established by Amendment No. 1)) and (D) the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect set forth in the clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, as applicable, together with, if applicable, reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with clause (C) above (which calculations shall, if made as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which the Borrower has not delivered to the Administrative Agent the financial statements and certificate of a Financial Officer required to be delivered by Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, be accompanied by a reasonably detailed calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period).  Each Class of Incremental Term Loans and each Revolving Commitment Increase shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10,000,000; provided that such amount may be less than $10,000,000 if such amount represents all the remaining availability under the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Extensions of Credit set forth above. The Incremental Term Loans (i) shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment in respect of the(b) Collateral and with the Obligations in respect of the Revolving Commitments and the Tranche A Term Loans, (ii) for purposes of prepayments, shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Tranche A Term Loans and (iii) other than amortization, pricing and maturity date, shall be on terms that are identical to the terms with respect to the Tranche A Term Loans and shall be made on conditions determined by the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans; provided that (A) if the Weighted Average Yield relating to any Incremental Term Loans exceeds the Weighted Average Yield relating to the Tranche A Term Loans (after giving effect to any amendments to the applicable margin on the Tranche A Term Loans prior to the time that such Incremental Term Loans are made) immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, then the Applicable Rate relating to the Tranche A Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Weighted Average Yield relating to such Incremental Term Loans shall not exceed the Weighted Average Yield relating to the Tranche A Term Loans; provided that (x) the requirements of this clause (A) shall not apply to any Incremental Term Loan the maturity date of which is at least two years after the Tranche A Term Maturity Date and (y) if the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOEURIBOR Rate in respect of the Tranche A Term Loans or such Incremental Term Loans includes an interest rate “floor,” then such interest rate “floor,” to the extent greater than the Adjusted LIBOTerm SOFR Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOEURIBOR Rate (in each case, assuming a three-month Interest Period and without giving effect to any interest rate “floor” set forth in the definition thereof) immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, shall be equated to interest margin (calculated by the Administrative Agent in accordance with its customary practice) for purposes of determining whether an increase to the Applicable Rate relating to the Tranche A Term Loans shall be required, (B) any Incremental Term Loan shall not have (1) a final maturity date earlier than the Tranche A Term Maturity Date or (2) a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the then-remaining Tranche A Term Loans and (C) one or more additional financial maintenance covenants may be added to this Agreement for the benefit of any Incremental Term Loans so long as such financial maintenance covenants are for the benefit of all other Lenders in respect of all Loans and Commitments outstanding at the time that the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment becomes effective. Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount and(c) proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Extension of Credit.  Any additional bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person that elects to extend commitments in respect of any Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increase shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any Revolving Commitment Increase, each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender) (any such bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person being called an “Additional Lender”) and, if not already a Lender, shall become a Lender under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, such Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent.  No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Extension of Credit unless it so agrees.  Commitments in respect of any Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increase shall become Commitments (or in the case of any Revolving Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Lender, an increase in such Lender’s Revolving Commitment) under this Agreement upon the -  77 - 

 

effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment.  An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement or to any other Loan Document as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section (including to provide for voting provisions applicable to the Additional Lenders comparable to the provisions of clause (B) of the second proviso of Section 9.02(b)). On the date of effectiveness of any Revolving Commitment Increase, (i) the aggregate principal(d) amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding (the “Existing Revolving  Borrowings”) immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) each Revolving Commitment Increase Lender that shall have had a Revolving Commitment prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which (A) (1) such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings (as hereinafter defined) exceeds (B) (1) such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings, (iii) each Revolving Commitment Increase Lender that shall not have had a Revolving Commitment prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall pay to Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to (1) such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings, (iv) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Revolving Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the amount, if any, by which (A) (1) such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings, exceeds (B) (1) such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) multiplied by (2) the aggregate principal amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings, (v) after the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase, the Borrower shall be deemed to have made new Revolving Borrowings (the “Resulting Revolving Borrowings”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings and of the Types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.03 (and the Borrower shall deliver such Borrowing Request), (vi) each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Resulting Revolving Borrowing (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase) and (vii) the Borrower shall pay each Revolving Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on its Loans comprising the Existing Revolving Borrowings.  The deemed payments of the Existing Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject to compensation by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the date of the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto.  Upon each Revolving Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section, each Revolving Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Revolving Commitment Increase Lender, and each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to such Revolving Commitment Increase and each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and participations hereunder in Swingline Loans, in each case held by each Revolving Lender (including each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender) will equal such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage.  Each Revolving Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms as are applicable to the Revolving Loans; provided that (A) the Borrower may increase the Applicable Rate applicable to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments in connection with any Revolving Commitment Increase if, after the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, such increased Applicable Rate applies to all Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments, (B) if the Weighted Average Yield relating to the Revolving Commitments (and the Revolving Loans made thereunder) in respect of any Revolving Commitment Increase exceeds the Weighted Average Yield relating to the Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments (after giving effect to any amendments to the applicable margin on the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments prior to the time that such Revolving Commitment Increase becomes effective) immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, then the Borrower shall pay to the Revolving Lenders existing immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Facility -  78 - 

 

Amendment an additional amount so that the Weighted Average Yield relating to the Revolving Commitments (and the Revolving Loans to be made thereunder) in respect of such Revolving Commitment Increase shall not exceed the Weighted Average Yield relating to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Facility Amendment and (C) one or more additional financial maintenance covenants may be added to this.  Agreement for the benefit of any Revolving Commitment Increase so long as such financial maintenance covenants are for the benefit of all other Lenders in respect of all Loans and Commitments outstanding at the time that the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment becomes effective. Extension of Maturity Date.SECTION 2.22 The Borrower may, by delivery of a Maturity Date Extension Request to the Administrative Agent(a) (which shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to each of the Lenders) not less than 30 days prior to the then-existing Maturity Date for the applicable Class of Commitments and/or Loans hereunder to be extended (the “Existing  Maturity Date”), request that the Lenders extend the Existing Maturity Date in accordance with this Section.  Each Maturity Date Extension Request shall (i) specify the applicable Class of Commitments and/or Loans hereunder to be extended, (ii) specify the date to which the applicable Maturity Date is sought to be extended, (iii) specify the changes, if any, to the Applicable Rate to be applied in determining the interest payable on the Loans of, and fees payable hereunder to, Consenting Lenders (as defined below) in respect of that portion of their Commitments and/or Loans extended to such new Maturity Date and the time as of which such changes will become effective (which may be prior to the Existing Maturity Date) and (iv) specify any other amendments or modifications to this Agreement to be effected in connection with such Maturity Date Extension Request; provided that no such changes or modifications requiring approvals pursuant to the provisos to Section 9.02(b) shall become effective prior to the Existing Maturity Date unless such other approvals have been obtained.  In the event a Maturity Date Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Borrower, each Lender shall have the right to agree to the extension of the Existing Maturity Date and other matters contemplated thereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (each Lender agreeing to the Maturity Date Extension Request being referred to herein as a “Consenting  Lender” and each Lender not agreeing thereto being referred to herein as a “Declining Lender”), which right may be exercised by written notice thereof, specifying the maximum amount of the Commitment and/or Loans of such Lender with respect to which such Lender agrees to the extension of the Maturity Date, delivered to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) not later than a day to be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent following the date on which the Maturity Date Extension Request shall have been delivered by the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that any Lender that shall have failed to exercise such right as set forth above shall be deemed to be a Declining Lender).  If a Lender elects to extend only a portion of its then existing Commitment and/or Loans, it will be deemed for purposes hereof to be a Consenting Lender in respect of such extended portion and a Declining Lender in respect of the remaining portion of its Commitment and/or Loans, and the aggregate principal amount of each Type and currency of Loans of the applicable Class of such Lender shall be allocated ratably among the extended and non-extended portions of the Loans of such Lender based on the aggregate principal amount of such Loans so extended and not extended.  If Consenting Lenders shall have agreed to such Maturity Date Extension Request in respect of Commitments and/or Loans held by them, then, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section, on the date specified in the Maturity Date Extension Request as the effective date thereof (the “Extension Effective Date”), (i) the Existing Maturity Date of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans shall, as to the Consenting Lenders, be extended to such date as shall be specified therein, (ii) the terms and conditions of the applicable Commitments and/or Loans of the Consenting Lenders (including interest and fees (including Letter of Credit fees) payable in respect thereon shall be modified as set forth in the Maturity Date Extension Request and (iii) such other modifications and amendments hereto specified in the Maturity Date Extension Request shall (subject to any required approvals (including those of the Required Lenders) having been obtained) become effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing.  the Borrower shall have the right, in accordance with the(b) provisions of Sections 2.19(b) and 9.04, at any time prior to the Existing Maturity Date, to replace a Declining Lender (for the avoidance of doubt, only in respect of that portion of such Lender’s Commitment and/or Loans subject to a Maturity Date Extension Request that it has not agreed to extend) with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to such Maturity Date Extension Request, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender in respect of the Commitment and/or Loans assigned to and assumed by it on and after the effective time of such replacement. If a Maturity Date Extension Request has become effective hereunder:(c) -  79 - 

 

solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in(i) respect of the Revolving Commitments, not later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Existing Maturity Date, the Borrower shall make prepayments of Revolving Loans and shall provide cash collateral in respect of Letters of Credit in the manner set forth in Section 2.05(i), such that, after giving effect to such prepayments and such provision of cash collateral, the Aggregate Revolving Exposure as of such date will not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments of the Consenting Lenders extended pursuant to this Section (and the Borrower shall not be, permitted thereafter to request any Revolving Loan or any issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit if, after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments so extended); solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in(ii) respect of the Revolving Commitments, on the Existing Maturity Date, the Revolving Commitment of each Declining Lender shall, to the extent not assumed, assigned or transferred as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, terminate, and the Borrower shall repay all the Revolving Loans of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of new Revolving Borrowings made simultaneously with such repayments by the Consenting Lenders, which such Revolving Borrowings shall be made ratably by the Consenting Lenders in accordance with their extended Revolving Commitments; and solely in respect of a Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in(iii) respect of a Class of Term Loans, on the Existing Maturity Date, the Borrower shall repay all the Loans of such Class of each Declining Lender, to the extent such Loans shall not have been so purchased, assigned and transferred, in each ease together with accrued and unpaid interest and all fees and other amounts owing to such Declining Lender hereunder, it being understood and agreed that, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.03, such repayments may be funded with the proceeds of new Revolving Borrowings made simultaneously with such repayments by the Revolving Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Maturity Date Extension Request shall become effective(d) hereunder unless, on the Extension Effective Date, the conditions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 4.03 shall be satisfied (with all references in such Section to a Borrowing being deemed to be references to such Maturity Date Extension Request) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, it is hereby agreed that no(e) extension of an Existing Maturity Date in accordance with the express terms of this Section, or any amendment or modification of the terms and conditions of the Commitments and the Loans of the Consenting Lenders effected pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to (i) violate the last sentence of Section 2.08(c) or Section 2.18(b) or 2.18(c) or any other provision of this Agreement requiring the ratable reduction of Commitments or the ratable sharing of payments or (ii) require the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders under Section 9.02(b). The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Consenting Lenders may enter into an(f) amendment to this Agreement to effect such modifications as may be necessary to reflect the terms of any Maturity Date Extension Request that has become effective in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Refinancing Facilities.SECTION 2.23 The Borrower may, on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent,(a) obtain Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Commitments.  Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Refinancing Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness shall be made or on which such Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall become effective, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that: -  80 - 

