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Exhibit 10.17

BRIDGE CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

dated as of              , 2021

among

LEONARDO DRS, INC.,
as Borrower

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF LEONARDO DRS, INC.,
as Guarantors,

VARIOUS LENDERS,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC. ,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agents,

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as Administrative Agent,

and

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as Documentation Agents

________________________________________________________

$ 350,000,000 Term Loan

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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	SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
	1
		1.1. Definitions
	1
		1.2. Accounting Terms
	31
		1.3. Interpretation, Etc.
	31
			
	SECTION 2. LOANS
	32
		2.1. Term Loans
	32
		2.2. [Reserved].
	32
		2.3. [Reserved].
	32
		2.4. [Reserved].
	33
		2.5. Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds
	33
		2.6. Use of Proceeds
	33
		2.7. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes
	34
		2.8. Interest on Loans
	35
		2.9. [Reserved].
	36
		2.10. Default Interest
	36
		2.11. Fees
	36
		2.12. Scheduled Payments
	36
		2.13. Voluntary Prepayments
	36
		2.14. Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions
	37
		2.15. Application of Prepayments/Reductions
	39
		2.16. General Provisions Regarding Payments
	39
		2.17. Ratable Sharing
	40
		2.18. Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans
	41
		2.19. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy
	50
		2.20. Taxes; Withholding, Etc.
	51
		2.21. Obligation to Mitigate
	55
		2.22. Defaulting Lenders
	55
		2.23. Removal or Replacement of a Lender
	56
			
	SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	58
		3.1. Closing Date
	58
		3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension
	60
			
	SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	61
		4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification
	61
		4.2. Equity Interests and Ownership
	61
		4.3. Due Authorization
	62
		4.4. No Conflict
	62

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		4.5. Governmental Consents
	62
		4.6. Binding Obligation
	62
		4.7. Historical Financial Statements	62
		4.8. Projections	63
		4.9. No Material Adverse Effect	63
		4.10. [Reserved.]	63
		4.11. Adverse Proceedings, Etc.	63
		4.12. Payment of Taxes	63
		4.13. Properties	63
		4.14. Environmental Matters	64
		4.15. [Reserved.]	64
		4.16. [Reserved.]	64
		4.17. Governmental Regulation	64
		4.18. Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act	64
		4.19. Employee Matters	65
		4.20. Employee Benefit Plans	65
		4.21. Certain Fees	66
		4.22. Solvency	66
		4.23. [Reserved]	67
		4.24. Compliance with Statutes, Etc.	67
		4.25. Disclosure	67
		4.26. Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act	67
			
	SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	68
		5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports	68
		5.2. Existence	70
		5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims	70
		5.4. Maintenance of Properties	71
		5.5. Insurance	71
		5.6. Books and Records; Inspections	71
		5.7. [Reserved]	71
		5.8. Compliance with Laws	71
		5.9. Environmental	72
		5.10. Subsidiaries	72
		5.11. Further Assurances	72
		5.12. Engagement Letter and Fee Letters.	72
		5.13. Designation of Subsidiaries	72
			
	SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS	73
		6.1. Indebtedness	73
		6.2. Liens	76

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		6.3. Equitable Lien	78
		6.4. Restricted Junior Payments	78
		6.5. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions	80
		6.6. Investments	80
		6.7. Financial Covenants	82
		6.8. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions	82
		6.9. [Reserved.]	83
		6.10. [Reserved]	83
		6.11. Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates	83
		6.12. Conduct of Business	84
		6.13. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Related Agreements	84
		6.14. Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Certain Indebtedness	84
		6.15. Fiscal Year	84
			
	SECTION 7. GUARANTY	84
		7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations	84
		7.2. Contribution by Guarantors	84
		7.3. Payment by Guarantors	85
		7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute	85
		7.5. Waivers by Guarantors	87
		7.6. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.	88
		7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations	89
		7.8. Continuing Guaranty	89
		7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Borrower	89
		7.10. Financial Condition of Borrower	89
		7.11. Bankruptcy, Etc.	89
		7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor	90
			
	SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT	90
		8.1. Events of Default	90
		8.2. Borrower’s Right to Cure	93
			
	SECTION 9. AGENTS	93
		9.1. Appointment of Agents	93
		9.2. Powers and Duties	94
		9.3. General Immunity	95
		9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender	96
		9.5. Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment	97
		9.6. Right to Indemnity	97
		9.7. Successor Administrative Agent	97

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		9.8. Guaranty	98
		9.9. Withholding Taxes	99
		9.10. Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim	99
			
	SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS	100
		10.1. Notices	100
		10.2. Expenses	102
		10.3. Indemnity	103
		10.4. Set‐Off	104
		10.5. Amendments and Waivers	104
		10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations	106
		10.7. Independence of Covenants	112
		10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements	112
		10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative	112
		10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside	112
		10.11. Severability	112
		10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights	113
		10.13. Headings	113
		10.14. APPLICABLE LAW	113
		10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION	113
		10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	114
		10.17. Confidentiality	114
		10.18. Usury Savings Clause	115
		10.19. Effectiveness; Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Credit Documents	116
		10.20. Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.	116
		10.21. PATRIOT Act	117
		10.22. Electronic Execution of Assignments	117
		10.23. No Fiduciary Duty	117

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	APPENDICES:
	A-1
	Term Loan Commitments

		B	Notice Addresses

			
	SCHEDULES:
	1.1	Disqualified Institutions
		4.1	Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
		4.2	Equity Interests and Ownership
		[4.5	Governmental Consents]
		6.1	Certain Indebtedness
		6.2	Certain Liens
		6.5	Certain Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
		6.6	Certain Investments
		6.11	Certain Affiliate Transactions
			
	EXHIBITS:	A	Funding Notice
		B	Term Loan Note
		C	Compliance Certificate
		D	Assignment Agreement
		E‐1	U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
		E‐2	U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
		E‐3	U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
		E‐4	U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
		F‐1	Closing Date Certificate
		F‐2	Solvency Certificate
		G	Counterpart Agreement
		K	Intercompany Subordination Agreement
		L	Forms of Opinion of Counsel to the Credit Parties
		M	[Reserved]
		N	[Reserved]]
		O	[Reserved]
		P	Incumbency Certificate