 

no Event of Default of the type set forth in Section 7.01(a), (b), (h) or (i) shall have(i) occulted and be continuing; substantially concurrently with the incurrence of any Refinancing Term Loan(ii) Indebtedness, the Borrower shall repay or prepay then outstanding Term Borrowings of the applicable Class (together with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any prepayment premium with respect thereto) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness, and any such prepayment of Term Borrowings of such Class shall be applied to reduce the subsequent scheduled repayments of Term Borrowings of such Class to be made pursuant to Section 2.09(a) ratably; substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of any Refinancing Revolving(iii) Commitments, the Borrower shall reduce then outstanding Revolving Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount of such Refinancing Revolving Commitments and shall make any prepayments of the outstanding Revolving Loans required pursuant to Section 2.08 in connection with such reduction, and any such reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments; and such notice shall set forth, with respect to any Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness(iv) established thereby in the form of Refinancing Term Loans or with respect to any Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Refinancing Revolving Loans of the same Class), to the extent applicable, the following terms thereof:  (A) the designation of such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, as a new “Class” for all purposes hereof, (B) the stated termination and maturity dates applicable to the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, of such Class, (C) in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, amortization applicable thereto and the effect thereon of any prepayment of such Refinancing Term Loans, (D) the interest rate or rates applicable to the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, of such Class, (E) the fees applicable to the Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, of such Class, (F) in the case of Refinancing Term Loans, any original issue discount applicable thereto, (G) the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods applicable to Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, of such Class, (H) any voluntary or mandatory commitment reduction or prepayment requirements applicable to Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, of such Class (which prepayment requirements, in the case of any Refinancing Term Loans, may provide that such Refinancing Term Loans may participate in any mandatory prepayment on a pro rata basis with any Class of existing Term Loans, but may not provide for prepayment requirements that are materially more favorable to the Lenders holding such Refinancing Term Loans than to the Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans) and any restrictions on the voluntary or mandatory reductions or prepayments of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Revolving Loans, as applicable, of such Class and (I) any financial maintenance covenant with which Holdings and the Borrower shall be required to comply (provided that any such financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of any Class of Refinancing Lenders shall also be for the benefit of all other Lenders in respect of all Loans and Commitments outstanding at the time that the applicable Refinancing Facility Agreement becomes effective). Any Lender or any other Eligible Assignee approached by the Borrower to provide all or a portion(b) of the Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or the Refinancing Revolving Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide any Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness or Refinancing Revolving Commitments, as the case may be. Any Refinancing.  Term Loans and any Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall be established(c) pursuant to a Refinancing Facility Agreement executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower, each Refinancing Term Lender providing such Refinancing Term Loans or each Refinancing Revolving Lender providing such Refinancing Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent, which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in clause (a) above (but which shall not require the consent of any other Lender).  Each Refinancing Facility Agreement shall be binding on the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the other parties hereto and -  81 - 

 

may affect amendments to the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect provisions of this Section 2.23, including any amendments necessary to treat such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Refinancing Revolving Loans of the same Class) as a new “Class” of commitments or loans hereunder.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Facility Agreement. ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties Each of Holdings and the Borrower (with respect to itself and, where applicable, its respective Subsidiaries) represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, each of the Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders that: Organization; Powers.  Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted SubsidiarySECTION 3.01 (a) is duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent that such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority, and the legal right, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each other Loan Document and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is a party and to effect the Transactions and (c) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and, to the extent that such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction, is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Authorization; Due Execution and Delivery; Enforceability.  The execution, deliverySECTION 3.02 and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and, if required, action by the holders of such Loan Party’s Equity Interests.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance bySECTION 3.03 each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party (a) as of the date such Loan Document is executed, will not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except (i) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (ii) consents, approvals, registrations or filings which have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect or (iii) where failure to obtain such consent or approval, or make such registration or filing, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) will not violate or result (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or their respective assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment, repurchase or redemption to be made by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation thereunder, except with respect to any violation, default, payment, repurchase, redemption, termination, cancellation or acceleration that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except Liens created under the Loan Documents, Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.SECTION 3.04 The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Administrative Agent Holdings’ consolidated(a) balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows (i) as of -  82 - 

 

and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, audited and reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants (without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or statement and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarters and portions of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 29, 2017 (and comparable periods for the prior fiscal year) certified by a Financial Officer of Holdings.  Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of certain footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above. [Reserved].(b) No event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have,(c) a Material Adverse Effect since December 31, 2019. Properties.SECTION 3.05 Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary has good title to, or valid leasehold(a) interests in, all its property necessary for the conduct of its business (including the Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or as proposed to be conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes.  All such property is free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary owns, or has secured the rights to(b) use, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted, and the use thereof by Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except, in each case, for any such failures to own or have rights to use, or any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No claim or litigation regarding any trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents or other intellectual property owned or used by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened against Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Mortgaged Property nor any interest therein is subject to any right of first refusal,(c) option or other contractual right to purchase such Mortgaged Property or interest therein. Litigation and Environmental Matters.SECTION 3.06 There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any(a) arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and solely for purposes of the representations and warranties to be given on the Restatement Effective Date, threatened against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any business, property or rights (other than intellectual property rights, which are addressed in Section 3.05(b)) of any such Person (i) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents. Except with respect to any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be(b) expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, (iv) has any present or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, past operations or properties subject to any federal, state or local investigation to determine whether any remedial action is needed to address any environmental pollution, Hazardous Material impacts or environmental clean-up, (v) has any contingent liability with respect to any Release, -  83 - 

 

environmental pollution or Hazardous Material impacts on any real property now or previously owned, leased or operated by it or (vi) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability. Compliance with Laws.  Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted SubsidiarySECTION 3.07 is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Anti-Terrorism Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws.  Holdings and the Borrower haveSECTION 3.08 implemented and maintain in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, their respective directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of (a) Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees or (b) to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any agent of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  The Transactions will not violate Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions. Investment Company Status.  None of Holdings, the Borrower or any RestrictedSECTION 3.09 Subsidiary is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act. Federal Reserve Regulations.  None of Holdings, the Borrower or any RestrictedSECTION 3.10 Subsidiary is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors) or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation (including on the part of any Lender) of any of the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, including Regulations U and X. Taxes.  Except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected toSECTION 3.11 result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed by it and (b) has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except where the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and where Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor in conformity with GAAP. ERISA.  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,SECTION 3.12 to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur and (b) the present value of all accumulated benefits obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan. Disclosure.  None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other writtenSECTION 3.13 information furnished by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on or before the Restatement Effective Date in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, included herein or therein or furnished hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished and taken as a whole) 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 materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, each of Holdings and the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by it to be reasonable at the time so furnished and, if such projected financial information was furnished prior to the Restatement Effective Date, as of the Restatement Effective Date (it being understood and agreed that any such projected financial information may vary from actual results and that such variations may be material). -  84 - 

 

Subsidiaries.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, Holdings does not have anySECTION 3.14 subsidiaries other than the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, Schedule 3.14 sets forth the name of, and the ownership interest of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary in, each Subsidiary and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Restatement Effective Date.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, the Equity Interests in the Borrower and each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and such Equity Interests are owned by Holdings or the Borrower, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens created under the Loan Documents and any Liens permitted by Section 6.02).  Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14, as of the Restatement Effective Date, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party requiring, and there are no Equity Interests in any Subsidiary outstanding that upon exercise, conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any additional Equity Interests or other securities exercisable for, convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Labor Matters.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, except as could not, individuallySECTION 3.15 or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns or any other material labor disputes against Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, threatened and (ii) there are no unfair labor practice complaints pending against Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board or other Governmental Authority. Solvency.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, immediately after the consummationSECTION 3.16 of the Transactions to occur on the Restatement Effective Date, and giving effect to the rights of indemnification, subrogation and contribution under the Collateral Agreement, (a) the fair value of the assets of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (c) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured and (d) Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Restatement Effective Date.  For purposes of this Section, the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. Collateral Matters.SECTION 3.17 The Collateral Agreement, upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, will create in(a) favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined therein) and (i) when such Collateral constituting certificated securities (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) is delivered to the Administrative Agent, together with instruments of transfer duly endorsed in blank, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the pledgors thereunder in such Collateral, prior and superior in right to any other Person, and (ii) when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the applicable filing offices, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the remaining Collateral (as defined therein) (subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 3.17) to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, prior and superior to the rights of any other Person, except for rights secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.02. 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the applicable mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties subject thereto and the proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgages have been filed in the jurisdictions specified therein, the Mortgages will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the mortgagors in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, prior and superior in right to any other Person, but subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02. Upon the recordation of the Collateral Agreement (or a short-form security agreement in form and(c) substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and the filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section, the security interest created under the Collateral Agreement will constitute a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the United States of America, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, but subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02 (it being understood and agreed that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a security interest in such Intellectual Property acquired by the Loan Parties after the Restatement Effective Date). Designation as Senior Debt.  All Obligations shall be designated as “SeniorSECTION 3.18 Indebtedness” and “Designated Senior Indebtedness” or a similar tern) or designation for purposes of and as defined in, any documentation with respect to any subordinated Indebtedness. Affected Financial Institution.  No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.SECTION 3.19 ARTICLE IV Conditions [Reserved].SECTION 4.01 [Reserved].SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event.  The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans on the occasion ofSECTION 4.03 any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions: The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents(a) shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, as applicable) as of such earlier date. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance,(b) amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent the notice required by(c) Section 2.03. Each Borrowing (provided that a conversion or a continuation of a Borrowing shall not constitute a “Borrowing” for purposes of this Section 4.03) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.03. -  86 - 

 

ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants From and including the Restatement Effective Date and until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts (other than contingent amounts not yet due) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit (other than those collateralized or back-stopped on tents reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) shall have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: Financial Statements and Other Information.  In the case of Holdings, Holdings willSECTION 5.01 furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall furnish to each Lender, the following: within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings (or such later date as Form(a) 10-K of Holdings is required to be filed with the SEC taking into account any extension granted by the SEC, provided that Holdings gives the Administrative Agent notice of any such extension), its audited consolidated balance sheet and audited consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year, and related notes thereto, setting forth in each case in comparative from the figures for the previous fiscal year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or statement and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of and for such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and accompanied by a narrative report describing the financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries, which requirement to deliver a narrative report shall be satisfied by the filing by Holdings with the SEC of the requisite Form 10-K for such fiscal year; within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of(b) Holdings (or such later date as Form 10-Q of Holdings is required to be filed with the SEC taking into account any extension granted by the SEC, provided that Holdings gives the Administrative Agent notice of any such extension), beginning with the fiscal quarter of Holdings ended as of September 29, 2017, its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of Holdings as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and such portion of the fiscal year in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and accompanied by a narrative report describing the financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries, which requirement to deliver a narrative report shall be satisfied by the filing by Holdings with the SEC of the requisite Form 10-Q for such fiscal year; concurrently with each delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a(c) certificate of a Financial Officer of Holdings (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations (A) demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 and (B) in the case of financial statements delivered under clause (a) above, beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year of Holdings ending December 31, 2018, of Excess Cash Flow, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the later of the date of Holdings’ audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and the date of the prior certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (c) indicating such a change and, if any such -  87 - 

 

change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate and (iv) at any time when there is any Unrestricted Subsidiary, including as an attachment with respect to each such financial statement, an Unrestricted Subsidiary Reconciliation Statement (except to the extent that the information required thereby is separately provided with the public filing of such financial statement); concurrently with any delivery of financial statements tinder clause (a) above, a detailed(d) consolidated budget for the then current fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of projected operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal year (and as of the end of and for each fiscal quarter in such fiscal year) and setting forth the assumptions used for purposes of preparing such budget) and, promptly when available, any significant revisions of such budget; promptly after the request by any Lender, all documentation and other information that(e) such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; promptly after the same becomes publicly available, copies of all periodic and other(f) reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the SEC or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by Holdings to the holders of its Equity Interests generally, as applicable; and promptly following any request therefor, but subject to the limitations set forth in the(g) proviso to the last sentence of Section 5.08 and Section 9.12, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs, assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may reasonably request. Information required to be furnished pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (f) of this Section shall be deemed to have been furnished if such information, or one or more annual or quarterly reports containing such information, shall have been posted by the Administrative Agent on the Platform or shall be available on the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.  Information required to be furnished pursuant to this Section may also be furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent. Notices of Material Events.  Holdings and the Borrower will furnish to theSECTION 5.02 Administrative Agent, which shall furnish to each Issuing Bank and each Lender, prompt written notice of the following: the occurrence of any Default;(a) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator(b) or Governmental Authority against or, to the knowledge of a Financial Officer or another executive officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any adverse development in any such pending action, suit or proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Holdings or the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, that in each case could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or that in any manner questions the validity of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and any other development (including notice of any matter or event that could give rise to an(c) Environmental Liability or ERISA Event) that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. -  88 - 

 