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BRIDGE CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This BRIDGE CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of ___________, is entered into by and among LEONARDO DRS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA (“Goldman Sachs”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agents”), Goldman Sachs, as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”), Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Lead Arrangers (in such capacity, “Arrangers”) and Bookrunners; and Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Documentation Agent (in such capacity, “Documentation Agents”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Term Loans, the proceeds of which will be used to refinance certain existing debt of the Borrower and certain of its subsidiaries (including existing debt to the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent entities), and (ii) to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Loans and the Senior Loans (in each case, as defined below; and
WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of Borrower hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.   DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1.   Definitions.  The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
“Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) (a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars displayed on the ICE LIBOR USD page of the Reuters Screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate) or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to 
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time in place of Reuters, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) is not available, the rate per annum equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market by Bank of America, N.A. for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to (a) one minus (b) the Applicable Reserve Requirement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall at no time be less than zero.
“Administrative Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, hearing (in each case, whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected Lender” as defined in Section 2.18(b).
“Affected Loans” as defined in Section 2.18(b).
“Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Agent” means each of the following (i) Administrative Agent, (ii) Syndication Agents, (iii) Documentation Agents, (iv) Bookrunners and (v) any other Person appointed under the Credit Documents to serve in an agent or similar capacity.
“Agent Affiliates” as defined in Section 10.1(b)(iii).
“Aggregate Amounts Due” as defined in Section 2.17.
“Aggregate Payments” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Agreement” means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Anti-Corruption Laws” as defined in Section 4.25.
“Applicable Margin” means (i) for Eurodollar Rate Loans, 225 basis point per annum, and (ii) for Base Rate Loans, 125 basis point per annum, in each case plus the Spread.
“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator.  Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Loans.  A Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender.  The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that any Credit Party provides to Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to Agents or Lenders by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 10.1(b).
“Arranger” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor or sublicensor), transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than the Borrower or any Guarantor), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, including the Equity Interests of any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, other than (i) inventory (or other assets) sold, leased or licensed out in the ordinary course of business (excluding any such sales, leases or licenses out by operations or divisions discontinued or to be discontinued), (ii) sales, leases or licenses out of other assets for aggregate consideration of less than $5,000,000 with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions and less than $20,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal Year and (iii) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Assignment Agreement” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D, with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent and Borrower.
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“Assignment Effective Date” as defined in Section 10.6(b).  
“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, vice president (or the equivalent thereof), chief financial officer or treasurer of such Person; provided that the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person shall have delivered an incumbency certificate to Administrative Agent as to the authority of such Authorized Officer.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1⁄2 of 1% and (iii) the sum of (a) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (after giving effect to any Adjusted Eurodollar Rate “floor”) that would be payable on such day for a Eurodollar Rate Loan with a one-month interest period plus (b) the difference between the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Loans and the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. 
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
“Beneficiary” means each Agent and Lender.
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“Bookrunners” means the Arrangers, in their capacity as lead arrangers and  bookrunners.
“Borrower” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Business Day” means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Loans, the term “Business Day” means any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
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“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Cash” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in the case of each of subclauses (a) and (b), maturing within one year after such date; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances (or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, the foreign equivalent) maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (a) is at least “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (b) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $250,000,000 (or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, any local office of any commercial bank organized under the law of the relevant jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof which has combined capital and surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250,000,000 or the foreign currency equivalent); (v) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (iv) above; and (vi) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (c) has one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s. In the case of any Investment by any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower, “Cash Equivalents” shall also include: (x) direct obligations of the sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof), in each case, maturing within a year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating equivalent to at least A-2 from S&P and at least P-2 from Moody’s, (y) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (i) through (vi) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (z) shares of any money market mutual or similar fund that has substantially all its assets invested continuously in the types of investments otherwise satisfying the requirements of this definition.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any 
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change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
“Change of Control” means, (i) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than Parent shall have acquired beneficial ownership of Equity Interests representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power for the election of directors represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and the percentage of aggregate ordinary voting power for the election of directors so acquired is in excess of the percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power for the election of directors represented by the Equity Interests beneficially owned by the Parent at such time; or (ii) any “change of control” or similar event under the Senior Credit Agreement or the documentation relating to the Permanent Debt shall occur. 
“Change of Control Acceptance Notice” as defined in Section 2.14(e).
“Change of Control Payment Date” as defined in Section 2.14(e).
“Change of Control Prepayment Offer” as defined in Section 2.14(e).
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Term Loans are made.
“Closing Date Certificate” means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.
“Commitment” means any Term Loan Commitment.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount determined for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to 
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(i) Consolidated Net Income, plus, to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of amounts for: 
(a)    consolidated interest expense; 
(b)    provisions for taxes based on income; 
(c)    total depreciation expense;
(d)    total amortization expense; 
(e)    other non-Cash charges, expenses or losses reducing Consolidated Net Income (including any impairment) (excluding any such non-Cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential Cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid Cash charge that was paid in a prior period); 
(f)    the actual amount of any restructuring charges; provided that amounts added back pursuant to this subclause (f), when aggregated with amounts added back pursuant to subclause (g) below, shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before giving effect to such adjustments) during such period;
(g)    the amount of net cost savings and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of actions taken or expected to be taken in connection with acquisitions, and dispositions of assets, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (A) such cost savings and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B) such actions are taken or expected to be taken within twelve (12) months after the consummation of the relevant acquisition or disposition, (C) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this subclause (g) to the extent duplicative of any such expenses or charges added back pursuant to subclauses (e) above, or (h) below, and (D) the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the Borrower to be realized within twelve (12) months of such actions having been taken, and (E) amounts added back pursuant to this subclause (g), when aggregated with amounts added back pursuant to subclause (f) above, shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before giving effect to such adjustments) during such period; 
(h)    all extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring expenses, losses and charges for such period;
(i)    expenses, losses and charges relating to the Transactions, the Initial Public Offering or any Asset Sale, regardless of when paid;
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(j)    proceeds of business interruption insurance (whether or not received, so long as the Borrower or any Subsidiary is expected to receive the same within the next four fiscal quarters (it being understood that to the extent not actually received within such four fiscal quarter period, such proceeds shall be deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the next four fiscal quarter period)); and
(k)    the amount of any minority interest expense deducted from subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned subsidiary;
 minus (ii) the sum of (a) non-Cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-Cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash gain in any prior period) and (b) all extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring income or gains for such period.
“Consolidated Net Interest Expense” means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, any amount not payable in Cash and any amounts referred to in Section 2.11(d) payable on or before the Closing Date minus total cash interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining Consolidated Net Interest Expense for any period that would otherwise start before the Closing Date, such period shall instead start on the Closing Date and Consolidated Net Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to Consolidated Net Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the last day of such period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the last day of such period.   
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) (a) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest or any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person during such period, (b) the income (or loss) of any Person or any Unrestricted Subsidiary accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is redesignated a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter 
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or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (d) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, (e) the income (or loss) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness and (f) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through (e) above) any net extraordinary gains or net extraordinary losses.
“Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate par value or stated face amount of all Indebtedness under clauses (i) through (iii) and (to the extent drawn and unreimbursed) (vi) of the definition thereof of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date. For clarity, Consolidated Total Net Debt does not include Indebtedness outstanding under credit card or receivables factoring programs.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
“Contributing Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Counterpart Agreement” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10.
“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, and all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date hereof. 
“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan.
“Credit Party” means each Person (other than any Agent or any Lender or any other representative thereof) from time to time party to a Credit Document.
“Cumulative Amount” means at any time (the “Cumulative Amount Reference Time”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to:
(i) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the Fiscal Quarter in which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter at the Cumulative Amount Reference Time; plus
(ii) the amount of Net Equity Proceeds received by the Borrower from any cash capital contributions or the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests Not Otherwise Applied during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date 
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through and including the Cumulative Amount Reference Time; provided that this clause (ii) excludes sales of Disqualified Equity Interests and Specified Equity Contributions; plus
(iii) the cumulative net cash proceeds from the sale of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.6(i); plus
(iv) the cumulative amount of returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, repayments, income and similar amounts) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash or Cash Equivalents in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.4(c); plus 
(v) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the lesser of (x) the fair market value of the Investments of the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary made with the Cumulative Credit in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, merger or consolidation (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) and (y) the fair market value of the original Investments by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary made with the Cumulative Credit in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, as determined by the Borrower in good faith; minus 
(vi) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.6(i) and any Restricted Junior Payment made pursuant to Section 6.4(c), in each case, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on or prior to the Cumulative Amount Reference Time (and, for purposes of this clause (vi), without taking account of the intended usage of the Cumulative Amount at such Cumulative Amount Reference Time).
“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” means subject to Section 2.22(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder  within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified Borrower or Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) 
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has failed, within three Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent or Borrower, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent and Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent and Borrower), or (d) Administrative Agent has received notification that such Lender has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that is (i) insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (ii) the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, or such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
“Deposit Account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale pursuant to Section 6.8(c) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation.
“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not otherwise Disqualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, or (iii) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), if as a result of a change of control or asset sale, so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of such a change of control or asset sale event are subject to the prior payment in full of all Obligations and the termination of the Commitments.
“Disqualified Institution” means each Person listed on Schedule 1.1.
“Documentation Agents” as defined in the preamble hereto.
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“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person other than a Natural Person that is (i) a Lender, an affiliate of any Lender or a Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), or (ii) a commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of business; provided, no Defaulting Lender, Disqualified Institution, Credit Party or Affiliate of a Credit Party shall be an Eligible Assignee.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
“Engagement Letter” as defined in Section 3.1(g).
“Environmental Claim” means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of 
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Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
“Equity Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in clause (ii) above is a member.  Any former ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
“ERISA Event” means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to 
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administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefore, or the receipt by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.
“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any obligation (a “Swap Obligation”) to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor's failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time such 
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guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Lender, (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 Lender 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 pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan (other than with respect to a Lender that becomes a Lender pursuant to Section 2.23) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.20(c), Section 2.20(d) or Section 2.20(e), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness and other obligations under that certain agreement dated as of [___] between Borrower and [___], as amended prior to the Closing Date.
“Facility” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
“Fair Share” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Fair Share Contribution Amount” as defined in Section 7.2.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date hereof (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, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such sections of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding 
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Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” means any Fee Letter entered into between any of the Arrangers or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, on the one side, and the Borrower, on the other side, setting out certain fees payable by the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Senior Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Financial Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such Person (and, in the case of the Borrower, shall also mean each person performing similar duties as the foregoing).
“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of a Financial Officer of the Borrower that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Financial Plan” as defined in Section 5.1(i).
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Funding Guarantors” as defined in Section 7.2.
“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“GAAP” means, subject to the provisions of Section 1.2, United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
“GAAP Change Event” as defined in Section 1.2(a).
“Goldman Sachs” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Governmental Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising 
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executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Guaranteed Obligations” as defined in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7.
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedge Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement entered into with a Lender Counterparty.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
“Historical Financial Statements” means as of the Closing Date, (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for each of the three (3) most recent Fiscal Years ended at least sixty days prior to the Closing Date, consisting of balance sheets and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Years, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for any Fiscal Quarter (other than the fourth Fiscal Quarter) ended after the date of the most recent audited financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) above (and corresponding periods of any prior year) and at least forty-five days prior to the Closing Date, consisting of a balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three, six or nine month period, as applicable, ending on such date and, , in each case (a) prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of 
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Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Increased-Cost Lenders” as defined in Section 2.23.
“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 the Borrower under any Credit Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indebtedness” means, as applied to any Person, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services, including any earn-out obligations (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA), which purchase price is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vi) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (vii) Disqualified Equity Interests; (viii) the discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another Person; (ix) any liability of such Person for Indebtedness described in the other clauses of this definition of another Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such Indebtedness (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (x), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (ix) above; and (x) all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including under any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement, in each case, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise; provided, in no event shall obligations under any Hedge Agreement be deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose under Section 6.7 unless such obligations relate to a derivatives transaction which has been terminated. 
“Indemnified Liabilities” means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), actions, judgments, suits, costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), and reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable, documented and invoiced fees and disbursements 
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of one outside counsel for all Indemnitees taken as a whole (and in the case of an actual conflict of interest, an additional counsel for all Indemnities subject to such conflict taken as a whole), in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding or hearing commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any reasonable, documented and invoiced fees or out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions, the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof), any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii) any engagement letter (and any related fee letter) delivered by any Agent or any Lender to Borrower with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (iii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that Indemnified Liabilities shall not include any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, except to the extent any such special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages are included in a claim by a third party unaffiliated with the applicable Indemnitee that is covered by this definition.
“Indemnitee” as defined in Section 10.3(a).
“Initial Public Offering” means the initial underwritten secondary public offering of the common stock of the Borrower by the selling stockholder, Leonardo US Holding Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent, pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.
“Installment” as defined in Section 2.12.
“Intercompany Subordination Agreement” means the Intercompany Subordination Agreement among the Credit Parties, the other Subsidiaries party thereto, and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (i) any Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Loan; and (ii) any Loan that is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan.  
“Interest Period” means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan (or, solely for the purpose of determining the Spread, a Base Rate Loan), an interest period (i) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or thereof and ending on the numerically corresponding day that 
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is three months thereafter (the “First Interest Period”); and (ii) thereafter, any period beginning on the date of expiration of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the numerically corresponding day that is three months thereafter, provided (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses (c) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure associated with the Borrower’ and its Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative purposes.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Investment” means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person (other than a Guarantor); (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Subsidiary of the Borrower from any Person (other than the Borrower or any Guarantor), of any Equity Interests of such Person; (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than the Borrower or any Guarantor), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business and (iv) all investments consisting of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes or otherwise.  The amount of any Investment of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be the original cost of such Investment, plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, minus the amount of any repayments of principal in the case of Investments in the form of loans and any return of capital or return on Investment in the case of equity Investments (whether as a distribution, dividend, redemption or sale but not in excess of the amount of the initial Investment).
“Joint Venture” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided, in no event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.
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“Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time.
“Lender” means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement.
“Lender Counterparty” means each Lender, each Agent and each of their respective Affiliates counterparty to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who is an Agent or a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge Agreement, ceases to be an Agent or a Lender, as the case may be); provided, at the time of entering into a Hedge Agreement, no Lender Counterparty shall be a Defaulting Lender.
“Lien” means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and (ii) in the case of Securities (other than Securities representing an interest in a Joint Venture that is not a Subsidiary), any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“Loan” means a Term Loan.
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) the ability of the Credit Parties to perform the Obligations; or (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Credit Documents; or (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent or any Lender under the Credit Documents.
“Material Contract” means any contract or other arrangement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 “Maturity Date” means, with respect to the Term Loans, the earlier of (a)the date that is 364 days after the Closing Date, and (b) the date on which all Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
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“NAIC” means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.
“Narrative Report” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, a narrative report describing the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the applicable month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate.
“Natural Person” means a natural person, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person.
“Net Asset Sale Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to:  (i) Cash payments (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise (including by way of milestone payment, if applicable), but only as and when so received) received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including (a) income or gains taxes payable by the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale and (c) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
“Net Equity Proceeds” means an amount equal to any Cash proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any Equity Interests of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
“Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds” means an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) under any casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Borrower or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition, including income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith.
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“Net Interest Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on the same date to (ii) Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such four-Fiscal Quarter period.
“Net Mark-to-Market Exposure” of a Person means, as of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from Hedge Agreements or other Indebtedness of the type described in clause (x) of the definition thereof.  As used in this definition, “unrealized losses” means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedge Agreement or such other Indebtedness were to be terminated as of that date).
“Non-Consenting Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
“Non-US Lender” as defined in Section 2.20(d).
“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any Net Equity Proceeds of any cash capital contributions or Net Equity Proceeds from the sale or issuance of any common Equity Interests or any other transaction or event, or the Cumulative Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount (a) was not required to prepay Loans pursuant to Section 2.14 and (b) was not previously applied in determining the permissibility of a transaction under the Loan Documents where such permissibility was (or may have been) contingent on the receipt or availability of such amount (including any application of Specified Equity Contributions pursuant to Section 8.2).
“Note” means a Term Loan Note.
“Notice” means a Funding Notice.
“Obligations” means all obligations (whether now existing or hereafter arising, absolute or contingent, joint, several or independent) of every nature of each Credit Party, including obligations from time to time owed to Agents (including former Agents), Lenders or any of them, under any Credit Document (provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that any Hedge Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “Credit Document” for purposes of this definition), whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, excluding, with respect to any Guarantor, Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor. 
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“Obligee Guarantor” as defined in Section 7.7.
“Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any corporation or company, its certificate, memorandum or articles of incorporation, organization or association, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate or declaration of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its certificate or articles of formation or organization, as amended, and its limited liability company or operating agreement, as amended.  In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such Organizational Document shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Credit Document).
“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies (and interest, fines, penalties and additions related thereto) arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
“Parent” means Leonardo S.p.A., a joint stock company (società per azioni) organized under the laws of the Republic of Italy.
“Participant Register” as defined in Section 10.6(g)(i).
“PATRIOT Act” as defined in Section 3.1(x).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
“Permanent Debt” as defined in Section 3.1(g).
“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition, directly or indirectly, by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided,
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(i)    immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii)    all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
(iii)    the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended; and
(iv)    any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (y) shall be in same business or lines of business in which Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date or similar or related businesses.
 “Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Platform” as defined in Section 5.1(o).
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks), as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. The Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
“Principal Office” means Administrative Agent’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office or office of a third party or sub-agent, as appropriate, as Administrative Agent may from time to time designate in writing to Borrower and each Lender.
“Private Lenders” means Lenders that wish to receive Private-Side Information.
“Private-Side Information” means any information with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is not Public-Side Information.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders  
“Projections” as defined in Section 4.8.
“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.
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“Public Lenders” means Lenders that do not wish to receive Private-Side Information.
“Public-Side Information” means information that is not material non-public information (for purposes of United States federal, state or other applicable securities laws).
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.
“Refinance” as defined in the definition of “Refinancing Indebtedness”.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”) the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus the amount of unpaid accrued or capitalized interest and premiums thereon (including tender premiums), underwriting discounts, original issue discount, defeasance costs, fees (including upfront fees, underwriting fees, legal fees, accounting and audit fees and other similar or customary fees), commissions and expenses), (b) the weighted-average life to maturity of such Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the weighted-average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable taken as a whole to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (as determined in good faith and certified in writing to the Administrative Agent by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower); and (d) no Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors, greater guarantees or substantially different collateral than, the Indebtedness being Refinanced (except to the extent that less collateral is granted to the holders of the Refinancing Indebtedness).
“Register” as defined in Section 2.7(b).
“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act and Exchange Act as in effect from time to time.
“Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Reimbursement Date” as defined in Section 2.4(d).
“Related Agreements” means the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Replacement Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
“Required Prepayment Date” as defined in Section 2.15(c).
“Requisite Lenders” means one or more Lenders having or holding Term Loan Exposure and representing more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Power Determinants of all Lenders; provided that the amount of Voting Power Determinants shall be determined with respect to any Defaulting Lender, by disregarding the Voting Power Determinants of such Defaulting Lender.
“Restricted Junior Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower) now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of Borrower or any of its respective Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower) now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent of Borrower) now or hereafter outstanding and (iv) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that upon the occurrence of any Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary”. 
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“S&P” means S&P’s Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc.
“Sanctions” as defined in Section 4.26.
“Sanctions Laws” as defined in Section 4.26.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing. 
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Senior Credit Agreement” means the senior credit agreement, dated [as of the date hereof] among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, the Arrangers, Bank of America as Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Senior Loans” means a “Loan” as defined under the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Solvency Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.
“Specified Bridge Parties” as defined in Section 2.15(b).
“Specified Equity Contribution” as defined in Section 8.2.
“Spread” means a rate per annum equal to (i) during the first Interest Period, zero, and (ii) during any subsequent Interest Period, the sum of (x) the Spread for the immediately preceding Interest Period and (y) 0.25%.
“Subject Transaction” as defined in Section 6.7(c).
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness (other than any intercompany Indebtedness owing to direct and indirect parent companies of the Borrower or the Borrower or any Subsidiary not prohibited under this Agreement) expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.
“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the 
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power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
“Subsidiary” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower.  For purposes of Sections 4.2, 4.11, 4.12, 4.20, 4.24, 4.25, 5.1(b)-(e), 5.3 5.8 and 7.8(ii) only, references to Subsidiaries shall be deemed also to be references to Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Swap Obligation” as defined in “Excluded Swap Obligation”.
“Syndication Agent” as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding (together with interest, penalties and other additions thereto) in the nature of a tax, imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority; provided, “Tax on the overall net income” of a Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that Person’s applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is located on all or part of the overall net income, profits or gains (whether worldwide, or only insofar as such income, profits or gains are considered to arise in or to relate to a particular jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its applicable lending office).
“Term Loan” means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“Term Loan Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan and “Term Loan Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate.  The amount of each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.  The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $350,000,000.
“Term Loan Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Lender; provided, at any time prior to the making of the Term Loans, the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.
“Term Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Terminated Lender” as defined in Section 2.23.
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“Total Net Leverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such day to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date.
“Transactions” means, collective, (a) the repayment of the Existing Indebtedness, (b) the borrowing of the Term Loans, and the Senior Loans to be made on the Closing Date and (c) the other transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Related Agreements.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Unrestricted Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents held in accounts on the consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the extent that the use of such Cash and Cash Equivalents for application to payment of the Obligations or other Indebtedness is not prohibited by law or any contract or other agreement and such Cash and Cash Equivalents are free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens described Section 6.2(p)).
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.13 subsequent to the date hereof.  Borrower may designate any subsidiary of Borrower (including any existing subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such subsidiary or any of its subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, Borrower or any subsidiary of Borrower (other than any subsidiary of the subsidiary to be so designated); provided that each of (A) the subsidiary to be so designated and (B) its subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary Reporting Period” means any Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year if, as of the end of such period, either (i) the combined revenues of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries exceed 15% of the combined revenues of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the four Fiscal Quarter period then ended, or (ii) the aggregate amount of the assets of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries as recorded on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries exceeds 15% of the aggregate amount of the assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on such balance sheet.
“U.S. Lender” as defined in Section 2.20(d).
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of one of Exhibits E-1, E-2, E-3 or E-4, as applicable.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority 
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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.
“Voting Power Determinants” means, collectively, the Term Loan Exposure.
1.2.   Accounting Terms.  
(a)   Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or other requirement set forth in any Credit Document (a “GAAP Change Event”), at Borrower’s request the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders); provided that until so amended, each such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in conformity with GAAP as in effect immediately prior to such change.  Following any GAAP Change Event, and until such ratio or requirement is so amended, Borrower shall provide with any financial statements delivered under Sections 5.1(b) and (c) an internally-prepared reconciliation between such financial statements and any financial information required for the computation of such ratio or requirement in accordance with GAAP as in effect prior to such GAAP Change Event, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(b)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.2(a) or in the definition of “Capital Lease,” any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015, such lease shall not be considered a capital lease, any lease that would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015 shall continue to be considered an operating lease, and all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith.
1.3.   Interpretation, Etc.  Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference.  References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided.  The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar 
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import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.  The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person.
SECTION 2.   LOANS
2.1.   Term Loans.
(a)   Loan Commitments.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.
Borrower may make only one borrowing under the Term Loan Commitment which shall be on the Closing Date.  Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.  Subject to Sections 2.13 and 2.14, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loan shall be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date.  Each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment on such date.
(b)   Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loan.
(i)   Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than three days prior to the Closing Date with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to Administrative Agent).  Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.
(ii)   Each Lender shall make its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the principal office designated by Administrative Agent.  Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to Borrower on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office designated by Administrative Agent or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
2.2.   [Reserved].
2.3.   [Reserved].
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2.4.   [Reserved].
2.5.   Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.
(a)    Pro Rata Shares.  All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.
(b)   Availability of Funds.  Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount on such Credit Date.  If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate.  In the event that (i) Administrative Agent declines to make a requested amount available to Borrower until such time as all applicable Lenders have made payment to Administrative Agent, (ii) a Lender fails to fund to Administrative Agent all or any portion of the Loans required to be funded by such Lender hereunder prior to the time specified in this Agreement and (iii) such Lender’s failure results in Administrative Agent failing to make a corresponding amount available to Borrower on the Credit Date, at Administrative Agent’s option, such Lender shall not receive interest hereunder with respect to the requested amount of such Lender’s Loans for the period commencing with the time specified in this Agreement for receipt of payment by Borrower through and including the time of Borrower’s receipt of the requested amount.  If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans.  Nothing in this Section 2.5(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.6.   Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Borrower to repay the Existing Indebtedness and to pay fees and expenses in connection with this Agreement and the Related Agreements.
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2.7.   Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.
(a)   Lenders’ Evidence of Debt.  Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Borrower to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof.  Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b)   Register.  Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender (with respect to (i) any entry relating to such Lender’s Loans, (ii) the identity of the other Lender’s (but not any information with respect to such other Lenders’ Loans) and (iii) any entry relating to the Loans of Sponsor Affiliated Lenders) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  Administrative Agent shall record, or shall cause to be recorded, in the Register the Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect Borrower’s Obligations in respect of any Loan.  Borrower hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrower’s non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.7, and Borrower hereby agrees that, to the extent Administrative Agent serves in such capacity, Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents, sub-agents and affiliates shall constitute “Indemnitees.”
(c)   Notes.  If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Borrower’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lender’s Term Loan.
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2.8.   Interest on Loans.
(a)   Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows: 
(i)    if a Eurodollar Rate Loan,
(A)      for the First Interest Period, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin;
(B)      for any subsequent Interest Period, the sum of (1) the greater of (x) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate as of the Reset Date for such Interest Period, and (y) the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate applicable to Eurodollar Rate Loans during the immediately preceding Interest Period, plus (2) the Applicable Margin; or
(ii)    if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b)   [Reserved].  
(c)   As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof to Borrower and each Lender.
(d)   Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.8(a) shall be computed (i) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the “Prime Rate”, a 365-day or 366-day year, as applicable), as the case may be, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues.  In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Term Loan, the last Interest Payment Date with respect to such Term Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e)   Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to 
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interest accrued on and to each such payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Loans, including final maturity of the Loans; provided, however, with respect to any voluntary prepayment of a Base Rate Loan, accrued interest shall instead be payable on the applicable Interest Payment Date.
2.9.   [Reserved].
2.10.   Default Interest.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a), (c) (with respect to a breach of Section 6.7 only), (f) or (g), the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under Debtor Relief Laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans).  Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.10 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 Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.11.   Fees.  Borrower agrees to pay to Agents, Arrangers and Lenders any fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon (including all fees provided for under any Fee Letter).
2.12.   Scheduled Payments. The aggregate amount of all outstanding Loans together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Maturity Date.
2.13.   Voluntary Prepayments.
(i)   Any time and from time to time,  
(1)    with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount; and
(2)    with respect to Base Rate Loans, Borrower may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $[500,000] and integral multiples of $[100,000] in excess of that amount;
(ii)   All such prepayments shall be made upon not less than five Business Days’ prior written notice,
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in each case given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such original notice for Term Loans, as the case may be, to each Lender).  Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein; provided that such prepayment obligation may be conditioned on the occurrence of any subsequent event (including a Change of Control, refinancing transaction or Permitted Acquisition or other Investment).  Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.15(a).
2.14.   Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a)   Asset Sales.  No later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds; provided, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds stating Borrower’s intention to invest, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries, any portion of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (the “Reinvested Asset Sale Proceeds”) within 9 months of receipt thereof in long-term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Reinvested Asset Sale Proceeds shall not be required to be applied to prepay Loans pursuant to this Section 2.14(a). In the event that, at the end of such 9 month-period, all or a portion of the Reinvested Asset Sale Proceeds have not been reinvested as provided in this Section 2.14(a), the same shall be immediately applied to prepay the outstanding Loans.
(b)   Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.  No later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or Administrative Agent as loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds; provided, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds stating Borrower’s intention to invest, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries, any portion of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (the “Reinvested Insurance / Condemnation Proceeds”) within 9 months of receipt thereof in long-term productive assets of the general type used in the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, such portion of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall not be required to be applied to prepay Loans pursuant to this Section 2.14(b). In the event that, at the end of such 9 month-period, all or a portion of the Reinvested Insurance / Condemnation Proceeds have not been reinvested as provided in this Section 2.14(b), the same shall be immediately applied to prepay the outstanding Loans.
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(c)   Issuance of Equity Securities.  On the date of receipt by Borrower of any Net Equity Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100 % of such Net Equity Proceeds (other than the Cash proceeds from any equity or equity-linked securities issued in connection with any employee stock plan). 
(d)   Issuance of Debt.  On the date of receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1, except for (i) Permanent Debt incurred to Refinance the Obligations, and (ii) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.1(m)), Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(e)   Change of Control.  Prior to or within 10 days following a Change of Control, the Borrower shall make an offer to prepay the entire principal amount of the Loans (the “Change of Control Prepayment Offer”) by notifying the Administrative Agent in writing of the Change of Control Prepayment Offer.  Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment, which shall be no earlier than 15 days from the date such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and no later than 30 days from the date of such Change of Control (the date of such proposed payment, the “Change of Control Payment Date”) and, if delivered prior to the occurrence of the relevant Change of Control, may state that the Change of Control Prepayment Offer be conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of the contents of any such prepayment notice and of such Lender’s pro rata share of the prepayment.  Any Lender may elect, by delivering not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, a written notice to the Administrative Agent (such notice, a “Change of Control Acceptance Notice”) that any change of control prepayment be made with respect to all or any portion of the Loans held by such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14(e), in which case the Borrower shall prepay such Loans on the Change of Control Payment Date.  If a Lender fails to deliver a Change of Control Acceptance Notice within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed a rejection of the Change of Control Prepayment Offer as to all outstanding Loans of such Lender.
(f)    [Reserved.]
(g)   Prepayment Certificate.  Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.14(a) through (d), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds.  In the event that Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Borrower shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to such excess, and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
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2.15.   Application of Prepayments/Reductions.
(a)   Application of Voluntary Prepayments.  Any prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.13 shall be applied, on a pro rata basis, to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Term Loan Exposure.
(b)   Application of Mandatory Prepayments.  Any amount required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.14(a) through (d), shall be applied, on a pro rata basis, to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Term Loan Exposure; provided that, in respect of amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.14(d) in connection with the issuance of any Permanent Debt, to the extent such Permanent Debt is issued to, and acquired or subscribed to, by (i) any Lender, (ii) any Person to which any Lender has sold a participation in all or any part of its Commitments pursuant to Section 10.6(g), or (iii) in each of the cases under (i) and (ii), any Affiliate thereof (such Lenders, participants of Affiliates, collectively, the “Specified Bridge Parties”), the Cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of the incurrence of such Permanent Debt acquired or subscribed to by such Specified Bridge Parties may, at the option of the relevant Specified Bridge Party, be applied first to prepay the Loans of such Specified Bridge Party prior to being applied to prepay the Loans held by other Lenders on a pro rata basis.
(c)   [Reserved.].
(d)   Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Any prepayment shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18(c).
2.16.   General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a)   All payments by Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in same day funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due at the Principal Office of Administrative Agent for the account of the Persons entitled thereto.  For purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Borrower on the next succeeding Business Day.
(b)   All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to principal.
(c)   Administrative Agent (or its agent or sub-agent appointed by it) shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and 
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interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.
(d)   Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any Eurodollar Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments thereafter.
(e)   Whenever any payment to be made hereunder with respect to any Loan shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(f)   [Reserved.]