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto. Information Regarding Collateral.SECTION 5.03 Holdings will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any(a) Loan Party’s legal name, as set forth in such Loan Party’s organizational documents, (ii) in the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of any Loan Party, (iii) in the form of organization of any Loan PattyParty or (iv) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number, if any, or, with respect to a Loan Party organized under the laws of a jurisdiction that requires such information to be set forth on the face of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of such Loan Party. At the time of delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a), Holdings shall deliver(b) to the Administrative Agent a completed Supplemental Perfection.  Certificate (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to the Supplemental Perfection Certificate and indicating, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, any changes in such information from the most recent Supplemental Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section (or, prior to the first delivery of a Supplemental Perfection Certificate, from the Supplemental Perfection Certificate delivered on the Restatement Effective Date) or (ii) certifying that there has been no change in such information from the most recent Supplemental Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section (or, prior to the first delivery of a Supplemental Perfection Certificate, from the Supplemental Perfection Certificate delivered on the Restatement Effective Date. Existence; Conduct of Business.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and willSECTION 5.04 cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names necessary for the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03 or (ii) Holdings, the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries from allowing its respective patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names to lapse, expire or become abandoned in the ordinary course of business or its reasonable business judgment, as applicable. Payment of Obligations.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause eachSECTION 5.05 of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay its material obligations (other than Indebtedness and any obligations in respect of any Hedging Agreements), including Tax liabilities, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) (i) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Maintenance of Properties.  Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably beSECTION 5.06 expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property necessary for the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. Insurance.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of itsSECTION 5.07 Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks as is customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.  Each such policy of liability or casualty insurance maintained by or on behalf of Loan Parties will (a) in the case of each liability insurance policy (other than workers’ compensation, director and officer liability or other policies in which such endorsements are not customary), name the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as an additional insured thereunder, (b) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the loss payee thereunder and (c) provide for at least 30 days’ (or such shorter number of days as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) -  89 - 

 

prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any cancellation of such policy.  Holdings will furnish to the Lenders, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.  If at any time any owned improved real property is pledged as Collateral and such improved real property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a “special flood hazard area” and flood insurance coverage is available under the National Flood Insurance Program, the applicable Loan Party (i) has obtained and will maintain, if available, flood hazard insurance on such terms and in such amounts as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and Regulation H of the Federal Reserve Board of  Governors and (ii) furnish to the Administrative Agent evidence of the renewal (and payment of renewal premiums therefor) of all such policies prior to the expiration or lapse thereof. Books and Records; Inspection and Audit Rights.  Each of Holdings and the BorrowerSECTION 5.08 will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs.  finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall not exercise the rights under this Section 5.08 more often than two times during any calendar year; provided, further, that none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Requirement of Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product. Compliance with Laws.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will takeSECTION 5.09 reasonable action to cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all Requirements of Law (including Environmental Laws) with respect to it or its operations or property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  Holdings and the Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Holdings, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of the foregoing with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit.SECTION 5.10 The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans will be used for the purposes set forth in the(a) Amendment and Restatement Agreement.  The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans, as well as the proceeds of any Incremental Extension of Credit (unless otherwise provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment), will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted by this Agreement) of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.  The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans may also be used for other transactions not prohibited by this Agreement. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used in violation of the representation set forth in Section 3.10.  Letters of Credit will be used by Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for general corporate purposes. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use,(b) and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or any Letter of Credit (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto, for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) otherwise in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto. -  90 - 

 

Additional Subsidiaries.  If any additional Subsidiary is formed or acquired (orSECTION 5.11 otherwise becomes a Designated Subsidiary) after the Restatement Effective Date, then Holdings will, as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, may agree to in writing (including electronic mail)) after such Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or otherwise becomes a Designated Subsidiary), notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, to the extent applicable, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary (if it is a Designated Subsidiary) and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such.  Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party. Further Assurances.SECTION 5.12 Each of Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries that is a Subsidiary(a) Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower also agrees to, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that is a Subsidiary Loan Party to, provide to the Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents. If any material assets (including any real property or improvements thereto or any interest therein(b) with a fair market value in excess of $5,000,000) are acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party after the Restatement Effective Date (other than assets constituting Collateral under the Collateral Agreement that become subject to the Lien created by the Collateral Agreement upon acquisition thereof), Holdings will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, Holdings will cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time improved real property is required(c) to be pledged as Collateral, the applicable Loan Party shall not deliver, and the Administrative Agent shall not enter into, accept or record, any Mortgage in respect of such real property until (i) the date that occurs 30 days after the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders the following documents in respect of such real property:  (A) a completed flood zone determination from a third party vendor; (B) if such real property is located in a “special flood hazard area,” (1) a notification to the applicable Loan Party of that fact and (if applicable) notification to the applicable Loan Party that flood insurance coverage is not available under the National Flood Insurance Program because the community does not participate in the National Flood Insurance Program and (2) evidence of the receipt by the applicable Loan Party of such notice(s); and (C) if such notice is required to be provided to the Loan Party and flood insurance is available under the National Flood Insurance Program in the community in which such real property is located, evidence of flood insurance in such form, on such terms and in such amounts as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and Regulation H of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received written confirmation from each Lender that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed by such Lender (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), it being understood that, for so long as either the Administrative Agent or any Lender is unable or fails to complete flood insurance diligence to its reasonable satisfaction so as to permit the applicable Loan Party to deliver a Mortgage as required by Section 5.11 or this Section 5.12, such Loan Party shall have no obligation hereunder with respect to the delivery of such Mortgage or any of the accompanying items set forth in clause (e) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” (and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to arise from such Loan Party’s failure to deliver such Mortgage or any such accompanying items). Post-Effective Date Matters.  As promptly as practicable, and in any event within 90SECTION 5.13 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, may agree to in writing), after the Restatement Effective Date, Holdings and the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan -  91 - 

 

Party to, deliver all Control Agreements that are required to be delivered pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, except to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to its authority as set forth in the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.” Designation of Subsidiaries.  Holdings may at any time designate any RestrictedSECTION 5.14 Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (a) immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such designation, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, Holdings shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of Holdings, and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with this clause (b), and (c) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “restricted subsidiary” or a “guarantor” (or any similar designation) for any Material Indebtedness.  The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an investment by the parent company of such Subsidiary therein under Section 6.04(r) at the date of designation in an amount equal to the net book value of such parent company’s investment therein.  The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary, and the making of an investment by such Subsidiary in any investments of such Subsidiary, in each case existing at such time. ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants From and including the Restatement Effective Date and until the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts (other than contingent amounts not yet due) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document have been paid in full, and all Letters of Credit (other than those collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank) have expired or been terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, each, of Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that: Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, norSECTION 6.01 will Holdings or the Borrower permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except: Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;(a) Indebtedness existing on the Restatement Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.0 (b)(b) and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and of any Restricted(c) Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04 and (ii) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party shall, on and after the Restatement Effective Date, be subordinated to the Obligations on the terms set forth in the Global Intercompany Note; (i) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary and by any(d) Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is permitted by this Section.  (other than clause (b) or (f), (ii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04 and (iii) Guarantees permitted under this clause (d) shall be subordinated to the Obligations of the applicable Loan Party to the same extent and on the same terms as the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations; -  92 - 

 

(i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance the(e) acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement, and (ii) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred or assumed pursuant to clause (i) above; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e), together with any sale and leaseback transaction incurred pursuant to Section 6.06, shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding; (i) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not(f) previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the Restatement Effective Date, or Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Restricted Subsidiary in an acquisition permitted by Section 6.04; provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) or such assets are acquired and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation) or such assets being acquired and (ii) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred or assumed, as applicable, pursuant to clause (i) above; other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $5,000,000 at any(g) time outstanding; Indebtedness owed to any Person (including obligations in respect of letters of credit for(h) the benefit of such Person) providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person.  in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds,(i) performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations (other than in respect of other Indebtedness), in each case provided in the ordinary course of business; Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;(j) Indebtedness owed in respect of any overdrafts and related liabilities arising from(k) treasury, depositary and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearinghouse transfers of funds; provided that such Indebtedness shall be repaid in full within five Business Days of the incurrence thereof; Indebtedness in the form of purchase price adjustments, earnouts, non-competition(l) agreements or other arrangements representing acquisition consideration or deferred payments of a similar nature incurred in connection with any acquisition or other investment permitted under Section 6.04; Refinancing Term Loan Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 2.23; provided that the(m) Net Proceeds thereof are used to make the prepayments required under clause (a)(ii) of Section 2.23; Alternative Incremental Facility Debt; provided that the aggregate principal amount of(n) such Alternative Incremental Facility Debt shall not exceed the amount permitted under Section 2.21; Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to directors, officers, consultants or(o) employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business; -  93 - 

 

Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by any Loan Party to current or(p) former officers, directors, consultants and employees or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings permitted by Section 6.08; Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Loan Party that is unsecured or secured by the(q) Collateral on a second-lien, subordinated basis to the Obligations (and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral) if, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds thereof, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) Holdings is in compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13; [reserved];(r) [reserved];(s) Indebtedness consisting of obligations to pay insurance premiums arising in the ordinary(t) course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; and unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal(u) amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that, at any time, the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Extensions of Credit that have been made or incurred after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (assuming for this purpose that any Revolving Commitment Increase has been fully drawn) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding at such time under this clause (u), shall not exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate. Liens.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will Holdings or the BorrowerSECTION 6.02 permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except: Liens created under the Loan Documents;(a) Permitted Encumbrances;(b) any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the(c) Restatement Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than assets financed by the same financing source in the ordinary course of business) and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the Restatement Effective Date and extensions, renewals, replacements and refinancings thereof so long as the principal amount of such extensions, renewals, replacements and refinancings does not exceed the principal amount of the obligations being extended, renewed, replaced or refinanced or, in the case of any such obligations constituting Indebtedness, that are permitted under Section 6.01(b) as Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any(d) Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder) after the Restatement Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such merger or consolidation), (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than (x) assets financed by the same financing source in the ordinary course of business and (y) in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the assets of any special purpose merger Subsidiary that is a party thereto) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is so merged or consolidated) and extensions, renewals, replacements and refinancings -  94 - 

 

thereof so long as the principal amount of such extensions, renewals and replacements does not exceed the principal amount of the obligations being extended, renewed or replaced or, in the case of any such obligations constituting Indebtedness, that are permitted under Section 6.01(f) as Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed, repaired, replaced or improved(e) (including any such assets made the subject of a Capital Lease Obligation incurred) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness incurred to finance such acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement and permitted by clause (e)(i) of Section 6.01 or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof permitted by clause (e)(ii) of Section 6.01, (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction, repair, replacement or improvement (provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to any Refinancing indebtedness permitted by clause (c)(ii) of Section 6.01 or any Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness), (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing, repairing, replacing or improving such fixed or capital asset and in any event, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the amount permitted under the second proviso of Section 6.01(e) at any time outstanding and (iv) such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (except assets financed by the same financing source in the ordinary course of business); in connection with the sale or transfer of any Equity Interests or other assets in a(f) transaction permitted under Section 6.05, customary rights and restrictions contained in agreements relating to such sale or transfer pending the completion thereof; in the case of (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary or (ii)(g) the Equity Interests in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, any encumbrance or restriction, including any put and call arrangements.  related to Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary or such other Person set forth in the organizational documents of such Restricted Subsidiary or such other Person or any related joint venture, shareholders’ or similar agreement; Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits, escrow arrangements or similar(h) arrangements made by the Borrower or any Restricted.  Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement for an acquisition or other transaction permitted hereunder; Liens on Collateral securing (i) any Permitted Parr Passu Refinancing Debt, Permitted(i) Second Priority Refinancing Debt or Alternative Incremental Facility Debt or (ii) any secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(6); provided that, in the case of each of ‘clauses (i) and (ii), such Liens are subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; Liens granted by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness(j) permitted to be incurred by such Subsidiary under Section 6.01; and Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section to the extent that the aggregate outstanding(k) principal amount of the obligations at any time outstanding that are secured thereby does not exceed $5,000,000. Fundamental Changes.SECTION 6.03 Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries(a) to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Person may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving entity or the surviving entity (the “Successor Borrower”) (A) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, (B) expressly assumes the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement -  95 - 

 

and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Subsidiary Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Collateral Agreement (and, if reasonably requested by die Administrative Agent, each other applicable Security Document) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and (D) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage continued that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement; provided that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement, (ii) any Person (other than Holdings and the Borrower) may merge into or consolidate with any Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary and, if any party to such merger or consolidation is a Subsidiary Loan Party, is a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any Person in a transaction permitted under Section 6.05 in which, after giving effect to such transaction, the surviving entity is not a Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger or consolidation involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger or consolidation shall not be permitted unless it is also permitted by Section 6.04.  and (v) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may engage in a merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation, the purpose of which is to effect a disposition permitted pursuant to Section 6.05. The Borrower will not, and Holdings and the Borrower will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary(b) to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted.  Subsidiaries as described in the Form 10 and businesses reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, Holdings(c) will not (i) engage in any business or activity other than the ownership of all the outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and activities incidental thereto and compliance with its obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) own or acquire any assets (other than Equity Interests of the Borrower, cash and Permitted Investments), (iii) incur any liabilities (other than liabilities under the Loan Documents, liabilities imposed by law, including tax liabilities, and other liabilities incidental to its existence and permitted business and activities) or (iv) incur or permit to exist any Liens on any of its assets (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Liens imposed by law). Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.  Neither Holdings nor theSECTION 6.04 Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger or consolidation) any Equity Interests in or evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, except: cash and Permitted Investments;(a) investments constituting the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of(b) related transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or the majority of the Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary if, at the time the binding agreement for such investment is entered into, after giving effect to such investment, Holdings would be in compliance with Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed on a Pro FormForma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower prior to such date; provided that (i) such investment was not preceded by, or consummated pursuant to, a hostile offer (including a proxy contest), (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time the binding agreement for such investment is entered into, (iii) all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired Restricted -  96 - 

 

Subsidiary or such acquired assets under Sections 5.11 and 5.12 shall have been taken (or arrangements for the taking of such actions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made), (iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such investment, the Liquidity shall be at least $35,000,000 and (v) the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid in respect of such investments (including in the form of loans or advances made to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties) by Loan Parties involving the acquisition of Restricted Subsidiaries that do not become Loan Parties shall not exceed, at the time such investment is made and after giving effect thereto, $5,000,000; investments existing on the Restatement Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04;(c) investments by Holdings in the Borrower and by the Borrower and the Restricted(d) Subsidiaries in Equity Interests of their respective subsidiaries; provided that (i) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall be pledged to the extent required by the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount of such investments made by Loan Parties in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with investments permitted under clause (s) of this Section, outstanding intercompany loans permitted under subclause (ii) of the proviso to clause (e) of this Section and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to clause (f) of this Section) shall not exceed $25,000,000 (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs) provided that if any such investment under this subclause (ii) is made for the purpose of making an investment, loan or advance permitted under clause (r) of this Section, the amount available under this clause (d) shall not be reduced by the amount of any such investment loan or advance which reduces the basket under clause (r) of this Section); loans or advances made by Holdings or the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and(e) made by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced, on and after the Restatement Effective Date, by a promissory note pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and (ii) the outstanding amount of such loans and advances made by Loan Parties to Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together with investments permitted under clause (s) of this Section, investments permitted under subclause (ii) of the proviso to clause (d) of this Section and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to clause (f) of this Section) shall not exceed $25,000,000 (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs); provided that if any such loan or advance under this subclause (ii) is made for the purpose of making an investment, loan or advance permitted under clause (r) of this Section, the amount available under this clause (e) shall not be reduced by the amount of any such investment loan or advance which reduces the basket under clause (r) of this Section); Guarantees of Indebtedness that is permitted under Section 6,01 and other obligations, in(f) each case of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the total of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness and the aggregate amount of other obligations, in each case of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party (together with investments permitted under clause (s) of this Section, investments permitted under subclause (ii) of the proviso to clause (d) of this Section and intercompany loans permitted under subclause (ii) to the proviso to clause (c) of this Section) shall not exceed $25,000,000 (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs); loans or advances to directors, officers, consultants or employees of Holdings, the(g) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans or advances); payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such(h) advances ultimately to be treated as expenses of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business; -  97 - 

 

investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or(i) settlement of delinquent accounts mid disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business; investments in the form of Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 6,07;(j) investments of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted(k) Subsidiary or consolidates or merges with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as such investments were not made in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or of such consolidation or merger; investments resulting from pledges or deposits described in clause (c) or (d) of the(l) definition of the term “Permitted Encumbrance”; investments made as a result of the receipt of noncash consideration from a sale, transfer,(m) lease or other disposition of any asset in compliance with Section 6.05; investments that result solely from the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower or any(n) Restricted Subsidiary from any of its subsidiaries of a dividend or other Restricted Payment in the form of Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (but not any additions thereto made after the date of the receipt thereof); receivables or other trade payables owing to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary if(o) created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances; mergers and consolidations permitted under Section 6.03 that do not involve any Person(p) other than Holdings, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries that are wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries; Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than Capitalized (q) LeasesCapital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business: so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,(r) other investments, loans and advances by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount.  as valued at cost at the time each such investment, loan or advance is made and including all related commitments for future investments, loans or advances (and the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is assumed or otherwise incurred in connection with such investment, loan or advance), in an aggregate amount not exceeding, at the time such investments, loans or advances are made and after giving effect thereto, the sum of (i) $10,000,000 plus (ii) the Available Amount at such time in the aggregate for all such investments made or committed to be made from and after the Restatement Effective Date plus an amount equal to any returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such investments (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such investment valued at cost at the time such investment was made); and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,(s) other investments, loans and advances by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any joint venture or similar Person in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Equity Interests but that is not a Subsidiary in an aggregate amount, as valued at cost at the time each such investment, loan or advance is made and including all related commitments for future investments, loans or advances (and the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is assumed or otherwise incurred in connection with such investment, loan or advance), not exceeding, at the time such investments, loans or advances are made and after giving effect thereto (when taken together with investments permitted under subclause (ii) of the first proviso to clause -  98 - 

 

(d) of this Section, intercompany loans permitted under subclause (ii) to the first proviso to clause (e) of this Section and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to clause (f) of this Section) $25,000,000 (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs), plus an amount equal to any returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such investments (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such investment value at cost at the time such investment was made); provided that if any such investment under this clause (s) is made for the purpose of making an investment, loan or advance permitted under clause (r) of this Section, the amount available under this clause (s) shall not be reduced by the amount of any such investment loan or advance which reduces the basket under clause (r) of this Section. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any cash payments actually received by such investor representing a payment or prepayment of in respect of principal of such Investment, but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be 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 in good faith by the Borrower, (iii) any investment in an Equity Interests by the investor to the investee, including any capital contribution, shall be the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of such Equity Interests or capital contribution, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a return of capital of such investment, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any other investment (other than any investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person shall be the original cost or such investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), minus the amount of any portion of such investment that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such investment after the date of such Investment.  For purposes of this Section 6.04, if an investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person.  the amount of such investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by the Borrower. Asset Sales.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit anySECTION 6.05 Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset (whether effected pursuant to a division or otherwise), including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will Holdings or the Borrower permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Restricted Subsidiary (other than issuing directors’ qualifying shares and other than issuing Equity Interests to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary), except: sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of (i) inventory, (ii) used, obsolete or surplus(a) equipment, (iii) property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including intellectual property), (iv) immaterial assets and (v) cash and Permitted Investments, in each case in the ordinary course of business; sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;(b) provided that any such sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions involving a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall, to the extent applicable, be made in compliance with Sections 6.04 and 6.09; sales, transfers and other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the(c) compromise, settlement or collection thereof not as part of any accounts receivables financing transaction; (i) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets to the extent that such assets(d) constitute an investment permitted by clause (i), (k) or (m) of Section 6.04 or another asset received as consideration for the disposition of any asset permitted by this Section (in each case, other than Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary, unless all Equity Interests in such Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are sold) and (ii) sales, transfers, and other dispositions of the Equity Interests -  99 - 

 

of a Restricted Subsidiary by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition would be permissible as an investment in a Restricted Subsidiary permitted by Section 6.04(d) or (r); leases or subleases entered into in the ordinary course of business, to the extent that they(e) do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business, to the(f) extent that they do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under(g) power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any asset of any of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; dispositions of assets to the extent that (i) such assets are exchanged for credit against the(h) purchase price of similar replacement assets or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement assets; dispositions permitted by Section 6.08;(i) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets that are not permitted by any other(j) clause of this Section; provided that (i) the aggregate fair value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (j) shall not exceed (A) in any fiscal year, $5,000,000 and (B) during the term of this Agreement, $10,000,000 and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom; and sales, transfers or other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the(k) factoring on a non-recourse basis of such accounts receivable; provided that all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than those permitted by clause (b)) shall be made for fair value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), and at least 75% of the consideration from all sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions permitted hereby (other than those permitted by clause (b), (d), (g) or (h)) since the Restatement Effective Date, on a cumulative basis.  is In the form of cash or cash equivalents; provided, further, that (i) any consideration in the form of RemittedPermitted Investments that are disposed of for cash consideration within 30 Business Days after such sale, transfer or other disposition shall be deemed to be cash consideration in an amount equal to the amount of such cash consideration for purposes of this proviso, (ii) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable sale, transfer, lease or other disposition and for which the Borrower and all the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing shall be deemed to be cash consideration in an amount equal to the liabilities so assumed and (iii) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of $1,000,000 at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash consideration. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor willSECTION 6.06 they permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property,  real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for any such sale of any fixed or capital assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair value of such - 100 - 

 

fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 270 days after the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capitol asset; provided that if such sale and leaseback results in a Capital Lease Obligation, such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted by Section 6.01(e) and any Lien made the subject of such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted by Section 6.02(c). Hedging Agreements.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit anySECTION 6.07 Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Hedging Agreement, except (a) Hedging Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of the Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) and (b) Hedging Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from floating to fixed rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Junior Indebtedness.SECTION 6.08 Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, declare(a) or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted.  Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that: [reserved];(i) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and, pay dividends or make(ii) other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests, or make other Restricted Payments in respect of its Equity Interests, in each case ratably to the holders of such Equity Interests; Holdings may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely(iii) in shares of Qualified Equity Interests or Disqualified Equity Interests permitted hereunder; [reserved];(iv) Holdings may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares representing(v) insignificant interests in Holdings in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests in Holdings; Holdings may make repurchases of Equity Interests or withhold Equity Interests, in each(vi) case if such Equity Interests are tendered by a holder of stock options upon the exercise of such stock options and such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such stock options (and related redemption or cancellation of shares for payment of taxes or other amounts relating to the exercise under such stock option or other benefit plans); provided that the foregoing repurchases are not effected by the making of any payment in cash by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, but are instead are effected by either (x) Holdings withholding Equity Interests that would otherwise be issued upon the exercise of stock options or (y) Holdings accepting Equity Interests tendered by a holder of stock options upon the exercise of stock options by such holder; concurrently with any issuance of Qualified Equity Interests, Holdings may redeem,(vii) purchase or retire any Equity Interests of Holdings using the proceeds of, or convert or exchange any Equity Interests of Holdings for, such Qualified Equity Interests; Holdings may make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.08(a)(viii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 less the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments previously made in reliance on this clause (viii) and (y) the aggregate amount of payments of Indebtedness previously made in reliance on clause (iv) of Section 6.08(b); provided that, with respect to any Restricted Payment made in reliance on this clause (viii), (x) no Default has occurred or is continuing at the time such Restricted Payment is made or would result therefrom and (y) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000; - 101 - 

 