(g)   Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Borrower hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment.  Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day.  Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to Borrower and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming.  Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a).  Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate determined pursuant to Section 2.10 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.
(h)   If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1, all payments or proceeds received by the Administrative Agent in respect of any of the Obligations, shall be applied as follows:
first, to pay any unpaid and unreimbursed costs, expenses and fees of the Administrative Agent (including to reimburse ratably any other Lender which have advanced any of the same to the Administrative Agent); and
second, pro rata toward payment of all amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations. 
2.17.   Ratable Sharing. Subject to Section 2.15(b), Lenders hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit 
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Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate Amounts Due” to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.  Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, consolidation, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Borrower to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.  The provisions of this Section 2.17 shall not be construed to apply to (a) any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender) or (b) any payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or other Obligations owed to it.
2.18.   Making or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans.
(a)   Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate. In the event that Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination absent manifest error shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, that by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate”, Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice to Borrower and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (ii) any Funding Notice given by Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by Borrower and (iii) such Loan will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Loan.
(b)   Illegality or Impracticability of Eurodollar Rate Loans.  In the event that on any date (i) any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) 
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Administrative Agent is advised by the Requisite Lenders (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the position of the Lenders in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lenders (or in the case of the preceding clause (i), such Lender) shall be an “Affected Lender” and such Affected Lender shall on that day give notice (by e-mail or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).  If Administrative Agent receives a notice from (x) any Lender pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence or (y) a notice from Lenders constituting Requisite Lenders pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, then (1) the obligation of the Lenders (or, in the case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) to make Loans as Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by each Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice, the Lenders (or in the case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender) shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Lenders’ (or in the case of any notice pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Lender’s) obligations to maintain their respective outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice, Borrower shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.18(c), to rescind such Funding Notice as to all Lenders by giving written or telephonic notice (promptly confirmed by delivery of written notice thereof) to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).
(c)   Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods.  Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or payable by such Lender to Lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan; or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower.
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(d)   Booking of Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e)   Assumptions Concerning Funding of Eurodollar Rate Loans.  Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar Rate Loans through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate” in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.18 and under Section 2.19.
(f)   Benchmark Replacement Setting.
(i)   Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any Hedge Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “Credit Document” for purposes of this subclause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting”), 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” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit 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 Credit Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit 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 Credit 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 Requisite Lenders. 
(ii)   Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. 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 Credit Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will 
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become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(iii)   Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark 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 (d) 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 Section titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting,” 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 Credit Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this subclause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting.”
(iv)   Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or USD LIBOR) 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.
(v)   Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may rescind any Funding Notice in respect of any Eurodollar Loans to be made or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have rescinded such notice and the Lenders shall make any such Loan as (or continue any such Loan as, or convert any such Loan to, as the case may be, a Base Rate Loan. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the 
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then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
(vi)   Certain Defined Terms. As used in this sublcause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting”:
“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 paragraph (iv) of this subclause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting.”
“Benchmark” means, initially, USD LIBOR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to USD LIBOR 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 (i) of this subclause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting.”
“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:
(1)    the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(2)    the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;
(3)    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 U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time 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. If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3) above would be 
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less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit 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 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 U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities;
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.
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“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides 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 that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines 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 Credit Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark: (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); (2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein; or (3) 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 the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the 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 
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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 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 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), 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 representative. 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 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 Credit Document in accordance with this subclause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting” and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in accordance with this subclause (f) titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting.”
“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.
“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 syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
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“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 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 U.S. 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 USD LIBOR and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders.
“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.
“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is USD LIBOR, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London banking days preceding the date of such setting, and (2) if such Benchmark is not USD LIBOR, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. 
“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto. 
“Reset Date” means, with respect to an Interest Period, the first day of that Interest Period or, if that day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate). 
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor 
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source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time. 
“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. 
“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars.
2.19.   Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a)   Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes.  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.20 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Change in Law: (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender to any additional Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes)  with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, liquidity, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate”) or any company controlling such Lender; or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender or such Lender’s obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Borrower shall pay to such Lender, within 10 Business Days after receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or in a lump sum or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder.  Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.19(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(b)   Capital Adequacy and Liquidity Adjustment.  In the event that (i) any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or (ii) compliance by any Lender (or its 
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applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender with any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any company controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lender’s Loans or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling company with regard to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling company on an after-tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.19(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(c)   Delay in Requests.  Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than three months prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the three-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
2.20.   Taxes; Withholding, Etc.  
(a)   Payments to Be Free and Clear.  All sums payable by or on behalf of any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax (other than a Tax on the overall net income of any Lender).
(b)   Withholding of Taxes.  If any Credit Party or any other Person (acting as a withholding agent) is (in such withholding agent’s reasonable good faith discretion) required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any such Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents: (i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Borrower becomes aware of it; (ii) Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender; (iii) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then unless otherwise provided on this Section 2.20, the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required 
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shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment (including any such Indemnified Tax imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.20), Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or other authority.
(c)   Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding with respect to payments made under any Credit Document shall deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), 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 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 paragraphs (c)(ii) and (d) of this Section) 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.
(d)   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Non-US Lender”) shall deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP and/or W-8IMY (or, in each case, any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to (or is subject to a reduced rate of) deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a “bank” or other Person described in 
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Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate together with two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or W-8IMY (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Lender is not subject to (or is subject to a reduced rate of) deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable under any of the Credit Documents.  Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax purposes (a “U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date (or, if later, on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, certifying that such U.S. Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax, or otherwise prove that it is entitled to such an exemption. Each Lender required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.20 hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower two new original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, W-8IMY and/or W-9 (or, in each case, any successor form), or a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or W-8IMY (or, in each case, any successor form), as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence.  
(e)   If a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and 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 date hereof.
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(f)   Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.20(b), Borrower shall timely pay all Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law.  Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent official receipts or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in respect of any Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment of such Other Taxes.
(g)   Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent and any Lender for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes for which additional amounts are required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.20(b) arising in connection with payments made under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including any such Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.20) paid or payable by Administrative Agent or Lender or any of their respective Affiliates 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 such Credit Party shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such payment shall be due within ten (10) days of such Credit Party’s receipt of such certificate.
(h)   Each Lender shall severally indemnify Administrative Agent for (i) Indemnified Taxes for which additional amounts are required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.20(b) arising in connection with payments made under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including any such Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.20) attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that Borrower has not already indemnified Administrative Agent therefor and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.6(g)(i) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Taxes on overall net income attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Administrative Agent in connection with any Credit 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 Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Such payment shall be due within ten (10) days of such Lender’s receipt of such certificate.  Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by Administrative Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to Administrative Agent under this paragraph (g).
(i)   If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.20 (including additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.20), 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 2.20 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 
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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 (h) (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 (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund 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.
2.21.   Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender agrees that, if such Lender requests payment under Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, then such Lender will, to the extent not inconsistent with any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender if, as a result thereof, the additional amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, as the case may be, in the future would be eliminated or reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its reasonable judgment, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Loans through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Loans or the interests of such Lender; provided, such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.21 unless Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above.  A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.21 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
2.22.   Defaulting Lenders.
(a)   Defaulting Lender Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i)   Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 8 or otherwise) or received by Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder; second, , as Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as 
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required by this Agreement, as determined by Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to be held in a Deposit Account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the applicable Commitments. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.22(a)(i) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(ii)   [Reserved.].  
(iii)   [Reserved.]
(b)   Defaulting Lender Cure.  If Borrower and Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the applicable Commitments, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c)   [Reserved].
(d)   [Reserved].
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(e)   Lender Counterparties.  So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, such Lender shall not be a Lender Counterparty with respect to any Hedge Agreement entered into while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender.
2.23.   Removal or Replacement of a Lender.  Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an “Increased-Cost Lender”) shall give notice to Borrower that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.19 or 2.20 and (ii) the circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect; or (b) any Lender shall become and continues to be a Defaulting Lender; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 10.5(b), the consent of the Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”) whose consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the “Terminated Lender”), Borrower may, by giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees (each a “Replacement Lender”) in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 and Borrower shall pay the fees, if any, payable thereunder in connection with any such assignment from an Increased-Cost Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender or a Defaulting Lender; provided, (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, (B) an amount equal to all unreimbursed drawings that have been funded by such Terminated Lender, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.11; (2) on the date of such assignment, Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c), 2.19 or 2.20; (3) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law; and (4) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender;.  Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender, such Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof; provided, any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender.  Each Lender agrees that if Borrower exercises its option hereunder to cause an assignment by such Lender as a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender, such Lender shall, promptly after receipt of written notice of such election, execute and deliver all documentation necessary to effectuate such assignment in accordance with Section 10.6.  In the event that a Lender does not comply with the requirements of the immediately preceding sentence within one Business Day after receipt of such notice, each Lender hereby authorizes and directs Administrative Agent to execute and deliver such documentation as may be required to give effect to an assignment in accordance with Section 10.6 on behalf of a Non-Consenting Lender or Terminated Lender and any such documentation so executed by Administrative Agent shall be effective for purposes of documenting an assignment pursuant to Section 10.6.  Any 
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removal of Goldman Sachs or its successor as a Terminated Lender pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the removal of Goldman Sachs or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.7.
SECTION 3.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
3.1.   Closing Date.  The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a)   Credit Documents.  Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received sufficient copies of each Credit Document as Administrative Agent shall request, originally executed and delivered by each Credit Party and each other Person party thereto.
(b)   Organizational Documents; Incumbency.  Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received, in respect of each Credit Party, (i) sufficient copies of each Organizational Document as Administrative Agent shall request, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto by the appropriate Governmental Authority; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Credit Party; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of such Credit Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the Related Agreements to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of such Credit Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and in each jurisdiction in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; and (v) signature and incumbency certificates of one or more officers of Borrower who are authorized to execute Funding Notices delivered under this Agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit P (with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent).
(c)   Organizational and Capital Structure.  The organizational structure and capital structure of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, both before and after giving effect to the Initial Public Offering, shall be as set forth on Schedule 3.1.
(d)   Initial Public Offering. Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to each of them of the consummation of the Initial Public Offering.
(e)   Borrowing of the Senior Loans. 
(i) (1) all conditions to the borrowing of the Senior Loans on the Closing Date set forth in the Senior Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied, or the fulfillment of any such conditions shall have been waived in accordance with the terms thereof, and (2) the Senior Loans constituting term loans shall be fully funded on the Closing Date;
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(ii) Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of each Related Agreement and any documents executed in connection therewith. Each Related Agreement shall be in full force and effect, shall include terms and provisions reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and no provision thereof shall have been modified or waived in any respect determined by Administrative Agent to be material, in each case without the consent of Administrative Agent.
(f)   Existing Indebtedness. On the Closing Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have repaid in full all Existing Indebtedness (it being understood that such repayment may be funded with the proceeds of the Loans).
(g)   Engagement of Financial Institution.  The Borrower shall have entered into an engagement letter (the “Engagement Letter”) with one or more investment and/or commercial banks satisfactory to the Arrangers (collectively, the “Financial Institution”) documenting the engagement of the Financial Institution, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Arrangers, to publicly sell or privately place one or more series or tranches of debt securities, the net proceeds of which will be used to Refinance the Obligations (“Permanent Debt”).
(h)   [Reserved].
(i)    Financial Statements.  Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received from the Borrower (i) the Historical Financial Statements, (ii) any audited (to the extent available) or unaudited financial statements relating to acquisitions of or substantially all of the assets of, all Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person, carried out by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries within the twelve months preceding the Closing Date, or which are contemplated or pending as of such date, and (iii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, reflecting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents the borrowing of the Senior Loans and the Initial Public Offering, in each case meeting the requirements of Regulation S-X for Form S-1 registration statements.
(j)   Evidence of Insurance. Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the applicable Credit Party’s insurance broker or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect.
(k)   Opinions of Counsel to Credit Parties.  Agents and Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received an executed copy of a customary written opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York counsel to the Credit Parties, and of other outside counsel in the jurisdiction of organization of each Credit Party that is not organized in New York, substantially in the form of Exhibit L (and each Credit Party hereby instructs each such counsel to deliver such opinions to Agents and Lenders).
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(l)   Fees.  Borrower shall have paid to each Agent, Arranger and Lender the fees payable on or before the Closing Date referred to in Section 2.11 and all expenses payable on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.2 , to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(m)   Solvency Certificate; Solvency Appraisal.  On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent and Arranger shall have received a Solvency Certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower.
(n)   Closing Date Certificate.  The Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent and Arrangers an originally executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.
(o)   Closing Date. Lenders shall have made the Term Loans to Borrower on or before            , 2021.
(p)   Letter of Direction.  Administrative Agent and Arrangers shall have received a duly executed letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Administrative Agent and Arrangers, on behalf of themselves and Lenders, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Loans made on such date.
(q)   At least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) the “PATRIOT Act”).
3.2.   Conditions to Each Credit Extension.
(a)   Conditions Precedent.  The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan, on any Credit Date, including the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions precedent:
(i)   Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice, as the case may be;
(ii)   [Reserved];
(iii)   as of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such 
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materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and
(iv)   as of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.
(a)   Notices. Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer in a writing delivered to Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, Borrower may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing; provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the close of business on the date that the telephonic notice is given. In the event of a discrepancy between the telephone notice and the written Notice, the written Notice shall govern. In the case of any Notice that is irrevocable once given, if Borrower provides telephonic notice in lieu thereof, such telephone notice shall also be irrevocable once given. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Borrower in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of Borrower or for otherwise acting in good faith..
(b)   Each borrowing of a Loan  hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower as of the applicable Credit Date that the conditions contained in clauses (iii), and (iv) of Section 3.2(a) have been satisfied.
SECTION 4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce Agents and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent and Lender, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct:
4.1.   Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification.  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 4.1, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.2.   Equity Interests and Ownership. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, as of the date hereof, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by any Subsidiary of the Borrower of any 
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additional membership interests or other Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower.  Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
4.3.   Due Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto.
4.4.   No Conflict.  The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate (i) any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of such Credit Party, or (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any violation set forth in clause (a)(i), any conflict, breach or default set forth in clause (b) or any imposition of a Lien referred to in clause (c) which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.5.   Governmental Consents.  The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority, except for (a) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (b) such other actions, registrations, consents and approvals with respect to which the failure to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect [and (c) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 4.5].
4.6.   Binding Obligation.  Each Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
4.7.   Historical Financial Statements.  The Historical Financial Statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.  
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As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability or liability for Taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto and which in any such case is material in relation to the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
4.8.   Projections.  The projections of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period of Fiscal Year 2020 through and including Fiscal Year 2025 furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Arrangers (the “Projections”) have been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, at the time such Projections were furnished and on the Closing Date (it being understood that Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from such Projections and such differences may be material).
4.9.   No Material Adverse Effect.  Since December 31, 2020, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has had, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10.   [Reserved.]  
4.11.   Adverse Proceedings, Etc. There are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12.   Payment of Taxes.  Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.3 and except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all Tax returns and reports of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all Taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable.  Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no proposed Tax assessment against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than assessments actively contested by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; for which such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP have been made or provided.
4.13.   Properties.  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the 
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case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), (iii) valid licensed rights in (in the case of licensed interests in intellectual property) and (iv) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.7 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, and except where failure to have such title, interests or licensed rights would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens.
4.14.   Environmental Matters.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Claim, or any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There are and, to each of the Borrower’ and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, have been, no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, any predecessor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Materials at any Facility, and none of the Borrower’ or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent.  Compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws could not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  No event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity which individually or in the aggregate has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15.   [Reserved.]
4.16.   [Reserved.]
4.17.   Governmental Regulation.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “registered investment company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4.18.   Federal Reserve Regulations; Exchange Act.
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(a)   None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.
(b)   No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause, such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
4.19.   Employee Matters.  Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.20.   Employee Benefit Plans.  The Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan in all material respects.  Each Employee Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter, opinion letter or advisory letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status, except as could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA has been or is expected to be incurred by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each Pension Plan 
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sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates (determined as of the end of the most recent plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in the most recent actuarial valuation for such Pension Plan), did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Pension Plan, except as could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the actuarial report is available, the potential liability of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e) of ERISA is zero, except as could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and each of their ERISA Affiliates have complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in material “default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan, except as could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.21.   Certain Fees.  No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements, except as payable to Agents, Arrangers and Lenders.
4.22.   Solvency.  On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, including the making of Loans hereunder and the Senior Loans, and after giving effect to the application of proceeds thereof:
(a)   the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; 
(b)   the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; 
(c)   the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured; 
(d)   the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe (nor should they reasonably believe) that they will incur, debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and 
(e)   the Borrower and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital.
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For the purposes hereof, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
4.23.   [Reserved]
4.24.   Compliance with Statutes, Etc.  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property (including compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws with respect to any Real Estate Asset or governing its business and the requirements of any permits issued under such Environmental Laws with respect to any such Real Estate Asset or the operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  
4.25.   Disclosure.  All written information (other than the Projections, estimates, forecasts, forward looking information and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the “Information”) concerning the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and furnished by or on behalf of the Credit Parties and made available to any Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in any material respect in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made (after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto delivered to the Arrangers prior to such time).
4.26.   Sanctioned Persons; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act.  None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers or, to the knowledge of Borrower, employees, agents, advisors or Affiliates is (a) a Person named on any list of designated persons maintained by the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Treasury (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control) or any other applicable sanctions authority that imposes, administers or enforces economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes (collectively, “Sanctions”, and the associated laws, rules, regulations and orders, collectively, “Sanctions Laws”), (b) located, organized or resident in any country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, (c) owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons, or (d) otherwise the subject of Sanctions  .  Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and, to the knowledge of Borrower, employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) all Sanctions Laws, (ii) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, rules, regulations and orders (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”) and (iii) the PATRIOT Act and any other applicable terrorism and money laundering laws, rules, regulations and orders.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, 
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(A) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, transactions, or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that at such time is the subject of any Sanctions, (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions Laws applicable to any party hereto,  or (C) for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of any Anti-Corruption Law.
SECTION 5.   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and other contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made), each Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants set forth in this Section 5.
5.1.   Financial Statements and Other Reports.  The Borrower will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(a)   [Reserved.]
(b)   Quarterly Financial Statements.  As soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter in which the Closing Date occurs, the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter (including, during any Unrestricted Subsidiary Reporting Period, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet, any adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) (which may be in footnote form only) from the consolidated balance sheet) and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto (it being understood that filing by the Borrower of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the SEC shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.1(b), without prejudice to the obligation of the Borrower, during any Unrestricted Subsidiary Reporting Period, to deliver a statement setting forth any adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from the consolidated balance sheet);
(c)   Annual Financial Statements.  As soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Year in which the Closing Date occurs, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year (including, during any Unrestricted Subsidiary Reporting Period, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet, any adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) (which may be in footnote form only) from the consolidated balance sheet) and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ 
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equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of [___] or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (which report and/or the accompanying financial statements shall be unqualified as to going concern (except any “going concern” qualification due to the impeding maturity of any indebtedness under this Agreement within one year from the date of such opinion or any prospective default of any financial maintenance covenant included in this Agreement) and scope of audit, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) (it being understood that the filing by the Borrower of an Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC shall satisfy the requirements of paragraph (i) of this Section 5.1(c), without prejudice to the obligation of the Borrower, during any Unrestricted Subsidiary Reporting Period, to deliver a statement setting forth any adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries from the consolidated balance sheet);
(d)   Compliance Certificate.  Together with each delivery of financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and 5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate;
(e)   [Reserved].
(f)   Notice of Default.  Promptly upon any officer of the Borrower or Borrower obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; (ii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, event or condition, and what action Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(g)   Notice of Litigation.  Promptly upon any officer of the Borrower or Borrower obtaining knowledge of (i) any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Borrower to Lenders, or (ii) any development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to the Borrower to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;
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(h)   ERISA.  (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) with reasonable promptness, copies of (1) all notices received by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (2) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(i)   Financial Plan. As soon as practicable and in any event no later than ninety days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a forecast prepared by management of the Borrower of the consolidated statement of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a quarterly basis for such Fiscal Year (a “Financial Plan”).
(j)   [Reserved].
(k)   Other Information.  Such other information and data with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender; and
(l)   Designation of Public Information.  The Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be Public Lenders and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 or otherwise are being distributed through Debt Domain, Intralinks, SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information platform (the “Platform”), any document or notice that the Borrower has indicated contains Private-Side Information shall not be posted on that portion of the Platform designated for such Public Lenders.  The Borrower agrees to clearly designate all information provided to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower which contains only Public-Side Information, and by doing so shall be deemed to have represented that such information contains only Public-Side Information.  If the Borrower has not indicated whether a document or notice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 contains Private-Side Information, Administrative Agent reserves the right to post such document or notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Private Lenders.
5.2.   Existence.  Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.8, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business; provided, no Credit Party (other than the Borrower with respect to existence) or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise, licenses and permits if  the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.3.   Payment of Taxes and Claims.  Except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party will, and will 
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cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor.  No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries).
5.4.   Maintenance of Properties.  Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5.   Insurance.  Each Credit Party will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons.   
5.6.   Books and Records; Inspections.  Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities.  Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representatives designated by the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no more than once per year.
5.7.   [Reserved].
5.8.   Compliance with Laws.  Each Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Facilities to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including all Environmental Laws), except to the extent that noncompliance therewith could not 
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reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (or, in the case of the laws, rules, regulations and orders referred to in Section 4.26, except to the extent that noncompliance therewith is not material).
5.9.   Environmental.  Each Credit Party shall promptly take, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10.   Subsidiaries.  In the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary after the Closing Date, Borrower shall (a) promptly cause such Domestic Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent a Counterpart Agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, including those which are similar to those described in Sections [3.1(b), 3.1(k) and 3.1(l)].  With respect to each Subsidiary, Borrower shall promptly send to Administrative Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower or was converted into a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to all Subsidiaries of Borrower; and such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 4.1 and 4.2 for all purposes hereof.
5.11.   Further Assurances.  At any time or from time to time upon the request of Administrative Agent, each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall take such actions as Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors.
5.12.   Engagement Letter and Fee Letters.  The Borrower will comply, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with the terms of any Fee Letter and the Engagement Letter.
5.13.   Designation of Subsidiaries.  The Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in pro forma compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.7, (iii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of the Senior Credit Agreement or the documentation relating to the Permanent Debt, (iv) no Restricted Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated an Unrestricted 
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Subsidiary and (v) Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to such designation a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower certifying as to compliance with the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 5.13 and, if applicable, certifying that such subsidiary meets the requirements of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary”. The designation of any subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of Borrower’s Investment therein; provided that upon a redesignation of such subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (i) the lesser of (A) the fair market value of Investments of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) and (B) the fair market value of Investments of Borrower and its Subsidiaries made in connection with the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary minus (ii) the portion (proportionate to Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Equity Interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation. 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 existing at such time.
SECTION 6.   NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and other contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made), such Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6.
6.1.   Indebtedness.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:
(a)   (i) the Obligations and (ii) any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto in the form of Permanent Debt;
(b)   Senior Loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000;
(c)   Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to Borrower or to any other Subsidiary, or of Borrower to any Subsidiary; provided (i) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, and (ii) such Indebtedness is permitted as an Investment under Section 6.6(b) or (d);
(d)   Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations (including, Indebtedness consisting of the deferred purchase price of property acquired in a Permitted Acquisition), or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or 
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performance bonds securing the performance of Borrower or any such Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e)    Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $100,000,000;
(f)   Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts;
(g)   Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business, including (i) those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business and (ii) guaranties in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(h)   guaranties (i) of Indebtedness of a Credit Party otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1, (ii) of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary (other than a Credit Party) otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1 to the extent such guaranties are permitted by Section 6.6, or (iii) by a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1; provided, that if the Indebtedness that is being guarantied is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations, the guaranty shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations;
(i)   Indebtedness with respect to Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness, in each case of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $150,000,000; provided, any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(j)    (A)(i) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Subsidiary or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of a Permitted Acquisition, provided that (x) such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof and (y) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than by any such person that so becomes a Subsidiary), and (ii) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that in each case of (i) and (ii) above at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter last ended would not exceed 3.25 :1.00; and (B) and Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;
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(k)   Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the discounting or factoring of receivables in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $300,000,000;
(l)   Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiary in connection with credit card programs entered into in accordance with past practice;
(m)   Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor so long as at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter last ended would not exceed 3.25:1.00, provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall not mature prior to the date that is ninety-one days following the Maturity Date; (ii) the weighted average maturity of such Indebtedness shall occur after the weighted-average maturity of the Term Loans; (iii) the affirmative and negative covenants and financial covenants set out in the governing documents of such Indebtedness shall not be materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the provisions set forth in the Credit Documents (as determined in good faith and certified in writing to the Administrative Agent by a Authorized Officer of the Borrower), and such governing documents shall not provide for any mandatory offers or obligations to repay, prepay or repurchase any amount under such Indebtedness prior to the final maturity thereof, other than pursuant to customary asset sale and change of control provisions; and (iv) such Indebtedness is unsecured;
(n)   Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time $50,000,000, provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding in reliance on this clause in respect of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall not exceed at any time $25,000,000;
(o)   (i) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date set forth on Schedule 6.1 and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; (ii) any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness, and (iii) any Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases of property acquired to replace property subject to Capital Leases set forth on Schedule 6.1, provided that the amount of such Indebtedness permitted under this clause (iii) does not exceed the amount of Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date in respect of Capital Leases of the property being replaced;
(p)   Indebtedness owed to, and obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of, any 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, in the ordinary course of business; provided that, upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than sixty (60) days following such incurrence;
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ordinary course of business or other cash management treasury services in the ordinary course of business;
(r)   Indebtedness consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business; 
(s)   Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, directors or consultants incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
(t)   Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business.
6.2.   Liens.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or licensed, or any income, profits or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income, profits or royalties under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute or under any applicable intellectual property laws, rules or procedures, except:
(a)   [Reserved];
(b)   Liens for Taxes if not yet delinquent or the  obligations with respect to such Taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP;
(c)   statutory Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of 60 days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;
(d)   Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness);
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(e)   easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f)   any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;
(g)   Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(h)   purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i)   Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(j)   any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k)   outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(l)   Liens solely on Cash collateral securing Indebtedness consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of the letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(e); 
(m)   Liens on accounts receivable securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(k);
(n)   Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(i) provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;
(o)   Liens on assets that are acquired as the result of a Permitted Acquisition securing (i) Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases permitted by Section 6.1(j)(i) or (ii) other Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(j)(i), in the case of clause (ii), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided any such Lien shall not extend to any additional property other than (1) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (2) proceeds and products thereof;
(p)   Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions or similar provisions applicable in foreign jurisdictions relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;
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(q)   Liens on assets of Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Guarantors securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(n) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding; 
(r)   other Liens securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(s)   Liens on Equity Interests of any Joint Venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) securing obligations of such Joint Venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (ii) pursuant to the relevant Joint Venture agreement or arrangement;
(t)   Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(u)   Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h);
(v)   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 or cash pooling arrangements (including with respect to any joint and several liability provisions in relation thereto) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) entered into with customers in the ordinary course of business; 
(w)   Liens existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.2.
6.3.   Equitable Lien.  If any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2 (including as a result of an amendment or waiver of Section 6.2 made with the consent of the Requisite Lenders), it shall make or cause to be made effective provisions whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness secured thereby as long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as a consent by Requisite Lenders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien not otherwise permitted hereby. 
6.4.   Restricted Junior Payments.  The Borrower shall not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except that:
(a)   Any Subsidiary of Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions ratably to its equity holders;