Holdings may make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by this Section 6,08(a)(ix) in an aggregate amount not to exceed, at any time, the Available Amount at such time; provided that, with respect to any Restricted Payment made in reliance on this clause (ix), (x) no Default has occurred or is continuing at the time such Restricted Payment is made or would result therefrom, (y) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, Holdings shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (t) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000; Restricted Payments may be made in the form of the payment of withholding or similar(x) taxes payable or expected to be payable in connection with the exercise of stock options and the vesting of restricted stock, or the withholding, repurchase, redemption or retirement of any equity interests granted to current or former employees, officers or directors of the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary pursuant to the equity incentive plans of Holdings; and Holdings may make Restricted Payments not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.08(a);(xi) provided that with respect to any Restricted Payment made in reliance on this clause (xi), (x) no Default has occurred or is continuing at the time such Restricted Payment is made or would result therefrom, (y) the Total Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower, shall be less than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00 and (z) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000. Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, prepay,(b) redeem, purchase or otherwise satisfy any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, except for:  (A) payments of Indebtedness created under this Agreement or any other Loan Document(i) and (B) payments of intercompany Indebtedness not prohibited by the subordination terms of the Global Intercompany Note; regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any(ii) such Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of such Indebtedness prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof; refinancings of Indebtedness with the proceeds of other Indebtedness permitted under(iii) Section 6.01; payments of or in respect of Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 less the(iv) sum of (x) the aggregate amount of payments previously made in reliance on this clause (iv) and (y) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments previously made in reliance on clause (viii) of Section 6.08(a); provided that, with respect to any payment made in reliance on this clause (iv), (x) no Default has occurred or is continuing at the time such payment is made or would result therefrom and (y) immediately after giving effect to such payment, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000; payments of or in respect of Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed, at any time.  the(v) Available Amount at such time; provided that, with respect to any payment made in reliance on this clause (v), (x) no Default has occurred or is continuing at the time such payment is made or would result therefrom, (y) after giving effect to such payment, Holdings shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the covenants set forth in Sections 6.12 and 6.13 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and (z) immediately after giving effect to such payment, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000; and payments of or in respect of Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.08(b);(vi) provided that with respect to any such payment made in reliance on this clause (vi), (x) no Default has occurred or is continuing at the time such payment is made or would result therefrom, (y) the Total - 102 - 

 

Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such payment as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower, shall be less than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00 and (z) immediately after giving effect to such payment, Liquidity is at least $25,000,000. Transactions with Affiliates.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will theySECTION 6.09 permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any assets to.  or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $500,000 with, any of its Affiliates, except (i) transactions that are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (ii) transactions between or among the Loan Parties not involving any other Affiliate, (iii) advances, equity issuances, repurchases, retirements or other acquisitions or retirements of Equity Interests and other Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.08 and investments, loans and advances to Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under Section 6.04 and any other transaction involving the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under.  Section 6.03 to the extent such transaction is between the Borrower and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or between two or more Restricted Subsidiaries and Section 6.05 (to the extent such transaction is not required to be for fair value thereunder), (iv) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary who are not employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers, consultants or employees of Holdings, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (v) any issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Borrower’s board of directors and (vi) employment and severance arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any employee thereof and approved by the Borrower’s board of directors, Restrictive Agreements.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor will they permitSECTION 6.10 any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create.  incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its assets to secure the Obligations or (b) the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any of its Equity Interests, to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to transfer any of its properties or assets to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or to grant Liens on its assets (including Equity Interests) to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Incremental Facility Amendment, any Refinancing Facility Agreement or any document governing any Refinancing Term.  Loan Indebtedness, Refinancing Revolving Commitments or Refinancing Indebtedness of any of the foregoing, (B) in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, restrictions and conditions imposed by its organizational documents or any related joint venture or similar agreements; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary and to the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary, (C) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Restricted Subsidiary or any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets that are to be sold and, in each case, such sale is permitted hereunder, (D) restrictions and conditions existing on the Restatement Effective Date and identified on Schedule 6.10 (and any extension or renewal of, or any amendment, modification or replacement of the documents set forth on such schedule that do not expand the scope of, any such restriction or condition in any material respect) and (E) restrictions and conditions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary and otherwise permitted by clause (f) of Section 6.01 or to any restrictions in any Indebtedness of a non-Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary permitted by clause (g) of Section 6.01, in each case if such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Restricted Subsidiary and its subsidiaries; and (ii) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to (A) restrictions and conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01 if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the assets securing such Indebtedness and (B) customary provisions in leases and other agreements restricting the assignment thereof. - 103 - 

 

Amendment of Material Documents.  Neither Holdings nor the Borrower will, nor willSECTION 6.11 they permit any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive, (a) its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents, (b) any of the Spin-Off Documents or (c) any agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Material Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, in each case if the effect of such amendment, modification or waiver would be materially adverse to the Lenders. Interest Expense Coverage Ratio.  Holdings will not permit, as of the last day of anySECTION 6.12 fiscal quarter of Holdings, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, in each case for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ending on such day (commencing with the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings ending December 31, 2017) to be less than 4.50 to 1.00. Total Leverage Ratio.  Holdings will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio for the periodSECTION 6.13 of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Holdings (commencing with the four consecutive fiscal quarters of holdings ending December 31, 2017) ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter of Holdings during any period set forth below, to be greater than (a) 3.00 to 1.00 or (b) for the twelve-month period immediately succeeding the consummation of a Qualified Acquisition, 3.50 to 1.00. Changes in Fiscal Periods.  Holdings will neither (a) permit its fiscal year or the fiscalSECTION 6.14 year of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to end on a day other than December 31 (or, if different, on dates consistent with practice in effect on the Restatement Effective Date), nor (b) change its method of determining fiscal quarters. ARTICLE VII Events of Default Events of Default.  If any of the following events (each, such event an “Event of SECTION 7.01 Default”) shall occur: the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation(a) in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise; the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount(b) (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Section) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days; any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of Holdings, the(c) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other information furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; Holdings or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or(d) agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), 5.04 (with respect to the existence of Holdings or the Borrower) or in Article VI; any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement(e) contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Section), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower; - 104 - 

 

Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment(f) (whether of principal, interest, premium or otherwise and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period in respect of such failure under the documentation representing such Material Indebtedness); any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due or(g) being terminated or required to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or defeased prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods in respect of such event or condition under the documentation representing such Material Indebtedness having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf, or, in the case of any Hedging Agreement.  the applicable counterpart)), to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to terminate or require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to (i) any secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale, transfer or other disposition of the assets securing such Indebtedness (to the extent such sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under this Agreement) or (ii) any Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a voluntary refinancing thereof permitted under Section 6.01; except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02, an involuntary proceeding shall be(h) commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; except as otherwise provided in Section 7.02, Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted(i) Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation (other than any liquidation permitted under Section 6.03(a)(iv)), reorganization or other relief under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Section, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding or (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to above in this clause (i) or in clause (h) of this Section; Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall admit in writing its inability or(j) fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of(k) $5,000,000 (other than any such judgment covered by insurance (other than under a self-insurance program) to the extent a claim therefor has been made in writing and liability therefor has not been denied by the insurer) shall be rendered against Holdings, the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment; an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA(l) Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall(m) be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material Collateral, with the - 105 - 

 

priority required by the applicable Security Document, except as a result of (i) the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents, (ii) the release thereof as provided in Section 9.14 or (iii) the Administrative Agent’s failure to (A) maintain possession of any stock certificate, promissory note or other instrument delivered to it under the Collateral Agreement or (B) file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements; any material Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party(n) not to be, in full force and effect, except as a result of the release thereof as provided in the applicable Loan Document or Section 9.14; any Guarantee purported to be created under any Loan Document shall cease to be, or(o) shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, in full force and effect, except as a result of the release thereof as provided in the applicable Loan Document or Section 9.14; or a Change in Control shall occur;(p) then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to Holdings or the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:  (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part (but ratably as among the Classes of Loans and the Loans of each Class at such time outstanding), in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately and (iii) require the deposit of cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.05(i), in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Holdings and the Borrower; and in the case of any event with respect to Holdings or the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Section, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower hereunder, shall immediately and automatically become due and payable and the deposit of such cash collateral in respect of LC Exposure shall immediately and automatically become due, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Holdings and the Borrower. Exclusion of Certain Subsidiaries.  Solely for the purposes of determining whether aSECTION 7.02 Default has occurred under clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01, any reference in any such paragraph to any Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to include any Restricted Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in such paragraph that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, have consolidated total assets that equal 5.0% or more of the consolidated total assets of Holdings and (b) did not have revenues during the four fiscal quarter period of the Borrower most recently ended equal to or greater than 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings; provided that if it is necessary to exclude more than one Restricted Subsidiary from clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 pursuant to this paragraph in order to avoid a Default, the aggregate consolidated assets of all such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries as of such last day may not exceed 5.0% of the consolidated total, assets of Holdings and the aggregate consolidated revenues of all such excluded Restricted Subsidiaries for such four fiscal quarter period may not exceed 5.0% of the consolidated revenues of Holdings. ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the teens of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the - 106 - 

 

United States of America, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or such Issuing BathBank’s behalf.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law.  Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdings, 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 or the Issuing Banks. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the 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 necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Administrative Agent to liability or be contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, and (e) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as 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 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 to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment).  The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with 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 in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agent’s reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page) or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower or any Lender as a result of, any determination of the Revolving Exposure or the component amounts thereof or of the Weighted Average Yield. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, 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 or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the - 107 - 

 

requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof).  The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such.  Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or authenticator thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank 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), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may perform any of and all 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 subagent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such.  In connection with such resignation, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  The fees payable by Holdings and the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by Holdings, the Borrower and such successor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights.  powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank.  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as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its stub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referral to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2. Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, 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, Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an.  Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, this Agreement and each other Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Restatement Effective Date. Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Loan Document.  Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no Hedging Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedging Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document except as expressly provided in the Collateral Agreement.  By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such Hedging Agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(e).  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. - 109 - 

 

In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, State or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any LC Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: to file and proven claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and(a) unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure 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 Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such(b) claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party 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, the Issuing Banks or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers,  the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers or any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, time Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrower’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.  Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article. Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and, each Amendment No. 1 Arranger and each Amendment No. 2 Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: (i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments, (ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, - 110 - 

 

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or (iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender. In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and, each Amendment No. 1 Arranger and each Amendment No. 2 Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, or any Arranger, any Amendment No. 1 Arranger, any Amendment No. 2 Arranger, any Co-Syndication Agent, or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto). The Administrative Agent, and each Arranger, Amendment No. 1 Arranger, Amendment No. 2 Arranger and Co-Syndication Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and any other Loan Documents (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing. ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous Notices.SECTION 9.01 General.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given(a) by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) of this Section), 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 fax, as follows: if to Holdings or the Borrower, to it at Vectrus Systems Corporation, 655 Space Center(i) Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80915, Attention of Matt KleinSusan Lynch, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Fax No.:  (719) 637-6695; entail:  matt.kleinsusan.lynch@vectrus.com), with a copy to Vectrus Systems Corporation, 655 Space Center Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80915, - 111 - 

 

Attention of Michele Tyler, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary (Fax No.: (719) 637-5986; email:  michelmichele.tyler@vectrus.com); if to the Administrative Agent in respect of Borrowings denominated in dollars or (ii) Borrowings denominated in any Permitted Foreign Currency and all other matters, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 10 South Dearborn Street, L2,2S, Chicago, Illinois 60603,60603-2300, Attention of Ryne SiazonGarrett Kee (email: ryne.siazon@chasegarrett.d.kee@jpmorgan.com), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Avenida Paseo De Las Palmas 405, Floor 16, Ciudad De Mexico, MX-CMX, 11000, Mexico, Attention of Alexander Dereymaeker; (iii) if to the Administrative Agent in respect of Borrowings denominated in any Permitted  Foreign Currency, to it at J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, Loans Agency 6th Floor, 25 Bank Street, Canary  Wharf, London E145JP, United Kingdom, Attention of Loans Agency (Fax No:  44 207 777 2360; Email:   loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com); (iv) if to any Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or fax number) most recently specified by(iii) it in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (or, in the absence of any such notice, to the address (or fax number) set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire of the Lender that is serving as such Issuing Bank or is an Affiliate thereof); (v) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at (A) in the case of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,(iv) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group, 10 South Dearborn Street, L2,2S, Chicago, Illinois 60603,60603-2300, Attention of Attention of Ryne SiazonGarrett Kee (email: ryne.siazon@chasegarrett.d.kee@jpmorgan.com), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Avenida Paseo De Las Palmas 405, Floor 16, Ciudad De Mexico, MX-CMX, 11000, Mexico, Attention of Alexander Dereymaeker; and (B) in the case of any other Swingline Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in the applicable joinder agreement contemplated by the definition of “Swingline Lenders”; and (vi) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth in its(v) Administrative Questionnaire. Notices and 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 sent by fax 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 delivered through electronic communications, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, shall be effective as provided in such paragraph. Electronic Communications.  Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing.(b) Banks hereunder may be delivered or famished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender or any Issuing Bank if such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent.  Holdings 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 or may be rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person. 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 acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available.  return e-mail or other written acknowledgment) and (ii) notices and other communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail addresses described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification - 112 - 

 

that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefore; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, 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. Change of Address, etc.  Any party hereto may change its address or fax number for notices and(c) other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Platform.  Holdings and the Borrower agree that the Administrative Agent may.  but shall not be(d) obligated to, make any Communications by posting such Communication on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, SyndTrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).  The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.”  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties warrants, or shall be deemed to warrant, as to the adequacy of the Platform and each such Person expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions in the Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made, or shall be deemed to be made, by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties in connection with the Communications or the Platform. Waivers; Amendments.SECTION 9.02 No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any(a) right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power, The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement.  the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.  No notice or demand on Holdings or the Borrower in any case shall entitle Holdings or the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Except as provided in Sections 2.14, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23 and 9.02(c), none of this Agreement, any(b) other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, in each case without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Loan, or the date of any scheduled payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan under Section 2.10 or the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment or the required date of reimbursement of any LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or otherwise modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as applicable); provided that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the provisions of this Section and the definition of the term “Required Lenders” may be amended to include references to any new class of loans created under this Agreement (or to lenders extending such loans) on substantially the same basis as - 113 - 

 

the corresponding references relating to the existing Classes of Loans or Lenders, (v) release the Guarantee provided by Holdings under the Collateral Agreement or release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees provided by the Subsidiary Loan Parties under the Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in Section 9.14 or the Collateral Agreement (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of any Subsidiary upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood and agreed that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations guaranteed under the Collateral Agreement shall not be deemed to be a release of any Guarantee), (vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in Section 9.14 or the applicable Security Document (including any such release by the Administrative Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Collateral upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Documents), it being understood and agreed that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations secured by the Security Documents shall not be deemed to be a release of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents), (vii) change any provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of Collateral securing the obligations owed to, or payments due to, Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently than those holding Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders representing a Majority in Interest of each affected Class or (viii) change the rights of the Tranche A Term Lenders to decline mandatory prepayments as provided in Section 2.11 or the rights of any Additional Lenders of any Class to decline mandatory prepayments of Term Loans of such Class as provided in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment, without the written consent of Tranche A Term Lenders or Additional Lenders of such Class, as applicable, holding a majority of the outstanding Tranche A Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans of such Class, as applicable; provided, further, that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. such Issuing Bank or such Swingline Lender, as applicable, (B) any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Lenders of one or more Classes (but not the Lenders of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the requisite number or percentage in interest of each affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (C) if the terms of any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document provide that any Class of Loans (together with all accrued interest thereon and all accrued fees payable with respect to the Commitments of such Class) will be repaid or paid in full, and the Commitments of such Class (if any) terminated, as a condition to the effectiveness of such waiver, amendment or other modification, then so long as the Loans of such Class (together with such accrued interest and fees) are in fact repaid or paid in full and such Commitments are in fact terminated, in each case prior to or substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of such amendment, then such Loans and Commitments shall not be included in the determination of the Required Lenders with respect to such amendment.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, (1) no consent with respect to any waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any waiver, amendment or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such waiver, amendment or other modification, (2) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders.  a written notice from (x) the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment or (y) if affected by such amendment, any Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank stating that it objects to such amendment, (3) this Agreement may be amended to provide for Incremental Extensions of Credit in the manner contemplated by Section 2.21, the extension of the Maturity Date as provided in Section 2.22 and the incurrence of Refinancing Revolving Commitments and Refinancing Term Loans as provided in Section 2.23, in each ease without any additional consents and (4) no agreement referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall waive any condition set forth in Section 4.03 without the written consent of the Majority in interest of the Revolving Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any amendment or waiver of, or any consent with respect to, any provision of this Agreement (other than any waiver expressly relating to Section 4.03) or any other Loan Document, including any amendment of an affirmative or negative covenant set forth herein or in any other Loan Document or any waiver of a Default or an Event of Default, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any condition set forth in Section 4.03). - 114 - 

 

In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed (c) Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders (and, to the extent any Proposed Change requires the consent of Lenders holding Loans of any Class pursuant to clause (iv) of paragraph (b) of this Section, the consent of a majority in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of such Class) to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in paragraph (b) of this Section being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender” for purposes of this clause (c)), then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) if the Administrative Agent is not such Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the ease of all other amounts, (iii) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 9.04(b).  (iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law and (v) the assignee shall have given its consent to such Proposed Change and, as a result of such assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments and delegations and consents, such Proposed Change can be effected.  Any assignment required pursuant to this Section 9.02(c) may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee, and the Lender required to make such assignment shall not be required to be a party to such Assignment and Assumption. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may, without the(d) consent of any Secured Party, consent to a departure by any Loan Party from any covenant of such Loan Party set forth in this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or any other Security Document to the extent such departure is consistent with the authority of the Administrative Agent set forth in Section 5.1 I, the definition of the term “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” or as otherwise expressly provided in the Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any(e) Lender, execute waivers, amendments or other modifications on behalf of such Lender.  Any waiver, amendment or other modification, effected in accordance with this Section, shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender. Expenses; Limitation of Liability; Indemnity; Etc..SECTION 9.03 Holdings and the Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses(a) incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2  Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents and their respective Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for the foregoing (and, if reasonably necessary, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single Finn of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for the foregoing), in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein and any credit or similar facility refinancing or replacing, in whole or in part, any of the credit facilities provided for herein, as well as the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any waiver, amendment or modification of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for the foregoing, taken as a whole (and, if reasonably necessary, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for the foregoing) and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any such Person affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such - 115 - 

 

conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Person (and, if reasonably necessary, one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Person), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall(b) assert, or permit any of their respective Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Amendment No. 1 Arranger, any Amendment No. 2 Arranger, any Co-Syndication Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, and any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called a “Lender-Related Person”) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), except to the extent such damages are found in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of any Lender-Related Person or (ii) neither any Lender-Related Person nor any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be liable 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 or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that nothing in this clause (ii) shall limit the expense reimbursement and indemnification obligations of Holdings and the Borrower set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this Section 9.03. Holdings and the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the(c) Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks 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, penalties, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee and, if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single firm of special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for such affected Indemnitee)), incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitees arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to (i) the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank 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) or (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, to or from any Mortgaged Property or any other property currently or formerly owned or operated by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any other Environmental Liability related in any way to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and whether initiated against or by any party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto); provided that the foregoing indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, apply to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they are found in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (A) the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnitee or any such Indemnitee’s Related Parties, (B) a claim brought by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary against such Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (C) a proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee (other than a proceeding that is brought against the Administrative Agent or any other agent or any Arranger or any Amendment No. 1 Arranger or any Amendment No. 2 Arranger in its capacity or in fulfilling its roles as an agent or arranger - 116 - 

 

hereunder or any similar rote with respect to the Indebtedness incurred or to be incurred hereunder).  This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim. To the extent that Holdings and the Borrower fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be,(d) paid by them under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing (and without limiting their obligation to do so), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank, such Swingline Lender or such Related Party, as applicable, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood and agreed that the Borrower’s failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as applicable, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity; provided, further, that, with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or to any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity, only the Revolving Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts.  For purposes of this Section, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shalt be determined by its share of the sum of the total Revolving Exposure, unused Revolving Commitments and, except for purposes of the second proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, the outstanding Term Loans and unused Term Commitments, in each case at that time.  The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph are subject to the last sentence of Section 2.02(a) (which shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Lenders’ obligations under this paragraph). All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.(e) Successors and Assigns.SECTION 9.04 General.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the(a) parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) neither Holdings nor the Borrower may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment, delegation or transfer by Holdings or the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  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 (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment  No. 2 Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of any of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Amendment No. 1 Arranger, any Amendment No. 2 Arranger, any Co-Syndication Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Assignments by Lenders.  (i)  Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any(b) Lender may assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of (A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) (x) with respect to Term Commitments or Term Loans, for an assignment and delegation to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund and (y) with respect to Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans.  for an assignment and delegation to a Revolving Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund in respect of a Revolving Lender and (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other assignment and delegation; provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment and delegation unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after having received notice thereof, (B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment and delegation of - 117 - 

 

all or any portion of a Term Commitment or Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, (C) each Issuing Bank, in the ease of any assignment and delegation of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment or any Lender’s obligations in respect of its LC Exposure and (D) each Swingline Lender, in the case of any assignment and delegation of all or a portion of a Revolving Commitment or any Lender’s obligations in respect of its Swingline Exposure. Assignments and delegations shall be subject to the following additional conditions:  (A) except in(ii) the case of an assignment and delegation to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment and delegation of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment and delegation (determined as of the trade date specified in the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment and delegation or.  if no trade date is so specified, as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment and delegation is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 or, in the ease of Term Loans, $1,000,000 (treating contemporaneous assignments by or to two or more Approved Funds as a single assignment for purposes of such minimum transfer amount), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) each partial assignment and delegation shall be made as an assignment and delegation of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement provided that this clause (B) shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment and delegation of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans, (C) the parties to each assignment and delegation shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that (1) only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments and delegations by or to two or more Approved Funds, (2) the Administrative Agent may waive or reduce such fee in its sole discretion and (3) with respect to any assignment and delegation pursuant to Section 2.19(b) or 9.02(c), the parties hereto agree that such assignment and delegation may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and.  Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto, and (D) the assignee.  if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax form required by Section 2.17(f) and an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain MNPI) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and(iii) after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned and delegated 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 and delegated by such Assignment and Assumption.  be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all 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 (and subject to the obligations and limitations of) Sections 2.15.  2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and to any fees payable hereunder that have accrued for such Lender’s account but have not yet been paid).  Any assignment, delegation or other transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 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 Section 9.04(c), The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower,(iv) shall maintain at one ails offices 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 Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements 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 Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it.  any Issuing Bank or any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. - 118 - 

 

Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption(v) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required by Section 2.17(f) (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment and delegation required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt) of any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee.  No assignment or delegation shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph and, following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto.  Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Administrative Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Administrative Agent) have, been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Administrative Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and(vi) Assumption 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 applicable, 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. Participations.  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,(c) any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and Loans of any Class); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  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 or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not.  without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such. Participant or requires the approval of all the Lenders.  Holdings and the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f) (it being understood and agreed that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment and delegation pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation, Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary - 119 - 

 

agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters she name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments.  Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register. Certain Pledges.  Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,(d) any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. Purchasing Borrower Parties.  Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this(e) Agreement (including the definition of “Eligible Assignee”), any Lender may assign and delegate all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party (x) through open market purchases made by such Purchasing Borrower Party on a non-pro rata basis (subject to clause (v) below) or (y) otherwise pursuant to an Auction Purchase Offer in accordance with clauses (i) through (vii) below (which assignment and delegation, in the case of the foregoing clauses (x) and (y), will not constitute a prepayment of Loans for any purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents); provided, that in the case of assignments and delegations made pursuant to the foregoing clause (y): no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;(i) each Auction Purchase Offer shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures, terms(ii) and conditions set forth in this paragraph and the Auction Procedures; the assigning Lender and Purchasing Borrower Party purchasing such Lender’s Term(iii) Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption in lieu of an Assignment and Assumption; for the avoidance of doubt, the Lenders shall not be permitted to assign or delegate(iv) Revolving Commitments or Revolving Exposure to a Purchasing Borrower Party; any Term Loans assigned and delegated to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall be(v) automatically and permanently cancelled upon the effectiveness of such assignment and delegation and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder (it being understood and agreed that (A) except as expressly set forth in any such definition, any gains or losses by any Purchasing Borrower Party upon purchase or acquisition and cancellation of such Term Loans shall not be taken into account in the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated EBITDA and (B) any purchase of Term Loans pursuant to this paragraph (e) shall not constitute a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans for purposes of this Agreement); the Purchasing Borrower Party shall either (A) not have any MNPI that has not been(vi) disclosed to the assigning Lender (other than any such Lender that does not wish to receive MNPI) on or prior to the date of any initiation of an Auction by such Purchasing Borrower Party or (B) advise the - 120 - 