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(b)   The Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments to its equity holders in the form of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 per annum, provided that, immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(c)   The Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments up to an amount not to exceed the Cumulative Amount as in effect immediately prior to the making of such Restricted Junior Payments, provided that (A) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 and with a Total Net Leverage Ratio of [2.50]:1.00 or less, in each case, as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended and (B) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, demonstrating in reasonable detail the calculation of the Cumulative Amount immediately prior to the making of such Restricted Junior Payment and the amount thereof elected to be so applied and evidencing compliance with Section 6.7 and the Total Net Leverage Ratio as required under clause (A)(ii) above;
(d)   The Borrower may make other Restricted Junior Payments in an aggregate amount of up to $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement;
(e)   the payment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or giving the notice of the redemption, if on the date of declaration or notice the payment would have complied with this Section 6.4 (assuming, in the case of redemption, the giving of the notice would have been deemed to be a Restricted Payment at such time and such deemed Restricted Payment would have been permitted at such time); provided that any Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (i) shall be deemed to have utilized capacity under the exception that such Restricted Payment would have been permitted to have been made in reliance of at the time of declaration or notice of redemption, as applicable;
(f)   the Borrower may declare or make a Restricted Payment with respect to its Equity Interest payable solely in Qualified Equity Interests or redeem any of its Equity Interests in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance and sale of, Qualified Equity Interests or through accretion or accumulation of such dividends on such Equity Interests;
(g)   repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value by the Borrower of, Equity Interests of the Borrower held by officers, directors or employees or former officers, directors or employees of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary (or their transferees, estates or beneficiaries under their estates), upon their death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or service; and
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(h)   repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur (a) upon the exercise of stock options, warrants, or similar rights if the Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the exercise price thereof or (b) in connection with the satisfaction of any withholding Tax obligations incurred relating to the vesting or exercise of stock options, warrants, restricted stock units or similar rights.
6.5.   Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions.  Except as provided herein, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Subsidiary of Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (c) make loans or advances to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, or (d) transfer, lease or license any of its property or assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower other than restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing Indebtedness permitted by Sections 6.1(i) and 6.1(j) that impose restrictions on the property so acquired, (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Equity Interests not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, (iv) existing under or by reason of applicable law, regulation or order, (v) customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and other similar agreements that restrict the transfer of ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, corporation or similar Person, (vi) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by suppliers, customers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, or (vii) described on Schedule 6.5.
6.6.   Investments.  The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture, except:
(a)   Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b)   equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and Investments made after the Closing Date in the Borrower and any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of Borrower;
(c)   Investments (i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(d)   intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.1(c) and other Investments in Subsidiaries other than Guarantors, provided that such Investments (including through intercompany loans and any Permitted Acquisition) in Subsidiaries other than 
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Guarantors, together with any Investment permitted under Section 6.06(k), shall not exceed at any time an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (x) $75,000,000 plus (y) the aggregate amount of all cash payments made since [          ], 2021 by Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to the Borrower and the Guarantors in the form of dividends, distributions, return of capital, repurchases of Equity Interests, repayment of loans or advances, without duplication, in each case, with any item already deducted from the calculation of the amount of any Investment pursuant to the last sentence of the definition thereof ((x) plus (y), the “Non-Guarantor Basket”);
(e)   loans and advances to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000;
(f)   Permitted Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.8;
(g)   Investments described in Schedule 6.6; 
(h)   Hedge Agreements which constitute Investments
(i)   other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Cumulative Amount as in effect immediately prior to the making of such Investment; provided that (A) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.7 and with a Total Net Leverage Ratio of 2.50:1.00 or less, in each case, as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended and (B) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, demonstrating in reasonable detail the calculation of the Cumulative Amount immediately prior to the making of such Investment and the amount thereof elected to be so applied and evidencing compliance with Section 6.7 and the Total Net Leverage Ratio as required under clause (A)(ii) above;
(j)   Investments received in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower;
(k)   Investments in Joint Ventures and Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not exceeding, together with any Investment permitted under the proviso to Section 6.06(d) in Subsidiaries other than Guarantors, the Non-Guarantor Basket;
(l)   Investments so long as the Total Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed on a pro forma basis 1.75:1.00 as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended.
(m)   other Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $50,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party make any Investment which results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 6.4.
6.7.   Financial Covenants.
(a)   Net Interest Coverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not permit the Net Interest Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending on June 30, 2021, to be less than 3.25 to 1.00.
(b)   Total Net Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not permit the Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending on June 30, 2021, to exceed 3.75 to 1.00.
(c)   Certain Calculations.  With respect to any period during which (x) a Permitted Acquisition or an Asset Sale has occurred or (y) a subsidiary has been designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, pursuant to Section 5.13 (each, a “Subject Transaction”), for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.7,Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and the components of Consolidated Net Interest Expense shall be calculated with respect to such period on a pro forma basis using the historical (audited, to the extent available) financial statements of any business so acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be sold or designated or to be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary and the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which shall be reformulated as if such Subject Transaction, and any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection therewith, had been consummated or incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during any portion of the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant acquisition at the weighted average of the interest rates applicable to outstanding Loans incurred during such period). 
6.8.   Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business) the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any Person, except:
(a)   any Subsidiary of Borrower may be merged with or into Borrower or any Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Borrower or any Guarantor; provided, in the case of 
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such a merger, Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b)   sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;
(c)   as long as no Default is continuing or would result therefrom, Asset Sales, provided that, with respect to any Asset Sale made pursuant to this Section 6.8(c), (1) the consideration received shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Borrower (or similar governing body)) and (2) no less than 75% thereof shall be paid in Cash or Cash Equivalents and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a); provided further that any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 6.8(c) that is at any time outstanding, not in excess of $25,000,000 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 or Cash Equivalents; 
(d)   disposals of obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment;
(e)   Permitted Acquisitions, provided that the consideration for Permitted Acquisitions of Equity Interests in any Person which does not become a Guarantor shall not exceed, collectively with any Investment permitted under the proviso to Section 6.6(d) in Subsidiaries other than Guarantors and any Investment permitted under Section 6.06(k), an aggregate amount during the term of this Agreement equal to the Non-Guarantor Basket; and 
(f)   Investments made in accordance with Section 6.6;
6.9.    [Reserved.].
6.10.   [Reserved].
6.11.   Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Borrower on terms that are materially less favorable to the Borrower or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; provided, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between Borrower and any Guarantor; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (c) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (d) transactions described in Schedule 6.11.
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6.12.   Conduct of Business.  From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses engaged in by such Credit Party on the Closing Date and similar or related businesses and (ii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by Requisite Lenders.
6.13.   Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents and Certain Related Agreements.  No Credit Party shall nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, agree to any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its Organizational Documents or any of its material rights under any Related Agreement after the Closing Date , in each case that would be materially adverse to the Lenders.
6.14.   Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Certain Indebtedness.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Indebtedness, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof in a manner adverse to the Lenders, change the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or of any guaranty thereof) in a manner adverse to the Lenders, or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be materially adverse to the Lenders.
6.15.   Fiscal Year.  No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to change its Fiscal Year-end from December 31.
SECTION 7.   GUARANTY
7.1.   Guaranty of the Obligations.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries, the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”).
7.2.   Contribution by Guarantors.  All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “Contributing Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty.  Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date.  “Fair Share” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such 
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Contributing Guarantor to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed.  “Fair Share Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor.  “Aggregate Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2.  The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor.  The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder.  Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2.
7.3.   Payment by Guarantors.  Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Borrower to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Borrower’s becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
7.4.   Liability of Guarantors Absolute.  Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other 
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than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.  In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a)   this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability.  This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;
(b)   Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Borrower and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(c)   the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrower and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Borrower or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Borrower is joined in any such action or actions;
(d)   payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e)   any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or 
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nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against any other Credit Party or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents; and
(f)   this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit Document or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Borrower may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
7.5.   Waivers by Guarantors.  Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Borrower, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Borrower, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any 
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Beneficiary in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Borrower or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Borrower and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.
7.6.   Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.  Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary.  In addition, until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.2.  Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Borrower or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Borrower, to all right, 
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title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor.  If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally and indefeasibly paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
7.7.   Subordination of Other Obligations.  Any Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the “Obligee Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.
7.8.   Continuing Guaranty.  This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full.  Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.
7.9.   Authority of Guarantors or Borrower.  It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Borrower or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
7.10.   Financial Condition of Borrower.  Any Credit Extension may be made to Borrower or continued from time to time without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation.  No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of Borrower.  Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Borrower and its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Borrower and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations.  Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Borrower now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.
7.11.   Bankruptcy, Etc.   (a)  So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Requisite Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Borrower or any other Guarantor.  The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, 
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voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Borrower or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Borrower or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.
(b)   Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Borrower of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations.  Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.
(c)   In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Borrower, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.
7.12.   Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor.  If (A) all of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof or (B) if a Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.13, then in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale.
SECTION 8.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT
8.1.   Events of Default.  If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:
(a)   Failure to Make Payments When Due.  Failure by Borrower to pay (i) when due any installment of principal of any Loan, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; or (ii) any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder within five Business Days after the date due; or
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(b)   Default in Other Agreements.  (i) Failure of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount, including any payment in settlement, payable in respect of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) with a principal amount (or Net Mark-to-Market Exposure), individually or in the aggregate, of $50,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party with respect to any other material term of (1) Indebtedness in the individual or aggregate principal amount (or Net Mark-to-Market Exposure) referred to in clause (i) above or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; or
(c)   Breach of Certain Covenants.  Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in (i) Section 2.6, Section 5.1(f) or Section 5.2 or (ii) Section 6 unless, in the case of this clause (ii), such default is capable of remedy and shall have been remedied or waived within thirty days after the earlier of (A) an officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such default or (B) receipt by Borrower of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(d)   Breach of Representations, Etc.  Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; or
(e)   Other Defaults Under Credit Documents.  Any Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other paragraph of this Section 8.1, and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty days after the earlier of (i) an officer of such Credit Party becoming aware of such default or (ii) receipt by Borrower of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(f)   Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc.  (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim 
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receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(g)   Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc.  (i) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or
(h)   Judgments and Attachments.  Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving, individually or in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $50,000,000 (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days (or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or
(i)   [Reserved].  
(j)   Employee Benefit Plans.  (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or might reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of $50,000,000 during the term hereof; or (ii) there exists any fact or circumstance that reasonably could be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or security interest pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA or a violation of Section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(k)   [Reserved]; or
(l)   Guaranties, and other Credit Documents.  At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Credit 
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Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it is a party.
THEN, (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or 8.1(g), automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Borrower by Administrative Agent, each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest and premium on the Loans, and (II) all other Obligations. 
8.2.   Borrower’s Right to Cure.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.1, for purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under any financial covenant set forth in Section 6.7, any equity contribution (in the form of Qualified Equity Interests) made to Borrower after the last day of any Fiscal Quarter and on or prior to the day that is 10 days after the day on which financial statements are required to be delivered for that Fiscal Quarter will, at the request of Borrower, be included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA solely for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and any subsequent period that includes such Fiscal Quarter (any such equity contribution, a “Specified Equity Contribution”); provided that (a) Borrower shall not be permitted to so request that a Specified Equity Contribution be included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA with respect to any Fiscal Quarter unless, after giving effect to such requested Specified Equity Contribution, there shall be no more than two Fiscal Quarters in the Relevant Four Fiscal Quarter Period in respect of which a Specified Equity Contribution is made, (b) no more than 4 Specified Equity Contributions will be made in the aggregate, (c) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution and the use of proceeds therefrom will be no greater than the amount required to cause Borrower to be in compliance with the financial covenants, and (d) all Specified Equity Contributions and the use of proceeds therefrom will be disregarded for all other purposes under the Credit Documents (including calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of determining basket levels and other items governed by reference to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, calculating the amount of Unrestricted Cash to be deducted pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Consolidated Total Net Debt, and for purposes of the Restricted Junior Payments covenant in Section 6.4).  To the extent that the proceeds of the Specified Equity Contribution are used to repay Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been repaid for purposes of calculating any financial covenant set forth in Section 6.7 for the Relevant Four Fiscal Quarter Period.  For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Relevant Four Fiscal Quarter Period” shall mean, with respect to any requested Specified Equity Contribution, the four Fiscal Quarter period ending on (and including) the Fiscal Quarter in which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA will be increased as a result of such Specified Equity Contribution.
SECTION 9.   AGENTS
9.1.   Appointment of Agents.  Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. are hereby appointed Syndication Agents and Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan 
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Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. are hereby appointed Bookrunners hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes them to act, respectively, as Syndication Agents and Bookrunners in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents.  Goldman Sachs is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes Goldman Sachs to act as Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents.  Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. are hereby appointed Documentation Agents hereunder, and each Lender hereby authorizes Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. to act as Documentation Agents in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents.  Each Agent hereby agrees to act in its capacity as such upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit Documents, as applicable.  The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof.  In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.  Each Syndication Agents and Documentation Agent, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates.  As of the Closing Date, neither Goldman Sachs nor JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in their capacity as Syndication Agents, nor Goldman Sachs, BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC or Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in their capacity as Bookrunners, nor Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC or Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in their capacity as Documentation Agent, shall have any obligations but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 9.   Each Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent, Bookrunner and any Agent described in clause (g) of the definition thereof may resign from such role at any time, with immediate effect, by giving prior written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and Borrower.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Credit Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law.  Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
9.2.   Powers and Duties.  Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Credit Documents.  Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees.  No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or any other Person; and nothing herein or any of the other Credit Documents, 
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expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.  
9.3.   General Immunity.
(a)   No Responsibility for Certain Matters.  No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing.  Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the component amounts thereof.
(b)   Exculpatory Provisions.  No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions, including for the avoidance of doubt refraining from any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law.  Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) 
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refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5).
(c)   Delegation of Duties. Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Credit Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any the Affiliates of Administrative 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.  All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this Section 9.3 and of Section 9.6 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by Administrative Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Credit Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to Administrative Agent and not to any Credit Party, Lender or any other Person and no Credit Party, Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-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.
9.4.   Agents Entitled to Act as Lender.  The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder.  With respect to its participation in the Loans, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term “Lender” shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity.  Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with the Borrower or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Borrower for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
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9.5.   Lenders’ Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a)   Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.  No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b)   Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement or an Assignment Agreement and funding its Term Loan on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date.
9.6.   Right to Indemnity.  Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, to the extent that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, or the use of proceeds thereof; provided, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; and provided further, this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.  
9.7.   Successor Administrative Agent .
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writing delivered to Borrower and Administrative Agent and signed by the Requisite Lenders.  Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to act as Administrative Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of Borrower and the Requisite Lenders, and Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation (regardless of whether a successor has been appointed or not), (ii) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by Borrower and the Requisite Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Requisite Lenders.  Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the resigning Administrative Agent, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent.  If neither the Requisite Lenders nor Administrative Agent have appointed a successor Administrative Agent, the Requisite Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Administrative Agent.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning or removed Administrative Agent and the resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii)take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent , whereupon such resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  After any resigning or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent hereunder.  
9.8.   Guaranty.
(a)   Agents under Guaranty.  Each Lender hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Lenders, to be the agent for and representative of the Lenders with respect to the Guaranty.  Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from any Lender, Administrative Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented.
(b)   Right to Enforce Guaranty.  Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender shall have any right individually to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the Credit Documents may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
(c)   [Reserved].
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(d)   Release of Guarantees, Termination of Credit Documents.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Credit Document, when all Obligations  have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired, Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender) take such actions as shall be required to release all guarantee obligations provided for in any Credit Document.  Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
9.9.   Withholding Taxes.  To the extent required by any applicable law, Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax.  Without duplication of the provisions of Section 2.20(h), if the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective or for any other reason, or if Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.
9.10.   Administrative Agent May File Bankruptcy Disclosure and Proofs of Claim.  In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relative to any Credit Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a)   to file a verified statement pursuant to rule 2019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that, in its sole opinion, complies with such rule’s disclosure requirements for entities representing more than one creditor;
(b)   to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its 
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respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and Administrative Agent under Sections 2.11, 10.2 and 10.3 allowed in such judicial proceeding); and
(c)   to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.11, 10.2 and 10.3.  To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Sections 2.11, 10.2 and 10.3 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Lenders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. 
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
SECTION 10.   MISCELLANEOUS
10.1.   Notices.  
(a)   Notices Generally.  Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a Credit Party, Syndication Agents, Administrative Agent or Documentation Agent, shall be sent to such Person’s address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Credit Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent in writing.  Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.2(b) or paragraph (b) below, each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served or sent by facsimile (except for any notices sent to Administrative Agent) or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided, no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by such Agent; provided further, any such notice or other communication shall at the request of Administrative Agent be provided to any sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.3(c) as designated by Administrative Agent from time to time.
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(b)   Electronic Communications.  
(i)   Notices and other communications to any Agent and Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites, including the Platform) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Agent or any Lender if such Person has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication.  Administrative Agent or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.  Unless 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), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(ii)   Each Credit Party understands that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution and agrees and assumes the risks associated with such electronic distribution, except to the extent caused by the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Administrative Agent, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(iii)   The Platform and any Approved Electronic Communications are provided “as is” and “as available”.  None of the Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (the “Agent Affiliates”) warrant the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of the Approved Electronic Communications or the Platform and each expressly disclaims liability for errors or omissions in the Platform and the Approved Electronic Communications.  No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects is made by the Agent Affiliates in connection with the Platform or the Approved Electronic Communications.  In no event shall the Agent Affiliates have any liability to Borrower or the other Credit Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of Borrower’s, any Credit Party’s or Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform.
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(iv)   Each Credit Party, each Lender and each Agent agrees that Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, store any Approved Electronic Communications on the Platform in accordance with Administrative Agent’s customary document retention procedures and policies.
(v)   Any notice of Default or Event of Default may be provided by telephone if confirmed promptly thereafter by delivery of written notice thereof.
(c)   Private Side Information Contacts.  Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state securities laws, to make reference to information that is not made available through the “Public-Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain Private-Side Information.  In the event that any Public Lender has determined for itself to not access any information disclosed through the Platform or otherwise, such Public Lender acknowledges that (i) other Lenders may have availed themselves of such information and (ii) neither Borrower nor Administrative Agent has any responsibility for such Public Lender’s decision to limit the scope of the information it has obtained in connection with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.   
10.2.   Expenses.  Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Borrower agrees to pay promptly (a) all the actual and reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) all the costs of furnishing all opinions by counsel for Borrower and the other Credit Parties; (c) the reasonable, documented and invoiced fees and disbursements of one outside counsel to Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Borrower; (d) all the actual and reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and reasonable, documented and invoiced fees and disbursements of any auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers; (e) all other actual and reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and (f) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable, documented and invoiced fees of one outside counsel for all the Agents and Lenders and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Credit Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with the enforcement of the Guaranty) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out” or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
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10.3.   Indemnity.
(a)   In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.2, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party agrees to defend (subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Agent and Lender and each of their respective officers, partners, members, directors, trustees, advisors, employees, agents, sub-agents and affiliates (each, an “Indemnitee”), from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided, no Credit Party shall have any obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, in each case, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 10.3 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them. 
(b)   To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against each Lender and each Agent and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.  None of any Lender or any Agent or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c)   Each Credit Party also agrees that no Lender or Agent nor their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents will have any liability to any Credit Party or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any Credit Party or any other person in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan, or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, in each case, except in the case of any Credit Party to the extent that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by such Credit Party or its affiliates, shareholders, partners or other equity holders have been found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender or Agent or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys, agents or sub-agents in performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein; provided, however, that in no event will such Lender or Agent, or their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, 
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attorneys, agents or sub-agents have any liability for any indirect, consequential, special or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of such Lender’s or Agent’s, or their respective Affiliates’, directors’, employees’, attorneys’, agents’ or sub-agents’ activities related to this Agreement, any Credit Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein.  
10.4.   Set-Off.  In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default each Lender is hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time subject to the consent of Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to any Credit Party or to any other Person (other than Administrative Agent), any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party to such Lender hereunder, and under the other Credit Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected hereto, or with any other Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.17 and 2.22 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section 10.4 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have.  
10.5.   Amendments and Waivers.
(a)   Requisite Lenders’ Consent.  Subject to the additional requirements of Sections 10.5(b) and 10.5(c), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Borrower and the Requisite Lenders; provided that Administrative Agent may, with the consent of Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any other Credit Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by Administrative Agent), so long as such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business 
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Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Requisite Lenders stating that the Requisite Lenders  object to such amendment. 
(b)   Affected Lenders’ Consent.  Without the written consent of each Lender that would be directly affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:
(i)   extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;
(ii)   waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);
(iii)   amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 2.14(a) through Section 2.14(e) (or any defined terms used therein or the constituent definitions thereof);
(iv)   reduce the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.10) or any fee or any premium payable hereunder;
(v)   extend the time for payment of any such interest, fees or premium;
(vi)   reduce the principal amount of any Loan;
(vii)   amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 10.5(b), Section 10.5(c) or any other provision of this Agreement that expressly provides that the consent of all Lenders is required;
(viii)   amend the definition of “Requisite Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share”;
(ix)   release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents; 
(x)   consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document; or
(xi)   amend or waive any provision of Section 6.3 (or release, or consent to the release, of any security interest granted thereunder);
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all Lenders shall be deemed directly affected thereby with respect to any amendment described in clauses (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) and (xi).  
(c)   Other Consents.  No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall:
(i)   [Reserved];
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(ii)   [Reserved];
(iii)   [Reserved];
(iv)   [Reserved]; 
(v)   [Reserved];
(vi)   amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of the Credit Documents as the same applies to any Agent, Arranger, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent or Arranger, in each case without the consent of such Agent or Arranger.
(d)   Execution of Amendments, Etc.  Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.  Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given.  No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Credit Party, on such Credit Party.
(e)   Cashless Settlement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or a portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by Borrower, Administrative Agent and such Lender.
10.6.   Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a)   Generally.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders.  No Credit Party’s rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders.  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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and Lenders and other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)   Register.  Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until recorded in the Register following receipt of a fully executed Assignment Agreement 
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effecting the assignment or transfer thereof, together with the required forms and certificates regarding tax matters and any fees payable in connection with such assignment, in each case, as provided in Section 10.6(d).  Each assignment shall be recorded in the Register promptly following receipt by Administrative Agent of the fully executed Assignment Agreement and all other necessary documents and approvals, prompt notice thereof shall be provided to Borrower and a copy of such Assignment Agreement shall be maintained, as applicable.  The date of such recordation of a transfer shall be referred to herein as the “Assignment Effective Date.”  Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments or Loans.
(c)   Right to Assign.  Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including all or a portion of its Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligations (provided, however, that pro rata assignments shall not be required and each assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any applicable Loan and any related Commitments):
(i)   to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (i) of the definition of the term “Eligible Assignee” upon the giving of notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent; and
(ii)   to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (ii) of the definition of the term “Eligible Assignee” upon giving of notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent (except in the case of assignments made by or to the Arrangers), consented to Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided further that each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.6(c)(ii) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than (w) $10,000,000, (x) such lesser amount as agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent, (y) the aggregate amount of the Term Loans of the assigning Lender or (z) the amount assigned by an assigning Lender to an Affiliate or Related Fund of such Lender.
(d)   Mechanics.  
(i)   Assignments and assumptions of Loans and Commitments by Lenders shall be effected by manual execution and delivery to Administrative Agent of an Assignment Agreement.  Assignments made pursuant to the foregoing provision shall be effective as of the Assignment Effective Date.  In connection with all assignments there shall be delivered to Administrative Agent such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver pursuant to Section 2.20(c) or 2.20(d), together with payment to Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (except that no such registration and processing fee shall be payable (y) in connection with an assignment by or to Goldman Sachs or any Affiliate 
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thereof or (z) in the case of an assignee which is already a Lender or is an affiliate or Related Fund of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender).  
(ii)   In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Borrower and Administrative Agent, the applicable Pro Rata Share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full Pro Rata Share of all Loans.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
(e)   Representations and Warranties of Assignee.  Each Lender, upon execution and delivery hereof or upon succeeding to an interest in the Commitments and Loans, as the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the Assignment Effective Date that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be; (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course and without a view to distribution of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.6, the disposition of such Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control); and (iv) it will not provide any information obtained by it in its capacity as a Lender to Sponsor or any Affiliate of Sponsor.
(f)   Effect of Assignment.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6, as of the Assignment Effective Date (i) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder to the extent of its interest in the Loans and Commitments as reflected in the Register and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a “Lender” for all purposes hereof; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to the assignee, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 10.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto on the Assignment Effective Date; provided, anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled 
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to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder); (iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect any Commitment of such assignee; and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Borrower shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender. 
(g)   Participations.  
(i)   Each Lender shall have the right at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower, to sell one or more participations to any Person (other than the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates or any Natural Person) in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation.  Each Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 10.6(g) shall, acting solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a non-fiduciary agent of Borrower, maintain a register on which it records the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s participation interest with respect to the Term Loan (each, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that the relevant parties, acting reasonably and in good faith, determine that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. Unless otherwise required by the Internal Revenue Service, any disclosure required by the foregoing sentence shall be made by the relevant Lender directly and solely to the Internal Revenue Service.  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 a participation with respect to the Term Loan for all purposes under this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(ii)    The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (A) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participant’s participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction 
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in the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any participant if the participant’s participation is not increased as a result thereof), (B) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (C) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating.
(iii)     Borrower agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.18(c), 2.19 and 2.20 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section; provided, (x) a participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.19 or 2.20 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after such participant acquired the participation or unless the sale of the participation to such participant is made with Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (y) a participant that would be a Non-US Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.20 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.20 as though it were a Lender; provided further that, except as specifically set forth in clauses (x) and (y) of this sentence, nothing herein shall require any notice to Borrower or any other Person in connection with the sale of any participation.  To the extent permitted by law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though it were a Lender, provided such participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17 as though it were a Lender.  
(h)   Certain Other Assignments and Participations.  In addition to any other assignment or participation permitted pursuant to this Section 10.6 any Lender may assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender including any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, or other central banks; provided, that no Lender, as between Borrower and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge, and provided further, that in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, pledgee or trustee, be considered to be a “Lender” or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder. 
(i)   Certain ERISA Matters.  
(i)    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, 
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for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(A)    such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(B)    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 Commitments and this Agreement,
(C)    (1) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (2) 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 Commitments and this Agreement, (3) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84- 14 and (4) 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 Commitments and this Agreement, or
(D)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(ii)    In addition, unless either (1) subclause (A) in the immediately preceding clause (i) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with subclause (D) in the immediately preceding clause (i), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights 
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by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Credit Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
10.7.   Independence of Covenants.  All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
10.8.   Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.  All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension.  Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Credit Party set forth in Sections 2.18(c), 2.19, 2.20, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.17, 9.3(b) and 9.6 shall survive the payment of the Loans and the termination hereof.
10.9.   No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.  No failure or delay on the part of any Agent, or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege.  The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements.  Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
10.10.   Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.  None of Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations.  To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or any Agent or Lender enforces any security interests or exercises any right of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
10.11.   Severability.  In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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10.12.   Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights.  The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder.  Nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
10.13.   Headings.  Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
10.14.   APPLICABLE LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.15.   CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.  SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK.  BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (A) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE (SUBJECT TO CLAUSE (E) BELOW) JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (B) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (C) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1; (D) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (C) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (E) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT 
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TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY CREDIT DOCUMENT OR AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF, AND CONSENTS TO VENUE IN, ANY SUCH COURT.
10.16.   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.  THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.  EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS.  EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
10.17.   Confidentiality.  Each Agent and each Lender  shall hold all non-public information regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and their businesses identified as such by Borrower and obtained by such Agent or such Lender pursuant to the requirements hereof in accordance with such Agent’s and such Lender’s customary procedures for handling confidential information of such nature, it being understood and agreed by Borrower that, in any event, Administrative Agent may disclose such information to the Lenders and each Agent and each Lender and each Agent may make (i) disclosures of such information to Affiliates of such Lender or Agent and to their respective officers, directors, partners, members, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors and other advisors, experts or agents who need to know such 
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information and on a confidential basis (and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.17), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any potential or prospective assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation of any Loans or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative or insurance transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, this Agreements or payments hereunder (provided, such assignees, transferees, participants, counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by either the provisions of this Section 10.17 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 10.17), (iii) disclosure on a confidential basis to any rating agency when required by it, (iv) disclosure on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Loans, (v) disclosures in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) disclosures made pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process (in which case such Person agrees to inform Borrower promptly thereof to the extent not prohibited by law), (vii) disclosures made upon the request or demand of any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or any of its Affiliates and (viii) disclosures with the consent of Borrower.  In addition, each Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
10.18.   Usury Savings Clause.  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.  If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect.  In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws.  Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such 
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Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Borrower.
10.19.   Effectiveness; Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Credit Documents. 
(a)    This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Borrower and Administrative Agent of written notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif” shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b)    The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement and any other Credit Documents shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
10.20.   Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  Solely to the extent any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution is a party to this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)    the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b)    the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(A)    a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(B)    a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
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(C)    the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
10.21.   PATRIOT Act.  Each Lender and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.
10.22.   Electronic Execution of Assignments.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
10.23.   No Fiduciary Duty.  Each Agent, Lender and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lenders”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their stockholders and/or their affiliates.  Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Credit Party, its stockholders or its affiliates, on the other.  The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its stockholders or its affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its stockholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of any Credit Party, its management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person.  Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that it has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto.  Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.  
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
						