 

assigning Lender that it cannot make the statement ill the foregoing clause (A), except to the extent that such Lender has entered into a customary “big boy” letter with Holdings or the Borrower, and no Purchasing Borrower Party may use the proceeds from Revolving Loans to purchase(vii) any Term Loans. Survival.  All covenants.  agreements, representations and warranties made by the LoanSECTION 9.05 Parties in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, any Co-Syndication Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time this Agreement or any other Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any LC Exposure is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in the event that, in connection with the refinancing or repayment in full of the credit facilities provided for herein, an Issuing Bank shall have provided to the Administrative Agent a written consent to the release of the Revolving Lenders from their obligations hereunder with respect to any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (whether as a result of the obligations of the Borrower (and any other account party) in respect of such Letter of Credit having been collateralized in full by a deposit of cash with such Issuing Bank, or being supported by a letter of credit that names such Issuing Bank as the beneficiary thereunder, or otherwise), then from and after such time such Letter of Credit shall cease to be a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have no participations in such Letter of Credit, and no obligations with respect thereto, under Section 2.05(d) or 2.05(e).  The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18(e), 2.18(f) and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment or prepayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.  This Agreement, the other LoanSECTION 9.06 Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or the syndication of the Loans and Commitments 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.  Except as provided in Section 4.03, this Agreement shall become effective on the Restatement Effective Date, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) any Loan Document and/or (y) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of such Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party without - 121 - 

 

further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement,  any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (ii) the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (iii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (iv) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature. Severability.  Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal orSECTION 9.07 unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. Right of Setoff.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, eachSECTION 9.08 Lender and each Issuing Bank 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) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or the Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of Holdings or the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of Holdings or the Borrower are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness.  Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the. Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such setoff and application under this Section.  The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have. Governing Law:  Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.SECTION 9.09 This Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort(a) or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. Each of Holdings and the Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not(b) commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Related Party of any of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County - 122 - 

 

and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such Federal court.  Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may otherwise have to bring any action, litigation or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or any of its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by(c) applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action, litigation 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 law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for(d) notices in Section 9.01.  Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLYSECTION 9.10 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 PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE.  THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY 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. Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are forSECTION 9.11 convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement. Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing BanksSECTION 9.12 agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, it being understood and agreed that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential, (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (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 to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (1) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to 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 (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any Hedging Agreement relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary and its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any - 123 - 

 

Issuing Bank or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Holdings or the Borrower or (j) to any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrower or its Obligations.  For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Holdings or the Borrower relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or their businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Holdings or the Borrower.  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. Interest Rate Limitation.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if atSECTION 9.13 anytimeany time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or participation in any LC Disbursement, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan or LC Disbursement or participation therein under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan or LC Disbursement or participation therein in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or LC Disbursement or participation therein but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or LC Disbursements or participation therein or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRBapplicable Overnight Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Release of Liens and Guarantees.  Subject to the reinstatement provisions set forth inSECTION 9.14 the Collateral Agreement.  a Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, and all security interests created by the Security Documents in Collateral owned by such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Designated Subsidiary; provided that, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise.  Upon any sale or other transfer by any Loan Party (other than to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party) of any Collateral in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest created under any Security Document in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02, the security interests in such Collateral created by the Security Documents shall be automatically released, In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such Termination or release.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.  Each of the Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to effect the releases set forth in this Section. USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Lender, each Issuing Bank and the AdministrativeSECTION 9.15 Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Loan Party that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act, and each Loan Party agrees to provide such information front time to time to such Lender, such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, as applicable.  This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and is effective for the Administrative Agent and each Lender. No Fiduciary Relationship.  Each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself andSECTION 9.16 its subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2  Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers,  - 124 - 

 

the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.  The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their respective Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates.  and none of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their respective Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Amendment No. 1 Arrangers, the Amendment No. 2 Arrangers, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby. Non-Public Information.SECTION 9.17 Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments,(a) furnished by Holdings, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI.  Each Lender represents to Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including federal, State and foreign securities laws. Holdings, the Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that, if information furnished by Holdings(b) or the Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by the Administrative Agent through the Platform, (i) the Administrative Agent may post any information that Holdings or the Borrower has indicated as containing MNPI solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if Holdings or the Borrower has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains MNPI, the Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform as is designated for Private Side Lender Representatives. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agrees to clearly designate all information provided to the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such designation by Holdings and the Borrower without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof. Authorization to Distribute Certain Materials to Public-Siders; Security Clearances.SECTION 9.18 If the Borrower does not file this Agreement with the SEC, then the Borrower hereby authorizes(a) the Administrative Agent to distribute the execution version of this Agreement and the Loan Documents to all Lenders, including their Public Side Lender Representatives.  The Borrower acknowledges its understanding that Lenders, including their Public Side Lender Representatives, may be trading in securities of the Borrower and its Affiliates while in possession of the Loan Documents. To the extent that any of the executed Loan Documents constitutes at any time material non-public(b) information within the meaning of the Federal and state securities laws after the date hereof, the Borrower agrees that it will promptly make such information publicly available by press release or public filing with the SEC. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, no Loan Party(c) or Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to provide or deliver any information, give any notice or permit the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their respective representatives to visit and inspect its properties or to examine and make extracts from its books and records, if the Borrower reasonably &tontines that providing or delivering such information, giving such notice or granting such permission could reasonably be expected to (x) - 125 - 

 

result in the withdrawal, revocation.  suspension or other compromise of any security clearance of Holdings or subsidiary of Holdings or any individual employed by or otherwise working for Holdings or any subsidiary of Holdings or (y) result in a violation of any Requirement of Law. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.SECTION 9.19 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an the applicable(a) Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:(b) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;(i) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments(ii) of ownership in such Affected Financial Institutions, its parent undertaking or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shams or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the(iii) Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority. Restatement of Original Credit Agreement.  As of the Restatement Effective Date, allSECTION 9.20 obligations of the Borrower under the Original Credit Agreement shall become obligations of the Borrower hereunder, secured by the Security Documents, and the provisions of the Original Credit Agreement shall be superseded by the provisions hereof.  Each of the panics hereto confirms that the amendment and restatement of the Original Credit Agreement pursuant to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the Original Credit Agreement. MIRE Events.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that, if anySECTION 9.21 improved real property is Collateral at such time, any increase, extension or renewal of any of the Commitments or Loans (excluding (a) any continuation or conversion of Borrowings, (b) the making of any Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans or (c) the issuance, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit) shall be subject to (and conditioned upon) the following:  (i) the prior delivery of all flood zone determination certifications, acknowledgements and evidence of flood insurance and other flood-related documentation with respect to such real property sufficient to evidence compliance with the Hood Insurance Laws and Regulation H of the Barad of GovernorsFederal Reserve  Board and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received written confirmation from each Lender that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed by such Lender (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that solely in the case of any incurrence of Incremental Term Loans or any Revolving Commitment Increase that would be subject to this Section 9.21, the condition specified in the immediately preceding clause (ii) will be deemed to have been satisfied on the date that is 20 days after the delivery of the documentation specified in the immediately preceding clause (i). Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.  To the extent that the LoanSECTION 9.22 Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that - 126 - 

 

the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States): In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support. [remainder of page intentionally left blank] - 127 -EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

RPM INTERNATIONAL INC. 

OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE AND AUTHENTICATION ORDER 

FOR 
 2.950% NOTES DUE
2032 
 Pursuant to the Indenture dated as of April 8, 2014 (the “Indenture”) between RPM International Inc. (the
“Company”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on January 28, 2020,
this Officers’ Certificate is being delivered to the Trustee to establish the terms of a series of Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Indenture, to establish the form of the Securities of such series in accordance with
Section 2.02 of the Indenture, and to constitute the Company Order to request the authentication and delivery of the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, and to comply with the provisions of
Section 14.05 of the Indenture. 
 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein and defined in the Indenture shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. 
 (a) There is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the
Indenture a series of Securities which shall have the terms set forth below and set forth in the form of note attached hereto as Annex A. 

(1) The series of Securities hereby being authorized shall bear the title “2.950% Notes due 2032” (referred to herein
as the “Notes”). 
 (2) The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the
Indenture pursuant hereto shall be limited to $300,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in the exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the series pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07,
3.05, or 10.06 and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 2.04, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered). 

(3) The Notes shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

(4) The form of note attached hereto as Annex A sets forth certain of the terms of the Notes required to be set forth or
determined in the manner provided in this Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of the Indenture, and said terms are incorporated herein by reference. 

(b) It is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture that the Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as
Annex A hereto. 

 (c) It is hereby ordered pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture that the Trustee
authenticate, in the manner provided by the Indenture, one Global Security constituting the Notes bearing CUSIP No. 749685 AY9 in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 registered in the name of Cede & Co., which such Global
Security will be duly executed by the proper officers of the Company and delivered to the Trustee as provided in the Indenture, and to deliver said authenticated Global Security through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company to or upon the
order of Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, on January 25, 2022. 
 (d) The undersigned
have read the pertinent sections of the Indenture, including Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 2.04 thereof and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto, and certain other corporate documents and records. In the opinion of the undersigned, the
undersigned have made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions precedent to (i) the establishment of (a) a series of Securities and
(b) the form of such Securities, and (ii) the authentication and delivery of such series of Securities, contained in the Indenture have been complied with. In the opinion of the undersigned, such conditions have been complied with. 

[Signature page follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names on behalf of the Company. 

Dated: January 25, 2022 
  

			
	RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Russell L. Gordon
	Name:	 	Russell L. Gordon
	Title:	 	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	/s/ Edward W. Moore
	Name:	 	Edward W. Moore
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

 [Signature page to Officers’ Certificate and Authentication Order] 

 ANNEX A 

 [Face of Note] 

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation
(“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC
(and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 
 THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, AND NO SUCH
TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR, OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY WILL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY
SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. 
  

			
	 CUSIP NO. 749685 AY9
	  	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $300,000,000

 ISIN US US749685AY95 
 Common Code
No. 
 REGISTERED NO. 1 
 RPM INTERNATIONAL
INC. 
 2.950% Notes due 2032 

RPM INTERNATIONAL INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the
“Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred
Million Dollars ($300,000,000), or such other principal sum as shall be set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests attached hereto, on January 15, 2032 and to pay interest thereon from January 25, 2022 or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2022 at the rate of 2.950% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest next preceding such Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date for an Interest Payment Date shall be January 1, for Interest Payment Dates of January 15,
and July 1, for Interest Payment Dates of July 15 (whether or not a Business Day). As used herein, “Business Day” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture. 

 Any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. 

Payment of interest on this Security shall be made in immediately available funds at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose, which shall initially be at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however,
that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be paid by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s last address as it appears in the Security Register or by wire transfer to such account as may have been
designated by such Person. Payment of principal of and interest on this Security at Maturity shall be made against presentation of this Security at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, which shall initially be at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. For so long as this Security is a Global Security registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, all payments on the Security will be made to DTC or its nominee as the registered holder hereof in accordance with
DTC procedures. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has
been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under
its corporate seal. 
 DATED: January 25, 2022 

					
	RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	 Name: Russell L. Gordon

Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

	

 [SEAL] 

					
	Attest:	 	 
		 	 Name: Edward W. Moore

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel,           Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary

	

  

			
	 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF

	 AUTHENTICATION

	 This is one of the Securities of the

	 series designated therein referred to

	 in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	
	 COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

  

			
	 By:
	 	 
		 	Authorized Signatory

 [Reverse of Note] 

RPM INTERNATIONAL INC. 

2.950% Notes due 2032 

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to
be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of April 8, 2014 between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to
time (herein called the “Indenture”) (in its capacity as trustee Computershare Trust Company, N.A., being herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, such series being limited in initial aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000; provided,
however, that the Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities of this series, issue additional Securities with the same terms as the Securities of this series, and such additional Securities shall be considered part of the
same series under the Indenture as the Securities of this series. 
 The Securities of this series shall not be entitled to any sinking
fund. 
 Optional Redemption 
 Prior to
October 15, 2031 (the “Par Call Date”), the Company may redeem the Securities of this series at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal
amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: 
 (1) (a) the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Securities of this series matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and 

(2) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series to be redeemed, 

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date. 

On or after the Par Call Date, the Company may redeem the Securities of this series, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities of this series being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date. 

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the
following two paragraphs. 
 The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as
yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such
time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily)—H.15” (or any successor designation or publication)
(“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable:
(1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15
exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on 

 
H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on
a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield
for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of
months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date. 
 If on the third business day preceding the
redemption date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on
the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date,
the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities
meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked
prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security
shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. The Company’s actions
and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. 
 Notice of
any redemption will be mailed or electronically delivered (or otherwise transmitted in accordance with the depositary’s procedures) at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Securities of this
series to be redeemed. 
 In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities of this series for redemption will be made pro
rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate and fair. No Securities of this series of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part. If any Security of this series is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption that relates to the Security of this series will state the portion of the principal amount of the Security of this series to be redeemed. A new Security of this series in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security of this series will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security of this series upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security of this series (or through book-entry transfer for Global Securities). For so
long as the Securities of this series are held by DTC (or another depositary), the selection and redemption of the Securities of this series shall be done in accordance with the policies and procedures of the depositary. 