	LEONARDO DRS, INC.

		
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	GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,

	as Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent, Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and a Lender

		
		
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	BOFA SECURITIES, INC., as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner,

		
		
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	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Leader

		
		
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	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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	BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
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	CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH
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	CITIBANK, N.A.
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	CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
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	CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
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	MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
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	MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.,
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	MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,
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	CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
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	INTESA SANPAOLO S.P.A., NEW YORK BRANCH,
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	UNICREDIT S.P.A., NEW YORK BRANCH,
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Exhibit 10.1
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”), by and between Everi Payments Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of Everi Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Everi Holdings”), and Kate Lowenhar-Fisher (“Executive”), is effective as of March 22, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), which shall be Executive’s first day of active employment. 
R E C I T A L S
A.The Company desires assurance of the association and services of Executive in order to retain Executive's experience, skills, abilities, background and knowledge, and is willing to engage Executive to provide such services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

B.Executive desires to be in the employ of the Company and is willing to accept such employment on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
C.    Executive states that except for the Prior Employer transition services described in this Agreement, as of the Effective Date, Executive will not be actively employed by any employer other than Company.
D.    The Company and Executive wish to enter into an employment relationship with a written employment agreement intended to supersede and replace any and all other written and oral representations regarding Executive's employment with Company.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the foregoing recitals and in consideration of the commitments set forth below, and with understanding that, unless otherwise indicated, any of Executive obligations do not start until the Effective Date, Executive and the Company agree as follows:
1.                   Position, Duties, Responsibilities
1.1.    Position and Term.  The Company hereby employs Executive to render services to the Company in the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer - General Counsel, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Company’s employment of Executive hereunder is contingent upon Executive successfully completing a background investigation.  The duties of this position shall include such duties and responsibilities as are reasonably assigned to Executive by the Chief Executive Officer, including, but not limited to, directing all legal, regulatory compliance and product compliance matters for the Company (including authority to engage related vendors and personnel), 
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managing business risk, protecting company assets, and providing legal advice on all business-related matters, as well as any other such duties and responsibilities as are customarily performed by persons holding similar positions at similarly situated corporations.  Executive agrees to serve in a similar capacity for the benefit of Everi Holdings and any of Everi Holdings’ direct or indirect, wholly-owned or partially-owned subsidiaries or Everi Holdings’ affiliates.  Additionally, Executive shall serve in such other capacity or capacities as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time reasonably and lawfully prescribe. Executive shall be deemed an “Executive Officer” for purposes of indemnification by the Company pursuant to Article XI of the Company’s bylaws.
1.2.    Best Efforts; Other Activities.  Executive will expend Executive’s best efforts on behalf of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, and will abide by all policies and decisions made by the Company and Everi Holdings, as well as all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations or ordinances.  Executive will act in the best interest of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates at all times.  Executive shall devote Executive’s full business time and efforts to the performance of Executive’s assigned duties and responsibilities under this Agreement and, except upon the prior written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), Executive will not (a) accept any other employment, or (b) engage, directly or indirectly, in any other business activity (whether or not pursued for pecuniary advantage) that is or may be in conflict with, or that might place Executive in a conflicting position to that of, the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to (i) provide necessary and appropriate transition services to Executive's former employer, Dickinson Wright PLLC ("Prior Employer") for a period of one (1) month following the Effective Date as may be reasonably requested by Prior Employer, provided that such services shall relate to the transition of Executive's duties and knowledge and shall not include providing legal advice or interfere with Executive’s obligations to the Company, and (ii) engage in occasional charitable activities outside the scope of Executive's employment hereunder so long as such activities (i) do not conflict with the actual or proposed business of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, and (ii) do not affect the performance of Executive's duties hereunder.  In addition, subject to the prior written consent of the Board and subject to the satisfaction of Executive’s fiduciary duties to the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, Executive  may be permitted to serve as a director of other corporations provided that the businesses of such other corporations are not competitive with the actual or proposed business of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates and provided further that Executive’s service as a director of such other corporations does not interfere with Executive's performance of Executive's duties hereunder.  In the sole discretion of the Board, any such prior written consent may be subsequently revoked in the event that the 
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Chief Executive Officer or Board determines that Executive’s position as a director of any such other corporation has developed into a conflict of interest.
1.3.    Location.  Executive’s principal place of employment shall be the Company’s corporate headquarters, which is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
1.4.    Proprietary Information.  Executive recognizes that Executive’s employment with the Company will involve contact with information of substantial value to the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, which is not generally known in the trade, and which gives the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates an advantage over their competitors who do not know or use it.  As a condition precedent to Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive agrees to execute and deliver to the Company, concurrent with Executive's execution and delivery of this Agreement, a copy of the “Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement” attached hereto as Exhibit A.  
1.5.    No Inconsistent Obligations.  Executive represents and covenants that Executive is free to enter into this Agreement as of today and is not bound by any restrictive covenants, including but not limited to, covenants not to compete that could conflict with this Agreement, and will be permitted to be employed by the Company as contemplated hereby.  Executive further represents and covenants that Executive has not and will never use any confidential information or trade secrets belonging to any third party, including, but not limited to, Executive’s prior employer(s), to the extent Executive has any, in any way or manner related to or with respect to the performance of the duties and obligations hereunder. 
1.6.    Regulatory Approval.  Due to the nature of the business of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates and Executive’s position with the Company and Everi Holdings, and, in addition to normal employment-related credit, reference and background investigations, Executive may also be required to complete applications required by various regulatory, tribal, state, local or other international governmental authorities in and under whose jurisdiction the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates conduct business, as well as other applications that may be required by regulatory authorities with jurisdiction over the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. Such applications may require complete disclosure of personal and financial information, criminal convictions or arrests (expunged or not) and business associations.  As an ongoing condition of Executive’s employment, Executive must be able to satisfy all applicable requirements of such governmental and regulatory authorities and obtain all necessary regulatory approvals and licenses.
2.                   Compensation of Executive
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2.1.    Base Salary.  In consideration of the services to be rendered under this Agreement, while employed by the Company, the Company shall pay Executive an annual base salary (“Base Salary”), less required deductions for state and federal withholding tax, social security and all other employment taxes and payroll deductions, payable in regular periodic payments in accordance with Company payroll policy, as follows:  (a) for the period from the Effective Date1 through December 31, 2021:  a Base Salary at the rate of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$350,000.00) per year, (b) for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022, a Base Salary at the rate of Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand United States Dollars (US$375,000.00) per year, and (c) effective as of January 1, 2023, a Base Salary at the rate of Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$400,000.00) per year. Such Base Salary shall be prorated for any partial month of employment on the basis of a 30-day fiscal month.  Such Base Salary shall be subject to annual review by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors of Everi Holdings (the “Compensation Committee”).
2.2.    Bonus.  For each full fiscal year of Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus (the “Cash Bonus”) with a target amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Executive’s then current base salary (the “Target Percentage”).  The actual amount of any such Cash Bonus for the applicable calendar year will be established by the Compensation Committee based on the measurement of certain performance criteria or goals (the “Bonus Metrics”) established for the applicable calendar year by the Compensation Committee prior to or as soon as practicable after the commencement of such calendar year, but in no event later than March 31 of the applicable calendar year, and set forth in a written plan (“Annual Bonus Plan”).  If the Compensation Committee determines that the applicable Bonus Metrics have been achieved at or above a “threshold” level with respect to the applicable performance year, then, based on the level of such achievement, the Executive shall be entitled to receive payment of the applicable Cash Bonus (which may be less than, equal to, or greater than the Target Percentage based on the level of performance achieved and the terms of the Annual Bonus Plan).  If the Committee determines that the applicable Bonus Metrics have not been achieved at a “threshold” level with respect to the applicable performance year, then no Cash Bonus under the Annual Bonus Plan shall be due and payable to the Executive for such year.  Except as provided otherwise in this Agreement, Executive shall only be eligible to receive a Cash Bonus for a calendar year if Executive is employed on the last day of such calendar year.  Any Cash Bonus awarded for a calendar year, if any, shall be paid in cash when other senior executives of the Company are paid, and, in any event, on or before March 31st of the calendar year subsequent to the calendar year in which the Cash Bonus is earned.

1 Assumes the Effective Date is no later than March 31, 2021.  If later than March 31, 2021, the remaining dates in Section 2.1 shall be extended in kind.
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2.3.    Benefits.  Executive shall be entitled to participate in any of the Company’s group medical, dental, life insurance, 401(k) or other benefit plans and programs on the same terms and conditions as other members of the Company’s senior executive management, based upon the eligibility dates described in the applicable benefit plan documents and subject to the terms and conditions of such plans. Executive shall be provided such perquisites of employment as are provided to all other members of the Company’s senior executive management.  Executive understands that the Company has adopted an “unlimited” vacation policy pursuant to which the Company does not limit senior executive officers’ vacation time or sick days; accordingly, like the Company’s other senior executive officers, Executive will not “accrue” paid time off days and will not be compensated for “unused” paid time off upon termination.
2.4.    Expense Reimbursements.  Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive's duties hereunder, in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Company from time to time, and as may be amended from time to time.  Such reasonable expenses shall include bar dues and professional association memberships to the State Bar of Nevada (and CLE), the State Bar of California (and CLE), the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA), and the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL).  Any reimbursement Executive is entitled to receive shall (a) be paid no later than the last day of Executive’s tax year following the tax year in which the expense was incurred, (b) not affect or be affected by any other expenses that are eligible for reimbursement in any other tax year of Executive, and (c) not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.  
2.5.    Equity Awards.  Executive will be eligible to receive restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance awards, stock options or other equity awards with a frequency substantially similar to those regularly awarded to other members of the Company’s senior executive management, other than the Chief Executive Officer, (each, an “Equity Award”) under the applicable equity incentive plan of Everi Holdings as then in effect (the “Plan”), as determined by the Compensation Committee.  Executive agrees and acknowledges that any Equity Award, currently held by, or subsequently awarded to, Executive will be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan and an applicable form of agreement for such Equity Award specified by the Compensation Committee.  Further, with respect to any subsequent Equity Award granted during the Term, Executive will be required to consent in writing to such terms as a condition of retaining the Equity Award. 
2.6.    Other.  In connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will (a) on or before the Effective Date, pay Executive a lump sum signing bonus of Thirty Five Thousand United States Dollars (DS$35,000.00), less required withholdings and deductions, via wire transfer to Executive's 
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designated account, all of which signing bonus shall be subject to repayment by Executive to Company on a two (2) year, pro-rated basis (i.e., if Executive leaves employment for any reason after one (1) year, Executive shall repay Company $17,500.00), and (b) as  of the  Effective Date, request the Compensation Committee approve a grant to Executive an Equity Award of Fifty Thousand (50,000) shares of restricted stock of Everi Holdings, thirty-three percent (33%) of which shall vest and become vested shares on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant (disregarding any resulting fractional share).  The Equity Awards described in this Section 2.6 will be reflected in, and governed by, an applicable grant agreement to be executed by Executive in connection with such grant. Executive shall also be eligible for the 2021 Annual Executive Stock Grant.  

3.    Term
The term of the Agreement shall be three (3) years from the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”). The Company shall give written notice of intent to renew, or not renew, the Agreement ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term. In the event that Company fails to give written notice of intent not to renew as provided above, the Agreement shall renew for successive one-year terms (each, a “Renewal Term”) until terminated by either party upon giving ninety (90) days’ written notice prior to the end of a Renewal Term. The Initial Term and any subsequent Renewal Term, taking into account any early termination of employment pursuant to Section 4, are referred to collectively as the “Term.”
4.    Termination of Employment
4.1.    Definitions.  
4.1.1.For the purposes of this Agreement, termination shall be for “Cause” if (a) Executive refuses or fails to act in accordance with any lawful order or instruction of the Chief Executive Officer or Board, and such refusal or failure to act has not been cured within five (5) days following Executive's receipt of written notice from the Chief Executive Officer or Board, as applicable, of such failure, (b) Executive is determined by the Chief Executive Officer or Board to have failed to devote reasonable attention and time to the business affairs of the Company, Everi Holdings and their subsidiaries and affiliates, (c) Executive is reasonably determined by the Chief Executive Officer or Board to have been (i) unfit for service (i.e., denied any license, permit or qualification required by, or found unsuitable by, any gaming regulator or other governmental authority), (ii) unavailable for service (other than as a result of an Incapacity (as defined below)), or (iii) grossly negligent in connection with the performance of Executive's duties on behalf of the Company, Everi Holdings and their subsidiaries and affiliates, which unfitness, unavailability or gross negligence has not been cured within five (5) days following Executive's receipt of written notice from the Chief Executive Officer or Board of the same; (d) Executive is reasonably determined by the Chief Executive Officer or Board to have committed a material act of dishonesty or 
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willful misconduct or to have acted in bad faith to the material detriment of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their subsidiaries and affiliates in connection with the performance of Executive's duties hereunder; (e) Executive is convicted of a felony or other crime involving dishonesty, breach of trust, moral turpitude or physical harm to any person, or (f) Executive materially breaches any agreement with the Company or Everi Holdings which material breach has not been cured within five (5) days following Executive's receipt of written notice from the Chief Executive Officer or Board of the same.
4.1.2.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “without Cause” shall mean termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for reasons other than for Cause (and excluding any such termination resulting from Executive’s Incapacity or Death).  
4.1.3.  For the purposes of this Agreement, termination shall be for “Good Reason” if (a) there is a material diminution of Executive’s responsibilities or authority with the Company or Everi Holdings, or a material adverse change in the Executive’s reporting responsibilities or title, in each case as they existed prior to such diminution or change without Executive’s consent (which shall be deemed to have occurred in the event that there is a material reduction in the scope of the organization with respect to which the Executive has primary authority); (b) there is a material reduction by the Company in the Executive’s compensation as then in effect, without Executive’s consent; or (c) Executive’s principal work locations are relocated outside of the Las Vegas, Nevada, USA metropolitan area without Executive’s consent.  Executive will be deemed not to have terminated Executive’s employment for Good Reason unless (i) Executive has delivered written notice to the Company of Executive's intent to exercise the rights pursuant to this Section within thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of a condition that would constitute Good Reason and identifying the facts constituting such condition, and (ii) the Company has failed to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such written notice, and (iii) the Executive’s termination of employment for Good Reason is effective no later than one-hundred fifty (150) days following the first occurrence of such condition.  Executive agrees that Executive may be required to travel from time to time as required by the Company’s business and that such travel shall not constitute grounds for Executive to terminate Executive's employment for Good Reason.
4.1.4.  For the purposes of this Agreement, Executive shall be deemed to have suffered an “Incapacity” if Executive, due to any mental or physical illness, injury or limitation, has been unable to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of Executive’s position for a period of at least one-hundred eighty (180) days in any rolling three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period.
4.2.    Termination by Executive.  During the Term, Executive may terminate Executive's employment upon written notice to the Company. In the event that, 
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during the Term, Executive terminates Executive's employment for any reason other than for Good Reason, all of the Company’s duties and obligations under this Agreement shall cease as of the last day of Executive’s employment and the Company shall pay Executive, and Executive shall be entitled to receive, only the following:  all Base Salary earned by Executive through the last day of Executive’s employment but not yet paid, all reimbursable business expenses properly incurred by Executive pursuant to Section 2.4 through the last day of Executive’s employment but not yet reimbursed, and all benefits earned by Executive pursuant to Section 2.3 through the last day of Executive's employment (the “Accrued Amounts”); provided however, in the event the Company elects to enforce the Noncompete Term (as defined in Section 7.2) following a termination under this Section 4.2, the Company will continue to pay Executive’s then-current Base Salary in installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll procedures during the pendency of the Noncompete Term. 
4.3.    Termination by the Company for Cause.  In the event that, during the Term, the Company terminates Executive’s employment for Cause, all of the Company’s duties and obligations under this Agreement shall cease as of the last day of Executive’s employment and the Company shall pay Executive, and Executive shall be entitled to receive, only the Accrued Amounts; provided however, in the event the Company elects to enforce the Noncompete Term following a termination under this Section 4.3, the Company will continue to pay Executive’s then-current Base Salary in installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll procedures during the pendency of the Non-Compete Term.
4.4.    Termination by the Company without Cause, or Termination by Executive for Good Reason.  In the event that, during the Term, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause, or Executive terminates Executive’s employment for Good Reason, all of the Company’s duties and obligations under this Agreement shall cease as of the last day of Executive’s employment and the Company shall pay Executive, and Executive shall be entitled to receive, the Accrued Amounts.  In addition, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.8 below, the Company shall pay to Executive the severance payments and benefits set forth below in Sections 4.4.1- 4.4.4 in accordance with the terms thereof.  
4.4.1.  Base Salary Continuation.  If the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive terminates Executive’s employment for Good Reason, the Company shall continue to pay Executive’s Base Salary at the then-current rate (determined prior to any reduction constituting a condition giving rise to Good Reason) for a period of one (1) year following the date of termination.  Such salary continuation shall be paid to Executive in installments in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll procedures, with the initial salary continuation payment to be made on the first regular payroll date of the Company following the Release Deadline and to include a catch-up payment for all regular 
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Company payroll dates occurring between the date of Executive’s termination of employment and such initial salary continuation payment date; provided, however, that if the period beginning on the date of Executive’s termination of employment and ending on the first Company payroll date following the Release Deadline straddles two calendar years, then the salary continuation payments shall in any event begin in the second such calendar year.  Salary continuation payments shall be subject to standard deductions and withholdings.  
4.4.2.  Target Bonus.  If the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive terminates Executive’s employment for Good Reason during the Term, the Company shall pay to Executive, less standard deductions and withholdings, an additional severance benefit in an amount equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of Executive’s then-current target bonus (based on the target bonus percentage) for the calendar year in which the termination occurs, such aggregate amount to be in substantially equal installments concurrent with the salary continuation payments pursuant to Section 4.4.1 (including a catch-up payment as described therein).
4.4.3.  Vesting of Equity Awards and Exercise Period.  Upon the Company’s termination of Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive’s termination of Executive’s employment for Good Reason, then all Equity Awards granted to Executive following the Effective Date and held by Executive immediately prior to such termination shall be governed by the terms of the applicable grant agreement pursuant to which such Equity Award is granted, in each case as determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of such grant.
4.4.4.  Health Care Coverage.  The Company shall, following the Executive’s timely election, provide the Executive with continued coverage under the Company’s group health insurance plans as then in effect in accordance with the provisions of Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended and any state law equivalent (“COBRA”), at no cost to Executive, for a period of time equal to the eighteen (18) months following the date of termination of Executive’s employment; provided however that, in the event that Executive secures alternate employment which offers health care coverage during this 18-month period, the Company’s obligations under this section will cease. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that the payment of the COBRA premiums would result in a violation of the nondiscrimination rules of Section 105(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any statute or regulation of similar effect (including but not limited to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the 2010 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act), then in lieu of providing the COBRA premiums, the Company, in its sole discretion, may elect to instead pay Executive on the first day of each month of such applicable salary continuation period, a fully taxable cash payment equal to the COBRA premiums for that month, subject to 
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applicable withholdings and deductions, and Executive may, but is not obligated to, use such payments toward the cost of COBRA premiums.
4.5.    Termination by the Company for Incapacity.  In the event that, during the Term, Executive suffers an Incapacity as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion, the Company may elect to terminate Executive’s employment pursuant to this Section 4.5.  In such event, all of the Company’s duties and obligations under this Agreement shall cease as of the last day of Executive’s employment and the Company shall pay Executive, and Executive shall be entitled to receive, only the Accrued Amounts; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit Executive’s rights to payments or other benefits under any long-term disability plans of the Company in which Executive participates, if any.  
4.6.    Termination upon Death.  In the event that, during the Term, Executive dies, Executive’s employment shall be deemed to have terminated upon the date of death and all of the Company’s duties and obligations under this Agreement shall cease.  In such event, the Company shall pay Executive’s estate, and Executive’s estate shall be entitled to receive, only the Accrued Amounts; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall limit Executive’s estate’s or Executive’s beneficiaries’ rights to payments or other benefits under any life insurance plan or policy in which Executive participated or with respect to which Executive has designated a beneficiary, if any.
4.7.     Change in Control and Termination Payments.
4.7.1.  Equity Award Acceleration.  Upon a Change in Control (as that or a substantially similar term is defined in the Plan), the vesting or termination of all outstanding Equity Awards shall continue to be governed under the terms of such Equity Awards.
4.7.2.  Parachute Payments.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any payment or benefit Executive would receive pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (collectively, the “Payments”) would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, and, but for this sentence, would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any similar or successor provision (the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of the Payments will be either (a) the largest portion of the Payments that would result in no portion of the Payments (after reduction) being subject to the Excise Tax or (b) the entire Payments, whichever amount after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from a deduction of such state and local taxes), results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the Payments.  Any reduction in the Payments required by this Section will be made in the following 
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order (to the extent compliant with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”)): (i) reduction of Payments that constitute “deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A), and if there is more than one such Payment, then such reduction shall be applied on a pro rata basis to all such Payments; (ii) reduction of Payments payable in cash that do not constitute deferred compensation; (iii) reduction of accelerated vesting of Equity Awards other than stock options, if any; (iv) reduction of accelerated vesting of stock options, if any; and (v) reduction of other benefits paid or provided to Executive.  In the event that acceleration of vesting of Equity Awards is to be reduced, such acceleration of vesting will be cancelled in the reverse order of the date of grant of such Equity Awards.  If two or more Equity Awards are granted on the same date, the accelerated vesting of each award will be reduced on a pro-rata basis.
4.7.3.  Calculation.  The professional firm engaged by the Company for general tax purposes as of the day prior to the date of the event that might reasonably be anticipated to result in Payments that would otherwise be subject to the Excise Tax will perform the foregoing calculations.  If the tax firm so engaged by the Company is serving as accountant or auditor for the acquiring company, the Company will appoint a nationally recognized tax firm to make the determinations required by this Section.  The Company will bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by the tax firm required to be made by this Section.  The Company and Executive shall furnish the tax firm such information and documents as the tax firm may reasonably request in order to make its required determination.  The tax firm will provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and Executive as soon as practicable following its engagement.  Any good faith determinations of the tax firm made hereunder will be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and Executive.
4.8.    No Other Compensation or Benefits/No Duty to Mitigate.  Executive acknowledges that except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation, severance payments or benefits upon the termination of Executive’s employment.  The Company acknowledges that Executive is under no duty to seek other employment or otherwise mitigate the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the Company shall have no right of off-set against the amounts owed to Executive by the Company on account of any remuneration or other benefit earned or received by Executive after Executive’s termination by the Company.
4.9.    Conditions to Severance. Executive will only be entitled to receive the severance payments and benefits set forth in Sections 4.4.1- 4.4.4 if, on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the date of termination of Executive's employment (the “Release Deadline”), Executive executes a full general release of claims agreement in a form similar to Exhibit B hereto or the Company’s then-current version thereof, releasing all claims, known or unknown, that Executive may have 
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against the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, and employees arising out of or in any way related to Executive’s employment or termination of employment with the Company, and the period for revocation, if any, of such release agreement has lapsed without the release having been revoked.  In the event that Executive breaches any of the covenants contained in Sections 7 or 8, the Company shall have the right to (a) terminate further provision of any portion of the severance payments and benefits set forth in Sections 4.4.1-4.4.4  not yet paid or provided to Executive, (b) seek reimbursement in gross from Executive for any and all portions of the severance payments and benefits set forth in Sections 4.4.1-4.4.4  previously paid or provided to Executive, (c) recover from Executive all shares of Everi Holdings stock acquired by Executive pursuant to Equity Awards the vesting of which was accelerated by reason of Executive’s termination of employment (or the proceeds therefrom, reduced by any exercise or purchase price paid to acquire such shares), and (d) immediately cancel all portions of Equity Awards the vesting of which was accelerated by reason of Executive’s termination of employment.
4.10.     Expiration of the Term.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the absence of an assertion of Cause by the Company, the exercise by the Company of its right to not extend the Agreement, shall constitute a termination at the election of the Company without Cause and Executive’s employment will be terminated as of such date.
5.     Executive’s Termination Obligations
5.1.    Return of Company’s Property.  Without in any way limiting Executive’s obligations and the Company’s rights under the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement described in Section 1.4, Executive hereby acknowledges and agrees that all books, manuals, records, reports, notes, contracts, lists, spreadsheets and other documents or materials, or copies thereof, and equipment furnished to or prepared by Executive in the course of or incident to Executive’s employment, belong to Company and shall be promptly returned to Company upon termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason.
5.2.    Cooperation in Pending Work.  Following any termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall, at the Company’s request, reasonably cooperate with the Company in all matters relating to the winding up of pending work on behalf of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates and the orderly transfer of work to other employees of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates.  Executive shall also cooperate, at the Company’s request, in the defense of any action brought by any third party against the Company, Everi 
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Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates that relates in any way to Executive’s acts or omissions while employed by the Company.
5.3.    Resignation.  Upon the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall be deemed to have resigned from all positions as an employee, officer, director or manager then held with the Company, Everi Holdings or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.  Executive agrees to execute and deliver such documents or instruments as are reasonably requested by the Company, Everi Holdings or any such subsidiary or affiliate to evidence such resignations.
5.4.    Survival.  The representations and warranties contained herein and Executive’s and the Company’s obligations under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and under the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement shall survive termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason and the expiration of this Agreement.
5.5.    Mutual Nondisparagement.  Executive agrees that Executive will not make any voluntary statements, written or oral, or cause or encourage others to make any such statements that defame, disparage or in any way criticize the personal and/or business reputations, practices or conduct of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates or their respective employees, officers or directors. The Company agrees that it will instruct its officers and directors to not make any voluntary statements, written or oral, or cause or encourage others to make any such statements that defame, disparage or in any way criticize the personal and/or business reputations, practices or conduct of Executive.
6.     Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  
6.1.    This Agreement and all payments and benefits provided under this Agreement are intended to comply with, or be exempt from, Section 409A, and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.  However, the Company does not guarantee any particular tax effect for income provided to Executive pursuant to this Agreement, and except for the Company’s responsibility to withhold applicable income and employment taxes from compensation paid or provided to Executive, the Company shall not be responsible for the payment of any applicable taxes, penalties, interest, costs, fees, including attorneys’ fees, or other liability incurred by Executive in connection with compensation paid or provided to Executive pursuant to this Agreement.
6.2.    No amount payable pursuant to this Agreement on account of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company which constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall be paid unless and until Executive has incurred a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A.  Furthermore, to the extent that Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A (determined using the identification methodology 
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selected by Company from time to time, or if none, the default methodology) as of the date of Executive’s separation from service, no amount that constitutes a deferral of compensation which is payable on account of Executive’s separation from service shall paid to Executive before the date (the “Delayed Payment Date”) which is first day of the seventh month after the date of Executive’s separation from service or, if earlier, the date of Executive’s death following such separation from service.  All such amounts that would, but for this Section, become payable prior to the Delayed Payment Date will be accumulated and paid in a lump sum on the Delayed Payment Date.  Thereafter, any payments that remain outstanding as of the day immediately following the Delayed Payment Date shall be paid without delay over the time period originally scheduled, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
6.3.     Any right of Executive to receive installment payments under this Agreement shall, for all purposes of Section 409A, be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.
7.     Restrictions on Competition after Termination
Executive acknowledges that the nature of the business of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates is such that it would be extremely difficult for Executive to honor and comply with Executive's obligations under the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement described in Section 1.4 to keep secret and confidential the  trade secrets of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates if Executive were to become employed by or substantially interested in the business of a competitor of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates is such that soon following the termination of Executive's employment with the Company, and it would also be extremely difficult to determine in any reasonably available forum the extent to which Executive was or was not complying with Executive's obligations under such circumstances.
7.1.    Duration of Restriction.  In consideration for the Company’s and Everi Holdings’ undertakings and obligations under this Agreement, and in light of Executive’s unique position and substantial knowledge of the operations, plans and projects of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, Executive agrees that, during the Noncompete Term (as defined below), Executive shall not directly or indirectly engage in (whether as an employee, consultant, proprietor, partner, director or otherwise), or have any ownership interest in, or participate in the financing, operation, management or control of, any person, firm, corporation or business2 that engages in any line of business in which the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates engages at the time of such termination, in the United States, Canada, 