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the
Securities of this series or portions thereof called for redemption. 
 Change of Control Offer 

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities of this series, the
Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of the Securities of this series to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that
Holder’s Securities on the terms set forth herein. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series repurchased, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities of this series repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (a “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the
Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, a notice shall be mailed (or to the extent permitted or required by Applicable
Procedures or regulations with respect to Global Securities, 

 
sent electronically) to Holders of the Securities of this series, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event
and offering to repurchase such Securities on the date specified in the notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (a “Change of Control Payment Date”), and
describing the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this covenant, that a Holder of the Securities must follow in order to have its Securities purchased. The notice shall, if mailed or sent prior to the date of consummation of the
Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

In order to accept the Change of Control Offer, the Holder must, subject to Applicable Procedures for Global Securities, deliver to the Paying
Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, this Security together with the form entitled “Election Form” (which form is annexed hereto) duly completed, or a facsimile transmission or a letter from a
member of a national securities exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth: 

 

	 	(i)	 the name of the Holder of this Security; 

 

	 	(ii)	 the principal amount of this Security; 

 

	 	(iii)	 the principal amount of this Security to be repurchased; 

 

	 	(iv)	 the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of this Security; 

 

	 	(v)	 a statement that the Holder is accepting the Change of Control Offer; and 

 

	 	(vi)	 a guarantee that this Security, together with the form entitled “Election Form” duly completed, will
be received by the Paying Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. 

 Any exercise by a Holder of
its election to accept the Change of Control Offer shall be irrevocable. The Change of Control Offer may be accepted for less than the entire principal amount of this Security, but in that event the principal amount of this Security remaining
outstanding after repurchase must be equal to $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 On the Change of Control
Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful: 
  

	 	(i)	 accept for payment all Securities of this series or portions of such Securities properly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer; 

  

	 	(ii)	 deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities of
this series or portions of such Securities properly tendered; and 

  

	 	(iii)	 deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of this series properly accepted together with
an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series or portions of such Securities being repurchased. 

The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third
party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Securities of this series properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.
In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Securities of this series if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of
Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event. 

 The Company shall comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities of this series as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer
provisions of the Securities of this series, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities of this series
by virtue of any such conflict. 
 For purposes of the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities of this series, the following
terms are applicable: 
 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect
sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
any person, other than the Company or a Subsidiary; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which
the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with,
or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving
person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; (4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing
Directors; or (5) the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution. The term “person,” as used in this definition, has the meaning given thereto in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. 

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event. 

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who
(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date the Securities of this series were issued or (2) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as
a director, without objection to such nomination). 
 “Fitch” means Fitch Inc., and its successors. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P and BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating
agencies selected by the Company. 
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

 “Rating Agencies” means (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s, S&P
or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities of this series or fails to make a rating of such Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the
meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) to act as a replacement agency for
Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be. 
 “Rating Event” means the credit rating on the
Securities of this series is lowered by at least two of the three Rating Agencies and the Securities of this series are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period
shall be extended so long as the rating of the Securities of this series is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating 

 
Agencies) commencing 60 days prior to the first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following
consummation of such Change of Control; provided, that in taking an action referred to above to lower a rating, the relevant Rating Agency announces publicly or confirms in writing to the Company or the Trustee, at its request, that such action
resulted, in whole or in part, from the public announcement of the intention to effect such Change of Control or the occurrence of such Change of Control. 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its
successors. 
 “Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 

Events of Default 
 In addition to the
Events of Default set forth in the Indenture, the following shall be considered Events of Default with respect to the Securities of this Series: 

(a) any final judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of the greater of $50,000,000 or 7% of Consolidated Stockholders’
Equity, either individually or in the aggregate (net of any amounts to the extent that they are covered by insurance), shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which shall not have been paid or discharged, and
there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days following the entry of the final judgment or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments or orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 or 7% of Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect. 

Limitation on Liens 
 The Company
covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders that for so long as any Securities of this series are outstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any
Principal Property or upon any shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary owning or leasing any Principal Property, whether owned or leased on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens or as
permitted under “Exempted Liens and Sale-Leaseback Transactions” below, to secure any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary, without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Securities
of this series then outstanding (together with, if the Company so determines, any other Indebtedness or guarantee thereof by the Company ranking equally with such Securities) shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness
so long as such Indebtedness shall be so secured. 
 “Permitted Liens” means: 

(i) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture or the date the Securities of this series are issued and securing Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding the greater of $25.0 million or 5% of Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity of the Company; provided that no increase in the amount secured thereby is permitted; 

(ii) Liens on the property or assets of the Company or any other property or assets of the Subsidiaries of the Company given to secure the
payment of the purchase price incurred in connection with the acquisition, lease (including any Capital Lease Obligation) or construction of property (other than accounts receivable or inventory) intended to be used in carrying on of the business of
the Company or the businesses of the Subsidiaries of the Company, including Liens existing on such property at the time of acquisition, lease or construction thereof or improvements thereon, or Liens incurred within 180 days of such acquisition
or the completion of such construction; provided that (i) the Lien shall attach solely to the property acquired, 

 
purchased, leased, constructed or improved, (ii) at the time of acquisition or construction of such property, the aggregate amount remaining unpaid on all Indebtedness secured by Liens on
such property, whether or not assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, shall not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of the total purchase price or Fair Market Value at the time of acquisition or construction of such property, and
(iii) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall not exceed the lesser of (y) the cost of the acquisition, lease or construction, as the case may be or (z) the Fair Market Value of such property;

 (iii) Liens on property or assets of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or
into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or, at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of a Person as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company, or arising thereafter pursuant to contractual commitments entered into prior to and not in contemplation of such Person becoming a subsidiary and not in contemplation of any such merger or consolidation or any such sale, lease or other
disposition; provided that such Liens shall not extend to the property or assets of the Company or any other property or assets of the Subsidiaries of the Company; 

(iv) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in
the foregoing clauses; provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured prior to such extension, renewal or replacement and that such extension, renewal or
replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the assets that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and construction on such real property); 

(v) Other Liens arising in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or the businesses of the Subsidiaries of the Company (including
Liens to secure the performance by the Company or the Subsidiaries of the Company of bids, tenders or trade contracts for sums not yet due and payable) which are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or
credit, or that is incidental to the ownership of properties and assets by the Company or the Subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary conduct of the Company’s business or the businesses of the Subsidiaries of the Company (including
landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar Liens for sums not yet due and payable), or to secure the performance by the Company or the Subsidiaries of the Company of its or their
statutory obligations (including obligations under workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation), surety or appeal bonds and other similar liens (including Liens of attorneys on client files); provided in each
case that such Liens do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the property or assets of the Company or the property or assets of the Subsidiaries of the Company or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the
business of the Company or the businesses of the Subsidiaries of the Company; 
 (vi) Leases or subleases entered into by the Company or the
Subsidiaries of the Company as either lessors or sublessors, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances (including zoning
restrictions), in each case, that is incidental to the ownership of property or assets or the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or the businesses of the Subsidiaries of the Company; provided that such Liens do not, in the aggregate,
materially detract from the value of such property; 
 (vii) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges which are not yet due
and payable as of the date of the Indenture or the date the Securities of this series are issued; and 
 (viii) Liens on receivables, leases,
other financial assets, and any assets related thereto, incurred in connection with a Permitted Receivables Transaction. 

“Permitted Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in order to monetize or otherwise finance a pool (which may be fixed or revolving) of receivables, leases or other financial assets (including, without limitation, financing contracts) or other

 
transactions evidenced by receivables purchase agreements, including, without limitation, factoring agreements and other similar agreements pursuant to which receivables, leases, other financial
assets, and any assets related thereto, are sold at a discount (in each case whether now existing or arising in the future), and which may include a grant of a security interest in any such receivables, leases, other financial assets (whether now
existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such receivables, leases, or other financial assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other
obligations in respect thereof, proceeds thereof and other assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving receivables,
leases, or other financial assets or other transactions evidenced by receivables purchase agreements, including, without limitation, factoring agreements and other similar agreements pursuant to which receivables are sold at a discount. 

“Principal Property” means, whether owned or leased on the date of the Indenture or acquired after the date hereof, each
manufacturing or processing plant or facility and office facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries located in the United States. 
 Restrictions on
Sale-Leaseback Transactions 
 Except as permitted under “Exempted Liens and Sale-Leaseback Transactions” below, the Company
will not, and it will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in the sale or transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Principal Property to a person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company or the Company) and the taking back
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property, unless: 
 (i) such sale-leaseback
transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years; or 
 (ii) the Company or its Subsidiary, within
a one-year period after such sale-leaseback transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the net proceeds from such sale-leaseback transaction to the prepayment, repayment, redemption,
reduction or retirement (other than pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund, redemption or prepayment provision) of Funded Indebtedness. 

“Funded Indebtedness” means Indebtedness having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the amount thereof is to
be determined or having a maturity of less than 12 months but by its terms being renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the obligor. 

Exempted Liens and Sale-Leaseback Transactions 

Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions on Liens and sale-leaseback transactions, and in addition to Permitted Liens otherwise permitted
hereunder, the Company may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property, or upon any shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any of its Subsidiaries owning or leasing any
Principal Property, to secure Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or effect any sale-leaseback transaction of a Principal Property that is not excepted by “Restrictions on Sale-Leaseback
Transactions” above without equally and ratably securing the Securities; provided that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens other than Permitted Liens upon Principal Property
and/or upon such shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary owning or leasing any Principal Property, plus the Attributable Indebtedness from sale-leaseback transactions of Principal Property not so excepted, does not exceed 15% of
the Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity as of the date of determination. 
 “Attributable Indebtedness” for a
sale-leaseback transaction means the lesser of (i) the fair value of the property subject to the transaction (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors), or (ii) the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in
the relevant sale and leaseback transaction) of rent for the remaining term of the lease. 
 “Consolidated Stockholders’
Equity” means, at any time, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time. 

 Other Provisions 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series as set forth herein or in the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the
principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations
of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security will not have the
right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction
inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding for 60 calendar days after receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity. The foregoing will apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for
the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security at the office or agency of the Company in New York, New York, a new
Security or Securities of this series in authorized denominations for an equal aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor, as provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations provided therein and to the
limitations described below, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. 
 Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this
Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 This Security
is exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form only if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Security and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days after receiving such notice, or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company becoming aware
that the Depositary has ceased to be registered as a clearing agency, (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that this Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered form and notifies the Trustee thereof or
(iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented hereby has occurred and is continuing. If this Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in registered
form, bearing interest at the same rate, having the same date of issuance, redemption provisions, Stated Maturity and other terms and of authorized denominations aggregating a like amount. 

This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to
the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in this global Security shall not
be entitled to receive physical delivery of Securities in definitive form and shall not be considered the Holders hereof for any purpose under the Indenture. 

 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived
and released. 
 All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture unless otherwise defined in this Security. 
 This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. 

 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: 
 (I) or (we)
assign and transfer this Security to:     
                                        
                                         
                                         
           
 (Insert assignee’s legal name) 

 
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I. D. no.) 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code) 
 and irrevocably appoint
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                 
 to transfer this Security on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 
 Date: 

 

			
		
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 Signature
Guarantee:1                              
                                         
       
  
  

	1 	 Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to
the Trustee). 

 Option of Holder to Elect Purchase 

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to the Change of Control Offer section of this Security, check the box below:

  
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If you want to elect to have only part of the Security purchased by the Company pursuant to the Change of Control Offer section of this Security, state the
amount you elect to have purchased: 

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Date: 
  

			
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		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)
	 Tax Identification No.:
	 	 

  

					
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	2	 Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to
the Trustee). 

 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY 

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made: 
  

									
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Exchange
	 	 Amount of

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Principal
 Amount of
this
 Global Security
	 	 Amount of

Increase in

Principal
 Amount
of this
 Global Security
	  	 Principal

Amount of this
 Global
Security
Following such
 Decrease or

Increase
	  	 Signature of

Authorized
 Officer
of
 Trustee or

Securities

Custodian

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