2 The term “any person, firm, corporation or business” shall not include Executive’s employment or association with any private law firm, so long as such employment or association does not allow for or result in the transfer or disclosure of any of the Company’s confidential or proprietary information to such private law firm or its clients.
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the United Kingdom or such other countries in which the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates conducts business at the time of such termination (“Restricted Territory”).  For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not prohibit Executive from engaging in, owning an interest in, or participating in any business that processes credit card, debit card or automated teller machine transactions originated from outside of gaming establishments, unless the Company has expanded its operations to encompass such activities at the time of termination.  For purposes of this Agreement, the “Noncompete Term” shall mean the period of one year after the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder.  The parties agree that ownership of no more than 1% of the outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation or other entity shall not constitute a violation of this provision.  The parties intend that the covenants contained in this section shall be construed as a series of separate covenants, one for each county, city, state and other political subdivision of the Restricted Territory.  Except for geographic coverage, each such separate covenant shall be deemed identical in terms to the covenant contained in this section.  If, in any judicial proceeding, a court shall refuse to enforce any of the separate covenants (or any part thereof) deemed included in this section, then such unenforceable covenant (or such part) shall be deemed eliminated from this Agreement for the purpose of those proceedings to the extent necessary to permit the remaining separate covenants (or portions thereof) to be enforced by such court.  It is the intent of the parties that the covenants set forth herein be enforced to the maximum degree permitted by applicable law.
7.2     Assignment.  Executive expressly understands and agrees that all restrictions on employment and solicitation as set for in Sections 7 and 8 are fair and reasonable and are a material part of this Agreement which would not be entered into by the parties, absent mutual agreement to the assignability of the same.  Executive further expressly understands and agrees that Executive's duties and obligations as set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of this Agreement may be assigned by the Company upon a Change in Control at Company's discretion.  Executive agrees that Executive has received separate valuable and sufficient consideration in exchange for Company's right to assign Executive's obligations and duties as set forth in Sections 7 and 8. 
8.    Restrictions on Solicitation after Termination
In consideration for the Company’s and Everi Holdings’ undertakings and obligations under this Agreement, and in light of Executive’s unique position and substantial knowledge of the operations, plans and projects of the Company, Everi Holdings and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, Executive agrees that, for a period of one (1) year following the termination of Executive's employment hereunder for any reason, Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, as a sole proprietor, member of a partnership, stockholder or investor, officer or director of a corporation, or as an executive, associate, consultant, employee, independent contractor or agent of any person, partnership, 
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corporation or other business organization or entity other than the Company solicit or endeavor to entice away from the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates any person or entity who is, or, during the then most recent three-month period, was, employed by, or had served as an agent or key consultant of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, provided, however, that Executive shall not be prohibited from receiving and responding to unsolicited requests for employment or career advice from the Company’s employees. 
9.     Arbitration
9.1.    Agreement to Arbitrate Claims.  The Company and Executive hereby agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all claims or controversies between them (or between Executive and any present or former officer, director, agent, or employee of the Company or any parent, subsidiary, or other entity affiliated with the Company) relating in any manner to the employment or the termination of employment of Executive shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain National Mutual Arbitration Agreement for Employees of the Company executed by Executive  (the “Arbitration Agreement”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C  Claims subject to the Arbitration Agreement shall include contract claims, tort claims, claims relating to compensation and Equity Awards, as well as claims based on any federal, state, or local law, statute, or regulation, including but not limited to any claims arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.  However, claims for unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation, and claims under the National Labor Relations Act shall not be subject to arbitration.
9.2.    Enforcement Actions.  Either the Company or Executive may bring an action in court to compel arbitration under this Agreement and to enforce an arbitration award. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither party shall initiate or prosecute any lawsuit in any way related to any arbitrable claim, including, without limitation, any claim as to the making, existence, validity, or enforceability of the agreement to arbitrate.  All arbitration hearings under this Agreement shall be conducted in Las Vegas, Nevada.
9.3.    Exceptions.  Nothing in this Agreement precludes a party from filing an administrative charge before an agency that has jurisdiction over an arbitrable claim.  In addition, either party may, at its option, seek injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction for any claim or controversy arising out of or related to the matters described in Sections 7 and 8 above or the unauthorized use, disclosure, or misappropriation of the confidential and/or proprietary information of either party in contravention of the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement or otherwise.  By way of example, the Company may choose to use the court system to seek injunctive relief to prevent disclosure of its 
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proprietary information or trade secrets; similarly, Executive may elect to use the court system to seek injunctive relief to protect Executive’s own inventions or trade secrets.
9.4.    Attorneys’ Fees.  Each party shall pay its own costs and attorney’s fees, unless a party prevails on a statutory claim, and the statute provides that the prevailing party is entitled to payment of its attorneys' fees.  In that case, the arbitrator may award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing party as provided by law.  The costs and fees of the arbitrator shall be borne equally by Executive and the Company.
9.5.    Survival.  The parties’ obligations under this Agreement, where applicable including Section 7 and 8, shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason and the expiration of this Agreement.
9.6.    Acknowledgements.  THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THIS SECTION 9 CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIMS OR CONTROVERSIES COVERED BY THIS SECTION 9.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT NONE OF THOSE CLAIMS OR CONTROVERSIES SHALL BE RESOLVED BY A JURY TRIAL.  THE PARTIES FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS SECTION 9 WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL AND HAVE AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THE EXTENT THEY WISH TO DO SO.
10.    Expiration
The terms of this Agreement are intended by the parties to govern Executive’s employment with the Company during the Term.  Upon the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, this Agreement shall expire and be of no further force or effect, except to the extent of provisions hereof which expressly survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
11.    Entire Agreement
Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, the terms of this Agreement are intended by the parties to be the final and exclusive expression of their agreement with respect to the employment of Executive by Company and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous statements or agreements. The parties further intend that this Agreement shall constitute the complete and exclusive statement of its terms and that no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial, administrative, or other legal proceeding involving this Agreement.  To the extent any provisions in this Agreement are inconsistent with any provisions of the Exhibits, the provisions of the Exhibits shall supersede and be controlling.  Further, upon execution of this Agreement, the Prior Agreement will terminate and be of no further force and effect.
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12.    Amendments, Waivers
This Agreement may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by Executive and by a duly authorized representative of the Company other than Executive.  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, or power under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity.
13.    Assignment; Successors and Assigns
Executive agrees that Executive may not assign, sell, transfer, delegate or otherwise dispose of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or by operation of law, any rights or obligations under this Agreement, nor shall Executive’s rights be subject to encumbrance or the claims of creditors.  Any purported assignment, transfer, or delegation shall be null and void.  Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the consolidation of the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates with, or their merger into, any other corporation, or the sale by the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates of all or substantially all of their respective properties or assets, or the assignment by the Company, Everi Holdings and/or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder to any successor in interest.
14.    Governing Law
The validity, interpretation, enforceability, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Nevada, without regard to conflicts of laws. Each party consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the state or federal courts in Las Vegas, Nevada, if applicable, in any action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, except that injunctive relief may be sought in any court of competent jurisdiction
15.    Acknowledgment
The parties acknowledge (a) that they have consulted with or have had the opportunity to consult with independent counsel of their own choice concerning this Agreement, and (b) that they have read and understand the Agreement, are fully aware of its legal effect, and have entered into it freely based on their own judgment and not on any representations or promises other than those contained in this Agreement.
16.    Notices
All notices or demands of any kind required or permitted to be given by the Company or Executive under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be personally delivered (and receipted for) or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
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	If to Company:	Everi Payments Inc.
Attn:  CEO w/ copy to General Counsel
7250 S. Tenaya Way, Ste. 100
Las Vegas, NV  89113

	If to Executive:	Kate Lowenhar-Fisher
2814 Evening Rock Street
Las Vegas, NV 89135

Any such written notice shall be deemed received when personally delivered or three (3) days after its deposit in the United States mail as specified above.  Either party may change its address for notices by giving notice to the other party in the name specified in this section.
17.    Representations and Warranties
Upon reasonable belief, Executive represents and warrants that Executive is not restricted or prohibited, contractually or otherwise, from entering into and performing each of the terms and covenants contained in this Agreement, and that Executive's execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate or breach any other agreements between Executive and any other person or entity.
18.    Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, all of which together shall contribute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date set forth below.
																														
	EVERI PAYMENTS INC.    
			EXECUTIVE 		
										
										
	By:	/s/ Michael D. Rumbolz			/s/ Kate Lowenhar-Fisher		
		Michael D. Rumbolz			Kate Lowenhar-Fisher		
		Chief Executive Officer							
										
	Date:	3/10/21				Date:	2/24/21			
										
										
										
										

Acknowledged and Agreed:    
EVERI HOLDINGS INC.
By:   /s/ Michael D. Rumbolz                   
Michael D. Rumbolz, 
      Chief Executive Officer    
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EXHIBIT A
EMPLOYEE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT
In consideration of my employment by Everi Payments Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), I hereby agree to certain restrictions placed by the Company on my use and development of information and technology of the Company and its parent, subsidiary and affiliate entities, as more fully set out below.   
1. Proprietary Information.  
 
(a) Confidential Restrictions.  I understand that, in the course of my work as an employee of the Company, I may have access to Proprietary Information (as defined below) concerning the Company.  I acknowledge that the Company has developed, compiled, and otherwise obtained, often at great expense, this information, which has great value to the Company’s business.  I agree to hold in strict confidence and in trust for the sole benefit of the Company all Proprietary Information and will not disclose any Proprietary Information, directly or indirectly, to anyone outside of the Company, or use, copy, publish, summarize, or remove from Company premises such information (or remove from the premises any other property of the Company) except:  (i) during my employment to the extent necessary to carry out my responsibilities as an employee of the Company or (ii) after termination of my employment, as specifically authorized in writing by a duly authorized officer of the Company.  I further understand that the publication of any Proprietary Information through literature or speeches must be approved in advance in writing by a duly authorized officer of the Company.   
(b) Proprietary Information Defined.  I understand that the term “Proprietary Information” in this Agreement means all information and any idea in whatever form, tangible or intangible, whether disclosed to or learned or developed by me, pertaining in any manner to the business of the Company, the Company’s parent or subsidiary entities or to the Company’s affiliates, consultants, or business associates, unless:  (i) the information is or becomes publicly known through lawful means; (ii) the information was rightfully in my possession or part of my general knowledge prior to my employment by the Company; or (iii) the information is disclosed to me without confidential or proprietary restrictions by a third party who rightfully possesses the information (without confidential or proprietary restrictions) and did not learn of it, directly or indirectly, from the Company.  I further understand that the Company considers the following information to be included, without limitation, in the definition of Proprietary Information:  (A) schematics, techniques, employee suggestions, development tools and processes, computer printouts, computer programs, design drawings and manuals, electronic codes, formulas and improvements; (B) information about costs, profits, markets, sales, customers, prospective customers, customer contracts (including without limitation the terms and conditions of such customer contracts) and bids; (C) plans for business, marketing, future development and new product concepts; (D) customer lists, and distributor and representative lists; (E) all documents, books, papers, drawings, models, sketches, and other data of any kind and description, including electronic data recorded or retrieved by any means, that have been or will be given to me by the Company (or any affiliate of it), as well as written or verbal 
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instructions or comments; (F) any information or material not described in (A)-(E) above which relate to the Company’s inventions, technological developments, “know how”, purchasing, accounts, merchandising, or licensing; (G) employee personnel files and information about employee compensation and benefits; and (H) any information of the type described in (A)-(G) above which the Company has a legal obligation to treat as confidential, or which the Company treats as proprietary or designates as confidential, whether or not owned or developed by the Company. 
(c) Information Use.  I agree that I will maintain at my work area or in other places under my control only such Proprietary Information that I have a current “need to know,” and that I will return to the appropriate person or location or otherwise properly dispose of Proprietary Information once my need to know no longer exists.  I agree that I will not make copies of information unless I have a legitimate need for such copies in connection with my work.   
(d) Third Party Information.  I recognize that the Company has received and in the future will receive from third parties their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty on the Company’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes.  I agree that I owe the Company and such third parties, during the term of my employment and thereafter, a duty to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person, firm, or corporation (except as necessary in carrying out my work for the Company consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party) or to use it for the benefit of anyone other than for the Company or such third party (consistent with the Company’s agreement with such third party) without the express written authorization of a duly authorized officer of the Company.  
2. Inventions.   
(a) Defined; Statutory Notice.  I understand that during the term of my employment, there are certain restrictions on my development of technology, ideas, and inventions, referred to in this Agreement as “Invention Ideas.”  The term “Invention Ideas” means all ideas, processes, inventions, technology, programs, original works of authorship, designs, formulas, discoveries, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, and all improvements, rights, and claims related to the foregoing, that are conceived, developed, or reduced to practice by me alone or with others during the period of my employment with the Company, except for (1) Invention Ideas excluded in Schedule A, (2) Invention Ideas that I develop entirely on my own time without the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secret information except for those Invention Ideas that either relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the Invention Idea to the Company’s business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development or result from any work performed by me for the Company, and (3) to the extent that any law applicable to my employment lawfully prohibits the assignment.  
(b) Disclosure.  I agree to maintain adequate and current written records on the development of all Invention Ideas and to disclose promptly to the Company all Invention Ideas and relevant records, which records will remain the sole property of the Company.  I 
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further agree that all information and records pertaining to any idea, process, invention, technology, program, original work of authorship, design, formula, discovery, patent, copyright, trademark, or service mark, that I do not believe to be an Invention Idea, but is conceived, developed, or reduced to practice by me (alone or with others) during my period of employment or during the one-year period following termination of my employment, shall be promptly disclosed to the Company (such disclosure to be received in confidence).  The Company shall examine such information to determine if in fact it is an Invention Idea subject to this Agreement.   
(c) Assignment.  I agree to assign and hereby do assign to the Company, without further consideration, my entire right, title, and interest (throughout the United States and in all foreign countries), free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, in and to each Invention Idea, which shall be the sole property of the Company, whether or not copyrightable or patentable.  
(d) Assist with Registration.  In the event any Invention Idea shall be deemed by the Company to be copyrightable or patentable or otherwise registrable, I will assist the Company (at its expense) in obtaining and maintaining letters patent or other applicable registrations and I will execute all documents and do all other things (including testifying at the Company’s expense) necessary or proper to accomplish such registrations thereon and to vest the Company with full title thereto.  Should the Company be unable to secure my signature on any document necessary to apply for, prosecute, obtain, or enforce any patent, copyright, or other right or protection relating to any Invention Idea, whether due to my mental or physical incapacity or any other cause, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Company and each of its duly authorized officers and agents as my agent and attorney-in-fact, to act for and on my behalf and stead, to execute and file any such document, and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance, and enforcement of patents, copyrights, or other rights or protections with the same force and effect as if executed and delivered by me.  I agree to maintain adequate and current records on the development of all Invention Ideas, which shall also remain the sole property of the Company. 
(e) License for Other Inventions.  If, in the course of my employment with the Company, I incorporate into Company property an invention owned by me or in which I have an interest, the Company is granted a nonexclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, world-wide license to make, modify, use and sell any invention as part of and in connection with the Company property. 
(f) Exclusions.  Except as disclosed in Schedule A attached hereto and incorporated herein, there are no ideas, processes, inventions, technology, writings, programs, designs, formulas, discoveries, patents, copyrights, or trademarks, or improvements to the foregoing, that I wish to exclude from the operation of this Agreement.  To the best of my knowledge, there is no existing contract in conflict with this Agreement or any other contract to assign ideas, processes, inventions, technology, writings, programs, designs, formulas, discoveries, patents, copyrights, or trademarks, or improvements thereon, that is now in existence between me and any other person or entity.   
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(g) Disclosure.  I agree to disclose promptly to the Company all “Invention Ideas” and relevant records as defined in paragraph 2(a), above.  I further agree to promptly disclose to the Company any idea that I do not believe to be an invention, but which is conceived, developed, or reduced to practice by me (alone or with others) while I am employed by the Company or during the one-year period following the termination of my employment.  I will disclose the idea, along with all information and records pertaining to the idea, and the Company will examine the disclosure in confidence to determine if in fact it is an Invention Idea subject to this Agreement. 
(h) Post-Termination Period.  I agree that any idea, invention, writing, discovery, patent, copyright, trademark or similar item or improvement shall be presumed to be an Invention Idea if it is conceived, developed, use, sold, exploited, or reduced to practice by me or with my aid within one (1) year after my termination of employment with the Company.  I can rebut this presumption if I prove that the idea, invention, writing, discovery, patent, copyright, trademark or similar item or improvement is not an Invention Idea covered by this Agreement. 
3. Former or Conflicting Agreements.  During my employment with the Company, I will not disclose to the Company, or use, or induce the Company to use, any proprietary information or trade secrets of others.  I represent and warrant that I have returned all property and confidential information belonging to all prior employers, individuals and entities who have provided such property and confidential information to me, if any, as required by such prior employers, individuals and entities.  I further represent and warrant that my performance of the terms of this Agreement will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired by me in confidence or in trust prior to my employment by the Company.  I have not entered into, and I agree I will not enter into, any oral or written agreement in conflict herewith.  I have listed in Schedule A all other agreements concerning proprietary information or agreements to which I am a party and have attached copies of any agreements in my possession. 
4. Government Contracts.  I understand that the Company has or may enter into contracts with the government under which certain intellectual property rights will be required to be protected, assigned, licensed, or otherwise transferred and I hereby agree to execute such other documents and agreements as are necessary to enable the Company to meet its obligations under any such government contracts.   
5. Termination.  I hereby acknowledge and agree that all property, including, without limitation, all source code listings, books, manuals, records, models, drawings, reports, notes, contracts, lists, blueprints, and other documents or materials or copies thereof, all equipment furnished to or prepared by me in the course of or incident to my employment, and all Proprietary Information belonging to the Company and will be promptly returned to the Company upon termination of my employment with the Company.  Following my termination, I will not retain any written or other tangible material containing any Proprietary Information or information pertaining to any Invention Idea.  I understand that my obligations contained in this Agreement will survive the termination of my employment and I will continue to make all disclosures required of me by paragraph 2(b).  In the event of the termination of my employment, I agree, if requested by the Company, to sign and deliver the Termination Certificate attached as 
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Schedule B hereto and incorporated herein.  I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY IS AN “AT-WILL” EMPLOYER AND NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO IMPLY THAT THE TERM OF MY EMPLOYMENT IS OF ANY DEFINITE DURATION.  NO ONE OTHER THAN AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF THE COMPANY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ALTER THIS ARRANGEMENT, TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME, OR TO MAKE ANY AGREEMENT CONTRARY TO THIS POLICY, AND ANY SUCH AGREEMENT MUST BE IN WRITING AND MUST BE SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICER OF THE COMPANY AND BY THE AFFECTED EMPLOYEE. 
6. Remedies.  I recognize that nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit any remedy of the Company under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act or other federal or state law and that I could face possible criminal and civil actions, resulting in imprisonment and substantial monetary liability, if I misappropriate the Company’s trade secrets.  In addition, I recognize that my violation of this Agreement could cause the Company irreparable harm, the amount of which may be extremely difficult to estimate, thus, making any remedy at law or in damages inadequate.  Therefore, I agree that the Company shall have the right to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for an order restraining any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement and for any other relief the Company deems appropriate.  This right shall be in addition to any other remedy available to the Company in law or equity.   
7. Miscellaneous Provisions.   
(a) Assignment.  I agree that the Company may assign to another person or entity any of its rights under this Agreement.   
(b) Governing Law; Severability.  The validity, interpretation, enforceability, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada without giving effect to any conflicts or choice of law provisions that would result in the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the internal laws of the State of Nevada.  If any provision of this Agreement, or application thereof to any person, place, or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable, or void, the remainder of this Agreement and such provisions as applied to other persons, places, and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect.   
(c) Entire Agreement.  The terms of this Agreement are the final expression of the parties’ agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement.  This Agreement shall constitute the complete and exclusive statement of its terms and no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial, administrative, or other legal proceeding involving this Agreement; provided however that, to the extent that any provision of this Agreement is in conflict with, contrary to, or otherwise inconsistent with the intent of any provision of my Employment Agreement dated December 31, 2017, the terms of such Employment Agreement will prevail.   
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(d) Amendments; Waivers.  This Agreement may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by me and by a duly authorized representative of the Company.  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. 
(e) Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon me and my heirs, executors, administrators, and successors, and shall inure to the benefit of the Company’s successors and assigns.   
(f) Application of this Agreement.  I hereby agree that my obligations set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof and the definitions of Proprietary Information and Invention Ideas contained therein shall be equally applicable to Proprietary Information and Invention Ideas relating to any work performed by me for the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement.  
8. Defend Trade Secrets Act.  Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, I acknowledge that I shall not have criminal or civil liability under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that  (A) is made (i) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.  In addition, if I file a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, I may disclose the trade secret to my attorney and may use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if I (X) file any document containing the trade secret under seal and (Y) do not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & AGREEMENT
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS.  I HAVE COMPLETELY NOTED ON SCHEDULE A TO THIS AGREEMENT ANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, IDEAS, PROCESSES, INVENTIONS, TECHNOLOGY, WRITINGS, PROGRAMS, DESIGNS, FORMULAS, DISCOVERIES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, OR TRADEMARKS, OR IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHTS, OR CLAIMS RELATING TO THE FOREGOING, THAT I DESIRE TO EXCLUDE FROM THIS AGREEMENT.   
 																											
									
	Date:	2/25/21		Employee Name:	Kate Lowenhar-Fisher			
									
									
	/s/ Kate Lowenhar-Fisher					
	Employee Signature					
									
									
									
									

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SCHEDULE A 
EMPLOYEE’S DISCLOSURE 
OF PRIOR INVENTIONS AND PRIOR AGREEMENTS
1. Prior Inventions.  Except as set forth below, there are no ideas, processes, inventions, technology, writings, programs, designs, formulas, discoveries, patents, copyrights, or trademarks, or any claims, rights, or improvements to the foregoing, that I wish to exclude from the operation of this Agreement: None                    ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________  

 2. Prior Agreements.  Except as set forth below, I am aware of no prior agreements between me and any other person or entity concerning proprietary information or inventions (attach copies of all agreements in your possession): 
None                                                ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 																					
							
	Date:	2/25/21		Employee Name:	Kate Lowenhar-Fisher	
							
							
	/s/ Kate Lowenhar-Fisher			
	Employee Signature			
							

   
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SCHEDULE B 
TERMINATION CERTIFICATE CONCERNING 
EVERI PAYMENTS INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GLOBAL CASH ACCESS, INC.) 
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS 
 
This is to certify that I have returned all property of Everi Payments Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), its parent entity and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, all source code listings, books, manuals, records, models, drawings, reports, notes, contracts, lists, blueprints, and other documents and materials, Proprietary Information, and equipment furnished to or prepared by me in the course of or incident to my employment with the Company, and that I did not make or distribute any copies of the foregoing.   
I further certify that I have reviewed the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement signed by me and that I have complied with and will continue to comply with all of its terms, including, without limitation, (i) the reporting of any idea, process, invention, technology, writing, program, design, formula, discovery, patent, copyright, or trademark, or any improvement, rights, or claims related to the foregoing, conceived or developed by me and covered by the Agreement and (ii) the preservation as confidential of all Proprietary Information pertaining to the Company.  This certificate in no way limits my responsibilities or the Company’s rights under the Agreement.   
On termination of my employment with the Company, I will be employed by _____________________  [Name of New Employer] [in the ______________ division] and I will be working in connection with the following projects:   
[Generally describe the projects] 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
______________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 
Date: ________________________ Employee Name: __________________________________ 

 
 __________________________________________ 
 Employee Signature  
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EXHIBIT B
CONFIDENTIAL SEPARATION AGREEMENT
AND GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS
This Confidential Separation Agreement and General Release of All Claims (“Agreement”) is made by and between Everi Payments Inc. (formerly known as Global Cash Access, Inc.) (“Company”) and [EXECUTIVE]  (“Employee”) with respect to the following facts:
A.    Employee is employed by Company pursuant to an Employment Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of employment dated as of March 22, 2021 and shall be effective on that date  (collectively referred to as the “Employment Agreement”).
B.    Employee’s employment with Company will terminate [without Cause] [for Good Reason] (as that term is defined in the Employment Agreement) effective [DATE] (“Separation Date”), and as of such date Employee has incurred a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  As a result, Employee is entitled to those certain severance payments and benefits described in the Employment Agreement, provided Employee enters into this Agreement.
C.    The parties desire to settle all claims and issues that have or could have been raised, in relation to, and arising out of, or in any way connected to, the acts, transactions or occurrences between them to date, including, but not limited to, Employee’s employment with Company and the termination of that employment, on the terms set forth below.
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual agreements set forth below, the parties agree as follows:
1.Severance Package.  In exchange for the promises set forth herein and in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Employment Agreement, Company agrees to provide Employee with the payments and benefits set forth in Section 4 of the Employment Agreement (“Severance Package”), to which Employee is not otherwise entitled, absent entering into this Agreement.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that this Severance Package constitutes adequate legal consideration for the promises and representations made by Employee in this Agreement.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that if Employee violates the terms of this Agreement or the continuing obligations under the Employment Agreement including, but not limited to those pertaining to post-employment restrictions, Company may terminate any payments and the provision of benefits described herein, and seek such other damages or remedies as may be appropriate.  Company acknowledges and agrees that if Company violates the terms of this Agreement or the continuing obligations under the Employment Agreement including, but not limited to those pertaining to post-employment restrictions, Employee may cease to perform any of his/her obligations described herein, and seek such other damages or remedies as may be appropriate.

2.General Release.
Each party knowingly and voluntarily releases and forever discharges other party, (and, as to Company, any parent or subsidiary corporations, divisions or affiliated corporations, partnerships or other affiliated entities of the foregoing, past and present, as well as their respective employees, officers, attorneys, directors, shareholders, agents, successors and assigns individually and in their business capacity) (collectively, “Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, known and unknown, asserted or unasserted, which the Employee has or may have against Releases as of the date of execution of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any alleged violation of:
▪        Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
▪        Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code;
▪        The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) (as modified below);
▪        The Immigration Reform and Control Act;
▪        The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;
▪        The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”);
▪        The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act;
▪        The Fair Credit Reporting Act;
▪        The Family and Medical Leave Act;
▪        The Equal Pay Act;
▪        The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008;
▪        Chapter 613 of the Nevada Revised Statutes including the Nevada Equal Opportunities for Employment Law – Nev. Rev. Stat. § 613.310 et seq;
▪        Nevada Equal Pay Law – Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608.017;
▪        Nevada School Visitation Law – Nev. Rev. Stat. § 392.920;
▪        Nevada Wage Payment and Work Hour Law – Nev. Rev. Stat. § 608 et seq;
▪        Nevada Occupational Safety & Health Act – Nev. Rev. Stat. § 618 et seq
▪        any other federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, or ordinance;

▪        any public policy, contract, tort, or common law; and
▪        any basis for recovering costs, fees, or other expenses including attorneys' fees incurred in these matters.
2.1.            This release is intended to have the broadest possible application and includes, but is not limited to, any tort, contract, common law, constitutional or other statutory claims and all claims for attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses.
2.2.            Each party expressly waives such party’s right to recovery of any type, including damages or reinstatement, in any administrative or court action, whether state or federal, and whether brought by itself or on its behalf, related in any way to the matters released herein.  Employee further, waives any right or ability to be a class or collective action representative or to otherwise participate in any putative or certified class, collective or multi-party action or proceeding based on such a claim in which Company or any other Released Party identified in this Agreement is a party.
2.3.            The parties acknowledge that this general release is not intended to bar any claims that, by statute, may not be waived, such as Employee’s right to file a charge with the National Labor Relations Board or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other similar government agencies, and claims for statutory indemnity, workers’ compensation benefits or unemployment insurance benefits, as applicable, and any challenge to the validity of Employee’s release of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, as set forth in this Agreement. This general release also does not bar claims or causes of action related to defamation, libel or invasion of privacy.  In addition, this general release does not affect Employee’s rights to indemnification by the Company nor Employee’s coverage under the directors and officers insurance policies, if any, maintained by the Company.
2.4.            Each party acknowledges that it may discover facts or law different from, or in addition to, the facts or law that such party knows or believes to be true with respect to the claims released in this Agreement and agrees, nonetheless, that this Agreement and the release contained in it shall be and remain effective in all respects notwithstanding such different or additional facts or the discovery of them.
2.5.            Each party declares and represents that such party intends this Agreement to be complete and not subject to any claim of mistake, and that the release herein expresses a full and complete release and such party intends the release herein to be final and complete.  Each party executes this release with the full knowledge that this release covers all possible claims against the Released Parties, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
3.Representation Concerning Filing of Legal Actions.  Each party represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, such party has not filed any lawsuits, charges, complaints, petitions, claims or other accusatory pleadings against the other party or any of the other 

party’s Released Parties in any court or with any governmental agency related to the matters released in this Agreement.
4.Mutual Nondisparagement.  Employee agrees that Employee will not make any voluntary statements, written or oral, or cause or encourage others to make any such statements that defame, disparage or in any way criticize the personal and/or business reputations, practices or conduct of Company or any of the other Released Parties. Company agrees that it will instruct its officers and directors to not make any voluntary statements, written or oral, or cause or encourage others to make any such statements that defame, disparage or in any way criticize the personal and/or business reputations, practices or conduct of Employee.
5.Confidentiality and Return of Company Property.  In accordance with the terms of his/her Employment Agreement, Employee understands and agrees that as a condition of receiving the Severance Package in paragraph 1, all Company property must be returned to Company.  By signing this Agreement, Employee represents and warrants that Employee has returned to Company, all Company property, data and information belonging to Company and agrees that Employee will not use or disclose to others any confidential or proprietary information of Company or the Released Parties.  In addition, each Party agrees to keep the terms of this Agreement confidential between Employee and Company, except that Employee may tell Employee’s immediate family and attorney or accountant, if any, as needed, but in no event should Employee discuss this Agreement or its terms with any current or prospective employee of Company.
6.Continuing Obligations and Cooperation.  Employee further agrees to comply with the continuing obligations regarding confidentiality set forth in the surviving provisions of the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement previously signed by Employee. Employee also agrees that in accordance with his/her Employment Agreement, he/she will cooperate fully in the transition of her duties, and promptly and cooperatively answer any calls or emails the Company may have during the period she is receiving severance pay and/or benefits, without further compensation.
7.No Admissions.  By entering into this Agreement, Company makes no admission that it has engaged, or is now engaging, in any unlawful conduct.  The parties understand and acknowledge that this Agreement is not an admission of liability and shall not be used or construed as such in any legal or administrative proceeding.
8.Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act.  This Agreement is intended to satisfy the requirements of the Older Workers’ Benefit Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. sec. 626(f).  Employee is advised to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement.

8.1Acknowledgments/Time to Consider.  Employee acknowledges and agrees that (a) she has read and understands the terms of this Agreement; (b) she has been advised in writing to consult with an attorney before signing this Agreement; (c) she has obtained and considered such legal counsel as she deems necessary; (d) she has been given 21 days to consider whether or not to enter into this Agreement (although at her 

option, she may elect not to use the full 21day period); and (e) by signing this Agreement on or after the Separation Date, Employee acknowledges that she does so freely, knowingly, and voluntarily.
8.2Revocation/Effective Date.  This Agreement shall not become effective or enforceable until the eighth day after Employee signs this Separation Agreement.  In other words, Employee may revoke Employee’s acceptance of this Separation Agreement within seven (7) days after the date Employee signs it.  Employee’s revocation must be in writing and received by Michael Rumbolz, Chief Executive Officer, mrumbolz@everi.com, 7250 South Tenaya Way, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89113 on or before the seventh day in order to be effective.  If Employee does not revoke acceptance within the seven (7) day period, Employee’s acceptance of this Separation Agreement shall become binding and enforceable on the eighth day (“Effective Date”).  The Severance Package will become due and payable in accordance with paragraph 1 above after the Effective Date, provided Employee does not revoke.
8.3Preserved Rights of Employee.  This Agreement does not waive or release any rights or claims that Employee may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act that arise after the execution of this Agreement.  In addition, this Agreement does not prohibit Employee from challenging the validity of this Agreement’s waiver and release of claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended.
9.Severability.  In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be found unenforceable, the unenforceable provision shall be deemed deleted and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby.
10.Full Defense.  This Agreement may be pled as a full and complete defense to, and may be used as a basis for an injunction against, any action, suit or other proceeding that may be prosecuted, instituted or attempted by Employee in breach hereof.  Employee agrees that in the event an action or proceeding is instituted by the Company or any of the Released Parties in order to enforce the terms or provisions of this Agreement, the Company, or Released Parties, as applicable, shall be entitled to an award of reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with enforcing this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
11.Affirmation.  Employee affirms that Employee has been paid all compensation, wages, bonuses, and commissions due, and has been provided all leaves (paid or unpaid) and benefits to which Employee may be entitled.
12.Applicable Law.  The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the United States of America and the State of Nevada.
13.Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the 

same agreement. Delivery of a copy of this Agreement bearing an original signature by facsimile transmission or e-mail in PDF format will have the same effect as physical delivery of the document bearing the original signature.
14.Entire Agreement; Modification.  This Agreement, including the surviving provisions of the Employment Agreement and Employee Proprietary and Inventions Agreement previously executed by Employee, is intended to be the entire agreement between the parties, and supersedes and cancels any and all other and prior agreements, written or oral, between the parties regarding this subject matter.  This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.
THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HAVE READ THE FOREGOING AGREEMENT AND FULLY UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY PROVISION CONTAINED HEREIN.  WHEREFORE, THE PARTIES HAVE EXECUTED THIS AGREEMENT ON THE DATES SHOWN BELOW.
Dated: ________________, 20__        
By:                                          
Everi Payments Inc.

Dated: ______________, 20__        

By:         
   [EXECUTIVE]

EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
NATIONAL MUTUAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
FOR EMPLOYEES OF EVERI PAYMENTS, INC.
			
	

 EVERI PAYMENTS INC., its parent corporation (if any), affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, successors, assigns and their current and former employees, officers, directors, and agents (hereafter collectively referred to as “the Company”) seeks to work with our employees to resolve differences as soon as possible after they arise. Often times, differences can be eliminated through internal discussions between an employee and his/her supervisor. Other times, it may be helpful for Human Resources or other Company employees to become involved to help solve a dispute.  To facilitate dispute resolution we have developed a binding arbitration process to settle disputes that are not resolved through more informal means.  

The Company and you, on behalf of you, your heirs, administrators, executors, successors and assigns (hereinafter collectively referred to as “you” or “your”) agree pursuant to this Arbitration Agreement (“Agreement”) to arbitrate covered disputes, in lieu of litigating in court.  

A.    The Mutual Agreement to Arbitrate:  Overview

The parties acknowledge that by agreeing to arbitration, they are WAIVING ANY RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL.

Except for the claims set forth in the paragraph below, you and the Company mutually agree to arbitrate any and all disputes, claims, or controversies (“claim”) against the Company that could be brought in a court including, but not limited to, all claims arising out of your employment and the cessation of employment, including any claim that could have been presented to or could have been brought before any court. This Agreement to arbitrate includes, but is not limited to, claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Fair Labor Standards Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Section 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; any state or local anti-discrimination laws; or any other federal, state, or local law, ordinance or regulation, or based on any public policy, contract, tort, or common law or any claim for costs, fees, or other expenses or relief, including attorney’s fees.  All claims which could be raised before a court must be raised by the time of the arbitration and the arbitrator shall apply the law accordingly.  

Claims not covered by this Agreement are:  (i) claims for workers' compensation benefits; (ii) claims for unemployment compensation benefits; (iii) claims based upon the Company's current (successor or future) stock option plans, employee pension and/or welfare benefit plans if those plans contain some form of a grievance, arbitration, or other procedure for the resolution of disputes under the plan; and (iv) claims by law which are not subject to mandatory binding pre-dispute arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, such as claims under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.  Further, this Agreement does not prohibit the filing of an administrative charge with a federal, state, or local administrative agency such as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

Likewise, as noted above, the Company agrees to arbitrate any claim against you as per the terms of this Agreement but retains all right to seek injunctions in aid of arbitration.  

B.    Class/Collective Action Waiver, Jury Waiver and Administrative Charges
The parties agree all claims must be pursued on an individual basis only.   By signing this Agreement, you waive your right to commence, or be a party to, any class or collective claims or to bring jointly any claim against the Company with any other person, except as provided in the paragraph below.  The parties agree any claim can be pursued, but only on an individual basis, except the lack of co-plaintiffs shall not, in and of itself, be a bar to pursuit of a pattern and practice claim.  

In addition, nothing herein limits your right and the rights of others collectively to challenge the enforceability of this Agreement, including the class/collective action waiver.   While the Company will assert that you have agreed to pursue all claims individually in the arbitral forum and may ask a court to compel arbitration of each individual’s claims, to the extent the filing of such an action is protected concerted activity under the National Labor Relations Act, such filing will not result in threats, discipline or discharge. 

C.    Severability and Related Issues

The Arbitrator, and not any federal, state or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this Agreement including, but not limited to any claim that all or any part of this Agreement is void or voidable, except any determination as to the enforceability of the class/collective action waiver shall be made solely by a court.  If the prohibition against class/collective actions is deemed unlawful, then such action shall proceed forward in court as a collective or class action.     If an arbitrator finds any other provision of this Agreement unenforceable, a court or arbitrator shall interpret or modify this Agreement, to the extent necessary, for it to be enforceable, subject to the sentence above.  This Agreement shall be self-amending; meaning if by law or common law a provision is deemed unlawful or unenforceable that provision and the Agreement 

automatically, immediately and retroactively shall be amended, modified, and/or altered to be enforceable.  The arbitrator shall have no power under this Agreement to consolidate claims and/or to hear a collective or class action.  

D.     The Arbitration Process 

Any authorized decision or award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties. The arbitrator shall have the power to award any type of legal or equitable relief available in a court of competent jurisdiction including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees, to the extent such damages are available under law.    Because any arbitral award may be entered as a judgment or order in any court of competent jurisdiction, any relief or recovery to which you may be entitled upon any claim (including those arising out of employment, cessation of employment, or any claim of unlawful discrimination) shall be limited to that awarded by the arbitrator.  Again, the arbitrator has no power to consolidate claims or adjudicate a collective/class action.  All orders of the arbitrator (except evidentiary rulings at the arbitration) shall be in writing and subject to review pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act.

Any claim for arbitration will be timely only if brought within the time in which an administrative charge or complaint would have been filed if the claim is one which could be filed with an administrative agency. If the arbitration claim raises an issue which could not have been filed with an administrative agency, then the claim must be filed within the time set by the appropriate statute of limitation.  A claim may be filed by serving written notice to the Company’s Human Resources Department with a copy to General Counsel, 7250 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 100, Las Vegas, Nevada 89113, and thereafter by filing an action with JAMS pursuant to JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules.  The filing party is responsible for any filing fee absent extreme financial circumstances.  Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses for the arbitration however the arbitrator’s fee shall be paid by the Company, absent an award from the arbitrator.

The arbitration shall be arbitrated by a single arbitrator in accordance with the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules except all arbitrators or members of the appeal panel (which is discussed below) must be members of the bar in good standing in the state in which the dispute arose.  Each party may be represented by counsel.  

A copy of the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules, including forms and procedures for submitting a matter for arbitration, are available for you to review at the Human Resource Department.  You may contact JAMS to request a copy of these rules or obtain them from the JAMS website (www.jamsadr.com) or by calling JAMS at 1(800)352-5267.  If for whatever reason JAMS declines to act as the neutral, the parties shall utilize NAM (www.namadr.com) as the neutral for the arbitration/appeal and shall utilize its Rules for Resolution of Employment 

Disputes.   Each party agrees that it has had an opportunity to review the current JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules.  

E.Modification to NAM/JAMS Rules

The arbitrator shall apply the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (except for Rule 23) and the Federal Rules of Evidence as interpreted in the jurisdiction where the arbitration is held.  Also there shall be one arbitrator for the matter up and through submission and determination of a motion for summary judgment.  If a summary judgment is made, the arbitrator must render a written and detailed opinion on that motion within sixty (60) calendar days of submission of all supporting and opposition papers.   If the summary judgment is in any part denied the case shall proceed to hearing before another arbitrator, who did not hear the summary judgment motion. That arbitrator shall be selected from a new panel to be provided by JAMS (or if JAMS declines to be the third party administrator, NAMS).  If no summary judgment is filed then no new arbitrator will be selected to hear the matter, as the original arbitrator will retain jurisdiction.  

F.    Consideration For This Agreement

This mutual agreement to arbitration and your accepting employment with the Company shall act as consideration for this Agreement.  The parties agree that the consideration set forth in this paragraph is wholly adequate to support this Agreement.

G.     Other Provisions of this Agreement

To the extent any of the provisions herein conflict with any standard rules of the arbitration service being used, the express provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

Neither the terms nor conditions described in this Agreement are intended to create a contract of employment for a specific duration of time. Employment with the Company is voluntarily entered into, and you are free to resign at any time.  Similarly, the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason, with or without prior notice.  This Agreement shall survive the termination of your employment.

This Agreement shall be governed by and enforced pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.  

This Agreement contains the complete agreement between the parties regarding the subjects covered in it, and supersedes any prior or inconsistent agreements that might exist between you and the Company.  This Agreement can be modified only by an express written agreement signed by both you and the President of the Company.

I KNOWINGLY AND FREELY AGREE TO THIS MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE CLAIMS, WHICH OTHERWISE COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN COURT.  I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT I HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF MY RIGHT TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE MEANING AND EFFECT OF THIS AGREEMENT PRIOR TO SIGNING.  BY ISSUANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY AGREES TO BE BOUND TO ITS TERMS WITHOUT ANY REQUIREMENT TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. 

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